Unsettling Thoughts
A/N: I might actually get two chapters posted on the same weekend. Behold the power of music.
Another year pasted. Sophia went to the Potter's house almost every day. Harry was the perfect baby. He never seemed to cry, he smiled a lot, and didn't mind being passed to who ever wanted to hold him.
Sophia introduce little Hermione granger as a playmate. The two of them got alone superbly, even though Hermione was almost a year older than Harry.
July 31 rolled around again, and Lily and James planned to celebrate Harry's first birthday in the only park in Girdoc Hallow. They picked a place in the park under an old shade tree and close enough to the water that the adults could catch the breeze off it and far enough away so Harry and Hermione (who was invited) didn't crawl into it.
They ate the sandwiches Lily had made and, after a course of happy birthday, had a homemade chocolate cake. Harry and Hermione ate theirs messily getting plenty of it on their faces. Sophia remembered to take a picture of this.
Sophia pulled down her sunglasses and leaned back against the tree. This is the way life is suppose to be she thought watching Harry and Hermione crawling around.
The others must have thought she had fallen asleep, because Sirius and James came towards her, discussing something in hushed tones.
"Sirius, I want you to be our secret keeper," James said.
"But I thought Dumbledor offered to do that for you."
"He did."
"James, don't use me. I'm too obvious of a chose."
"I trust you, Sirius, but if you don't think you can do it, I'll ask Remus."
"James…"
James cut Sirius off. "I know you think he's the double agent, but I trust him as much as I trust you."
"More the reason to trust neither of us."
James made a sound of discuss.
"James," Sirius said softly now. "I love you like a brother. You're a kind and trusting person. I don't want to see you, Lily, or Harry get hurt. James, I know you trust all of us with your life and that is good, but we live in untrusting times. Use Peter. WE know that the order is tainted. We know it has to be either Remus or me. I wish that you could trust us, but you can't. You have to use Peter as your secret keeper."
"Okay, Sirius, we'll use Peter as our secret keeper," James said.
"Good, now let's go watch Harry." Sirius and James walked back towards the others.
That's good, Sophia thought, James and Lily are getting a secret keeper. They will be safe. So why do I feel like something is wrong?
Sophia pushed those thoughts toward the back of her mind as she got up to go play with Harry and Hermione. It wasn't until the end of the party that she figured out why she was so unsettled.
Another opportunity wasted. Peter was a Death Eater!
In the next week, Dumbledore and Sophia agreed that it was imperative that Peter was not the Potter's secret keeper. If Sophia couldn't convince Lily that she should be the secret keeper, she would at least convince her not to have Peter do it.
So, Sophia went over to the Potters' one morning with Hermione and her wand.
She tapped the door handle and muttered the unlocking charm. Hermione giggled.
"That is a funny word, isn't it?" Sophia said as they entered.
"Hello," Sophia called, "any one home."
"Sophia? We're in here," came Lily's voice.
Sophia followed it to the din where Lily was with Harry. Soon as Hermione saw Harry, she wiggled free of Sophia's arms and waddled over to him.
"They're so cute together," Lily said.
Sophia nodded and sat down. "So where is James?"
"He's out with Peter and Sirius."
"You aren't planning to use Peter as your secret keeper, are you?"
Lily looked up at Sophia, startled. "Yes we are. How do you know about it?"
"Sirius and James were discussing it when they thought I was asleep," Sophia admitted. "Please don't use Peter for it, he's bad news. Why don't you use me instead?"
"Sophia, you're not a witch," Lily said.
"That's what you are suppose to think." Sophia took out her wand and pointed at the blocks Harry and Hermione were playing with. "Wingardium Leviousa" The blocks began to levitate a foot off the ground.
"That can't be, that's impossible," Lily said as Harry and Hermione began to laugh.
"Why?"
"You're not trained. You didn't go to school."
"Dumbledore has been teaching me for years on the slide, just for occasions like this."
"Like what?"
"Where people need to hide. Lily, don't you see, I'm the ideal secret keeper. No one even knows I'm a witch except Dumbledore, Alastor Moody and now you."
Lily took a long look at Sophia. Yes, she thought, she would be the ideal secret keeper. No one would expect her for a moment, but what about Sirius? If he was the mole like Remus thought he was, then he would know about Sophia. In a split second she made up her mind.
"Sophia, I can't ask this of you…"
"You're not asking, I'm offering," Sophia interrupted.
"Sophia, it's unsafe at best, even if no one knows you're a witch."
"I know."
"I can't in my right mind let you."
"I see. Well if it's not me, please, please, don't use Peter. He's not what you or James think."
So the secret keeper spell was put up. Sophia was convinced that, after what she said, Lily and James would not use Peter.
Then, on November 1, Sophia heard shocking news. There was a "gas explosion" at Potters' house. Lily and James had been killed, Voldemort was apparently gone, and miraculously Harry was alive.
Sophia rode her bike to Godric Hallow to see for herself. The place was demolished. Soon a half-giant, Hagrid, came. He sorted trough the rubble and found Harry. Sophia heard as engine. It was Sirius landing on his bike. Sirius and Hagrid spoke for a while. It ended with Hagrid leaving on Sirius' motorcycle. Then Sophia stepped out.
"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't rip you limb from limb right here and right now," she said angrily.
Sirius turned. His eyes were red. Sophia suddenly felt pity for him. Her voice became gentler.
"Why did you do it, Sirius?"
"I didn't."
"You were their secret keeper."
"I told them to use Peter."
"I told them not to. Peter is a Death Eater."
"I wish I had known that." Sirius looked at Sophia suspiciously. "How did you know?"
"First I'm a witch. Second I'm a Truth Seer. Third I accidentally read his mind when he was thinking about Voldemort and killing James and Harry."
"The little rat! After everything we've done for him! Dumbledore was smart not letting him into the order! I can't believe it! The mole could have easily been Peter! We talked about all that stuff in front of him! And all the time AGGR!! I have to find him!"
"Sirius," Sophia said, "don't do anything rash. A live rat is better than a dead one."
Sirius nodded and disappeared into the night. If Sophia would have known what was going to happen, she would have let him go.
"The evidence doesn't add up, Dumbledore!" Sophia practically screamed.
It was a couple days latter. Sirius had been sentenced to Azkaban without a trial. Sophia saw some things wrong with the case and was trying to get Dumbledore to believe her.
"Look at the facts again. First, Peter's fingerer was defiantly cut off. There were no burn marks on it. If Peter was hit by the same curse that killed all those people it would have been charred. Second, we all ready know Peter was a Death Eater. Why would a Death Eater kill a death Eater? And finally Peter was the Potters' secret keeper." Sophia stated.
"And who told you that?" Dumbledore asked.
"Sirius did," Sophia admitted.
"I see," Dumbledore said.
"No you don't!!" Sophia yelled. "Dumbledore, you said it yourself, I'm a great Truth Seer! I should be able to tell!"
Dumbledore remained silent.
"Oh, I see now," Sophia said. "You don't want to bring it up again and worry people." Sophia leaned towards him across the desk. "I hope you can live with yourself for sending an innocent man to Azkaban. I wouldn't be able to, but my part in Sirius fate is done."
A/N: I might actually get two chapters posted on the same weekend. Behold the power of music.
Another year pasted. Sophia went to the Potter's house almost every day. Harry was the perfect baby. He never seemed to cry, he smiled a lot, and didn't mind being passed to who ever wanted to hold him.
Sophia introduce little Hermione granger as a playmate. The two of them got alone superbly, even though Hermione was almost a year older than Harry.
July 31 rolled around again, and Lily and James planned to celebrate Harry's first birthday in the only park in Girdoc Hallow. They picked a place in the park under an old shade tree and close enough to the water that the adults could catch the breeze off it and far enough away so Harry and Hermione (who was invited) didn't crawl into it.
They ate the sandwiches Lily had made and, after a course of happy birthday, had a homemade chocolate cake. Harry and Hermione ate theirs messily getting plenty of it on their faces. Sophia remembered to take a picture of this.
Sophia pulled down her sunglasses and leaned back against the tree. This is the way life is suppose to be she thought watching Harry and Hermione crawling around.
The others must have thought she had fallen asleep, because Sirius and James came towards her, discussing something in hushed tones.
"Sirius, I want you to be our secret keeper," James said.
"But I thought Dumbledor offered to do that for you."
"He did."
"James, don't use me. I'm too obvious of a chose."
"I trust you, Sirius, but if you don't think you can do it, I'll ask Remus."
"James…"
James cut Sirius off. "I know you think he's the double agent, but I trust him as much as I trust you."
"More the reason to trust neither of us."
James made a sound of discuss.
"James," Sirius said softly now. "I love you like a brother. You're a kind and trusting person. I don't want to see you, Lily, or Harry get hurt. James, I know you trust all of us with your life and that is good, but we live in untrusting times. Use Peter. WE know that the order is tainted. We know it has to be either Remus or me. I wish that you could trust us, but you can't. You have to use Peter as your secret keeper."
"Okay, Sirius, we'll use Peter as our secret keeper," James said.
"Good, now let's go watch Harry." Sirius and James walked back towards the others.
That's good, Sophia thought, James and Lily are getting a secret keeper. They will be safe. So why do I feel like something is wrong?
Sophia pushed those thoughts toward the back of her mind as she got up to go play with Harry and Hermione. It wasn't until the end of the party that she figured out why she was so unsettled.
Another opportunity wasted. Peter was a Death Eater!
In the next week, Dumbledore and Sophia agreed that it was imperative that Peter was not the Potter's secret keeper. If Sophia couldn't convince Lily that she should be the secret keeper, she would at least convince her not to have Peter do it.
So, Sophia went over to the Potters' one morning with Hermione and her wand.
She tapped the door handle and muttered the unlocking charm. Hermione giggled.
"That is a funny word, isn't it?" Sophia said as they entered.
"Hello," Sophia called, "any one home."
"Sophia? We're in here," came Lily's voice.
Sophia followed it to the din where Lily was with Harry. Soon as Hermione saw Harry, she wiggled free of Sophia's arms and waddled over to him.
"They're so cute together," Lily said.
Sophia nodded and sat down. "So where is James?"
"He's out with Peter and Sirius."
"You aren't planning to use Peter as your secret keeper, are you?"
Lily looked up at Sophia, startled. "Yes we are. How do you know about it?"
"Sirius and James were discussing it when they thought I was asleep," Sophia admitted. "Please don't use Peter for it, he's bad news. Why don't you use me instead?"
"Sophia, you're not a witch," Lily said.
"That's what you are suppose to think." Sophia took out her wand and pointed at the blocks Harry and Hermione were playing with. "Wingardium Leviousa" The blocks began to levitate a foot off the ground.
"That can't be, that's impossible," Lily said as Harry and Hermione began to laugh.
"Why?"
"You're not trained. You didn't go to school."
"Dumbledore has been teaching me for years on the slide, just for occasions like this."
"Like what?"
"Where people need to hide. Lily, don't you see, I'm the ideal secret keeper. No one even knows I'm a witch except Dumbledore, Alastor Moody and now you."
Lily took a long look at Sophia. Yes, she thought, she would be the ideal secret keeper. No one would expect her for a moment, but what about Sirius? If he was the mole like Remus thought he was, then he would know about Sophia. In a split second she made up her mind.
"Sophia, I can't ask this of you…"
"You're not asking, I'm offering," Sophia interrupted.
"Sophia, it's unsafe at best, even if no one knows you're a witch."
"I know."
"I can't in my right mind let you."
"I see. Well if it's not me, please, please, don't use Peter. He's not what you or James think."
So the secret keeper spell was put up. Sophia was convinced that, after what she said, Lily and James would not use Peter.
Then, on November 1, Sophia heard shocking news. There was a "gas explosion" at Potters' house. Lily and James had been killed, Voldemort was apparently gone, and miraculously Harry was alive.
Sophia rode her bike to Godric Hallow to see for herself. The place was demolished. Soon a half-giant, Hagrid, came. He sorted trough the rubble and found Harry. Sophia heard as engine. It was Sirius landing on his bike. Sirius and Hagrid spoke for a while. It ended with Hagrid leaving on Sirius' motorcycle. Then Sophia stepped out.
"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't rip you limb from limb right here and right now," she said angrily.
Sirius turned. His eyes were red. Sophia suddenly felt pity for him. Her voice became gentler.
"Why did you do it, Sirius?"
"I didn't."
"You were their secret keeper."
"I told them to use Peter."
"I told them not to. Peter is a Death Eater."
"I wish I had known that." Sirius looked at Sophia suspiciously. "How did you know?"
"First I'm a witch. Second I'm a Truth Seer. Third I accidentally read his mind when he was thinking about Voldemort and killing James and Harry."
"The little rat! After everything we've done for him! Dumbledore was smart not letting him into the order! I can't believe it! The mole could have easily been Peter! We talked about all that stuff in front of him! And all the time AGGR!! I have to find him!"
"Sirius," Sophia said, "don't do anything rash. A live rat is better than a dead one."
Sirius nodded and disappeared into the night. If Sophia would have known what was going to happen, she would have let him go.
"The evidence doesn't add up, Dumbledore!" Sophia practically screamed.
It was a couple days latter. Sirius had been sentenced to Azkaban without a trial. Sophia saw some things wrong with the case and was trying to get Dumbledore to believe her.
"Look at the facts again. First, Peter's fingerer was defiantly cut off. There were no burn marks on it. If Peter was hit by the same curse that killed all those people it would have been charred. Second, we all ready know Peter was a Death Eater. Why would a Death Eater kill a death Eater? And finally Peter was the Potters' secret keeper." Sophia stated.
"And who told you that?" Dumbledore asked.
"Sirius did," Sophia admitted.
"I see," Dumbledore said.
"No you don't!!" Sophia yelled. "Dumbledore, you said it yourself, I'm a great Truth Seer! I should be able to tell!"
Dumbledore remained silent.
"Oh, I see now," Sophia said. "You don't want to bring it up again and worry people." Sophia leaned towards him across the desk. "I hope you can live with yourself for sending an innocent man to Azkaban. I wouldn't be able to, but my part in Sirius fate is done."