Harry's p.o.v

Spring came. It is supposed to be the time of nature coming to life. But unfortunately, we received news that Buckbeak has been sentence to death.

We were on our way to see Hagrid before it took place. On our way there, we saw Malfoy with a camera in his hands and his friends with him with a perfect view of Hagrid's hut and Buckbeak. We heard Malfoy mentioning about his father letting him keep Buckbeak's head and donating it to our House. How horrible!

"That's it." Penny announced and sped her way towards them. This was new of her.

"Oh, Penny. Come to see the show with me?" He asked with a grin.

"Draco Malfoy you foul, loathsome, evil little cockroach!" Penny was angry and pointed her wand at him, pinning him to a huge rock behind him.

"Penelope no!" Ron stopped her. I thought he would encourage her on.

"He's not worth it." Mione added.

"Remember what you told me. Don't let the anger get in your way." I reminded her. Now I understand what it feels like to witness your friend seconds away from doing something wrong. I don't want Penny to feel that pain.

She lowered her wand and turned to come back with us. Malfoy laughed. Before we knew it, she punched him in the face. He ran off with his friends following.

"Penelope!" Hermione said in shock. I was too. Penny looked guilty at us.

"Sorry."

"How do you feel?" I asked. I was worried for her hand, and held it to inspect it.

"Hate to say it, but that felt good." She admitted.

"Not good, brilliant." Ron cheered.

We visited Hagrid right before the execution. The Minister came, so we had to get out of the hut before he could see us. We hid behind the pumpkins then Penny suddenly moved away, looking back in the woods. I looked also incase if something was out there, but I didn't see anything other than trees.

"Penny, what is it?" I asked her.

"I thought I just saw… nevermind."

"Let's go before we get caught." Ron eaderly told us. We ran back up the hill where the large rocks were again. There we had a view of the execution.

We stood side by side from each other. Penny slowly held my hand. I know how caring she can be. Having to watch this must be killing her. So I tightened my grip to comfort her. Once we heard the sound of the axe cut through and birds flying away, Penny started to cry. Out of reflex, I held her in my arms while she rested her head on my shoulder. I had a funny tingling feeling inside again.

"Ow! Scabbers bit me!" Ron cried out in shock. We all looked at his now bleeding finger. Instantly, Penny let go og me and held his hand in hers. Checking the injury.

"Ron, we need to stop the bleeding." She informed him.

"But Scabbers ran away!" He started to run after his rat. If I didn't know better, his rat has been going missing a lot. We all started to run after him.

"Ronald stop!"

"Ron wait!"

"Come back!" We all shouted after him. But he continued moving farther away. We stopped ourselves when we notice the whooping willow tree. That tree moves on it's own and hits everything that comes near it.

"Oh no. You both know what that tree is, right?" Mione asked us. Penny panicked.

"Ron, run!" She screamed. But Ron didn't hear her. He was more focus of finally capturing Scabbers in his hands. When he finally looked up at us, he looked terrified. As if he had just seen a spider again.

"You guys run!"

Behind us was a black hound with sharp teeth, growling at us. It's the same hound I remember seeing one night back at home in a park.

The hound ran for us. I pulled Penny behind me. I was getting ready for the hit =, but it never came. The dog jumped over us and went for Ron. It started to drag him by his foot. We chased them to save Ron, but the wild animal drag him into a hole inside the tree. Before we could try to get in, the tree moved its branches to hit us.

One by one the wimed for us, and eventually separated us. My glasses fell, causing me to lose sight. Once I found them and put them on, I saw Penny on a branch, coming towards me. She quickly held my shirt to take me with her. We were swinging around until she let go of me. I fell inside the hole and landed on the ground. I tried to move, but got pushed down instead by the girls jumping on me.

"Sorry." Penny apologized and stood up.

"Don't worry about it." I assured her and looked around. I didn't know there was a tunnel here.

"Where do you suppose this will lead us?" Mione asked. Observing the place also.

"I have a hunch. But let's hope I'm wrong."

After a long walk, we made it to a door and entered it. It appeared to be a broken and abandoned old house.

"The shrieking shack." Mione whispered. We slowly and quietly walked up the stairs to look for Ron. We found him in a room, sitting on an old couch with Scabbers still in his hands.

"Ron! You're okay." Penny said in relief and made her way to him, hugging him.

"It's a trap! He's the dog. He's an Animagus!" Ron said and pointed behind me. After turning around, there was an man with long brown wavy hair down to his shoulders, and still in his prison clothes. It was the wanted criminal, Sirius Black. Penny held me behind her, trying to shield me away as Hermione did the same to her.

"If you want to kill Harry, you'll have to kill us too." She told him. I am not going to let my friends die for me!

"Only one will die tonight." He said, still looking odd. Well, after all that time in Azkaban, I guess he had gone mad.

"Then it will be you!" I shouted and tackled him to the ground. Pointing my wand at his face. He laughed.

Professor Lupin jumped in and took my wand, he then pointed his at Sirius. Good. He's come to save us. I went back standing next to Penny.

The worst thing happened. Lupin and Black were hugging, happy to see each other.

"No!" Penny cried. "I trusted you! We all did!"

"He's a werewolf! That's why he's been missing classes." Mione added.

"Enough! Let's kill him!" Sirius shouted. But Lupin held his hand up, stopping him.

"Fine. But before that, Harry has the right to know why." He explained. There's no need to tell me. I already know everything about this murderer.

"I know why. Sirius Black betrayed my parents!" I said.

"No, it wasn't him. Someone else did that. Someone who I thought was dead, but isn't."

"Who was it then?"

"Peter Pettigrew!" Sirius shouted. Pettigrew? But he was destroyed. Only his finger was left when my parents were killed. Sure his name did come up on the marauders map that the Weasley twins gave me to see everyone's name in Hogwarts. But I thought the map wasn't working well anymore.

Ou of nowhere, Snape barged in and imediatly snached their wands. He gave us a signal to leave. I slowly took Penny's wand from her pocket and hit Snape with a spell to knock him out. I wanted answers about Peter Pettigrew.

"Harry!" Ron was surprised. I reckon he didn't realize what I was planning.

"You attacked a teacher." Penny added. Definitely taken back by my actions too.

"Tell me about Peter Pettigrew." I demanded to know from the two men standing before me.

"He was our friend. I thought he was dead until you mentioned him being on the map.

"And the map never lies! Pettigrew is alive. And he's right here." Sirius pointed at Ron.

"Me? Your mental!" Ron declared. Penny was focusing on Scabbers instead. Her eyes changing form into a fear kind.

"Ron, he means Scabbers." She softly told him.

"Right you are, girl!" Sirius agreed. Ron looked at him and back at Penny in horror of what they were saying.

"What? No! Scabbers has been in the family for-"

"12 years" Black reminded him.

"That is a long time for a rat to live." Penny nodded in agreement. Still processing the information.

"Penny, you're not helping." Ron unhappy said to her.

Your rat is missing a toe, isn't he?" Sirius continued. The pieces were coming together.

"All they found from Pettigrew was his finger." I said.

"The dirty coward cut it off so everyone would think he was dead! And then he transformed himself as a rat!" He was getting angrier by the second.

"Show me." I demanded to see for myself. I needed proof that their story is true. Black tried to get Scabbers from Ron's hand. But Ron wouldn't let go of it. Penny held Ron as Sirius took the rat away.

"No, Scabbers!" Ron cried out for him, but Penny was still holding him tightly.

The rat escaped from Sirius hold and made a run for it. Before it could enter a small hole through the wall, Sirius threw a spell at him. The rat turned into a man. And his name is Peter Pettigrew himself.

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