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I was trying to fall asleep when I heard it.
Light, tapping footsteps outside the dorm. No students was supposed to be up this late. I stepped out of bed and peeked out to the corridor.
I clamped my hand to my mouth to stop the scream. My heart bumped wildly in my chest.
"S - Sirius?"
The skeleton-like figure turned around. His face was hard to see in the dark, but it looked like it was made of wax, and it reminded me of a vampire.
"Dora?" his voice sounded hoarse, like he hadn't used it in a long time.
Lucky that I'd slipped back to my natural form tonight.
What was he doing here? Did he really go insane?
"Sirius! What the hell are you doing here?"
"Are you going to turn me in?" he asked bitterly.
I shook my head. "C'mon, follow me. Quietly."
I walked down the stairs and out of the portrait hole. There I stopped for a bit. "You did this to her?"
"She didn't let me in," he answered casually. "Where are we going? And why aren't you turning me in?"
"Do you want to get turned in? Otherwise, shut up. You're a wanted man, in the middle of Hogwarts."
He didn't make a sound until we reached Remus' office.
"What the hell, Dora? What did you say about not turning me in?"
"Shut up! This is Remus' office, so calm down!"
"Remus? He's a teacher?"
"Shut up!"
I opened the door magically and stepped inside, casting a Silent Spell on the room. Then I turned to Sirius.
"It's really you, Sirius?" The shock was beginning to make its way to me, and I felt tears prickle my eyes.
He suddenly came forward and hugged me fiercely. "Yes Dora, it's really me."
The tears ran down my cheeks freely as I hugged him back tightly.
I heard steps behind us.
"Hugging party?"
Sirius let go of me and turned around slowly. "Moony?"
A slow smile was gradually reaching Remus' lips. "Padfoot."
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"You're here to kill Peter, then?"
"Yes."
"How d'you know he's here?"
"The paper." He took a Daily Prophet and showed us. There was the Weasleys, in Egypt. "There he is." he pointed at Scabbers.
I looked closely. The rat had no... finger on one of its feet. And that was Peter.
I inhaled sharply.
Remus stayed calm, as always.
And Sirius shrugged as he stuffed his mouth full with the food I went down to the kitchens to get for him.
"But how could we kill him?" I asked shakily. First, I didn't like the thought of killing, even if Peter deserved it. Second, I was still shaky from the shock. I wish Remus would put his arms around me or something, but he'd been mysteriously distant since I fell asleep in this very sofa. I dont know why, though.
"I was going to use this," Sirius said and pulled a long knife out of his clothes.
I ignored him. "If we kill him without telling the kids, it would destroy Ron and Hermione's friendship completely. Ron think it's her cat who makes him so stressed."
"Who's Ron and Hermione?" asked Sirius, confused.
"Harry's best friends," I said, "and we have to explain to them. Harry already knows that you're innocent, but I'm not sure if he's told them."
"How can we get them alone?" Remus mused.
I snorted. "I take them in here some day."
"Of course."
Sirius had fallen asleep.
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