"Mummy!" A young Sarah Black yelled to her mother. "What's wrong Sarah?" Her mother came into her daughters bedroom with an exasperated look. "Mummy, there's a dead rat and its creepy!" Sarah exclaimed pointing to a corner where there was indeed a rat. Although it wasn't dead. "Darling I do not know where you get your squeamishness from. But it's definitely not me." Cassandra Stylliz walked over to the corner and inspected the rat. "Peter." She breathed angrily and quickly stunned the rat.

"Mummy what are you doing?" Sarah had wondered over, curiosity lining her face. "Darling, Mummy has to go to work. But you have to come with me ok?" Cassandra had an expression of delight on her face. "Yay!" Sarah yelled. She had never been allowed to go to Mummy's work. Cassandra quickly flicked her wand and transfigured herself and Sarah into appropriate clothes. Cassandra slipped the stunned rat into her pocket and zipped it up. Putting protection spells to make sure the rat couldn't get out by itself. It was lucky her son Jamie was at Remus' house for the night that's for sure.

Mother and Daughter stepped into the fireplace and yelled "Ministry of Magic." Loudly. A strange sensation came over them and they stepped out of the fireplace into the Ministry of Magic. A large figure was heading towards another fireplace to their left. "Minister!" Cassandra shouted at the figure. "Oh what is it now?" The figure turned around looking exasperated. "Ah! Cassandra my dear, what brings you here so late? And with little Sarah as well!" The minister exclaimed looking surprised.

"Well Minister, You told me that I need proof for my husband to be innocent. I have proof." Cassandra smirked. Being a pureblood she was quite good at that. "Daddy's coming home?" Sarah asked looking confused. "Maybe darling, Maybe." Cassandra reassured her. "What is this 'proof' anyway?" The minister asked with a scowl.

"Well minister, I have found Peter Pettigrew." She whispered the last two words. The minister looked shocked, "but… How?... He's dead!" He screamed. "Apparently not." Cassandra smirked again. The minister dropped his bags in exasperation and next thing they knew. Both mother and daughter were being ushered into a special interrogation room. There were many charms on this room, one being that you cannot transform into an animagus, but you can be forced to show your human form if you are in animagus form.

"Well, show me this proof." The Minister demanded looking surly. Cassandra pulled the rat out of her pocket and dropped it onto the table. Sarah shrieked and jumped up. "Shush darling its okay." Cassandra reassured her. Cassandra pointed her wand at the rat and muttered a revealing spell. The rat began to grow quite rapidly, and turned into a stunned Peter Pettigrew.

The minister fainted, but Sarah had stepped forward and started poking Peter. Cassandra rolled her eyes at the Minister and took out her necklace from underneath her shirt. She held the stone between her fingers and thought: "All aurors needed in interrogation room 1 at Ministry now. No questions. You have 15 minutes to arrive, I expect that there be no complaints either."

Cassandra was Head of the Aurors Department so she called all her aurors through the special necklace given to each Auror upon completing their training. Tonks and Shacklebolt were the first to arrive. "Cassie what is it?" Tonks stood in the doorway, she was the only Auror who could complain and get away with it. Cassie pointed to the table where her daughter was still poking Peter. Cassie then took a double take and walked over and scooped up her 4 year old daughter. "Don't poke the bad man Sarah." She scolded. Tonks stood there looking shocked, "He's supposed to be dead."
She said through gritted teeth. "And he's clearly not. Now do you believe that I may have told the truth about my husband's wrong imprisonment?" She rolled her eyes at the shocked aurors expression. "Now before I take that stun off him, I'd like him to be chained up and wand taken away. I then need some Veritaserum and the Minister needs to be woken up. Ennervate should do the trick I believe." Cassie commanded, it seemed that more aurors had arrived upon the scene.

5 minutes later the Minister was very much awake, the Veritaserum had arrived and Pettigrew was in chains, disarmed and sitting in the interrogation chair. "Alright team, I'll ask the questions from here on in. I ask that you stay quiet for his interrogation. Now Shacklebolt, please make sure that he swallows the veritaserum before I take the stun off him." You could tell she was a natural leader. Kingsley followed her orders and Cassie quietly took Tonks into a corner and asked for her to play with Sarah outside near the fountain.

"Finite Incantatem!" Cassie commanded her wand. Peter awoke and took a few seconds to take in his surroundings. "Hello Peter." Cassie drawled. "C-Cassie?" Peter asked looking scared. "Long time no see?" Cassie drawled again. Peter stayed silent. "Now Peter, I'd like you to tell me. Are you loyal to he-who-must-not-be-named?" Cassie asked bluntly. "Y-Yes." He stuttered looking very scared. "And did you betray Lily and James Potter?" She asked loudly. "Y-Yes." He said now looking on in fear. "Tell me Peter. Did you fake your own death?" Cassie was so close now she only had to whisper, but the whole room heard it. "Y-yes." Peter replied, his eyes streaming with tears now.

"Peter, this ones important. Did you kill 13 muggles, and attempt to kill Sirius Black?" Cassie looked at him with silent rage. "Y-yes." He squeaked. "Now Peter, pray tell. Why you did all these things?" Cassie was nearly exploding with anger, but she kept it quiet. "He was going to kill me! You don't understand! You would have done the same thing!" Peter squeaked out. "No I wouldn't Peter. I would rather die, than betray my best friends and set up my own husband." She said bluntly. Peter just shrunk back. "Peter, I want you to tell me what happened on that fateful Halloween 2 years ago." Cassie looked deadly now.

"The Dark Lord summoned me. And demanded that I take him to Lily and James Potter's house. He was going to kill me for sure if I didn't. So I showed him where it was, and fled…" Peter paused for a moment as Kinglsey muttered 'coward.' "Sirius he cornered me in a muggle street. He wanted to avenge James and Lily's deaths. I killed the muggles in the street, cut of my finger and transformed into my illegal animagus form as a rat. And stayed as a rat for these 2 years." Cassie was now shaking with anger.

"Heard enough yet Minister?" She asked through gritted teeth. The Minster nodded, shrinking away from Cassie's angry form. "I believe that I have too Mrs Black." The head of the Wizenamgot came out from the shadows. "Judge? What are you doing here?" Cassie asked looking confused. "Well I was on my way out and young Tonks out there said that I should hear this, I heard every confession and as you know I have the right to release and jail prisoners of Azkaban. I hereby release Sirius Black from his life sentence and in his place put Peter Pettigrew. On charges of deceit, betrayal, loyalty to the Dark Lord and also on the deaths of 15 people." The judge stated formally motioning for aurors to take away Pettigrew. Cassie eyes were brimmed with tears. "Cassie, as a friend. I ask that you keep Sirius under house arrest for a few months for him to re-cooperate. Also with many visits from a nurse that I will assign to him from St. Mungo's." The judge stepped forward. "Oh Angus! Thank you for letting me have my husband back!" Cassie stepped forward and hugged her old friend.

"I'm so sorry you had to lose him in the first place." Angus said somewhat angrily. "Oh and he'll be expected to testify at Pettigrew's official hearing… As will you and unfortunately Sarah too." Angus didn't look happy about Sarah coming to court. "Of course, at least Peter is getting a hearing. Although he doesn't deserve one." Cassie and Angus had strode outside when a small figure nearly knocked Angus over. "Sarah, I think Angus would prefer to stand." Cassie said bemusedly. "Angus!" Sarah squealed happily. "I'll meet you at the dock…" Angus whispered into Cassie's ear. Cassie then walked over to thank Tonks and tell her that her cousin was now a free man.