A/N: Okay it took a little longer to update the story, sorry but I ran into a few unexpected complications. Anyway thank you all for the reviews. I'm so happy to know that people are enjoying my story! Would anybody be upset if I skipped a few years in an upcoming chapter? I keep on forgetting to add this so....

Disclaimer: I do not own any Harry Potter characters (sadly), places, or anything else that you may have read about in the Harry Potter books; they all belong to J.K. Rowling, I just play with them for my own amusement. (ooh...Naughty!!!)

Now on with the story!

Fenrir had only meant to stop so that the pack could rest, he had sent Luther ahead with a group of hunters to make sure that the pack would be able to continue their trip safely. Luther returned ahead of the others with the news that the land Fenrir had thought to make the pack's new home was desolate. A battle between the wizards had destroyed it just fifteen miles away; the land became barren, animals scarce and there was no way of safely traveling across the area without some type of magical backlash, there was also a chance that the land stayed in that condition for another twenty miles or more. Fenrir watched his weary pack, noticing how exhausted and pitiful the few children looked huddled next to their mothers.

"We can't continue to run like this, we need to find safety."

Luther was wise enough to not voice his thought that they had been safe and their number larger under Voldemort's protection.

Fenrir let out a deep breath. "Send Triar to look for food and water, we'll stay here for as long as possible."

Luther nodded and turned to find Triar before looking back at Fenrir uncertainly. "But.... there is no shelter here."

"I'll take care of that! Just do what I told you!" Fenrir hissed sharply.

Fenrir frowned as he watched Luther flee in the opposite direction. Asshole needs to stop questioning me or I'll have another body to get rid of.

He scanned the pack before heading towards Remus. Its time for him to make his magic useful. He thought with disdain, conveniently forgetting the many times Remus had helped the pack with magic.

"Remus, you need to make an undetectable shelter for the pack." He said without preamble.

Remus looked up from his resting spot with a start. "I'm not sure I can. All magic is traceable, even spells used to make something untraceable are traceable."

"But the object isn't." Fenrir stated after a moments silence.

"Well, no," Remus hesitantly said. ",but if the wand that cast the spell is found, it can be used to track the caster, who can be followed to the untraceable object, and then counter spells can be used to uncover the object."

"That's a big 'if'. Do you plan on losing your wand anytime soon?"

"No, of course not." Offended at the very thought of his not being able to care for his wand. "Even if there was a spell to make a shelter more safe for the pack, I would still need to make the shelter. The only thing we have that is large enough to work with are the trees and the ground, to do any magic with nature you need a highly qualified herbologist and someone highly qualified in transfigurations that would agree to help."

"Oh, sweet Luna, there are plenty of wizards in the pack and someone is teaching Harry these subjects, work together, do whatever the hell has to be done, I don't care as long as it keeps my pack safe and in one location. I want it done before tonight." He stormed off, angered that he needed help from someone who seemed so reluctant.

Remus sighed wearily as he stood, There should be something of use in one of the spell books in Harry's trunk. Which one? Shelter.. Safety.. Undetectable magic. He frowned as he thought. It sounds familiar. Oh! Survival. As the books title rang throughout Remus' mind, he rushed to find Harry; if he was thinking of the correct spells it would take the rest of the day to complete them.

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Harry was stretched out on the grass, talking quietly with Rain and Storm. When Remus rushed to his side.

"Take the trunk off quickly, I need it." Remus rushed.

Harry reached to remove the trunk and place it on the ground as Remus reached for his wand. He watched as the trunk expanded with a silent spell cast by Remus, and as Remus tossed the lid of the trunk open and began to throw objects out after a cursory glance.

"Remus," Harry began hesitantly. "What, exactly, are you looking for?"

"A book." Remus distractedly answered as he glanced at the book he held in his hand before tossing it into the growing pile of discards.

"Right." Harry cast an incredulous eye to the pile of discarded books that was rapidly growing.

Remus gave a triumphant cry as he pulled a large black book from the bottom of the trunk. Remus flipped the book open to scan the index and released a sigh when he found the spells he had been searching for. Harry watched as Remus slammed the book closed and ran away without another word, before turning to find that Rain and Storm looked just as confused as he felt.

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Remus was relieved to find the three men he needed in one group.

"Jonas, Zareth, Nicholas. I need your help." He said before walking away. The three men looked at one another before following.

"With what?" The men asked almost simultaneously.

"Creating a shelter. We must hurry, it needs to be done tonight."

He stopped before two huge trees, opened the book, and turned to face the others.

"I think I found a way to make our pack almost completely undetectable inside a shelter."

Zareth was the first to comment. "Thats great, but why didn't you think of this before."

No one ever mentioned anything to make me think of it. Even if I had thought of it you all were either not here or powerful enough to complete the spell. "It doesn't matter, we need to go over the spell a few times or we will most likely do it wrong."

"What happens if we cast the spell wrong?" Nicholas asked cautiously.

"Either the spell will send out our direct location to every wizard living and draw the most powerful ones to us; or any living creature in the vincity merges with trees and dies."

Zareth rubbed his hands together. "That's not to bad; lets get started."

Remus moved so that all the men could read the spell simultaneously.

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It was one of the most difficult spells any of them had tried to accomplish in one day. It included merging two living trees, making the resulting tree into a house large enough to shelter the whole pack, and placing a disillusionment/safety boundary on the tree and surrounding area. They had to accomplish all of that without killing or weakening the tree or else it would collapse and eventually explode, sending the spells to the nearest living vessels. They also had to use a hair from each member of the pack in the boundary spell or else they would not see the shelter and slowly burn to death if they tried to enter; this was harder than using a hair in a potion as there were no reactants to help dissolve the hairs, just magic.

They practiced for several hours, using similar, but weaker spells and gradually testing stronger spells. Zareth, Jonas, and Nicholas had to merge and transfigure the trees together. Remus had found that he had not had enough power to complete the boundary spell on his own and had needed Nicholas' help. They tiredly stepped away from the new shelter and found the rest of the pack sitting and watching them. Harry ran from Fenrir's side to join them.

"You all have to teach me how to do stuff like that!" He said excitedly.

The men looked down with tired smiles.

"We will." Remus said before ruffling Harry's hair.

Fenrir moved to stand behind Harry, pulling the boy to his chest and out of Remus' reach.

"Is it safe to go in?"

The men looked at each other before nodding. Fenrir stared at them before looking at the shelter with an unsure gaze. Harry began to pull away, only to find himself trapped between Fenrir's firm chest and strong arms.

"I want to see inside." Harry hated that his voice had sounded whinny.

"Wait." Fenrir said as he hugged Harry closer before releasing him. "Bella, you go in first."

"But, why me?" Her voice, unlike his mate's, was annoyingly whinny and her pout not nearly as cute, quit the opposite as it twisted the scars he had left near her lips in an unattractive pattern.

"This is a way to show your use to the pack since you do nothing but fuck, a way to show your strength. Besides, don't you want to be the first to see inside." He felt Harry shift restlessly and tried to place his arm around the boy's waist, only to have the boy move to stand next to Lupin. He almost growled before seeing that Harry looked ready to cry.

I did just tell the woman who tried to kill him that she could do what I would not let Harry do just seconds before. But, the magic may be unstable and if the shelter collapses Harry may be hurt, Bella should be the one to test the safety. Hopefully it collapses and kills her, but then my pack won't have anywhere to stay. Fenrir saw Bella cast a superior glance towards Harry before walking towards the shelter, making sure to add an extra twitch to her hips and throw a supposedly seductive glance towards Fenrir. Lupin can always make a new shelter, one or two more nights outside won't cause to much harm.

Bella walked up the three step made from raised tree roots, pushed on the door outline, looked back at the pack with fake bravado before stepping inside the open doorway.

So, I will try to update sooner next time. Sorry for the long wait!!!!