In Memoriam: Jonathan Brett, June 1994-May 2012
CARA O'BRIEN AND THE TALKING LYNX
An OC NextGen Fic
Written by LeeRowan (justcallmelee)
Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed. - Jean Anouilh
Imagination is the true magic carpet. - Norman Vincent Peale
The Harry Potter universe is © J. K. Rowling [and publisher(s)]. LeeRowan is not making profit from this work and does not intend to. Ei* takes credit only for names and places not mentioned in Harry Potter or Pottermore.
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PREFACE: THE MARAUDERS AS WE KNOW THEM
Daily Prophet headlines: November 1st, 1981.
WIZARDING WORLD FREED: HE-WHO-MUST-NOT-BE-NAMED DEAD!
HARRY POTTER: THE BOY WHO LIVED!
Daily Prophet headlines: November 3rd, 1981
SIRIUS BLACK IN AZKABAN!
PETER PETTIGREW AWARDED POST-MORTEM ORDER OF MERLIN!
LESTRANGES CAPTURED!
Peter Pettigrew, 1993:
"Sirius, Sirius, what could I have done? The Dark Lord… you have no idea… he has weapons you can't imagine…. I was scared, Sirius, I was never brave like you and Remus and James. I never meant it to happen…. He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named forced me — He — he was taking over everywhere! Wh — what was there to be gained by refusing him?"
Daily Prophet headlines: Summer 1995
HE-WHO-MUST-NOT-BE-NAMED RETURNS!
SIRIUS BLACK: VINDICATED AFTER DEATH!
HARRY POTTER: THE CHOSEN ONE
PETER PETTIGREW'S ORDER OF MERLIN REVOKED!
We all know the story of the Marauders, how Peter Pettigrew betrayed James and Lily, how Sirius Black went after him desperate for revenge. But we never knew why. Why did Pettigrew betray his best friends? And years later, why did Bertha Jorkins follow him willingly into the forest in Albania?