Demons in the South.

Harry Potter/Charlie Swan
Teddy Lupin & Paul Lahote

Rated M (will also be posted on Archive Of Our Own as well at a higher rating)

Author's note: Ok so first off guys...HIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Greetings and salutations everyone! It's been a very long time and i'm sorry to have kept you all waiting however the good news is now I am officially working on the sequel to Demons From The Past! In this latest instalment, Harry and co make the move to Bon Temps! I'm really excited for this latest instalment of Harry's adventures in the 'Demons' universe I made and I hope you enjoy it too! I do apologise as well for the shortness of this first chapter too. Now apart from the rewrite it has been quite a while since i've been able to write anything so ...go easy on me with your reviews please. And remember (to my old reviewers and new) Reviews are love 3
Kayden

''PAUL! TEDDY! ARE YOU GUYS READY YET?!'' Harry shouts loudly into his mostly empty house as he opens the front door and walks inside. Today was the day they were moving to a town down south called Bon Temps. Charlie had been offered a job there as the Sheriff and after much discussion between Harry, Teddy, Paul, and Charlie they had decided to go ahead with the move. Paul would be coming with Teddy (as if there were any doubt) and moving in with them. Charlie and Harry had already been to the town a few times to find a house for them and thankfully that had not taken long. They settled on a massive six bedroom three bathroom manor house on the outskirts of the town. It was ridiculously cheap, although Harry suspected that was because it was located near the town cemetery. He couldn't complain though, the house was beautiful and he was sure that the boys would love it. It was a rather large estate and bordered by the woods so Paul and Teddy would be able to still go for runs together.

''BOYS! ARE YOU HOME?!'' Harry shouted again as he made his way through the house and into the kitchen, stopping to conjure a glass for a quick drink of water and banishing the glass once he was done.

''We're upstairs!'' came the eventual reply from Paul. Harry sighed quietly before grabbing his satchel from the kitchen bench and making his way back through the house and up the stairs to Teddy's bedroom where Paul had called out from.

''What are you guys up to?'' Harry inquired as he entered the room, stopping just inside the door and frowning when he noticed most of Teddy's things had yet to be packed away.

''Hey... I thought I told you two to have this stuff packed away and to be ready to head over to Charlie's house for the portkey? Why are you not done yet?''

''Sorry Harry...we got distracted. Could you help us? You could get it done so much faster than we can...'' Teddy replied, a pleading tone making its way into his voice as he opened his eyes wide in a begging manner. 'Curse his darn puppy eyes' Harry thought to himself with a small grin on his face.

''Fine, but this is the last time i'm doing this for you Teddy. You need to start listening to me when I tell you to do something'' Harry replied after a long drawn out sigh.

Concentrating briefly, Harry waved his hands in a small complicated pattern, casting a couple of charms which caused all the clothes to neatly fold up and pack themselves away into the moving boxes. The bedding and pillows were next, flattening out and folding themselves into the larger boxes. Finally Teddy's few pairs of shoes floated up and stored themselves away in the last open box, then all the boxes closed and sealed themselves.

Paul shook his head while making a low whistling noise. ''I don't think i'll ever get used to seeing you perform magic dude...all the time you can save on chores with just a flick of your wrists''.

Harry let out a quick laugh at Paul's word. ''I know it saves a lot of time but I prefer to do the housework by hand. It builds character. Speaking of building character...'' Harry flicked his right hand, his wand appearing in his grasp before swishing it towards the various moving boxes and casting a few quick shrinking charms. Quickly waving his wand again, he levitated the small boxes into Teddy's bag on the floor between them and cast a feather-light charm on the bag.

''Pick that up Paul. We have to head on over to Charlie's now before the portkey arrives. We don't want to miss it'' Harry turned and began making his way through the rest of the house, shrinking the moving boxes still left in the home and putting them away in the bottomless satchel he was carrying. Once he had made sure he got all the remaining boxes, he made his way to the front door, grinning at Paul and Teddy as they ran past, racing over to Charlie's house next door. Turning around, Harry cast one final look at his home, the memories he'd forged here would stay with him forever. Sighing almost sadly to himself he walked out the door, turning around and closing it behind him. Making his way over to Charlie's house he froze, slapping himself on the forehead before turning around and facing his old home.

Taking a deep breath and closing his eyes, Harry carefully began taking down the various wards he'd built up over the months living at the home. Wards to preserve the house and strengthen it so there wouldn't be a need for maintenance, wards to protect those within from illnesses, wards which protected those within from hostile vampires, wards which protected those within from those who would seek to do them harm, and the various anti apparition and portkey wards that had been constructed around the place. When he was finally finished he let out deep breath, chuckling as he almost stumbled from the sudden release of all that magic he'd woven into the house. He hadn't realised how many different wards he'd placed upon the home. He wasn't looking forward to having to remove the wards from Charlie's house as well but he'd promised it would be done before they left. Glancing at his watch, Harry let out a string of quiet curses before he started running to Charlie's. It was almost time!

''Harry? Have you seen where I left my keys?'' Charlie called out from his upstairs bedroom. He had everything packed and Harry had come and shrunk the boxes and put them away in his satchel but he couldn't for the life of him remember where he'd left the keys to the new house and car waiting for them in Bon Temps.

''Have you tried the bedside table?'' Harry replied as he walked into the bedroom, causing Charlie to jump slightly in surprise.

"Of course I checked on the bedside table, it was one of the...'' Charlie stopped abruptly as he glanced over to where Harry was now pointing. The keys laying on the top out in the open. ''Never mind'' Charlie said with a small amount of chagrin evident in his voice. Quickly making his way over he picked up the set and put them in his pocket before turning back to Harry who was watching him with a fond smile on his face.

Charlie sighed quickly and then made his way over to Harry, stopping to give him a quick kiss on the cheek as he walked past ''Thanks...'' he said, before heading out the bedroom and making his way downstairs into the lounge room, Harry trailing behind him.

''What time is this 'Pertkay' getting here?'' Charlie asked, glancing around and seeing nothing out of the ordinary.

"It's 'Port-key' and any second now'' Harry replied. As if fate had an excellent sense of timing, there was a loud popping noise coming from the small dining table next to them. Glancing down, Charlie rose an eyebrow at the large fluffy hot pink feather boa now lying there. Turning to look at Harry, he gave him a look that was asking for an explanation. Harry burst into laughter at the sight.

"Sorry, that must have been Gaiana making a joke''

"Gaiana...isn't that the woman who helped you out with your asylum and stuff?''

"Yeah, we've kept in contact over the months since then. She's funny as, anyway we'd better get the boys and head off. Don't want to miss our window'' Harry replied.

Grinning, Harry called out for Paul and Teddy to hurry inside, the boys coming in from the back yard after a few moments and, seeing the boa on the table, burst into laughter as well.

"Haw haw, it's very funny, now do you guys have all your stuff?'' Charlie asked quickly, glancing around at the now mostly empty living room.

"Yep!'' came the boy's reply.

''Ok in that case it's now up to me. Everyone come here and grab a hold of the portkey''. Harry spoke quickly as he picked it up from the table, stretching it out so Charlie, Teddy, and Paul could each grab a part to hold.

"All right. Charlie... this is your first time by portkey and it might be a little rough on you but whatever you do...don't let go. Everyone ready?'' Harry asked. Hearing the affirmative from everyone, he drew his wand out and tapping the portkey with his wand, he activated it, the familiar hook from behind the navel sensation overtaking him and with a loud popping noise they disappeared.

Short moments later they all re-appeared in the lounge room of their new home. Charlie stumbled as he let go of the boa, looking around him quickly before he dashed off into the kitchen and leaned over the sink, loudly retching. Wincing slightly at the noise, Harry told the boys to take his satchel and Teddy's bag upstairs and to pick a bedroom for themselves. While they headed off, he himself made his way into the kitchen, summoning his wand to his hand with a flick of his wrist and banishing the mess with a quick scourgify. He felt really bad for Charlie, the poor guy had never travelled before by portkey so it was an unfortunately likely side effect of first time travel that he would lose the contents of his stomach. Reaching his hand out he began to rub Charlie's back in a soothing manner, murmuring words of comfort to his lover.

"Urgh...I know you warned me that it could be rough but I didn't expect that...'' Charlie groaned. Raising his hands, Charlie turned on the cold water tap and took a quick swig, swishing the water around his mouth before spitting it down the drain. Harry just stayed silent and wrapped his arms around Charlie's waist, drawing the man back to his chest and squeezing gently.

''If it makes you feel any better, the first time I travelled by portkey I also threw up, and I was on my back at the time...'' Harry murmured.

Charlie snorted in amusement as he listened to Harry, before wiping his mouth on a small towel Harry conjured for him. ''Thanks babe. What time is the delivery company going to be here with our furniture?'' Charlie asked

Glancing at his watch, Harry grinned ''They should be here in about an hour. Once they're gone I'll just charm everything into the right places so we can relax. Don't want to stress you out too much on your last day off before you start your new job'' Harry said with a smile.

"I can think of a few ways I'd like you to stress me out'' Charlie replied with a wicked smirk, clearly over his experience with the portkey travelling.

Laughing quickly, Harry gently pushed Charlie away from him ''Not while the boys are in the house, wouldn't want to give them nightmares''

''Couldn't you just cast your quiet magic stuff?''

''Hah. No. But tell you what. After dinner tonight, i'll make it up to you'' Harry replied with a grin and a wink, Charlie smiling widely in response ''I like the sound of that''.

''Speaking of dinner, did you want to eat in tonight or go out?...'' Charlie asked.

''Hrm...we could go check out that diner we heard about last time we were here looking at houses. It's on the other side of town but that still shouldn't take us too long'' Harry replied with a smile.

"Sure. That sounds like fun. It will also give us a chance to meet some of the locals too...great idea Harry''

Harry smiled warmly at Charlie before a loud thumping noise came from upstairs followed by a low groan.

"Boys?" Charlie and Harry both called out. Hearing no response they glanced at each other then quickly hurried through the house making their way upstairs.

End Ch1 :)