Pre A/N: I don't think I mentioned this before but in this series, Harry and Ron are 16
and Ginny is 15.
Freeing Sirius
Chapter3
Molly and Arthur stared in shock at the bound and gagged Peter Pettigrew.
Arthur turned to Dumbledore.
"But, but....How???? I thought he was dead! He's supposed to be dead!"
Dumbledore nodded. "That he is. But as you can see, he's not. He faked his death
and framed Sirius. You see, Peter is an animagi. An illegal one at that.
He killed all those people and then turned into a rat. Scabbers to be exact."
Molly and Arthur were outraged. 'SCABBERS!" they both screamed.
'MUM! DAD! BE QUIET!" Ron hissed.
"You mean to tell me, I've had a murderer living in my house for more than 12
YEARS????
How is it possible we did not know about this?" Arthur asked, very angry.
Wormtail shuddered, terrified.
Molly was too angry for words.
"So? What are we going to do with him? "Arthur asked.
"We're taking him to Fudge. He'll be arrested, Sirius will walk freely, and we'll
be closer to Voldemort. We can get info off wormtail about the whereabouts of
Voldemort(everyone except Harry, Dumbledore, Remus, and Sirius, cringe at the name)."
"We have to get him to the Minister now. Before he finds a way to exscape. "Ron
spoke up. Harry shook his head. "The only way he'll escape is if Voldemort himself
comes to free him. But I doubt it. Remember the last time I met up with you and Voldie?"
Harry asks Wormtail. Wormtail glared at him and tried to speak but could not.
"Well? What are we waiting for? Lets go!" Molly cried.
Everyone rushed around putting on cloths and eating bits of toast. They were about to
leave when a girls voice spoke up or rather yelled up. "WILL SOMEONE PLEASE
TELL
ME WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON?????????????". Everyone stopped dead in their
tracks and turned around. Ginny was standing with her arms crossed.
'Oh honey, Sorry. Ask Fred and George. Their watching you while take care of BIG
bussiness. "Mrs. Weasley said turning to leave.
"Mum. Fred and George aren't here. Their gone for the summer remember?"
Ginny stated. "And I'm 15! I don't need a sitter! I can stay home my self!"
Mr. and Mrs. Weasley shook their heads no.
"I don't think so! We're not leaving you by yourself with You-Know-Who
back to power!" they stated at the same time.
Ginny sighed and pulled out her wand. She muttered something. Then
she was in new robes.
They all rushed out of the house dragging Wormtail behind them. Ginny had yet to notice
him. When they were all in the car(the Weasleys had gotten a new Muggle Ford Explorer)
Ginny asked.
"Mum? What's going on? And why Is professor Dumbledore, proffesor Lupin and Sirius
here?"
"What's going on is that, Peter Petigrew was caught, Albus, Remus, and Sirius are going
to help put him away."
'Ooooookay. Where is he? Who caught him? When did they catch him?" Ginny asked.
"He's right here, Harry and Ron caught him, and last night." Lupin answered her.
"LAST NIGHT???!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!??!?!?!?!?!??!" all the Weasleys, but
Ron screamed. "He was caught LAST night and we're just NOW taking him? Sheesh!"
After 15 minutes, everything seemed to calm down. Everything was normal
except the fact that there was a murderer in the car and there was a tension.
20 minutes later, they pulled up in front of the Ministry. Everyone got out and pulled
Wormtail with them. As soon as they stepped inside, there was already chaos. But
everything seemed to be forgotten at the sight of Arthur Weasley with Harry Potter
and a wrongly accused convicted murderer. Plus dead Peter Pettigrew. Everything
froze.
Arthur walked up to someone and started talking in quiet voices. The other man
nodded and disapparted.
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MINISTER FUDGE'S OFFICE
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Fudge looked up as there was a knock on the door.
"Come in!" he called. The door opened and Alex Johnson walked in.
"Minister? Arthur Weasley needs to see you. It's urgent. There is also a surprise
guest down stairs."
Fudge nodded his head. "OK. Who is this Surprise guest?"
"Sir. I'm not to tell."
"Well, if it's not important and you can't tell me, I think I'll wait till later!
I have to get this done for Sirius Blacks' Escape!"
"Uh, sir. Black has to do with this." Fudge looked at him. Then he sighed and got up.
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BACK DOWNSTAIRS
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The Weasley Party waited impatiently for Fudge.
Harry turned to Sirius, and whispered.
"Maybe you should stand in the shadows in case Fudge does something stupid
before getting the facts?" Sirius refused, then finally gave in to his Godson.
He walked in to the dark corner near the door. He watched as Johnson and Fudge
walk down the stairs. Fudge walked over to the Weasleys and Harry. He stared at
Wormtail.
"Oh my god" he whispered he looked up at the Weasley party and said. "How???
HOW??? Where? Wha..... what happened? He's supposed to be dead!"
Harry shook his head. "No Minister. He's not dead nor was he ever supposed to be.
Sirius Black never killed anyone. It was Wormtail, that's Pettigrew's nick name, who killed
those people on that street. He's an illegal animagi. He can turn into a rat. He's working
with Voldemort(gasps from everyone in the room). He's the one who betrayed my parents
to
Vol-sorry, the Dark Lord." The minister stands stunned. Harry
can't resist adding one more thing. "So, NOW do you believe I'm not crazy?" Everyone in
the room glares at him.
Fudge looks at all the faces of the Weasley's, Harry, Dumbldore, and Remus.
He slowly nods. "Yes Harry. Peter? You're going to Azkaban. You will get a trial. But I
doubt you'll get anything less than death."
He turns to the everyone else working for the Ministry.
"We need to send out flyer's declaring Sirius Black innocent of all charges. I know he
won't
willingly walk in here and ask. So we have to send them all over so he'll see."
'No need to do that Cornielius! I DID walk right in here." Sirius spoke up walking
out of the shadows. Fudge was shocked. Once again.
They heard a gagging sound and turned to see Wormtail trying to talk.
Sirius sighed and removed the gag. Wormtail yelled;
'THE DARK LORD WILL COME! HE WILL SAVE ME AND KILL YOU! I
HELPED RETURN HIM TO POWER! LORD VOLDEMORT REWARDS THOSE
WHO HELP HIM! HE WIL----" He was cut off by Harry returning the gag.
Everyone was nervous. It was so quiet, you could hear a pin drop.
Was he telling the truth, or was he being crazy?
A/N: Ok, that's it for this chapter! Hope ya like! please R/R!