42. Peter Pettigrew
**Harry's POV**
"Sirius Black!" I screamed.
"If you want to kill Harry, you'll have to kill us, too" Hermione said.
"Only one will die tonight" He said with a smile.
"It'll be you!" I screamed and grabbed him by the neck and pushed him to the ground. I pulled out my wand and pointed it to Black's face.
"Are you really going to kill me, Harry?" he asked with a tone of laughter in his voice.
Then, Professor Lupin came in and said "Expelliarmus!" With that, my wand flew out of my hand.
"Move, Harry," he said.
I ran next to Hermione and Fred and watched what was happening.
"Well, well, Sirius. Look at you! Looking rather ragged are we? Finally the flesh reflects the madness within" Professor Lupin said with a smile.
"Well, you're not all about the madness within, wouldn't you Remus?" Black said with a smile. Lupin smiled back and helped Black up. Black hugged Lupin and said "I found him, Remus. I found him! Let's kill him."
"No!" Hermione, Fred, and George screamed.
"I trusted you! And all this time, you were his friend. He's a werewolf! That's why he has been missing classes!" Hermione said.
"How long have you known?" Lupin asked.
"Ever since Professor Snape signed the lesson."
"Well, well, well Hermione. You really are the brightest witch of your age I ever met" he said with a smile.
"Enough talk Remus! Come on, let's kill him" Black said.
"Wait."
"I did my waiting! Twelve years of it! In Azkaban!" Black yelled.
Lupin thought for a few seconds and said, handing him his wand "Very well. Kill him, but just wait one more minute. Harry has a reason to know why."
"I know why! You betrayed my parents. You're the reason they're dead" I said taking a step closer.
"No, Harry it wasn't him. Somebody did betray your parents, but it was somebody that I believed to be dead" Lupin said.
"Who was it then?" I asked.
"PETER PETTIGREW! And he's in this room. Right now. Come out Peter! Come out and play!" Black screamed.
**Fred's POV**
Snape came from the stairs and said "Expelliarmus!" He caused Black's wand to fall out of his hand
"Oh vengeance is sweet. I hoped I would be the one to catch, you" Snape continued.
"Severus-" Lupin said.
"I told Dumbledore that you were helping an old friend into the castle and now here's the proof."
"Brilliant, Snape. If you don't mind, Remus and I have some unfinished business to attend to" Black said.
"Give me a reason. I beg you" Snape said.
"Severus, don't be a fool" Lupin said.
"He can't help it," Black said.
"Sirius be quiet!" Lupin said.
"Quite yourself, Remus!" Black said.
"Look at you two acting like an old married couple!" Snape said.
"Why don't you run along and play with your chemistry set!" Black said.
" 'Mione, stay close" I said to her, grabbing her wand and giving it to Harry.
"Okay," she said, taking my arm.
"Severus please" Lupin said.
"After you, Sirius," Snape said.
Harry then pointed his wand at Black, who looked scared and then Harry hesitated. He then pointed it at Snape and said "Expelliarmus!"
"Harry!What did you just do?" Ron asked with his eyes widened like the rest of us.
"You attacked a teacher!" Hermione shrieked.
"Mate!" I screamed.
"Tell me about Peter Pettigrew," Harry said.
"He was at school with us. We thought he was our friend" Lupin said.
"No, Pettigrew's dead. He killed him" Harry said.
"I thought so, too. Until you mentioned seeing him on the map" Lupin said.
"Map? What Map?" George and I asked at the same time.
"The Marauder's Map" Harry answered.
"How do you know about the map?" I asked Lupin.
" I helped make it! I'm Moony! Sirius is Padfoot, James is Prongs, and Peter is Wormtail!" Lupin said.
"What?" I was shocked.
"We made the map when we were at Hogwarts. The others are Animagis and I was a werewolf. You remember the day for the Boggart class that mine was a full moon, don't you Hermione?" Lupin said.
I pulled 'Mione closer and she said "Yes, I do."
"Enough with the talk Remus! Pettigrew is there!" Black said pointing over to Ron.
"Me?" Ron asked, shocked.
"Not you! The rat!" Black said.
"Scabbers? He's been in my family for-" Ron started.
"Twelve years! He's missing a toe, isn't he?" Black said.
"So?" Ron asked.
"All they could find of Pettigrew was his-" Harry said.
"Finger! But he cut it off when he cut it off to make everyone think he was dead. Then he turned into a rat" Black said.
"Show me," Harry said.
Black then took Scabbers while Ron said while being held back by George while 'Mione was holding my arm in fear.
"No! Scabbers! Leave him alone!" Ron screamed.
Black then set Scabbers on the piano and pointed his wand to him with Lupin doing the same. Scabbers then ran across the piano and Lupin and Black shot him with spells that missed him until Scabbers went through the hole and he turned into a rat faced man.
