Summary: I know I didn't put much of one up in the thing but here is the summary. This is a what if story. What if in Harrys 3rd year, what if it wasn't a full moon that night they caught Pettigrew. And they brought him up to the school that night and Sirius was freed. What would be different about Harrys life?
Disclaimer: Its obvious I don't own Harry Potter so this is the only disclaimer I will put in this story.
The Full Moon That Wasn't Chapter 1
Sirius and Remus stood with their wands pointed at Scabbers
. They used the spell that would reveal that if it was a human or not. When the light vanished on the floor lay a rat face man on the floor.
"Hello Peter." Said Remus coldly.
Peter looked up at Remus and his eyes filled with tears. "Remus my old friend you got to save me! He is going to try and kill me."
Remus looked at him icily, if looks could kill Peter would be dead. "Why did you sell Lily and James to Voldemort! Did you know what you did! You not only sent a innocent man to Azkaban but you condemned Harry to a family who didn't love him!" He roared.
Sirius and Remus pointed their wands at Peter. "You should have known if Voldemort didn't kill you we would! Prepare to die Peter! This is for the hell that Harry has been through! Avad-!" He shouted.
Harry ran between them and Peter. "Stop!" He shouted.
Sirius and Remus looked at Harry with pity in their eyes. "Harry you know this bastard is the reason why you don't have parents right?"
Harry nodded, "Yes I know full well this slimeball is the reason why my parents are dead. But I don't think they would want their 2 best friends to be murderers for them. So we will take him to the Minister. He should still be up in the castle."
They stupefied Pettigrew and put him on a invisible stretcher. Harry, Sirius and Crookshanks came out of hte tree first, after Crookshanks hit the knot on the tree to freeze it. When they got outside they stood looking up at Hogwarts castle. Sirius turned to Harry, "I cant believe it for the first time in 12 years I will be a free man. It's all thanks to you and your friends Harry. Now, I don't know if you know this, but when you were born. I was named your godfather, which if you want you can come live with me. I know some of what the Dursleys did to you." He said.
Harry looked at him stunned, "Do you mean I can come live with you? That I won't have to go back to the Dursleys?" He asked excitedly.
Sirius smiled at him, "Yes you would have your own room and everything, and I promise you, you will never have to go to the Dursleys again."
While they were walking up to the castle they saw the entrance to the castle open up and a bunch of figures come out running toward them. At the front was Dumbledore with his wand out. But when they saw who was with them he stopped and his mouth was open and his eyes were sparkling with tears. "Peter Pettigrew? Its impossible. He was killed 12 years ago. Its got to be a fake."
The rest of the group that was with him stopped and looked at them, "What is going on! Who is that with you...Peter Pettigrew? Impossible!" Blustered Fudge. The others that were with him were, Professors Mcgonagoll, Snape, Flitwick, Sprout and Hagrid.
(Note: I changed one other thing also, Buckbeak never was killed. You will find out later why)
Dumbledore turned to Fudge and the others, "Minerva, Severus please scan Pettigrew to see if its the real one." When they did they turned to Dumbledore and said, "It is him Albus. It's him! Why is he here?"
Fudge looked on and said, "But it can't be, it just can't be. That would mean that we imprisoned someone that was innocent for 12 years." He looked at the ground in shame.
Dumbledore looked at Fudge and smiled weakly, "Then you know what this means I suppose. You have have a press conference about our findings here. Which means Sirius is free and cleared of all charges right?" He asked.
Fudge nodded and looked back at the castle, "Yes, yes you are right. Mr. Black I hope you can accompany me to meet the Ministry." He said.
Suddenly there was a chill to the air, everyone looked behind them to see the Dementors heading towards them. Harry stepped forward and Dumbledore did also, they shouted. "Get back to the castle! Go now use my fireplace to get to the Ministry."
Dumbledore cast his Patronus which was a Phoenix, but it couldn't do much aganist the Dementors, Harry knew he needed to help. He thought of leaving the Dursleys forever and to join Sirius at his home and shouted, "Expecto Patronum!!" A silvery stag erupted out of the wand and sent a shockwave of energy at the Dementors. What happened surprised everyone. The dementors were crushed by the waves of energy. Others were just sent flying back and heading away from them. And some just simply dissapeared. When the stag stopped it walked back to Harry, what he didn't notice though was that Remus was behind him.
Remus looked on in awe. "Prongs?" He asked. The stag nodded before it disappeared. As soon as the stag dissapeared Harry turned around and started running to the castle with Dumbledore and Remus behind him.
They headed to the Hospital Wing, where Ron and Hermoine were. They turned to them when they walked in. "Sirius went to the Ministry right?" Harry asked. When they both nodded, he sighed with relief, then he turned to Dumbledore, who smiled with his eyes twinkling. He said in a cheeful voice, "Come Harry, I believe we should go wait up in my office. We will wait up for Sirius."
It wasn't until the early hours of the morning did the fireplace light back up and Sirius came in and ran to Harry and hugged him, while cheering. "I'm free! I'm actually free!" He was dancing around the room with Harry laughing at his antics.
Dumbledore wasn't being very successful at keeping his laughter at bay. But there was a knock at the door and Professor Lupin walked in. "So I see you are free then Padfoot?" He asked.
Harry looked at Sirius, "Your Padfoot of the Marauders?" He asked astonished.
Sirius nodded, "Professor Lupin was Moony, Peter was Wormtail and your dad was Prongs. There was a reason why we were called those. I was called Padfoot because I was a big black dog, Peter was called Wormtail because of him being able to become a rat, your dad was Prongs because he was a stag. And Remus here. He is called Moony because-." He looked over at Professor Lupin who sighed.
"The reason why I am called Moony is because I am a werewolf. I will understand if you hate me now for that." He said.
Harry looked at him, "So? What bad about being a werewolf, they only are different once a month. So why would I think any different of you."
But before he could answer, they heard someone coming up the stairs, when there was a knock at the door, Dumbledore said, 'enter'. Who entered was not someone Harry recognized but she looked vaguely familiar. And she had tears in her eyes when she saw Sirius and Remus. Harry also saw a 12 year old girl with her who he knew was in Ginnys year. She looked at Remus and Sirius. "Remus? Sirius?" She asked.
Sirius paled at this, and so did Remus. She looked at Harry and squealed. She ran to him and hugged him in a bone breaking hug. "Harry! I haven't seen you since you were a baby." She cried.
It was Sirius who first recovered from this, "Is it really you? Are you really here?" He asked.
She nodded, "Yes its me Sirius. I didn't know you, Remus or Harry were alive though. I never left the house and I changed my last name to Hart after that Halloween night."
Harry looked at Sirius and asked, "Sirius who is she?"
Sirius wasn't paying attention though because he was looking at the girl who was hiding behind the womens leg, "Who is she?" He asked.
The women looked at the girl, and nodded. The girl ran to Sirius and hugged him saying, "Daddy!"
Everyone except the women was shocked at this, "I was 2 months pregnant I found out when you dissapeared that night." She said as she hugged Sirius also.
Harry who was shocked still at this asked once again, "Sirius who is she?"
Sirius this time answered, "Her name is Samantha Black or before she was married it was Samantha Potter. She is not only your godmother, but she was your dads sister." He explained.
Sam said, "This is your cousin also, her name is Sabrina Beatrice Black." She said
Samantha grabbed Harry and hugged him. And for the first time in his living memory Harry could was in a family that loved him. And he couldn't be any happier.
A/N: I know this chapter is probably kinda lame also, but both these new stories will get better. I promise. Samantha also doesn't belong to me, she belongs to Angellove727 so the credit of Samantha goes to her and so does Sabrina, she helped me come up with the name. And credit goes to LilacKamiya for helping me come up with a title for this story.