Charlie wasn't allowed outside the hospital tent until the second day of his injuries.

he saw Rachelle coming out of the shower house that they had set up. Her hair was still damp, and he figured that unlike Ginny, she preferred to let her hair dry naturally.

Rachelle came walking over to him. She stood next to him as he looked over the facility. All of the dragons had been dealt with according to species, and all of the workers from the facility, except Charlie, had gone home.

"Are you ready to start packing your things? We will be on the road tomorrow morning as soon as you're ready. I get the feeling that you want to be home soon, so I made lots of different arrangements to get you there."

Charlie turned so he was not facing Rachelle. He smiled at her, and she got his code for that meaning thank-you.

He didn't know anything about Rachelle, other than she was a healer that liked dragons, and she didn't know anything about him other than he worked with dragons, and they were like his family. Charlie had a feeling that over the almost week-long trip, he and Rachelle would become good friends whether they wanted to or not.

The next morning, Charlie and Rachelle set off on the trek. They were both able to apparate, but with Charlie being so badly burnt, Rachelle didn't want to have to worry about him passing out or splinching.

They were traveling by thestral. Charlie, unfortunately, could see them, and he figured that Rachelle could see them, too. After the battle close to four years ago, most everyone that Charlie knew could see a thestral.

It was a slow-going journey, but that meant that Charlie and Rachelle had even more time to talk.

"So, where did you grow up?" Charlie asked one day on their ride.

"Here and there. My family didn't really stay in one place very long. The only place I could really ever call home was Hogwarts," Rachelle replied.

"You went to Hogwarts?!"

"Yes, why? A lot of people go to Hogwarts. It's not that weird that I went there," she said confused.

"Well... What house were you in?"

"I was a Hufflepuff, why do you want to know?" she asked.

"I went to Hogwarts!" Charlie exclaimed.

"What house?" she asked hurriedly.

"Gryffindor all the way!" He said proudly. She stared at him.

"Well that would explain the dragon thing... You're a Weasley, right?" she asked.

"Yeah, I am. Why?" Charlie asked confused.

"I know your brother, or maybe he's a cousin. Anyway, I was in the same class as a Percy Weasley."

"That's my annoying younger brother. He had a big fight with my family a few years back, but once he figured out that the Ministry was behind most of the attacks, he decided to join us again." Charlie's face went stolid. he didn't seem to be focusing on what was going on, just on Percy's past.

"Well, he was in my class, but not the same house, so we had Herbology and Charms together," Rachelle said. "How many of you are there, anyway? Weasleys, I mean."

"Well, there are seven of us kids... six. Six kids, now that Fred is gone..." Charlie took a deep breath and continued. "Six of us kids, my mum and dad, five spouses, of the six kids, and seven grandkids."

"Wow! There are a ton of you! I was an only child. What does everyone do?" Rachelle asked.

"Bill is the oldest. He works with Gringotts Bank. He is married to Fleur Delecor, one of the Tri Wizard Tournament champions about eight years ago. They have two daughters, Victorie and Dominique. I'm next. I work with dragons, mainly in Romania, but as you've seen, I go all over. Next comes Percy," Rachelle cut him off from saying anything else.

"You're not married? I thought for sure that you wanted to get home to your wife!"

Charlie laughed as he held up his left hand. "No. I'm not married. Call me a Mummy's Boy, but I wanted to get home to my mum. We had a little fight before I left, and I want to get it all straightened out." Charlie's thoughts again circled around not wanting to "Pull a Percy" as his family called it. "Anyway, next comes Percy. He is right-hand man at the Ministry of Magic. He married Audrey wilson, and they have a daughter Lucy. After Percy comes the twins. Fred and George." Charlie looked at Rachelle with sad eyes.

"You don't have to explain if you don't want to," she said. Charlie ignored her and went on anyway.

"Fred was murdered at the Battle at Hogwarts. It's been hard on all of us, but on George the most. It took him two and a half years to really move on. George and Fred owned a store called Weasley's Wizard Wheezes in Diagon Alley."

Rachelle almost fell off her thestral. "I've been there! It has the best fun things for birthday presents! I didn't know they were Percy's brothers!"

"Yeah, we have to claim them," Charlie said teasinly. "George married Angelina Johnson. She was a chaser on the Gyffindor Quidditch team. They have twins: Fred and Roxanne. After the twins comes Ron. He works at the Auror Office at the Ministry. He married Hermione Granger and they have a newborn daughter named Rose."

"I've heard of them. Aren't they Harry Potter's best friends?" Rachelle asked anxiously.

"You are right about that, but it gets better. After Ron comes little Ginny. Well, I guess she's not as little as she used to be, but you know what I mean." Rachelle smiled at Charlie's joke. Charlie smiled back and tried to stop the pounding of his heart inside his chest.

"Ginny used to play Chaser for the Holly Head Harpies Quidditch team, but after her son, James, was born, she 'retired'. Ginny married Harry Potter about three and a half years ago now. And like I said, they have a son named James, and are expecting their second. We all say it's going to be a boy, because Weasleys have boys, but she is hoping for a little girl. Harry has already told us that if it is a girl like Gin wants, they will name her Lily, but if it is boy, they will name him Albus."

Rachelle gasped. She had no idea that Charlie's family was so big, or so famous.

"Your mother wouldn't be Molly Weasley who is remembered for killing Bellatrix Lestrange, would she?" Rachelle asked wanting to know more about Charlie's huge family.

"The one and only." Charlie smiled smugly.

"One question: would Harry and Ginny's son be named Albus be named after Albus Dumbledore?"

"Yeah, that was kinda the idea. You see, Harry and Dumbledore were really close, and if the Potter gene is as pure as some say it is, if its a boy, it will look just like Harry, well, without the scar."

Charlie had meant this last little part as a joke, but immediately thought bad of it once he saw the look on her face.

Rachelle shook the comment off by telling him that they would be to the next camp in a few minutes.