3rd Person (P.O.V)
After the talk she had with her siblings Lily decided she needed to start making plans she needed to protect her family. With some newfound determination she decided she needed to talk to the Dixon brother's.
Lily exited the RV only to hear the commotion coming from the Dixon brothers tent. She saw Merle had Daryl by the collar of his shirt.
"Where is it Daryl?". Merle yelled angrily as his hands were shaking.
"No idea what you were talking about". Daryl said as he felt his brother hands trembling.
"I ain't playing games little brother you had no right going through my shit". Merle said growling like an animal.
"I had all the right it means keeping your sorry ass alive". Daryl said roughly pushing his brother to which Lily immediately rushed towards their campsite.
Merle was pissed he brought his hand up to punch Daryl . "Merle Dixon don't even think about it". Lily voice cause merle freeze he slowly turned around looking into her green eyes they looked as if they were glowing.
Merle will deny this to his dying breath but Lily was the only woman to ever put fear into him. Not even his Ma could do that. He immediately looked away feeling relief go through him.
"Now Merle he wasn't the one to get rid of your stash it was me now get your sorry ass into the RV". Lily said resting her hand on her hip. Merle was about to argue when she glared at him causing him to close his mouth immediately.
Merle cursed under his breath as he stormed off passing Lily. He couldn't look her in the eye it always scream danger when she was pissed off. " I would quit cursing if I were you Merle I don't want my children picking up your bad language". Lily hissed sounding like a serpent.
"The withdrawal is finally getting to him again". Lily said to which Daryl nodded his head. "Right I think I might have something that can help we need to put an end to this the situation". Lily said before turning on her heel and heading back to the RV .
She hoped the potion she found during her travels would work because there wasn't many potion's that she had in her arsenal that would work for mandane. Lily walked into the RV to see Merle sitting at the table with his hands trembling.
"I've got something that's going to help you with your tremors". Lily said making Merle head snap up to stare at her.
"What's that?". Merle asked cautiously.
"It's a remedy that I found during my travels to Romania". Lily said rolling her eyes at his weariness it was the same look when he first got a dose of the calming draft.
Lily waved her hand summoning the potion the vile from her cabinet. In the vile the potion was a light purple color she work the last few few days putting the final touches hoping it will work.
She may have gotten good at potions over the years but she would never be a potions mistress or Severus Snape for that matter. Lily forced Merle to sit down and still stuck out his tongue she dropped a few drops of the potion onto his tongue and after a few minutes the tremors stopped.
Merle eyes widen as he didn't feel the need to be high off his rocker like he usually was.
Sometime later Lily made her way towards the middle of the quarry where some of the women were gathered doing laundry. Amy who was helping her sister noticed her presence immediately smiled at her.
"Hey Lily come to join us ". Amy said smiling as she noticed Andrea was glaring at her. She rolled her eyes deciding not to pay attention her any attention by smiling back at Amy.
"Hey Amy not really I was coming to see if any of you we're interested in a few self-defense classes I was going to start". Lily said at some of the women looked at her confused.
"She's not interested Potter". Andrea said before Amy could answer.
"That's fine if no one is interested I was just trying to help if you want to survive. You can't always depend on a man especially your old leader and your new one will always pick Lori and Carl above anyone else . I'll be in the tree lines if anyone is interested". Lily said shrugging her shoulders as she gave Carol and Amy a side glance before walking off.
Carol was a quiet woman she knew she didn't have a back bone but she needed to protect her daughter she knew her husband a horrible man would choice himself over them. What Lily said was true Shane and Rick will always choose Lori and Carl above anyone within the group.
She was hesitant at first as she put the laundry outside but looking over at her daughter in the corner she knew what she had to do. Carol got up followed by Amy and two other women within the group and the four went towards the tree lines to Lily.
Amy ignored Andrea who she knew wasn't happy with her going to Lily for the help she was offering but what she had said was the truth. During the last run her sister almost didn't make it back if they did it was by the skin of their teeth. Shane refused to do anything he had been promising to train some of them for a while but never followed through on what he said.
"I'm glad to see some of you have common sense unlike the others in your group. Let's get started". Lily said as she was leaning against a tree with a bag on her shoulder that they didn't notice before.
Over the next few hours Lily taught them a few basic defenses moves and gave them each a Dagger that they should always keep with them. She make sure they understood they couldn't always rely on guns loud noises attract walkers pretty quickly.
Luna and George decided they needed to hit the magical district they were running low on their magical supplies. They both grew up as purebloods they didn't know how the mundane world medicine and other things would affect them.
Luckily during her travels Luna had came across a small shop in Egypt that sold maps that shows your location and any magical district in that continent. The nearest magical district near them so happened to be on the edge of Atlanta.
Lily came out of her room with Hope strap to her chest to find her siblings at the small kitchenette table looking over a large piece of parchment. She waved her hand summoning what she needed for Hope's bottle letting it prepared it's self as she walked over towards the table.
"What are you guys doing?". Lily said as she took a seat. She glared down at the parchment that turned out to be a map of some sort.
"It's a map of the area that shows the magical district in Atlanta. Luna picked it up during one of her trips it shows every magical district in the world and the one near your location". George said make Lily's eyes widen.
She may have traveled the last few years but she didn't know every magical districts location. She didn't know where or if there was one in Atlanta. To be honest she never really thought about it as she had a large supply in her trunk from her trips and the bit of shopping she did in Diagon Alley.
Looking down at the map she knew her supplies wasn't going to last forever and they really needed to stock up and get everything they could put to use. Lily hoped to one day have a settlement so her children could have somewhat of a normal life it's all that's been on her mind since her talk with her siblings that morning.
"Dobby come here please". Lily called out as she put Hope down for her nap.
As she would be going out with Luna and George she didn't want it to look suspicious if she left her children alone. She was going to ask Amy to watch them and have Dobby stay in the apartment in her trunk.
"Missy Lily called for Dobby?". Dobby asked after he popped into her room with his small apron on his waist covered in flour.
"I did Dobby. Luna,George and I have decided to travel to the magical district to stock up on supplies. I rather not take the children with us and I know you love to watch them but I don't want questions to arise with the Muggles when they noticed us leaving. I'm going to ask one of the Muggles I like to watch them for a bit until we return but I would like you to stay close by unseen by her". Lily explained to Dobby who nodded.
"Dobby will be close and unseen". Dobby said standing tall ready to protect his family and do anything his mistress and friend asked of him.
"Good you can go back to finish what you were doing and I'll let you know when we're ready to leave". Lily said to the small house elf who nodded his head before popping away.
Lily smiled down at her daughter as her eyes caught sight of the small bracelet that was wrapped around her tiny wrist. She had been working on amulets and other things during some of her free time. She honestly regretted not taking runes during her third year and for some odd reason chose divination even though she didn't have to sight like Luna.
Lily exited the room and made her way out of the RV in hopes of finding Daryl. She wanted to borrow his truck and to let him know she would be gone for a few hours.
She smiled in relief when she saw him sitting near the pit whittling down some arrows. She walked over towards him making him look up from what he was doing.
"Me Luna and George are going on a supply run". Lily said purposely not mentioning the magical district.
"Just the three of y'all?". Daryl said not like the idea of being left behind.
"Yea we have certain supplies that we need and they manage to get the location of where people like us can get it". Lily whispered making Daryl eyes wide a bit.
"Do y'all need us to watch the kids". Daryl asked a bit uncomfortable.
"No I've got it covered I'm planning on asking Amy but I would appreciate if you guys were on standby and didn't leave the camp it would make me feel a lot better of leaving". Lily said to which Daryl nodded his head. "I do have another favor to ask?". She said to which Daryl eyebrow rose.
"What do y'all need?". Daryl asked curiously.
"Can we borrow your truck for a bit I promise I won't damage it". Lily said smiling a bit at Daryl which made him uncomfortable.
Daryl didn't say a word but lightly through her the keys normally he would never let anyone other than his brother drive but Lily was different it has been that way since the beginning.
Amy was going irritated of her sister Andrea trying to control who she hung out with. There weren't many people her age at the quarry and she really did like Lily she was a little older than her but they got along well.
Amy was snapped out of her thoughts when she heard her name being called she looked over to see Lily waving her over to her RV. She stood up from the chair she was sitting in and put her bookmark into the book she had given received the other day.
"What's up?". Amy asked smiling.
"I was wondering if you'd be willing to do me a favor?". Lily said knowing Amy would accept. They needed to leave soon as they wanted to get as much essentials as possible. She already transformed the RV to its original state on the inside.
"What kind of favor?". Amy asked curiously.
"Well me and my siblings wanna go on a run and gather some essentials. I really don't wanna bring the kids and put them in any danger I was wondering if you'd be willing to babysit for me. All you have to do is keep them in the RV and put them to sleep. After they fall you're welcome to take a shower and watch a movie if you'd like since my RV runs on solar power the water is always warm". Lily said smirking inwardly at Amy's eyes widened at the mention of a hot shower. "I'll even give you some fresh clothes and personal hygiene stuff...". Before Lily could continue Amy was already nodding her head.
"Deal". Amy said happily she couldn't wait to have a hot shower. It has been a long while since she was able to enjoy one.
Lily parked Daryl's truck on the side of the road. The three of them got out and she placed a few wards around it and a noticed me not spell on it.
Lily Luna and George each enlarged their broom and casted a noticed me not spell on themselves before taking off into the sky to the magical District of Starlight Alley.
When they enter starlight alley from above the three stayed together it was difficult to see their fellow witches and wizards became walkers. They did a swept through as many shops as there could. The most important shops were the apothecary camping supplies store and the want shop.
It was hard but they had to remind themselves that their people were no longer alive when they cast different spells to put them down. Past the apothecary there was lines of houses which they each decided to take a few of them on their own. It was a good thing Lily had given them each an amulet to protect them.
Ambrose Reid stayed quiet as he felt the wards around his home weakened. He held his mother's familiar towards his chest he was afraid.
His mother had specifically told him to not leave the house she had gone to see a patient and never came back even at seven years old he knew his mother was dead she was the only family he had left.
He never left his home since he knew he was safe from the monsters outside he always stay quiet he would sometimes peek through the window as he watched them pass by.
Ambrose hid the furthest he could go into the closet as he stayed silent his eye swelled up with tears. He didn't wanna become one of the monsters he could hear the footsteps echoing through the house.
Lily had her wand up ready for anything she let her magic flow throughout the house. She knew someone was inside the only thing she didn't know was whether they were a walker or not. The first couple of rooms she entered were empty and she took anything that could be of use.
After 15 minutes she stopped at a door where her magic had pulled her too. She knew someone or something was inside and it was too quiet to be a walker. She slowly open the door which caused it to creek it left the small seven-year-old hiding in the closet even more afraid.
Ambrose pressed the cat into his chest letting the tears fall into it's fur. Lily stopped in her tracks when she heard a hissing coming from the closet with her wand still held tightly in her hand she made her way towards the closet. What she saw left her in complete shock.
In the closet sitting almost to the back was a small child with a cat in his arms trembling in fear. The child looked up in freight when he heard the door open his chocolate brown eyes caught sight of her green ones.
"Hey there sweetie what's your name?". Lily whispered softly not wanting to scare him. She was still in a bit of shock trying to understand on how a small child could survive alone.
"Ambrose". He whispered softly. "This is Artemis she was my mommy's familiar". Ambrose whispered as he held up the ginger cat with blue eyes.
"My name is Lily your safe now Ambrose you can come out". Lily said holding out her hand. He was hesitant but slowly go onto his knees taking her hand she helped him up. She had to get him packed up there was no way she was going to leave him.
Lily sat Ambrose on the bed and grab the small backpack that was hung on the door. She raised her wand casting a lightweight charm and expansion charm.
"What are you doing Miss Lily?". Ambrose whispered as he watched her holding his backpack.
"We have to go I'm not going to leave you alone here and my siblings are going to be looking for me we only came to Starlight Alley for supplies". Lily said but she could see the fear in Ambrose chocolate brown eyes.
"Do we have to go out there?". Ambrose whispered horrified not wanting to be anywhere near the monsters.
"Unfortunately we have to but I promise you I won't let anything happen to you I have a little boy almost your age and a little girl who is still a baby. I won't take you out there if you want I can call my house elf Dobby and you can go into my trunk apartment". Lily said to which Ambrose his eyes lit up nodding his head vigorously.
Lily give him a smile before ruffling his hair and she began to pack everything that was in the room not leaving a trace behind. She did the same thing to everything in the house with Ambrose at her side.
"Dobby". Lily called out once they reach the front door. She had given Ambrose an amulet and put one around Artemis's neck.
"Missy Lily called for Dobby?". The small house elf asked after popping in. Ambrose was startled he had behind Lily's leg.
"Dobby I would like you to meet Ambrose and Artemis they going to be living with us and I don't want them getting hurt. I want you to take them into the apartment and take care of them". Lily said slowly guiding Ambrose from behind her. "Sweetie this is Dobby a good friend of mine and he's going to take very good care of you". Lily said smiling and reassurance as she handed Dobby the small backpack.
"You promise?". Ambrose asked worriedly.
"I promise now go with Dobby if you need me ask him to come get me okay". Lily said as she had gone down to his high he slowly nodded his head. Dobby put out his hand for Ambrose to grab and both waved to Lily before disappearing with a pop.
Lily prepared herself wand raised in the air she slowly opened the door noticing that it was already getting dark. She needed to get back to Luna and George to explain what was going on and get back to her kids she had a horrible feeling something was going to happen.
And she was right when Luna rushed towards her telling her the camp was going to be attacked and they needed to hurry.
It was night fall when the wards Lily had put up around the camp went off. That night there were going to be some losses and soon a divide.
