Disclaimer: Once again, it is not mine. Never was.

A/n: Yay! Lots of reviews! I'm happy! Although I'm also upset because I can't go see Pirates of the Caribbean again for a month. Isn't that sad? No Capt. Jack Sparrow! I mean, I've only seen it three times……. Parents these days……..

B/n: Lucky girl… I've only gotten to see it two times. I'd see it more if I had any money. Hee hee….

Chapter Fourteen

"Of course not Sirius. I need him though."

Confusion is showing on his face. "Need him?" Ginny nods. "Need him for what?"

"The hearing." She smiles. "I'm going to prove you innocent, Sirius. You'll be free."

He cocks his head, much like a dog. "Free? Really? You're really doing this, Gin?" She nods, and he grins. "I could kiss you."

Remus shakes his head. "I'm sure you could, Sirius. But we need to get these three and Ginny, too, back to the school. We should probably go see Dumbledore when we get back there."

"I'll come!" Ginny attaches herself to Sirius's arm. He smiles at her. Pettigrew is inching towards the door, because no one seems to be noticing him.

"No you don't." Harry has his wand pointing at Pettigrew's throat. Pettigrew transforms, heads for a crack in the wall….

Ginny lunges at him, and catches him. "You aren't going anywhere." The rat struggles in her grasp, but she doesn't let go. "Shall we go then?"

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They're walking down the dark passage and Scabbers bites Ginny. "It's taking all my self control not to put you on the ground and stomp on you. Don't try me, traitor."

"Harry?"

"Yes, Sirius?"

"Well, because I'm your godfather and all, I was wondering if you'd like to come live with me after I'm free. Of course, you might like to stay with your aunt and uncle…."

"Are you kidding? I'd love to!"

Sirius grins. "Did you know that Gin is-"

"Do you mind if I tell him, Sirius?" Ginny sounds irritated.

"Sure." He still has that twinkle in his eye.

Harry is getting impatient. "Well, what is it?"

"I'll tell you later, Harry."

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

They step out of the passage into the moonlight. Remus becomes very still. No one notices, really, until Sirius looks up at the moon.

"Full moon tonight. Wait… Remus?"

There's now a wolf where the DADA teacher was standing.

Hermione gasps. "He didn't take his potion tonight! He's not safe!"

Sirius is still facing the wolf, but, urgency in his voice, he says, "Gin, get the kids back to the school. I'll deal with Remus." No reply. He turns around. "Gin?"

Ginny is struggling with Peter again. He knows that if he can get away now, they'll never be able to catch him. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are just ahead of Ginny.

The wolf jumps in front of Ginny. Her eyes go wide. Peter finally wriggles out of her grasp, and starts running (a/n: do rats run? Oh well, they do now.) towards the Forbidden Forest.

Ginny starts backing up, but the wolf just moves closer. Two seconds later, a big black dog jumps in between Ginny and the wolf. The wolf now focuses on the dog. Ginny takes this time to run. She turns around to see what's happening when she meets up with Harry, Ron and Hermione, and sees the wolf run into the forest. "Where's Sirius?"

Just then, they hear a dog whimper. "Hermione, take Ron to the castle, and up to the Hospital Wing. Get Dumbledore. Harry, come with me?" Harry nods.

The group splits.

As they're running towards Sirius, Harry asks, "What was it you were going to say in the tunnel?"

"This really isn't the time, Harry. Sirius needs our help!"

"Right."

They see around twenty hooded figures circled around something.

"Dementors."

"Harry, you can produce a Patronus, right?"

"Yeah."

"We're going to need it."

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Well, that chapter was ok…… I didn't like it very much. I was intending on this to be the next to the last chapter, but we'll just see what happens. The prequel will be up as soon as I finish this one! ^__^

Shoutouts:

KeeperOfTheMoon: Hehehe. I hope you liked this chapter ok. You need to update soon, too!

The Elfin Child: Hehehehe. Hi Beta! You're awesome! Thanks so much for beta-ing! Of course you get to see it before everyone else! I like it when you review, too! ^__^

Devinpotter-georgeweasley: I'm glad you like it so much! I love leaving the chapter in suspense. It's lots of fun! It keeps the readers reading and the reviewers reviewing!

American x Dreamer: I'm glad I explained it better. I tried to earlier, but it didn't work out like I wanted it to.

Porphyrophobic Grape:  Hey homie! Hehehehe. I've always wanted to say that. Anyway, about the Snape thing, that part was supposed to be the same as it was in the book, and I didn't feel like typing it all in, so I just skipped it. You know? I hope you liked this one! ^__^

Rian: Glad you like it. I thought the computer wouldn't let you review. Did ya finally fix it? You and Michael or somebody went to go see a movie last night. What did you see? Are you going to be home last night? You need to update your story too. *nods* anyway, ttyl. ^__^

Green Eyes Silver Dragon: No, sadly, I didn't know what S-B syndrome was. But I do now. Want to go snail watching later? I have lots of pictures of the sparrow too. Well, not lots, but more than the last time you looked at them.

Harrys-Girl: You are so cool. But you're never on msn im! What time do you get on? I'm always on in the morning (weekdays) until around eleven or so. I hope you liked this chapter and I'll talk to you later!