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Black Cottage, Wales, 11/18/1997, 02:40

Harry followed the scent of his prey as Lavender continued to run him deeper into the forest leading him towards the area where they had killed the hog last month.

The Weasel was making this too easy for him, the boy reeked of fear. Deciding he had given the ginger enough of a head start he started running into the forest following Ron's scent.

Honestly, this was the easiest prey he ever hunted, the boy was continuing to scream making it easy to stalk him through the forest while lavender continued to herd him where they wanted to end up.

Harry and Lavender had decided this would be the best punishment for the Weasel, as it should properly get the message across.

Harry crept through the underbrush when he got close enough to the Weasel was standing in the copse of trees staring at the boar carcass in shock.

Harry sniffed the air and smelled his mate close by, looking through the trees he saw Snow's outline almost directly across from him watching Weasley.

Giving her a nod he stepped into the space in the trees and shifted to his human form.

"The carcass has been here a while," Harry said cheerfully getting the ginger's attention.

"Wh-what do you want Potter?" Weasley stuttered out.

"To punish you, your telling of pack secrets got three people killed," Harry said walking closer he absently noticed that the bracelet Hermione had given him worked perfectly, he was still completely naked but to anyone who saw him, he appeared to be wearing plain black robes.

"P-punished," Ron stammered.

"I want my pound of flesh, Weasley," Harry said and grinned when he saw Lavender creeping up behind him.

"I'm s-sorry, t-they wouldn't stop using that spell until I gave them something," Ron pleaded.

"You have slighted the Wales pack three times now, your lies cost three people their lives. I believe three is a fitting number for his punishment, don't you dear?" Harry asked Lavender who was now standing directly behind Ron.

The boy spun around only to be slammed to the ground by Lavender as she leapt forward, her massive paws coming to rest on each of his shoulders and her bared three-inch fangs exposed and dripping with saliva inches from Ron's face.

"Did you know if an alpha bites you that you will turn into a werewolf even if the moon isn't full, as long as they are in their wolf form the virus will be transferred?" Harry asked conversationally.

"Pl-please let me go, I'll do anything you want!" Ron whimpered out.

"I want an oath of silence from you, you will swear not to tell anyone anything involving the Wales pack in word or writing, that is the price of your life," Harry said softly.

"O-okay," Rona agreed desperately.

"You will be marked as an enemy of the Wales pack, Lavender has asked to do the honors," Harry explained indicating the snow-white wolf pinning him to the ground.

"What does that me- AHHHHHHHH!

Ron screamed out when Lavender lifted her left paw and ran it down the boy's right cheek, her claws cutting through the flesh like butter leaving four freely bleeding gashes on his face.

Harry took a minute to admire her handy work, the first mark ran from just in front of his ear down to his jawline, the fourth mark ran along his nose, across both of his lips and down to the side of his chin, the two in the middle running down his cheek.

"That's how," Harry chuckled as he drew his wand and summoned the dittany silver solution he had left with his real clothes.

Harry poured the solution over the wounds taking joy in the boy's cries of pain as the potion hissed and burned inside the wounds. The gashes quickly sealed shut leaving four visible purple scars covering the right side of Ron's face.

Contrary to popular belief the scratch of a werewolf could not pass on the virus, sure it was a cursed wound and would never heal completely but the recipient of a slash from a werewolf's claws would not take on any traits of the wolf.

The only reason Bill Weasley was gifted with the traits of the wolf was because he was bitten by an alpha in human form, even untransformed an alpha could partially pass on the virus through a bite.

"There one obstacle is taken care of," Harry said cheerfully when he had finished applying the potion.

Ron had tears running down his cheeks and Harry could smell the scent of human urine in the air.

"W-what else?" Ron sobbed out.

"Well I do believe you owe Lavender a proper apology for your insult last June, I would make it very sincere," Harry suggested as he gently ran his hand along Snow's back.

"I am sorry for insulting you Lavender, I was jealous of Harry having someone while I was all alone and I took it out on you," Ron bleated out while Lavender looked into his eyes her teeth still on full display.

Harry waited while Lavender made a decision, after a moment she gave a subtle nod and Harry moved on.

"Now your oath," Harry said tossing Ron his wand and waiting expectantly.

Harry didn't have to be a legilimens to know what the boy was thinking. It was quite amusing when he saw the realisation dawn on the Weasel that the wand wouldn't be of much help to him when Lavender's jaws were inches from his face.

If Ron tried to attack either of them Lavender would rip his throat out in a heartbeat, Ron seemed to comprehend this because he began reciting the oath of silence.

"I Ronald Bilius Weasley do hereby swear that I will never speak of any secrets I know about the Wales pack, through word, writing or and other communication, so mote it be," Ron recited as he was illuminated by a flash of light from Harry's wand signifying that the oath had taken effect.

When Ron had finished Harry nodded before speaking, "good now give me a vow that you won't try to harm me, my mate, or my pack through word or act and I'll give you a portkey to leave here with no further harm," Harry offered.

"I Ronald Bilius Weasley do hereby swear that I will not bring harm to any member of the Wales pack by word or act, so mote it be," Ron exclaimed as another flash of light engulfed him.

"Good, that is number two," Harry said cheerfully before leaning down and snatching his wand back and flicking it to summon the portkey.

"A word of advice, keep hold of the portkey when you land", Harry suggested as he handed Ron a one-foot section of rope he had turned into a two-stop portkey.

Once Ron took the portkey Harry said, "Spider," and watched the boy's face pale as the portkey activated.

"Poor Ron, he didn't actually think the apology was one of the three punishments did he?" Lavender asked as she transformed next to him.

"I believe he will be learning the error of that line of thinking any second now," Harry said as his eyes roamed over his mate's nude form illuminated in the moonlight.

"You are easily distracted," Lavender giggled as she came over to him and unclasped the bracelet before pulling him into a kiss.

The kiss soon led to other things as the two made up for the time lost to the heat.

Harry was starting to enjoy making love in the forest, something about it just felt right.

Acromantula Colony, Forbidden Forest, 10/18/1997, 03:32

There was a flash of blue light and Ron appeared in a clearing he recognized instantly, he and Neville had visited this place in their second year and he still dreamed of it sometimes. This was the acromantula colony!

Suddenly Ron heard the clicking of large pinchers, he turned slowly and saw spiders pouring from everywhere, they were scuttling towards him with their pinchers clicking excitedly at the prospect of fresh meat.

Remembering the advice from earlier he held the rope in a death grip as he was surrounded on all sides by spiders ranging from tarantula sized all the way to the size of large cart horses.

"Fucking Hagrid!" Ron screamed in a combination of frustration and utter terror as he realised he was completely trapped in the middle of a spider nest, he didn't even notice his loss of bladder control as he started to freeze in terror.

If he made it out of this he would never sleep without his wand strapped to his arm again!

Suddenly he remembered the phrase Potter had said to activate the portkey and screamed, "SPIDER!" He wasn't sure it would work but at this point, it was his only hope, the spiders were almost upon him.

Ron felt the portkey activate and he was pulled away from this horror show with a jerk behind his navel much to his relief.

Number Twelve Grimmauld Place, London, 10/18/1997, 09:39

Ron woke up in a pool of sweat in his bed at Grimmauld Place, "that had to have been the worst dream I ever had", he muttered quietly as he shifted around.

He noticed his pajama bottoms were soaking wet and quickly got out of bed and headed down the hall intending to take a quick shower and change clothes before anyone noticed.

Ron Weasley entered the bathroom, the gas lamp igniting as he stepped inside, he walked to the shower and turned on the taps letting the water warm up.

Glancing at the mirror over the sink he froze in horror as he saw the four purple lines covering the right side of his face.

" Oh no," Ron whimpered out forgetting about his shower as realisation struck him.

'That all really happened,' he thought as he ran his hand over his face noticing that the scars were smooth but were slightly raised.

Ron Weasley realized at that moment how big of a mistake he had made provoking the Wales pack Alphas.

Number Twelve Grimmauld Place, London, 10/18/1997, 11:22

Harry was the last of the party to step out of the fireplace and was met by a very angry Sirius.

"We need to talk," Sirius said pointedly.

"It will have to wait until I get back," Harry said already having a pretty good idea what Sirius wanted to talk to him about.

"Fine," Sirius huffed seeing how many people had come along with him and noticing the little girl perched on Harry's back.

"Find me when you get back," Sirius instructed before marching up the stairs.

"Alright, the girls are going with Lavender, the rest of you are coming with me," Harry said getting the attention of the group.

"I want to come with you, I hate clothes shopping," Lizzy whined.

Harry looked over to Lavender who shrugged, "I already know her size, you can take her with you if you want, she might keep you boys out of trouble," Lavender smirked.

"Can I please come with you?" Lizzy begged.

"Fine, but you had better behave," Harry said only half-jokingly.

"Now that that is settled, we can all meet up at the cinema at three," Lavender said getting the group's attention.

After they all murmured their agreement they all made their way out of the house the two groups going in opposite directions.

"Where are we going?" Lizzy asked.

"We all need winter clothes, so we need to nip into a clothing store real fast," Harry said with a grin.

"Do we have to?" Lizzy complained

"Don't worry Lizzy, we don't shop like the girls do, if it fits we buy it," Justin said matter of factly.

"Exactly, then it's off to the arcade for a bit of fun," Dennis said happily.

"What's an arcade?" Neville asked curiously from the back of the group.

"It's a place to go play games," Harry said as they entered the clothing store

The trip clothes shopping was just as Justin had promised, they all picked out some clothes they liked, tried them on, paid for them and left. They were in and out in just under an hour.

"This is amazing!" Neville exclaimed in wonder as they stepped into the arcade and looked around in awe. There were lights and sounds filling the room as dozens of games were being played there were all sorts of sounds from video games blurring together as teenage kids ran around the room going from machine to machine laughing excitedly.

"Finally, I haven't been to an arcade since the end of school last year Dennis exclaimed happily.

" Same," Justin agreed.

"Alright, you all have about two hours, Harry said passing out twenty-pound notes to the other boys.

" Come on Longbottom, let's get some tokens and I'll show you how to do this," Justin said leading the boy away as the Creevey brothers followed them to the machine.

"I want to play a game," Lizzy exclaimed as Harry took his turn at the machine using one of the buckets to catch his tokens as the machine spit them out.

"Don't worry, we'll play plenty of games," Harry said as he put another twenty in the machine.

Harry and the group arrived at the cinema at the agreed-upon time and spent a few minutes in the lobby looking at the posters for upcoming films while they waited for the girls.

Harry grinned when he saw the poster for An American Werewolf in Paris.

"That looks nothing like us," Justin smirked.

"I know, it's ridiculous," Harry chuckled.

"Are we going to watch that?" Lizzy asked not looking thrilled at the idea.

"No, you're a bit too young to see that," Harry told her.

"Good, I want to see that one," Lizzy said pointing to another poster, Harry looked at the poster it showed a submarine with tentacles wrapped around it and read 20,000 leagues under the sea.

Harry grinned, "that should be a good one," Harry agreed.

"You're early," Lavender said from behind him leading the other girls towards their party.

"No, you lot are late," Justin smirked.

"Only fashionably so," Daphne chuckled.

"What are we watching?" Hermione asked curiously.

"That one," Lizzy said pointing to the poster.

"Oh, that should be good I've read the book a dozen times or more," Hermione exclaimed happily.

"Is that supposed to be a werewolf?" Astoria asked incredulously.staring at the other poster.

"Yes, that's what muggles think they look like," Hermione said realizing how inaccurate the thing looked compared to the real thing.

" I'm almost insulted," Lavender muttered.

"Well in their defence nothing is as beautiful as Snow," Harry whispered.

"Now I'm feeling insulted," Astoria muttered looking at an oblivious Dennis who was staring at a poster for G.I Jane.

"Those things are ugly," Rose muttered studying the depiction of a werewolf on the poster.

"Guys, the movie starts in ten minutes," Justin pointed out.

After they got their tickets and refreshment they quickly took seats, Lizzy squeezed in the seat between Harry and Lavender.

" When does it start?" Daphne asked looking around curiously.

In answer to her question the lights went out and the screen lit up, not a word was heard from the purebloods amongst them for the rest of the film.

Number Twelve Grimmauld Place, London, 10/18/1997

Harry and his party stepped through the front door in high spirits. The movie was received well by all.

"Go ahead and take them home, I have to speak with Sirius," Harry told Lavender before he made his way to the basement kitchen.

Sirius, Tonks, Mad-Eye, and Ron were seated at the table, Ron looked down at his plate when he saw Harry step into the kitchen.

"Harry, what did you do to Ron?" Sirius demanded without preamble.

"Marked him as an enemy of the Wales pack," Harry said as he sat down across from Tonks.

Moody was staring at him calculatingly but stayed quiet while Tonks just looked very uncomfortable.

"We can't remove the scars," Sirius exclaimed irritably.

"Of course you can't, those are claw marks, from a werewolf," Harry said matter of factly.

"You mutilated him!" Sirius yelled angrily.

"He got three innocent people killed by running his yap, I healed him after it was done and made him give a vow of silence, I am protecting my pack," Harry said not backing down.

"Molly is going to flip when she sees this," Sirius growled.

"You made him give a vow of Silence?" Moody asked cutting into the conversation.

"I did," Harry said simply.

"And would you give the same vow of silence to the order?" Moody asked pointedly.

"Yes I would, though it would have to include my mate, I tell her everything," Harry answered without hesitation.

"I hate to do this Harry, but you can't come here anymore. You hurt a guest staying in my home, you know how pureblood customs are about stuff like this. As Lord Black, a guest staying in my home is under my protection," Sirius said somewhat sadly.

Harry had expected this to happen, as Lord Black, Sirius had a reputation to uphold. Harry knew if word got out that Harry had harmed a guest of Lord Black and did not act, there could be serious repercussions, the Weasleys could initiate a blood feud, he could be challenged to an honor duel, he could even lose his family seat on the Wizengamot.

Purebloods were sticklers for old traditions like that, even the Weasley's were like this when it suited them, they were part of the sacred twenty-eight.

"Do I have to move out of the cottage as well?" Harry asked curiously.

"No the cottage is yours I already signed the deed over to you when you came of age, just stay there I'll come to see you from now on," Sirius sighed out hating the position his godson had put him in.

"Alright," Harry said getting up from his seat, he was actually quite touched by the gesture on Sirius' part.

The human part of him wanted to apologise for putting his godfather in this no-win situation, the wolf in him was telling him to stand firm and show no weakness in front of an enemy.

The wolf won out and Harry rose to his feet, " I won't apologize for this, my pack comes before anything else but I understand your position, goodbye Sirius," Harry said evenly as he walked to the kitchen fireplace and threw in some floo powder.

He really did feel saddened that he was putting Sirius in through this but as he had just told his godfather, the pack came first.

Stepping into the green flames he called out, "Black Cottage," and disappeared in a whoosh of flames.

Pack Cottage, Wales, 10/18/1997, 17:56

Harry stepped out into the sitting room to find Lavender sitting on the couch in front of the sofa waiting for him.

"How did it go?" Lavender asked after Harry had dusted himself off.

"About what I expected, I am no longer welcome at Grimmauld Place," Harry said as he took a seat beside her.

"You don't seem angry about this," Lavender commented.

"I'm not, I know why he had to do it, he is one of the leaders of the order and Lord Black, so he can't very well let this slide," Harry sighed.

"Do we have to leave here?" Lavender asked worriedly.

"No, he signed the property over to me months ago," Harry assured her.

"So this is your house?" Lavender asked happily.

"No, it's our house," Harry corrected with a smirk.

Lavender looked at him for a moment before smiling at him and pulling him in for a deep kiss.

"Ew gross!" Lizzy exclaimed walking into the room in her pajamas and scrunching her face up in disapproval.

"I hope she keeps that outlook in her teen years," Harry muttered after Harry and Lavender had pulled apart.

"I don't think she will," Lavender giggled before patting the couch beside her.

Lzzy eagerly climbed up on the couch and sat between them.

"Finally got a bath then," Harry asked when he smelled shampoo.

"Astoria said I had to take one," Lizzy pouted.

"At least you don't smell anymore," Harry grinned making her huff indignantly.

"Don't listen to him, you just smelled like the popcorn from the movie," Lavender assured her.

"Did you like the movie?" Harry asked curiously.

"Yes, I want to go to the ocean someday," Lizzy said happily.

"We might could go to the beach this summer," Harry said thoughtfully.

"Oh that would be lovely," Lavender agreed.

Harry knew the backlash was far from over, Ron and Hermione hadn't seen Ron yet and the Weasleys would be up in arms over this.

'It was still worth it,' Harry thought as he sat there listening to Lavender and Lizzy chatter away, he knew the pack was more important.

Pack Cottage, Wales, 10/22/1997, 13:45

Harry was just sitting down to lunch when the fireplace flared to life and Sirius stepped out looking troubled.

"What's the matter?" Harry asked in concern.

"We need a word," Sirius said taking a seat.

"Alright, what's the problem?" Harry asked.

"The order took a vote last night, they have decided that the order will be distancing themselves from the Wales pack after what happened with Ron a few days ago," Sirius said regretfully.

"What happened with Ron?" Neville demanded.

"We marked him as an enemy to the Wales pack," Lavender answered.

"What does that mean marked him as an enemy?" Neville asked looking confused.

"It's quite literal, it means they cut his face so all could see he has wronged a werewolf pack," Hermione answered disapprovingly.

"When did this happen?" Daphne asked looking pleased.

"The night we unlocked the cottage," Harry answered.

"And you didn't say anything!" Neville exclaimed.

"It's pack business, it doesn't concern you," Harry shrugged.

"You son of a bitch!" Neville roared attempting to draw his wand before Sirius quickly hit him with a body bind freezing him in place.

"Rose, please take Lizzy to the game room," Lavender instructed glaring at the petrified boy.

Nodding Rose steered a reluctant Lizzy out of the dining room.

Once they had left Harry turned to Sirius, "so are you here to move them somewhere else," Harry asked gesturing to Hermione and the still petrified Neville.

"Originally no, but now it looks like it would be in Neville's best interest to be moved so his temper doesn't get him in trouble," Sirius said as he took a seat.

"I take it the Weasley's found out then?" Harry asked looking slightly amused.

"Yeah, Molly's on the warpath," Sirius admitted ruefully.

"Knew that was coming," Harry shrugged.

"You are also no longer assisting us on any order missions," Sirius sighed looking disappointed by that news.

"Good, we don't need to be involved in a wizard's war," Lavender said matter of factly.

"What she said, just be careful when you take the prison," Harry implored his godfather.

He was a little put out he wouldn't be going with Sirius to Azkaban, though he knew it was probably for the best his mate didn't want any part of the orders fight after what happened at the ministry.

"I will, Moody also wants a vow of silence about the order. Just so you know, he voted against cutting ties with you lot, said the Weasley boy got off easy," Sirius said looking nervous.

"Not a problem," Harry said drawing his wand and giving his vow of silence.

Next Lavender gave her own vow of silence, after the flash showing the vow had taken she took a seat looking quite pleased.

"So now that business is taken care of, what have you lot been up to?" Sirius asked.

"Still recovering from the heat, and keeping Lizzy out of mischief," Harry grinned.

"Good just try and lay low for now," Sirius cautioned.

"You know something," Daphne said shrewdly.

"Yes, we got new information yesterday. According to Snape the dark lord is after your pack now, you aren't as high a priority as Greyback but you have caught his attention," Sirius admitted delicately.

"Which is why the Weasel earned his stripes," Harry said looking agitated.

"Indeed, I suppose it would be a bad idea to go into London again?" Daphne asked.

"Very, the death eaters control the auror force who are trained to blend in the muggle world they might very well be patrolling it and we wouldn't know," Sirius explained.

"Damn, I really liked the occasional trip out," Lavender pouted.

"I know," Harry said patting her thigh under the table.

Sirius stayed for a little while longer before he took Neville through the fireplace, Hermione promised to head over after she had packed her things.

Harry watched her come down a bit later and tossed Harry a small leather sack before leaving through the fireplace without a word.

"What's that?" Lavender asked curiously as he untied the strings on the pouch.

"I think they are glamour bracelets," Harry said as he dumped the contents of the pouch onto the table.

There were six bracelets four of them decorated with small gems, each of the four bracelets adorned with different color gemstones.

The other two were plain bronze like his, he picked one up and tossed it to Justin.

Justin slipped it on his wrist and they all watched as Justin seemed to shimmer a second before a Black robe glamour appeared over his clothes.

Harry turned to Lavender and said, I guess you girls get to fight over the ones with the gems," Harry said as he tossed the other plain bracelet to Dennis.

"That's easy Lavender smirked as she tossed Rose the one with red gemstones and Astoria the one with green gemstones. Then she slid the one with purple stones on her wrist, her body shimmered and soon a purple robe glamour appeared over her.

"That's amazing," Rose exclaimed sounding impressed.

"There for after the full moon," Harry said.

"So we won't accidentally see each other naked," Astoria said in understanding.

"We can also use them for transformation practice," Dennis pointed out.

"Ah poo, now I won't be able to spy on the boy's afternoon lessons anymore," Luna pouted.

"What, you've been spying on us?" Justin asked his cheeks coloring in embarrassment.

"Yes, me and Daphne usually take turns," Luna said unabashedly.

"That was supposed to stay between us," Daphne said her cheeks turning pink.

"Well it's over with now, this should help us with transformation lessons we can have them together now," Harry said hoping to get off of Luna's tangent.

"Do you think it will help?" Astoria asked.

"I don't know, but it couldn't:t hurt," Harry reasoned.

Malfoy Manor, Wiltshire, 10/31/1997, 22:36

Voldemort was waiting somewhat impatiently for news to arrive about the mission tonight, his men had found a home of someone close to the order, according to the reports from Corban, their daughter was part of the battle at the department of mysteries.

Most unusually they hadn't gone into hiding and continued to go about their business as usual even though the husband was on the list for mudbloods that never reported to the ministry for questioning.

The door to his throne room opened and a dishevelled Rupert Cromwell staggered in, there was blood dripping heavily down his side and angry burns covered his hands and face.

"They g-got away my l-lord," Cromwell stammered out before collapsing to his knees on the floor his legs no longer able to hold him up.

"Where are the rest of your men?" Voldemort asked staring down at his servant with building rage.

"D-dead, s-she killed them all," Cromwell whispered before losing consciousness and falling face forward into a heap.

"Avada kedavra," Voldemort exclaimed, the green light enveloping the unconscious man.

This was unacceptable, he had sent a dozen men to take down a housewife and her mudblood husband, how was it possible they had failed this badly.

The Tonks' will no doubt have gone into hiding now, they were the only ones Yaxley could find connected to the order.

According to Severus, the order was starting to exclude him from crucial mission briefing but he believed they were planning something big in the near future.

The dark lord was getting tired of these endless games with the order, they had been undermining his plans since the ministry fell back in August.

Maybe he should seek out the wand, he would have to return in a little over two weeks' time but hopefully, he could track down the lead he had gotten from Ollivander.

Garrick had told him there was an old wandmaker named Gregorovich who was rumored to have had it almost ninety years ago.

He doubted very much he was still in possession of it but he was bound to know who had it after him.

Making up his mind he strolled from the room walking towards the main doors of the manor, as soon as he stepped outside he shifted into his smoke like form and flew through the air towards the wardline, once he crossed the wardline he landed gracefully on his feet and twisted on the spot disappearing with nary a sound.

Pack Cottage, Wales, 11/1/1997, 08:47

Harry was sat at the table eating his breakfast listening to the others chatter back and forth while he absentmindedly got lost in his thoughts. Harry was glad in a way that the number of people in the house had lessened slightly.

The pack seemed to be more unified than it ever had been, Harry's punishment of Ron had seemed to gain even more respect from the pack as a whole.

Yesterday had been a really good day, Rose had completed her first non-lunar transformation and from the looks of it, Astoria was getting close to completing hers as well.

"This worked out well, it seemed to make Justin and Dennis work harder on their own transformations, a little competition seemed to work wonders for them as both boys had both started making more progress.

Harry was interrupted from his recollections when Benjy popped in with his communication mirror.

" Master Sirius be's calling," Benjy said before handing him the mirror and walking back towards the kitchen.

Harry looked into the mirror and saw his godfather's tired face looking back at him.

"What's up?" Harry asked propping the mirror against the juice pitcher.

"Cousin Andy was attacked last night," Sirius said.

"How bad was she hurt?" Harry asked in worry his spoonful of corn beef hash frozen halfway to his mouth.

"She wasn't hurt at all, one of the death eaters hit Ted with a spell and she went ballistic, the death eaters all left in body bags," Sirius said gleefully.

"Damn, I always said she was scary when she got angry," Harry pointed out before he raised his spoon to his mouth.

"Everyone always underestimated her because of the sweet gentle act she put on," Sirius chuckled.

"So, is she staying with you?" Harry asked.

"Yes, she and Ted are staying with us for the time being," Sirius answered.

"How bad was Ted hurt?" Harry asked,

"He got hit with that sectumsempra curse Snape invented but he should recover," Sirius assured him.

"Good, how are things over there?" Harry asked.

"Great, the trio finally shipped out to stay with Moody," Sirius said happily.

"Poor git can't even enjoy his golden years," Harry sighed.

"From what I gather Moody is putting them through the wringer," Sirius snickered.

"Good, have you heard anything from Snape about our pack?" Harry questioned.

"No, though from what we can speculate the death eaters are planning something big for the middle of the month," Sirius said.

"So right around the full moon," Harry said dryly.

"Yep, so we think he's trying to do something involving werewolves," Sirius agreed.

"I guess I'll put the house on lockdown on the night of the full moon," Harry said after some thought.

"Good, I gotta go but I figured you should know about Andy," Sirius said looking like he wanted to get some sleep.

"Thanks, take care of yourself," Harry said and watched as Sirius' face shimmered before he was looking at his own reflection as the connection was closed.

"So we're locking the place down again?" Rose asked.

"Just on the full moon," Harry assured her.

The more news he got like this the more he was realizing that he didn't want to stay in Britain much longer. Come the new year he would look into ways to get out of the U.K

Though before he did that he would have to run the idea past the rest of the pack and see if they liked it, he was pretty sure Lavender would be on board but he didn't know about the rest.

"If I can just get us to the continent, we can figure out where to go from there,' Harry thought as he ate his breakfast.