Chapter ten

With the help of all the aurors, they cleared out the waiting room. Any people needing to see healers were placed in another room until Harry and his daughter could be moved safely. Even though Harry and others all hated the fact that the injured or sick had to be moved, they couldn't take the chance of anyone being there that might be dangerous, not just for Lily but for the other patients as well if they decided to fight.

Ron had brought all their friends, but Hagrid wanted to help as well. So he led the way while Charlie kept his arm around Harry, healer Swainly was floating Lily with healer Jones beside her. All the friends surrounded the group with Kingsley, Carter and the two aurors, Henry and Gabriel following. The healers with Lily flooed to the Burrow first, then Harry and Charlie before everyone else.

Molly pointed to the end of the kitchen where a couple of sofas, two tables and a space for Lily's cot was set up. Healer Swainly and healer Jones along with Molly all checked on Lily with Harry and Charlie watching anxiously.

Healer Jones gave her some potions before turning, 'She's fine, you can relax.'

Harry sagged and would have fallen to the floor if Charlie hadn't been holding him. They both went over to their daughter, knelt down, staring in at her.

'Thanks,' Charlie gave the healers a smile then turned to everyone else, 'Thanks.'

'The DA is here Charlie, we won't let anything happen to Lily,' Neville said.

'So this is the DA group I heard so much about, a brave bunch of young people,' Carter said staring around.

'Everyone, this is Carter Spencer, an ex auror who used to work with Mad-eye. He's going to be Lily's full time guard. Neville, I'll let you introduce everyone,' Kingsley said then stepped over to Harry and Charlie, 'Now remember, the enchantments are back around the property, but we added another one. So even though no one can apparate here, they can walk onto the property, so we've place another ward around to alert you that someone has just stepped through the enchantments. The law enforcement squad will be outside the wards at all times that way the aurors can find the ones that are making the threats.'

'Thanks Kingsley, I actually feel better now we're here.'

'You are safer here, now I need to get back to work. But I will notify you of any news, I told Gawain I want to know and you need to know.'

'I do, it was bad enough when Dumbledore kept things from me.'

'Henry is going to take Charlie to get your clothes, then he will take healer Jones to get anything she needs. I'll check in on you in a few days,' Kingsley shook Harry, Charlie, the healers and Carter's hand before leaving.

'She's fine Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, so I'll get back to St Mungo's. I don't think you'll need me, not with healer Jones and Mrs. Weasley, but if you do, just contact me.'

'Thanks healer Swainly,' Charlie and Harry shook his head before he left.

'Come on, Lily's fine and you need to sit down,' Charlie tried to pull Harry away from their daughter but he resisted, 'Harry, she's fine, now come on.'

'Okay,' Harry nodded then sat down, 'We have to keep her safe Charlie.'

'We will, Carter is here for her and if you look around, so is everyone else.'

Harry glanced up at his friends, 'Thanks DA, you too Hagrid.'

'We can't let our leader down now can we Harry. So until we head back to Hogwarts, a few of us are going to be here at all times.'

'You really don't need to, Carter is here, we're here, I'm sure we'll be fine.'

'We know, but a few extra wands will make you all feel better. So you eat, you're still healing Harry and you've had enough injures,' Cho said.

'Okay, thanks.'

'Now Carter, even though you are here as Lily's guard, you will eat with us and help yourself to anything. I also have George's old room set up for you so you can get some sleep.'

'Thank you Mrs. Weasley, but I would prefer to sleep down here, close to Miss Potter.'

'If you wish, I can put a bed in the living room, close that section off from the rest so you can have some privacy. But since the DA is here, why don't you eat as well? They will have to leave soon to return to Hogwarts.'

Carter stared at the group, 'I think Miss Potter is safe with this lot.'

'She always will be,' Neville said confidently.

'So that's Molly Weasley, the one that took care of Bellatrix?' Carter asked as she stared over at the motherly woman talking to the healer.

'That's mum, you don't want to get on her bad side.'

'Charlie, do you want to get your stuff now, then I can take healer Jones?' Henry asked.

'Actually now is a good time, so Harry I'm saying this now, stay sitting. You can sit over with Lily after you eat. Neville, make sure he doesn't move.'

'We'll watch him Charlie, but Seamus, Ginny, Hannah and Dean are going with you and the auror, a couple of extra wands.'

'Even though I think we'll be safe, it doesn't hurt to be extra cautious,' Henry said as Charlie kissed Harry then the group left the house.

Hermione sat beside Harry with Ron on her side, 'She's fine and safe here.'

'I know Hermione, I just didn't want this for her. Let's hope the aurors can find them, find anyone that supported him. Bloody hell, I figured it'd be okay now, safe, and normal. I don't think it ever will, not for me anyway.'

'It will Harry, it's going to take time. It's only been just over a year since you killed him.'

'I know Ron, it's just that I think about what my parents must have gone through when Dumbledore told them about the prophecy. The fear they must have felt because I'm feeling the same fear right now.'

'We know, we can see it all over you. Normally you're very good at hiding your emotions, but right now you're not and we get it. Even though we'll all be gone in a couple of days, you do have Carter here, you and Charlie will be close by, the family will drop in all the time. So just know she's safe and no one will get near her.'

'I'll kill anyone that tries to hurt her,' Harry said his voice savage, 'I've never wanted to feel like this, feel like I could deliberately hurt anyone, but she's so helpless.'

'Harry, don't feel guilty because you're thinking this way, you know how I felt after Fred died, remember what I said?' Ron asked.

Harry sighed, 'You wanted to kill death eaters, I know. I never wanted you or anyone to ever feel that way and I certainly don't like feeling like this. I feel like crying and I never cry.'

'That's your body Harry, you've just had a baby, men and woman will go through this right after they have given birth, yours is worse because of the threats. So if you want to cry don't hold back,' Ron moved up so his mother could sit beside Harry, 'You're used to threats Harry, but you can look after yourself, so it's natural to be extremely worried about Lily, we all are. So sometimes you just have to let it out.'

'Like I did after the graveyard,' Harry said softly then before he knew he was crying into Molly Weasley's arms, just like he did years ago.

Charlie, Henry and the four from the DA stepped inside the Burrow's kitchen and saw Molly holding a crying Harry. Charlie saw Hermione give a small shake of the head before he knelt down behind them.

'Hey,' Charlie said softly.

Harry sniffed, then let Molly go, gave her a small grateful smile before facing Charlie, taking his hands.

'I'm fine,' Harry shrugged.

'His emotions are all over the place right now and all this worry is not helping. So I'll get lunch for everyone now you're here Charlie.'

'Thanks mum,' Harry said softly.

'Luna, Cho, Ernie, Michael and I are going with Henry and healer Jones this time.' Neville said getting nods from the DA then everyone heard the alarm sound. Carter hurried over to stand in front of Lily, but so did some of the DA, while the rest stayed with Harry and Charlie, all with wands in their hands.

'Charlie,' Bill said as he stepped in with Fleur, 'Blimey,' he stared around at all the wands pointed at them, 'What's going on?'

'Come and sit down, especially you Fleur,' Charlie said, 'You know the DA, but Carter Spencer is down with Lily, he's her bodyguard.'

'Bodyguard, what in the hell is going on?' Bill asked anxiously.

'Me, you know, death threats, so Kingsley, Gawain Robards and healer Swainly worked it for Lily to come here with your mum and healer Jones because it's safer. I spoke with Kingsley about hiring an ex auror for Lily, that was just as a precaution for when I left St Mungo's of a night time. Then Kingsley tells me Gawain Robards knew of some threats and had been keeping a watch over my place.'

'So is Lily okay with being moved?' Fleur asked.

'She's fine Mrs. Weasley, she's got a very strong heart,' healer Jones smiled reassuringly.

'So the DA are here because…?' Bill looked around at the group.

'To help get Harry, Charlie and Lily out of St Mungo's, but also to give everyone a break until we go back to Hogwarts, mainly give Harry and Charlie some peace of mind. Hagrid led the way out of St Mungo's and I don't think anyone would mess with the big man,' Neville smiled up at Hagrid.

'They'd be crazy to try anything with Hagrid, everyone knows he's protective of Harry.'

'Hagrid's my mate, him and Grawp.'

'Grawpy loves Harry,' Hagrid grinned.

'Now all of you eat then I'll stay with Lily while Henry takes healer Jones to get her belongings,' Molly placed all the food on the table, she gestured for Carter to sit then she went to sit beside the young healer.

'So these threats?' Bill asked as he sat next to his brother.

Charlie looked at Carter, 'The remaining death eaters want Harry dead, sorry to be blunt, but that's the bottom line. He killed their lord, they want to kill him. Since it was in the paper about Lily we knew she would be the one that would be in more danger, get to Lily, you get Harry. We spoke for a while about this, the death eaters have been studying everything they can on Harry. They would know about how he saved Miss Weasley when he was only twelve, how he saved your father, then your brother. They also know that Harry's very protective of his friends and would rather put himself at risk than anyone else. They know Charlie is his partner, they know where he works, they've studied up on Charlie as well, his dragon passion.'

Harry turned sharply to stare at Charlie, 'Don't go back to work, it's not like we need the money Charlie.'

'After hearing everything and what Kingsley said, I'm not. It would be the perfect way to get in here. Someone becomes me then gets you, we're alone all the time.'

'Is that what Kingsley said?' Bill asked.

'He said it was a possibility, the might try the imperius curse first not knowing Charlie can fight it off. But they know how Voldemort worked, they knew he had plans, then backup plans, so they would be doing the same thing. They found out that the DA could all fight the imperius curse, they studied up on them and what they learned.' Carter explained.

'How did they find out what Harry taught us?' Neville asked.

'Umbridge got a visit, she might not have been a death eater but she was never shy about admitting she hated Harry. Gawain believes she told this visitor everything she knew from when she was at Hogwarts. We also believe they have spoken to some of the children of death eaters, ones that went to school with the DA. There's one that isn't involved and he has provided the aurors with some relevant information, he just couldn't tell the aurors where they were hiding.'

'That would have to be Malfoy,' Neville said.

'Malfoy, how would you know that Neville?' Charlie asked.

'He's back at Hogwarts and he's actually been nice. But I spoke with him one day, I was suspicious about something. See, before the fighting, when the Carrow's kept taking the first and second years down into the dungeons, we would rescue them. But there were times when notes turned up on the Gryffindor table, under bowls or plates. It always told us if another had been taken. It was Malfoy that used to leave the notes after he'd hear from Crabbe, Goyle, Parkinson, and Nott. All those that helped the Carrow's.'

'Does anyone outside your group know you spoke with him Mr. Longbottom?' Carter asked.

'No and it's Neville, I made sure no one saw us or heard us.'

'Very wise and you would make an excellent auror. Yes it's young Mr. Malfoy that has provided the aurors with information. His reasoning for such a dramatic change was that Harry saved his life and he wasn't going to throw away his second chance. If he hears anything especially about Harry he lets the aurors know. He said he owes Harry his life so this is his way of paying that debt.'

'He helped me, which saved Hermione.'

Carter looked from Harry to Hermione, 'When we were taken to Malfoy manor, Bellatrix asked Draco to identify Harry, I hit him in the face with a stinging hex so he couldn't be recognised. But she kept me while Harry, Ron and Dean were taken down to the cellar. She told me after she'd finished playing she was giving me to Greyback. Ron and Harry were able to get out of the cellar and rescue me. Dean, Luna and Mr. Ollivander had been taken to Bill's place by then,' Hermione took Harry's hand in one of hers then Ron's hand in her other and the three friends sat quietly thinking about that day, how it could have easily turned out differently, how all of them could have died.

'I have been hearing a lot of stories about the golden trio, you three make a good team and work well together,' Carter said.

'We might be very different but yeah, I think we work good together, don't we?' Ron looked at Hermione and Harry who smiled, 'Even with our fights and arguments.'

'Especially our fights, it almost comes to muggle fighting,' Harry smiled at Ron, 'But it works out in the end. This lot Carter, every one of them are damn good fighters, but very loyal friends. I would trust them with my life in a heartbeat, just like they can trust me.'

'That is why all of you did so well that night, you trust each other, which is one of the main things we learn as an auror. We have to trust our colleagues because without trust then you're dead in our line of work. You lot were in the same situation, you knew what was coming and were ready to do what you had to. Not a lot of people so young will do what you lot did, you all should be very proud of yourselves,' Carter gave all the younger people in the kitchen a smile and even though he smiled everyone could still see a very experienced auror who would do what was necessary to keep his young charge safe.