Sorry for such a delay, had a little bit of writer's block. As usual, likes, comments, suggestions, reviews, follows, etc. are appreciated.

Chapter 11 A Small Sidequest

"DUCK!"

James Potter was used to hearing such a phrase, he was an Auror after all. But even though dark wizard catchers rarely had experienced calm in the field these days, he had to admit usually what he was ducking from wasn't an actual duck.

James hit the ground fast and looked up to watch a mallard duck grow to a much larger size, having been hit by an engorio charm. The gigantic foul flew though air and smashed down the three Death Eaters chasing him and his partner, Sirius Black.

Leaning on the brick wall of the alley, the other man waited for him to catch-up and clapped him on shoulder.

"Did you see their faces, Prongs? No one ever expects us to use non-combat magic combatively!" Sirius said laughing.

James snickered and quickly used "Reducio" on the duck who was now starting to step on the unconscious Death Eaters.

"I have to say I didn't Padfoot, as I was too busy making sure I didn't also receive a feather sandwich," he retorted back, no real bite to his words.

Sirius rolled his eyes and took out the "very important do not lose it or else" device gifted to him by James' wife, Lily. "Well we better place the tracker before they wake up then." He said suddenly serious.

James nodded, taking the device, and crept over the three unconscious men. He recognized Rosier and gritted his teeth. The boy had been a strict no-nonsense Slytherin prefect when he first started at Hogwarts, the man however had joined up with Voldemort mere days after graduation. He didn't hesitate to chose Rosier as the one to track. The other two were clearly to young to be a high-ranking Death Eater and that was what the order needed for this experiment. He placed the device and activated it. It was invisible and weightless. According to Lily, Rosier could touch it an never know it was there.

He quickly used a pair of stunning spells on the other two Death Eaters, and then ran back to Sirius, who was trying to fix his newly torn jacket. "Ready?" James asked him.

"Unfortually," replied Sirius pointing his wand at Rosier and whispering, "Rennervate".

The Death Eater stirred and looked around wincing. James and Sirius acted fast.

"Quick! Stun him before he gets away!" James yelled. The two started throwing random stunning spells down the alley.

This was the only cue Rosier needed, and with a loud bang, the Death Eater had vanished.

They grinned at each other. The plan had worked perfectly, and now they just needed to wait for Rosier to reach his location. The spell on the device wouldn't report on the location for other 14 hours. They had planned for this due to their reports stating that an important meeting would be occurring that coming Tuesday.

He and Sirius grabbed the two other men and apparated to the ministry to detain them. It was looking that the Order may have finally received the break it dearly needed.

Around 14 hours of relaxing and listening to too much "Roxanne" later

"Potter! Black! We have a location on Rosier." Lily cried running into the break room, waving a single sheet of parchment for the two men to see.

They jumped up and raced across the room to see the location written on the paper. It was an address.

389 Shearling Crescent

"We have people looking in address books right now to figure out where you can apparate to, so just hold-" Lily started before being interrupted by Sirius. "I know where that is".

"Where?" He and Lily said impatiently, smirking slightly at each other.

Sirius sighed and went to the map of the United Kingdom sitting on the maroon colored wall. It was covered in pins of varying colors, each signifying different Death Eater hideouts or places of interest. He pointed to a small town in Scotland.

"Its some-a-ways north of this town, Lockerbie," he said, "We can apparate in and then sneak up on the place."

James nodded and turned to his wife, "Are the suits ready?"

"Your guy's suits are, not mine though," she replied, clearly irritated. She flicked her wand and his and Sirius's suit appeared on the table. "The wings on mine caused some issues with the shrink charm, so I'm going to need more time to work out the kinks."

Sirius took his and ran off to change. Lily reached out and gently touched James' face. "Be safe out there okay? You know Voldemort is looking for us after that raid last month. Just…. be safe." Her bright green eyes bore into him in that moment, and for a brief second, he wanted to quit the mission. To leave and live in safety with his wife forever. But the thought left just as quickly and he reminded himself that this privilege of running wouldn't be afforded to many people. It was his duty to protect them, all of them. He reached and embraced Lily.

"Don't worry Lils, I won't leave you."

Sirius re-entered and smirked at the couple. "Oi, you two, don't you know there's a war going on? We got to hit the road, Prongs."

They split apart, and he ran off to change. Upon returning, he found Lily and Sirius discussing extraction plans in case they were spotted.

"None of this information is going to worth losing you two in the field," Lily was saying, "if you even think you are compromised… Leave".

"Aww Evans, you care so much," Sirius replied with a smirk.

"Please, Black. You know the suits are of outmost importance to the order. They are the only sure-fire way to shrink people without… negative consequences. But you two knuckleheads are great too." She said, laughing at his shocked expression before continuing. "Alright, you have two hours to find the place and infiltrate it before the meeting is supposed to start. Good luck and be safe," she said. James and Sirius gripped hands and turned on the spot.

Hopefully this would be a second time's the charm scenario. Hopefully.