AN: Greetings mes freres!!! I apologise again for not having this chapter up sooner!! School is mental right now, and there's a lot of other stuff going on, so I'll have to ask that you bear with me!! Notes at the end as always.

So without further ado, here's chapter ten!!

Chapter Ten!!

Previously on The New Leader…

"Who is he, Remus?" Harry asked.

Remus sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "His name is Brian. Brian Pettigrew." Seeing their shocked faces, he continued gravely.

"He is Peters' older brother."

There was silence. Punctuated only by the sounds of night time. Sirens in the distance, a cat meowing, leaves rustling in the surrounding trees…

Harry Potter, the Boy who Lived, was standing in the back garden of his aunt and uncle's house, with the oddest gang of people to be with on a Saturday night: Remus Lupin, an unemployed werewolf; his sister, also a werewolf; Kingsley Shacklebolt, a senior auror; Nymphadora Tonks, a junior auror and a metamorphmagus; The Dursleys; snobby and scared!

And on the ground beneath them was Brian Pettigrew, someone that Harry didn't know even existed until right now.

"Pettigrew's brother?" Everyone looked at Tonks, who's face had lost all colour. Lupin nodded grimly. "You mean that scumbag, that stinking slimebucket who sent my cousin to Azkaban, the crapweasel who is responsible for the deaths of Lily and James Potter and a bunch of muggles has a brother?!" Lupin nodded again.

Suddenly, from inside the house there was a loud crash, which brought them back to reality. "Okay, time to go," Remus said, pulling open the side gate. "But what about Pettigrew?" Kingsley asked, pointing at the wizard sprawled on the ground, "we'll have to put him somewhere." There was another loud crash from inside. Kingsley jumped. "You know, on second thoughts, I think I like your idea more."

The gang ran out the side gate just as crashes were heard from inside the kitchen. They kept running, even when shouts were heard from the back garden. "Don't look back," Remus called, "just keep running!" Unfortunately, running wasn't really Dudley and Vernon's forte, and they started to fall behind. "Come on lads, you can do it! It's not far now!" Kingsley shouted. His words seemed to give Dudley determination, and he put on a burst of speed that even Harry didn't know him capable of! Uncle Vernon however, was a lot redder in the face than usual, and his breathing was ragged. Aunt Petunia reached back and grabbed his hand, urging him forwards.

"Here it is," Tonks called. Harry looked to where she was pointing. Parked at the side of the street was a huge black jeep with tinted windows. They all barrelled towards it, tiredness forgotten. Harry could tell that Uncle Vernon's desire to get away from the gang of weirdo's currently ransacking his home was outweighing his fatigue. As they got nearer the jeep, the doors shot open magically. Suddenly, several shots of red light hit the trees next to the jeep. They all jumped, Kingsley and Remus even being blasted onto the ground, as they were closest to the car. The Death Eaters were closing in.

"Everyone in," Kingsley shouted, picking himself up. They all dived into the jeep, dodging the shots of red and green light heading for them. Remus threw himself into the drivers seat and put the key in the ignition.

It wouldn't start…

(AN: I'd be very mean if I left it here, wouldn't I!)

Remus tried again and again. The engine sputtered and failed over and over again. The Death Eaters were running towards them. "Remus, do something!" Petunia bellowed. "Move your fat ass Dursley," Tonks snarled, shoving her out of her way and pointing her wand at the engine. A blast of creamy-white light shot out of her wand, and the engine jumped into life. "Well done Honey," Remus laughed and pulled the jeep into reverse. Tonks grinned, even though Aunt Petunia was sending her daggers. The Death Eaters were trying to run after the speedily reversing jeep, but they couldn't and restricted themselves to shooting bolts of what looked like black lightning at them. Remus swung the jeep around and sped off down the street and around the corner, narrowly avoiding a particularly large bolt.

When the Death Eaters were out of sight, the gang cheered and whooped. "Nice driving skills Remus," Harry snickered, "I didn't know you had it in you!" Remus grinned. "There's a lot of stuff you don't know about me Harry!" Harry nodded, not doubting that for a minute.

They were driving through the deserted streets of Little Whinging, when Remus stopped the car abruptly. Everyone in the back seats were flung forward, and collided with what felt like a giant bubble (presumably some sort of wizard car safety mechanism). "Remus, what the hell?" Kinsley yelled.

But Lupin wasn't listening. He was looking around at the people in the back of the jeep, his eyes panicked.

"Where's Rosie?"

AN: Ooooooh!! What's going on here?! For all you who didn't pay attention in chapter seven, Rosie is Sissie's real name!! Things are heating up!!!

NOTES:

Jazzybabe7: Aw, you're so sweet! I'll try and update more regularly from now on!

Lixa Levine: Oh I hear you girlfriend!! I have tests flying at me left, right and centre (dodges to avoid a low-flying French test)! Hmm, I'm not quite sure what you mean by high school application test things, but I can guess! Are you American? Over here we have the meanest system ever…The Leaving Cert. (cue evil music).

Buffalo1fromSalem: Awwwww!!!! I nearly cried when I read that!!! You are so sweet!!!!!!!! Awesome name by the way!!

JoSchmo666: Well I'm very glad that you were proven right!! And of course there is yet another plot twist! It wouldn't be one of my stories if it didn't! Haha! Unexpected is right mate!! And unusual!! There will be some pretty big surprises later on in the story about Petunia's past, and where Remus, Rosie and Brian fit in to it! Thanks so much for reviewing!!!!!

IrishCailin16 xxxxx