DISCLAIMER – This story is based on the idea of the television program The Walking Dead. It was created by Frank Darabont. That doesn't mean I am going to use his characters. Time will tell, right now I'm just using the zombie aspect of it and such. The same could be said for the Resident Evil series.

DISCLAIMER 2 – Harry Potter is the sole property of JK Rowling.

DISCLAIMER 3 – This story contains slash. This means male on male and possible female on female. I do NOT go into specifics, but I do have them show love to one another.

PAIRINGS – Harry/Seamus, Hermione/ Draco, Neville/Luna. Others will be determined as the story goes along. This story will contain a neutral Dumbledore and Voldemort. This will also contain Weasley bashing as I love to do so.

NOTE – The characters will be OOC. This is fan fiction. If I wanted the characters to behave like Rowling portrayed them then I would write in her fashion. As I don't want to be sued for plagiarism, then the characters will behave as I want them to. If you want them to behave a certain way, THEN WRITE YOUR OWN STORY.

Chapter 10 – When Colonies Collide

Harry and his group worked hard for months following the enlargement of their group. Of the hundred or so people that had freshly arrived, most of them faded into the colony and made a home and life for themselves. A handful of people wanted to go to the other colonies to help get them started. They knew that what Harry and his group were doing would do wonders for other areas. They were brought to the area of their choice with a way to communicate if they needed help. The communication mirrors that Remus and Sirius had made in school came in handy for the different communities forming.

It wasn't long before all of the teams going to the capital cities of the different states were able to get their work done. Warding the capital buildings was easy enough. Going back at a later date to place wards on the surrounding areas wasn't that difficult either. Griphook and his family were very busy making fences and such that would help the areas being defended. Of course, this was part of their fun. The goblins loved making new things. This was especially so when their favorite client asked them for help.

Severus and Filius went to each of the new havens and made sure that the vehicle blockades they first used were placed into effect here in the new areas. Getting the unused vehicles to stack where the undead couldn't get in was relatively easy. It took the better part of six months for all three teams to have a nice sized haven in each state capital. Setting the invitation in the sky was easy as well. Even when it rained, the message of safety was seen thanks to Filius and his team of Charms experts.

With some of the younger witches and wizards finally graduating school and coming into their own, they made teams of their own when it came to checking up on these new havens to gather information and to assist in clearing out the gathering undead. From time to time there were survivors found, and sometimes there wasn't. When not fighting the undead, the groups were busy gathering all of the supplies found in different areas and had it brought back to said places.

"We can always come and get it for our own use if we need to," explained Harry during their meeting. "Many of these havens won't get used and then again, some may have only a handful of people who actually make it there. With the new batch of dragon eggs hatching, we have more dragons now to work with. I have been sending them to different areas to burn all undead seen. It seems to be working as we have fewer and fewer zombies in sight with each passing day."

"We have been at this for close to two years now," added Hermione. "We have made significant headway and eliminating the undead in this area. I haven't seen a zombie in this area in about four months. It's us going back and forth to different locations to kill them that most of our work is coming into play. We have had more babies born in our own community. We even have people that have gone back to the surface below to set up house. We are growing again."

"Before you ask, yes they are being watched out over and keeping up with their training," said Bellatrix. "Dumbledore is still going from spot to spot to check up on havens as well as Filius. Minerva went out herself not long ago due to being bored. With so few children at this time to teach, she is putting her talents to use doing other things. We are prepared up here and down there. All is well in our part of the world."

"The entire city of New Orleans and its surrounding areas are cleaned out of the undead," stated Severus. "We are just about done with the entire state of Louisiana. Our last count was roughly at about ten million zombies killed since we arrived here. That number is just what WE have dealt with. Reports from Boston are that they are sitting at about one million zombies killed."

"We got word from Fleur Delacour that the Veela nation has united and have started the clearing of the French cities," reported Millicent. "We have word from our own country stating that thanks to the goblins and so forth that they are making significant headway in the United Kingdom to wipe out the undead population. I think they are the only nation that is ahead of us in clearing out the zombies."

"Everything is improving with each day," assured Bellatrix. "We are doing well. Every day we go out and kill no less than one hundred zombies each. There are about a thousand witches and wizards in our group alone. We go out and get what we need when we need it. We have weavers, seamstresses, farmers, and many other things in our haven. Potter Haven is still the most successful that we have out of all of them. We are not hurting any when the teams stay gone for longer periods of time to work in other areas."

"Think about it like this," said Hermione. "Our children will be going to school in just under nine years. If we continue like we are, we can go home and let them be taught at Hogwarts just like we did. I know that we never technically graduated, but we are some of the most powerful magic users since the time of the founders. I notice that you are in the library more than I am these days learning new things and reworking some of the older spells. I have seen some of the accomplishments that you have achieved since we have been here. You are so gifted with your magic."

"Some of your spells have helped us deal with the undead," added Severus. "Your shock runes have helped with the fences. The way you worked it so that it only harms zombies was sheer brilliance. We no longer have to have anyone electrify the fences. Your shock runes do it for us. We just have to go and get rid of the bodies. That is, when the elves let us. They go out without us even asking anymore and just do it. Half the time, I have to beg them to let me do it so that I have something better to do with my spare time. One can only brew potions for so long before they get bored."

The group chatted long into the evening. Harry caused some excitement to the group when he told them that he found another surrogate mother and she was pregnant with his child. Millicent and Fred were asked to be godparents. Laughingly, he stated that Poppy made sure that there was only one and that a second or third wasn't hiding somewhere. Seamus also stated he was due to be a father again. Severus and his wife were expecting as well. Who knew he and Aurora would get together? After his love of Lily, many didn't think Severus would ever give his heart to anyone. However, thanks to Harry and Seamus, Aurora Sinistra Snape now had the hard man's heart.

Around the haven, many other of their friends were becoming parents. Draco and Hermione were already expecting their second child. Fred and Angelina were awaiting the birth of their first child. Neville and Luna were going to be parents soon. George and Millicent were also going to be parents. Many of the generation above them were also becoming parents as they were still young enough. Narcissa was pregnant thanks to Harry finding out what was wrong with her system and correcting it. It was no surprise to many that there were so many weddings and children being born or waiting to be born. Yes life was moving on and Harry loved and basked in it.

There came the day when Harry and Potter Haven had their first bout of trouble with the living instead of the undead. A group of vigilantes had taken over the Houma haven and were busy causing problems. A few of Harry's citizens disappeared. They were mostly women. This upset many of the magical women of the community.

"We have to do something about this Harry," insisted Hermione. "My mother was one of the women that were taken. Dad is beside himself with fury and worry about this. We have to go there and make sure that our people are safe. We have to do something about the people that are doing this. Boston reported that they have had trouble with a few people believing that the undead are the next children of god. We have to do something now before anyone gets hurt."

I KNOW HERMIONE!" snapped Harry. "You have only been telling me the same thing every five minutes for the last few days. However, need I remind you that even a witch or wizard will fall prey to a bullet if we don't plan this the right way? I am only one person that is in charge of basically the whole damned planet. So would you please stop yelling at me and help come up with a solution instead of bitching about the situation?"

"Potter," warned Draco with a growl. "Need I remind you that, that is my wife you are snapping at? She is within her right to be worried about her mother. I would hate to have us get into a fight over this. Show some respect please."

"No Draco," interrupted Lucius. "Harry is right. I know Hermione is worried about her mother, but taking it out on Harry isn't the answer. He is working nonstop to come up with a safe solution to this problem. I happen to know that he hasn't slept in three days. At the rate he is going, he will collapse due to strain and sleep deprivation. He is doing the best that he can and your wife yelling at him all the time isn't helping."

"You haven't slept?" asked a now crying Hermione. Harry gave a sigh and shook his head. "HARRY POTTER! YOU ARE TO GET YOUR ARSE HOME AND GET INTO BED THIS INSTANT! WE WILL COME UP WITH A PLAN! MOVE NOW OR I WILL GET POPPY AND MINERVA IN ON THIS!"

"I GIVE UP!" yelled Harry in fury. "I am so damned tired of people yelling at me all the time. I know your hormones are out of balance due to your pregnancy, but so help me if you don't stop bossing me around all the time, I will choke the hell out of you once your baby is born. I am doing the best that I can with what I have. LEAVE ME ALONE FOR ONE FUCKING MINUTE."

With that, Harry stormed off. He was tired, aching, and heart weary. Albus was sick due to catching the flu. He was out for the count for a few days. Severus was off working on a community. Minerva was working in the school teaching children how to read and write. He was tired and felt bad for those in his care. He felt bad for himself as he just wanted to rest and he knew that he couldn't because so many depended on him.

Later that day, Lucius, Narcissa, and Andromeda walked to where he was sitting on a large rock looking out over the land below. Bellatrix was leading the family to where he sat. They could see that he had been crying and this was hard on all four as Harry was the anchor that their community depended on.

"We have had words with Hermione and Draco," explained Narcissa softly. "Many don't understand the stress you are under all the time. WE DO! You HAVE to take care of yourself. You have five children with two more on the way. You have to take time and let yourself live. We are more than able to pick up the slack. You have been leading us for well over two years now. You need to take a break and let us pick up the pieces. If you don't we may end up just picking up your pieces as you will end up doing yourself some serious harm."

"While we understand where Hermione was coming from, she shouldn't have taken it out on you," added Andromeda. "She was out of line and I for one was pleased to see you lose it like you did. You have a right to get angry. You have a right to tell people to go away. You have a right to do what you want from time to time. It isn't right for everyone to always think you have to come up with a plan or idea. As for the situation at hand, Dora, Ted, and I have come up with an idea as to how to get our people back."

"We are NOT going to tell you what it is," stated Lucius with a smirk on his face. "Draco will be joining us on this and we will get the job done. YOU are to stay out of it. As of this moment, you AND Seamus are to take a month long vacation. Work on spells if you want, or just sit on this boulder and stare out into space. We are hereby relieving you of duty so that you can get caught up on rest and energy. You two will NOT argue with us about this. It's for your own health and well-being."

"For once just let us take care of you guys for a change," suggested Narcissa. "We can get things taken care of. We have the right amount of people to go and retrieve our people and teach those weirdoes a lesson about messing with us. Trust me when I say that they won't be doing it again. We have the perfect people going out to deal with this."

"Just so you know, Hermione is on library duty until after her child is born," remarked Bellatrix with a grin. "She is due in about three months. This will give her time to cool her thoughts. She isn't allowed to do anything except check in and out books. She isn't allowed to organize, plan, assist, or work on any projects except cleaning and loaning out books. This will give her time to understand that she can't just talk to anyone anyway she feels like because she is intelligent and married into our family. We have given her duties to Millie as she is less hormonal as you stated. With that being said, we are off to rescue our people. We are taking a team of fifty magic users. This will give us a better chance of winning. All Malfoys, Lestranges, and McNairs are going on this trip. We want power behind our rescue."

"Just kill as few as possible if you can," said Harry with a sigh. "Bring the leader or leaders here for questioning. Severus is the most skilled in mind magic. If I remember right, he is due back here tomorrow. He can find out any information we need to understand why this person or persons did this and what they hoped to gain out of it. More than likely, they want to be some kind of king or something. We can't allow people to just steal other people."

"Maybe you can go and take a nap and get caught up on some of your sleep," suggested Narcissa. "Draco sent some potions to your house for you. After you left, we gave both of them a severe tongue lashing and he felt bad for his attitude. She went to argue and was sent home for her trouble. He went and made you a few potions to help you sleep and one for Seamus to rub into your muscles and so forth. HINT, HINT, HINT!"

"I got it," laughed Harry. "I'm going home. I'll talk to you all later. Happy hunting in Houma! I may just go fishing tomorrow. If you see Severus or Minerva, tell them they have the Haven until you guys return. With me on vacation with Seamus and Albus down with the flu, we need them to be able to take over while Bellatrix is out on this mission."

"Already done," assured Lucius before Harry popped out to go home. "That young man is a marvel. Not an angry bone in his body for what happened. Had that been me that she spoke to that way, I would probably have cursed her instead of curse at her. Maybe she will figure out where she went wrong. You can't just start yelling at everyone because things aren't moving fast enough for you."

"Well we already knew that Harry didn't have a mean bone in his body," stated Bellatrix. "As it stands, he still wants as little bloodshed as possible with these interlopers. I'm not sure that I can grant that wish, but I will do my best. I happen to be fond of Emma Granger and I want her returned to our haven. This has to be hard for her. I just hope she remembers the training we gave her and she comes out relatively unharmed. If something bad happens, I may just end up going on a killing spree despite what Harry wants. We can't have our women molested."

The others in the group all agreed with her and her sentiment. They couldn't stand the thought of Emma being raped or anything like that. The idea that someone would try and pull a stunt like this when the human population was so decimated was insulting to those that were working hard to help everyone still living.

The next afternoon, the group left to head to the city south of the lake. They made this trip specifically with magic users and sharpshooters. They wanted to insure that few of their numbers were harmed. This was an area where Bellatrix was in her element. Being the top lieutenant of Tom was a blessing when it came to infiltrating a rival camp. That Lucius and Walden McNair were part of this team made it even easier.

As one, the sharpshooters began taking down the zombies in the area. With silencers on their guns, it was easy for the invisible shooters to shoot anything that was undead. The people of the Houma Haven looked around in confusion. They didn't see who was shooting and couldn't respond in kind as they had no idea where to look. Bella and Lucius were busy scanning the area for live people. They calculated that there were about thirty people living inside of the haven. They located their missing residents rather quickly.

Popping into the compound was VERY easy for the group. The whole rescue mission took only about twenty minutes to eliminate all of the oppressors. It seems that the leader of the group was former military and wanted to elevate his status. It was easy to call for Severus and have him come to them to question the people in the area.

"This man calls himself Father Richard," explained Lucius to Severus upon his arrival. "He is trying to integrate the zombies back into the population. Some of our people have been bitten and turned in his attempt. We need to know why he did what he did and what his intentions were concerning Potter Haven. We also need to know if he has operatives in other areas. Last, but not least, we need to know if any of our women were sexually violated and so forth. While you are doing that, I will have Andy bring Emma home so that Hermione can relax before someone smacks her in her mouth for her attitude."

Without question, Severus got to work infiltrating the mind of the hazardous man before him. He scanned ruthlessly through the man's thoughts as he searched for the information he was looking for. Being a non-magical person, Father Richard didn't stand a chance against Severus' gift. Within twenty minutes, Severus found what he was looking for. He pulled out of the man's mind and turned to Lucius to give answers.

"The good thing is that none of the females were molested in any way," he reported while Lucius wrote it down. "That was not his intention in any way. He took the women as they are easier to handle. Unfortunately for him, our women fight harder so they had to be quarantined. Most of our women were used as trial and error. Thus they are fewer in number than before. Emma was lucky in that she was training harder and longer than most to stay alive."

"Is he working alone or is there others in other areas doing the same thing?" asked Narcissa. "Where in the world did he even come from? I am positive that he isn't part of our group and never has been. I would have remembered him coming or going as that is part of my job. Where did he come from and how did he get here?"

"He was from Mississippi," answered Severus. "He was never part of our group. He and his party were able to come to this area via boat. Biloxi was overrun and he came here with his party to set up new residence. There aren't as many havens in Mississippi as there are in Louisiana. We need to help other states when and where we can. Lastly, he is working alone. He has no one else working with him. His mind seems slow and lackluster. He sincerely believes that the zombies can be brought back to life somehow."

"Is there any way to tell why he believes this?" asked Bellatrix. "There has to be some reason for him to think that they can be saved. Does he have family that has been turned or something that would make him think he can bring them back to some kind of life?"

"His wife was turned," answered Severus. "He really does believe they can be brought back as she is more placid than most of the zombies we have met so far. Of course it helps that he feeds her as often as he can. The only good thing is that he kills the zombie when it turns after she feeds. We will need to go through this haven and clean it again. Bring all living citizens to our home and have them integrated into our community."

"What of the man who did all of this?" asked Draco. "What are we going to do with Father Richard? My opinion is that he deserves to be placed in prison for what he has done. I also think that he should be put to work in the goblin mines so that he is doing something good for the community. His crimes call for a harsher punishment, but we can't afford to stop human life. We can't have him commit more murders."

"We should place him in jail for now and let a jury decide his fate," suggested Andromeda. "We want him punished for taking humans and feeding them to his undead wife. We also want to try him for causing an uprising. This will be added to his charges of kidnapping and so forth. He has done more than any villain we have faced so far. Personally, I believe that many on the jury will call for his death. He can't be salvaged. He can be put to work for a few years with Griphook and such, but he needs to atone for his mistakes."

"For now, let's just bring everyone back to Potter Haven and get to work on cleaning up this area," suggested Walden. "The sooner we get this done, the sooner our lives can go back to normal. I agree that we need to work in other areas to clean them up better so that we don't have a repeat of what happened here. We don't know when new troubles will come up and cause us problems."

Within two hours, the area was clean and reset to house survivors. Father Richard was sent via portkey to jail in Potter Haven. From there, the group went about their normal lives. Harry and Seamus were at their home playing with their children and didn't have a care in the world. This is just what the Black family wanted. They wanted him to relax and enjoy his life.

Above them in their own little world, the god and goddesses were discussing events as they were passing. They knew that Harry had more burdens than even they did as gods. They knew what needed to be done, but they were limited to what they could do. This is why they started to make some of the decisions that they were.

"They have done wonders within themselves," remarked Hera. "They rarely fight amongst themselves. All of them know that Harry is in ultimate control, but they also know that he needs to be taken care of from time to time. I, for one, am glad that they don't fight with him and follow his lead."

"We did make it known from the start that he was in charge and he had our support," reminded Zeus. "We knew when we placed him in charge that he would grow up faster than normal children, but we did what we had to do. His genetics are what makes him what he is. We just have to decide if we want to tell him or not who he is really related to or not. He is unique beyond comparison to any."

"HE may not appreciate being told so late about all of this," added Poseidon. "He needs to be told of his legacy soon. The creatures of the night that are not in his corner are starting to act up. While the war between the angels and demons is done, the warriors of the night are preparing for their own war. It isn't like they don't have enough to do with the zombies constantly attacking the havens."

"I can send word out to all werewolves to come to New Orleans and help," said Hades. "They will listen to me now that the two leaders of the wolves are with Harry. I do agree that he needs to know his legacy. He is more special than being the heir of the four founders of Hogwarts. He needs to know and we need to tell him soon. Dumbledore is old and is nowhere near as powerful as he was. He is getting tired despite his constant moving around to help the havens. It's time for him to retire to Potter Haven and let the younger generations take care of what is going on. He has gone above and beyond the call of duty."

"We can set a time to sit and tell them all what is going on," suggested Demeter. "We know that Harry will listen to us. We also know that he is more than capable of being told the truth in this matter. We need to know if he will be ready to deal with a new problem on top of what is already going on. The quick action of the Malfoys in intercepting the false prophet was something that made me think everything will be alright if we just tell them."

"I can go down and arrange with them a time when they will all be there so we can come down and tell them what is going on," offered Hermes. "This way, we can tell them what is going on, what is happening with Harry, and what we are going to do to assist them with the new nightmare that is going to be affecting them in the upcoming months. I think they have close to a year before the creatures of the night start their attack."

"I just wish that there was more that we could do to help," stated Artemis. "Even as gods, we are limited to what we can do in the mortal world. I guess the only thing that we can do is to give a boost to our representatives on the land below. We have been slightly negligent in our assistance. We can have them build temples and such so that they can communicate with us better. We need them to know that we are here for them."

"Let's just ask for a meeting," said Athena. "We can tell them and let them decide how they want to do this. We also want them to know that we respect them as much as they respect us. We have all of those new people in the haven that doesn't know about us. We can make sure that each person that has joined the group gets a blessing from us. We need to help our people. Let Hermes go tomorrow and call for an assembly. This will give Harry and Seamus another day with their children."

Getting affirmation from the rest of the gods, they turned their attention back to what was happening on the surface below. Tomorrow would be another day even for gods.

AUTHOR'S NOTE – This story is slow winding down and I wanted to have one more boom before I finish it. Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoy it.