Thank you to anyone who reviewed. I was really happy! Lots of people asked
about the Dementors and Sirius. I felt that since Harry never told Sirius
that Pettigrew had escaped Sirius would have gone back to Remus to help him
and the Dementors would have eventually gone away. If you really want me to
add the dementors then tell me and I'll do it. I don't have really anything
else to say so... on with the story.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in this story. JK does.
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Snape started walking down the hallway when he noticed that Harry, Ron and Hermione weren't following him. He turned around and that's when he noticed Pettigrew. He turned so white that he could almost have been mistaken for a corpse.
"P-pettigrew?" Snape wanted to make sure his assumption was correct.
"He's been stunned proffesor. We're taking him to Proffessor Dumbledore. He should be enough to prove that Sirius is free," Hermione wasn't sure how much to tell him. She wanted to go to Dumbledore as soon as possible. She didn't think Harry would like it if something happened to Pettigrew. If he got away...
"Harry, Ron," Hermione had turned her attention to her friends. If Snape wanted to enter the "Pretend You're a Stone" contest then she wasn't stopping him. "Why don't you bring Pettigrew up to Dumbledore. I'll wait for Snape to snap out of it."
"That'll be quite unnecessary /search?q=necessary&r=2 Miss Granger. Why don't we all go uup together. It'll be easier." Snape still seemed a bit out of it, but all three obliged. They were almost racing. Maybe they'd be able to make it to Dumbledore's office without having points taken off... No, it wasn't going to happen. Just as they made it to the gargoyle, they heard Snape begin to talk.
"Oh yes," he drawled, "before I forget, 50 points from Gryffindor each for being out of the school bounds. And I think 20 points Ieach/I for hexing a teacher as well."
"Uhh," a soft groan slipped through Hermione's mouth. Damn Snape! 210 points in one evening. What will everyone say? But they didn't have too much time to think about it. Snape had whispered the password to the gargoyle and he was now waiting for them to follow him. They climbed the stairs and entered Dumbledore's office after hearing an "enter" from inside.
"Severus! What brings you here at a-" Dumbledore had stopped talking after seeing Pettigrew. "My, what a surprise. Mr Potter, Mr Weasley, Miss Granger, would you please explain where you found Mr Pettigrew. I was under the impression he was dead." Harry could see that Dumbledore wasn't smiling. He decided he should be the one to speak after Ron poked him in the ribs.
"Well sir, I think we should wait for two more people to explain except one of them won't be able to make it till morning."
"And Mr Potter, who exactly would these two people be?"
"One of them is Proffesor Lupin sir, and the other, well," Harry looked to Hermione for help. She shrugged her shoulders. "It's Sirius Black," Harry quickly continued, "but don't get panicked sir. He's innocent. It was Pettigrew who did it all."
"Dear me, that wasn't what I was expecting. Well Harry, I'll give Mr Black a chance to explain himself. I suppose you already know the story, am I right?" Dumbledore was thinking deeply.
"Yes sir, but I don't know if I'll get it right and I think it should be Sirius that tells the story."
"Of course, I understand. Now, why don't we see what Mr Pettigrew has to say. Is he only stunned?" Hermione nodded. Dumbledore picked up his wand and said "Enervate". Pettigrew woke up suddenly.
"Where am I?" he looked around. Then he reconized it. He had been here so many times as a student. He and the other Marauders were always getting into trouble. "Dumbledore! Please, you have to help me! Sirius Black and Remus Lupin were going to kill me!" Dumbledore raised an eyebrow at this and looked at Harry as if to confirm this.
"It's true sir, but I stopped them. I didn't think my father would have wanted his two best friends to become killers for a son of a- well, for Ihim/I."
"I still don't understand but I think we'll find out soon enough. Severus, can you please take Pettigrew and leave him in the Hospital Wing."
"Proffesor," it was the first time Ron had spoken so far, "can you tie him up. I think he's going to try and run away. You see, he was the Potter's secret keeper and now he's running because we know!" Dumbledore was slightly taken aback. He looked to Pettigrew.
"I didn't do it! I swear!" Pettigrew was frantic. He was looking around trying to see if he could escape somewhere.
"Peter Pettigrew!"
Someone had come into Dumbledore's office. It was McGonagall. She fainted when she saw the short, balding adult in the room.
"Alright, Severus, can you bring Minerva and Mr Pettigrew to the Hospital Wing? Make sure Mr Pettigrew is locked in a room without windows."
"And without mice holes. He's an unregistered animagus. A rat." Hermione made her first contribution to the conversation now too. "I think I heard of a spell that doesn't let somone transform. Maybe you could use that one."
"An unregistered animagus too. My Peter, you're full of surprises today. Severus, can you place the spell on him too when you get there."
"Yes headmaster." Snape left with McGonagall and Pettigrew. Dumbledore then let out a long sigh.
"You three probably shouldn't go back to Gryffindor tower. You can stay in here. I'll get you some sleeping bags. Do you three need anything else?"
"No sir, thank you sir." They answered together as one.
"Very well, I'll come get you when Remus gets back. Good night."
Harry, Ron and Hermione stretched out on the sleeping bags Dumbledore had conjured for them.
"What do you think Harry? You just meet the person who sold your parents to You-Know-Who."
"Hermione, leave him alone. He doesn't want to be bothered. Let's just go to sleep. I have a feeling we're going to have a long day tomorrow." Ron came to Harry's defense.
"Alright. Goodnight all," Hermione then closed her eyes and went to sleep. After bidding each other goodnight, Harry and Ron soon followed.
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McGonagall came in quietly the next day at 7:30 and shook Harry, Ron and Hermione awake.
"NO!! Not teddy!" Ron shouted. Harry and Hermione giggled quietly at McGonagall's face. She seemed almost revolted that a thirteen year old still had a teddy. After they had completely woken and had the biscuits McGonagall gave them, they sat on the chairs in the office and waited for Dumbledore to come in with everyone. Harry figured that Dumbledore had explained the situation to McGonagall since she didn't faint when Pettigrew and Sirius came in after Lupin and Dumbledore. After morning greetings had been exchanged and everyone was seated confortably (Dumbledore had added several chairs so everyone could sit down) Dumbledore began talking.
"Sirius, would you like to begin. Please tell me about what has happened to you since James and Lily found out that Voldemort was after them." Ron flinched at the name.
"Of course Albus. Well, I think all of you know that on August 28th, James and Lily were told by Albus that Voldemort was after them and their son Harry," at this Sirius looked at Harry. "They talked about it for a while and decided the safest thing to do would be to use the Fidelius Charm. They wanted me to be their Secret-Keeper. I thought about it and agreed, but then the day before they were going to perform the charm, I changed my mind. I told Lily and James that Voldemort would come to me first, so instead we would trick him. They would use Peter as their Secret-Keeper. They agreed. Then, the night they died, I went to check on him. When I got there he wasn't. There wasn't any sign of a fight. I got worried so I went to see Lily and James, but..." This was obviously still very hard for Sirius, even after yesterday. He continued. "Well, by the time I got there it was too late. I sat down and started to cry. I conforted Harry too. I was extremely happy he had made it. It was only later that I saw Hagrid. He was looking for Harry. He wouldn't let me keep him so I let him borrow my motorcycle. I was going to look for Peter and I wouldn't need it. Because by then I had realized that Peter had betrayed them, betrayed us. I went into London to look for him. I finally found him and had him cornered, but before I could say anything, he started yelling, saying that I'd betrayed Lily and James. Then he blew apart the street with his wand that was behind his back. I suppose he cut off his finger after. Then he could transform and run away with the other rats in the sewers. I was caught by Ministry officials and thrown into Azkaban." Sirius paused. He seemed unsure of what to do. "Albus, sir, could I have a glass of water?"
"Of course Sirius," Dumbledore seemed amused at Sirius's sudden shyness. He got up and went to one of the closets and got out a pitcher of water. He then conjured seven glasses and served everyone. After a couple minutes break Sirius continued.
"In Azkaban, the only reason I stayed sane was because I knew I was innocent. It wasn't a happy thought so the Dementors didn't take it away. I knew that there was Harry out there living with Lily's stinking muggle relatives. Also, well, not many people know this but, uhh, I'm an unregistered animagus along with Peter and James." He looked at Dumbledore, but it was McGonagall that reacted first.
"Sirius Black! When did you do that? Not many people are capable of doing that and the only books on the procedure that aren't at the Ministry are in the Restricted Section here at Hogwarts."
"Well, it took us three years but we finally were able to do it in our fifth year."
"Is that why you cracked up in that class I taught about animagi? I knew there had to be another reason than, if I remember correctly, 'Lily had something in her teeth.'"
Sirius grinned sheepishly.
"Yes, congratulations Sirius. Please continue however, I want to get all this to Ministry before the weekend tomorrow."
"Of course," Sirius continued his tale. "So whenever it was too much, I transformed. Years passed, and then last year, Fudge came to visit and he had the Daily Prophet in his hands. I asked him if I could have it. There on the front page was Peter in his rat form. I recognized him because he was missing his front paw. I read that he'd be going back to Hogwarts that fall, where Harry was. I had to get out of there, so when the Dementors opened the door to feed me, I slipped by them in my animagus form. From there I swam to shore and headed to Hogwarts. This is where I've been ever since. Then last night, I sensed Peter with Harry on the grounds. I grabbed Ron and Peter and brought them to the Shrieking Shack. I knew that if Harry was anything like James he would follow, and I wasn't wrong. A few minutes later, he was there with Hermione." Sirius took a drink and Remus continued for him.
"I was in my office looking at the Marauder's Map because I had a feeling that Harry would try and see Hagrid because of the hippogriff. (A/N: Sorry, Buckbeak didn't make it. I didn't think it'd be worth it to have them go back in time to save him) When they left the hut, there were four of them. I saw the name Peter Pettigrew. I knew he had to be alive because the Map has never been wrong before. Then I saw Sirius come on and grab Ron and Peter and leave by the path through the Weeping Willow. I ran down to the grounds and crawled through the path. There I met Harry, Ron, Hermione and Sirius..."
(A/N: I'm not going to write all this, because I'm sure you all know what happens and I'm tired of typing. It's getting late for me. I just want to finish the chapter.)
"... So then this morning I woke up to find Sirius next to me telling me we had to go see Dumbledore." Remus finished.
"Thank you Remus, Sirius. Peter, you've been listening to them. By the looks of things, for the second time. Do you have anything to say?" Dumbledore didn't sound too happy with Pettigrew.
"I-I didn't mean to! He was forcing me! Don't send me to Azkaban!" Pettigrew sounded pathetic in his little, squeaking voice.
"DON'T LIE! YOU WENT OVER TO HIM YOURSELF! YOU FILTHY PIECE OF SCUM! YOU SON-OF-A-BITCH! YOU FU**ING BASTARD!" Sirius roared. He had really lost it.
"SIRIUS! Stop it man! You have to learn how to keep you temper. Now breath." Remus was trying to calm his friend. It looked like he was succeeding. Sirius was starting to breath normal again. After he was completely calmed down, Dumbledore started speaking again.
"Ok, I'm going to send the notes to the ministry. Don't worry Sirius, I'll end it before you're little outbreak." Sirius breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't think the ministry would like to see he'd been cursing like that at Peter. "Minerva, can you take Mr Pettigrew to your office and lock him up. Use several charms please. This one looks very frantic. And make sure he doesn't kill himself." McGonagall nodded. She took Pettigrew and left. "Now, Sirius, there's no doubt that you're innocent but Fudge would have my head if he learnt that I let you walk around without any protection so Would you please let me tie your hands and lock you in here. I'll let Remus and Harry stay with you. Mr Weasley, I need you to take this letter to Professor Snape." Ron let out a soft groan. He whispered to Harry, "It was nice knowing you mate," and left. "Miss Granger, I believe we have to talk about a time-turner that is in your possession. Would you come with me please."
They left and the three people left in the room looked at each other and then formed a group hug.
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Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in this story. JK does.
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Snape started walking down the hallway when he noticed that Harry, Ron and Hermione weren't following him. He turned around and that's when he noticed Pettigrew. He turned so white that he could almost have been mistaken for a corpse.
"P-pettigrew?" Snape wanted to make sure his assumption was correct.
"He's been stunned proffesor. We're taking him to Proffessor Dumbledore. He should be enough to prove that Sirius is free," Hermione wasn't sure how much to tell him. She wanted to go to Dumbledore as soon as possible. She didn't think Harry would like it if something happened to Pettigrew. If he got away...
"Harry, Ron," Hermione had turned her attention to her friends. If Snape wanted to enter the "Pretend You're a Stone" contest then she wasn't stopping him. "Why don't you bring Pettigrew up to Dumbledore. I'll wait for Snape to snap out of it."
"That'll be quite unnecessary /search?q=necessary&r=2 Miss Granger. Why don't we all go uup together. It'll be easier." Snape still seemed a bit out of it, but all three obliged. They were almost racing. Maybe they'd be able to make it to Dumbledore's office without having points taken off... No, it wasn't going to happen. Just as they made it to the gargoyle, they heard Snape begin to talk.
"Oh yes," he drawled, "before I forget, 50 points from Gryffindor each for being out of the school bounds. And I think 20 points Ieach/I for hexing a teacher as well."
"Uhh," a soft groan slipped through Hermione's mouth. Damn Snape! 210 points in one evening. What will everyone say? But they didn't have too much time to think about it. Snape had whispered the password to the gargoyle and he was now waiting for them to follow him. They climbed the stairs and entered Dumbledore's office after hearing an "enter" from inside.
"Severus! What brings you here at a-" Dumbledore had stopped talking after seeing Pettigrew. "My, what a surprise. Mr Potter, Mr Weasley, Miss Granger, would you please explain where you found Mr Pettigrew. I was under the impression he was dead." Harry could see that Dumbledore wasn't smiling. He decided he should be the one to speak after Ron poked him in the ribs.
"Well sir, I think we should wait for two more people to explain except one of them won't be able to make it till morning."
"And Mr Potter, who exactly would these two people be?"
"One of them is Proffesor Lupin sir, and the other, well," Harry looked to Hermione for help. She shrugged her shoulders. "It's Sirius Black," Harry quickly continued, "but don't get panicked sir. He's innocent. It was Pettigrew who did it all."
"Dear me, that wasn't what I was expecting. Well Harry, I'll give Mr Black a chance to explain himself. I suppose you already know the story, am I right?" Dumbledore was thinking deeply.
"Yes sir, but I don't know if I'll get it right and I think it should be Sirius that tells the story."
"Of course, I understand. Now, why don't we see what Mr Pettigrew has to say. Is he only stunned?" Hermione nodded. Dumbledore picked up his wand and said "Enervate". Pettigrew woke up suddenly.
"Where am I?" he looked around. Then he reconized it. He had been here so many times as a student. He and the other Marauders were always getting into trouble. "Dumbledore! Please, you have to help me! Sirius Black and Remus Lupin were going to kill me!" Dumbledore raised an eyebrow at this and looked at Harry as if to confirm this.
"It's true sir, but I stopped them. I didn't think my father would have wanted his two best friends to become killers for a son of a- well, for Ihim/I."
"I still don't understand but I think we'll find out soon enough. Severus, can you please take Pettigrew and leave him in the Hospital Wing."
"Proffesor," it was the first time Ron had spoken so far, "can you tie him up. I think he's going to try and run away. You see, he was the Potter's secret keeper and now he's running because we know!" Dumbledore was slightly taken aback. He looked to Pettigrew.
"I didn't do it! I swear!" Pettigrew was frantic. He was looking around trying to see if he could escape somewhere.
"Peter Pettigrew!"
Someone had come into Dumbledore's office. It was McGonagall. She fainted when she saw the short, balding adult in the room.
"Alright, Severus, can you bring Minerva and Mr Pettigrew to the Hospital Wing? Make sure Mr Pettigrew is locked in a room without windows."
"And without mice holes. He's an unregistered animagus. A rat." Hermione made her first contribution to the conversation now too. "I think I heard of a spell that doesn't let somone transform. Maybe you could use that one."
"An unregistered animagus too. My Peter, you're full of surprises today. Severus, can you place the spell on him too when you get there."
"Yes headmaster." Snape left with McGonagall and Pettigrew. Dumbledore then let out a long sigh.
"You three probably shouldn't go back to Gryffindor tower. You can stay in here. I'll get you some sleeping bags. Do you three need anything else?"
"No sir, thank you sir." They answered together as one.
"Very well, I'll come get you when Remus gets back. Good night."
Harry, Ron and Hermione stretched out on the sleeping bags Dumbledore had conjured for them.
"What do you think Harry? You just meet the person who sold your parents to You-Know-Who."
"Hermione, leave him alone. He doesn't want to be bothered. Let's just go to sleep. I have a feeling we're going to have a long day tomorrow." Ron came to Harry's defense.
"Alright. Goodnight all," Hermione then closed her eyes and went to sleep. After bidding each other goodnight, Harry and Ron soon followed.
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McGonagall came in quietly the next day at 7:30 and shook Harry, Ron and Hermione awake.
"NO!! Not teddy!" Ron shouted. Harry and Hermione giggled quietly at McGonagall's face. She seemed almost revolted that a thirteen year old still had a teddy. After they had completely woken and had the biscuits McGonagall gave them, they sat on the chairs in the office and waited for Dumbledore to come in with everyone. Harry figured that Dumbledore had explained the situation to McGonagall since she didn't faint when Pettigrew and Sirius came in after Lupin and Dumbledore. After morning greetings had been exchanged and everyone was seated confortably (Dumbledore had added several chairs so everyone could sit down) Dumbledore began talking.
"Sirius, would you like to begin. Please tell me about what has happened to you since James and Lily found out that Voldemort was after them." Ron flinched at the name.
"Of course Albus. Well, I think all of you know that on August 28th, James and Lily were told by Albus that Voldemort was after them and their son Harry," at this Sirius looked at Harry. "They talked about it for a while and decided the safest thing to do would be to use the Fidelius Charm. They wanted me to be their Secret-Keeper. I thought about it and agreed, but then the day before they were going to perform the charm, I changed my mind. I told Lily and James that Voldemort would come to me first, so instead we would trick him. They would use Peter as their Secret-Keeper. They agreed. Then, the night they died, I went to check on him. When I got there he wasn't. There wasn't any sign of a fight. I got worried so I went to see Lily and James, but..." This was obviously still very hard for Sirius, even after yesterday. He continued. "Well, by the time I got there it was too late. I sat down and started to cry. I conforted Harry too. I was extremely happy he had made it. It was only later that I saw Hagrid. He was looking for Harry. He wouldn't let me keep him so I let him borrow my motorcycle. I was going to look for Peter and I wouldn't need it. Because by then I had realized that Peter had betrayed them, betrayed us. I went into London to look for him. I finally found him and had him cornered, but before I could say anything, he started yelling, saying that I'd betrayed Lily and James. Then he blew apart the street with his wand that was behind his back. I suppose he cut off his finger after. Then he could transform and run away with the other rats in the sewers. I was caught by Ministry officials and thrown into Azkaban." Sirius paused. He seemed unsure of what to do. "Albus, sir, could I have a glass of water?"
"Of course Sirius," Dumbledore seemed amused at Sirius's sudden shyness. He got up and went to one of the closets and got out a pitcher of water. He then conjured seven glasses and served everyone. After a couple minutes break Sirius continued.
"In Azkaban, the only reason I stayed sane was because I knew I was innocent. It wasn't a happy thought so the Dementors didn't take it away. I knew that there was Harry out there living with Lily's stinking muggle relatives. Also, well, not many people know this but, uhh, I'm an unregistered animagus along with Peter and James." He looked at Dumbledore, but it was McGonagall that reacted first.
"Sirius Black! When did you do that? Not many people are capable of doing that and the only books on the procedure that aren't at the Ministry are in the Restricted Section here at Hogwarts."
"Well, it took us three years but we finally were able to do it in our fifth year."
"Is that why you cracked up in that class I taught about animagi? I knew there had to be another reason than, if I remember correctly, 'Lily had something in her teeth.'"
Sirius grinned sheepishly.
"Yes, congratulations Sirius. Please continue however, I want to get all this to Ministry before the weekend tomorrow."
"Of course," Sirius continued his tale. "So whenever it was too much, I transformed. Years passed, and then last year, Fudge came to visit and he had the Daily Prophet in his hands. I asked him if I could have it. There on the front page was Peter in his rat form. I recognized him because he was missing his front paw. I read that he'd be going back to Hogwarts that fall, where Harry was. I had to get out of there, so when the Dementors opened the door to feed me, I slipped by them in my animagus form. From there I swam to shore and headed to Hogwarts. This is where I've been ever since. Then last night, I sensed Peter with Harry on the grounds. I grabbed Ron and Peter and brought them to the Shrieking Shack. I knew that if Harry was anything like James he would follow, and I wasn't wrong. A few minutes later, he was there with Hermione." Sirius took a drink and Remus continued for him.
"I was in my office looking at the Marauder's Map because I had a feeling that Harry would try and see Hagrid because of the hippogriff. (A/N: Sorry, Buckbeak didn't make it. I didn't think it'd be worth it to have them go back in time to save him) When they left the hut, there were four of them. I saw the name Peter Pettigrew. I knew he had to be alive because the Map has never been wrong before. Then I saw Sirius come on and grab Ron and Peter and leave by the path through the Weeping Willow. I ran down to the grounds and crawled through the path. There I met Harry, Ron, Hermione and Sirius..."
(A/N: I'm not going to write all this, because I'm sure you all know what happens and I'm tired of typing. It's getting late for me. I just want to finish the chapter.)
"... So then this morning I woke up to find Sirius next to me telling me we had to go see Dumbledore." Remus finished.
"Thank you Remus, Sirius. Peter, you've been listening to them. By the looks of things, for the second time. Do you have anything to say?" Dumbledore didn't sound too happy with Pettigrew.
"I-I didn't mean to! He was forcing me! Don't send me to Azkaban!" Pettigrew sounded pathetic in his little, squeaking voice.
"DON'T LIE! YOU WENT OVER TO HIM YOURSELF! YOU FILTHY PIECE OF SCUM! YOU SON-OF-A-BITCH! YOU FU**ING BASTARD!" Sirius roared. He had really lost it.
"SIRIUS! Stop it man! You have to learn how to keep you temper. Now breath." Remus was trying to calm his friend. It looked like he was succeeding. Sirius was starting to breath normal again. After he was completely calmed down, Dumbledore started speaking again.
"Ok, I'm going to send the notes to the ministry. Don't worry Sirius, I'll end it before you're little outbreak." Sirius breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't think the ministry would like to see he'd been cursing like that at Peter. "Minerva, can you take Mr Pettigrew to your office and lock him up. Use several charms please. This one looks very frantic. And make sure he doesn't kill himself." McGonagall nodded. She took Pettigrew and left. "Now, Sirius, there's no doubt that you're innocent but Fudge would have my head if he learnt that I let you walk around without any protection so Would you please let me tie your hands and lock you in here. I'll let Remus and Harry stay with you. Mr Weasley, I need you to take this letter to Professor Snape." Ron let out a soft groan. He whispered to Harry, "It was nice knowing you mate," and left. "Miss Granger, I believe we have to talk about a time-turner that is in your possession. Would you come with me please."
They left and the three people left in the room looked at each other and then formed a group hug.
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