Okay, here's the next part. I'm really sorry, but I just couldn't translate, had translater's block (yes, that exists!). Hopefully I'll be faster with the next chapters, please review, that makes me translate faster, it really does!!!

So, to my reviewers:

First: *huggles all and gives chocolate cookies*

Second, to everyone individually:

Kimmaree: Thank you, I hope you like that one as well! And I'm sorry for waiting so long…

FallenAngel664: Glad that you don't want to kill me anymore. And I hope that was soon enough! (I know it wasn't…)

M.J. Kobayashi: Thank you! Well, this is a little later than the others…

Firebreath: As per your orders, here is more! ;-) I hope you like this as well, and keep reviewing to tell me writing more!!

Ofir: I hope you're still reading this, how is the translating going?

Rayvern: Well, those Death Eater know what they're doing, so they didn't make it soo bad he would go crazy or die, Voldemort would have been really angry had that happened. And I don't think they would have risked that. Snape's confession was dangerous for him, yes, but the alternatives would have been worse. If he had forces Sirius to drink something, he would have mentioned it in front of Voldemort, who would have known something was wrong. And he couldn't just kill him, as he needed a reason why Sirius was suddenly dead. So he just made everyone believe someone has made the Cruciatus-curse too strong… And with Sirius and new identity, I know about the problem, but I won't tell how it will be solved…Thanks, and I hope this was soon enough…

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Draco-Malfoy-Severus-Luva: I think you have to thank me for not killing Sirius ;-) That wasn't so soon, but hopefully soon enough… Oh, and I'm in denial, too!

LM C: You're welcome, for both. And I start to like Snape, too. Well, not really like him, but he is brave, I mean think about what will happen if (or when) Voldemort finds out that he is a spy?

Ivy Crane: Yes, Remus is in this story, in this chapter actually, and later on you'll see him more often!

Kantomon: Congratulations for figuring it out!

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And, as always, thanks to my muse Trish, and my beta-reader Sparx (who was unbelievable fast this time, the being late was all my fault!!!) they are really great!

Now, without further ado, on to the story:

Chapter 7

Sirius was awakened by the low whispering of talking people. For a moment he got ready to face the Death Eaters, then he remembered the last hours, and that he was in Hogwarts now. Soon he realized, that his headache had lessened, as well as the hurts in the rest of his body. Now he wasn't afraid he would cry at the smallest movement.
He opened his eyes and looked around for the source of the voices he had heard. Dumbledore, Remus and Snape - 'the bastard!' - stood near the window. When they saw he was awake, the whispering died down, and they came to his bed.

"I'm sorry we have to disturb you, after what you went through, but we need to discuss some really important things." Dumbledore excused the disturbance.

"It's okay, I'm already feeling better, and there's things more important than my well-being at the moment."
"I'm really sorry, but you're right." Then he turned to the other men.

"As we know, Voldemort," neither Remus nor Snape flinched, which was rather extraordinary, normally just mentioning the Dark Lord's name would cause most wizards to shake in fear, "wants to kill the Potters. And he's mainly after Harry. We have to hinder him at any cost, and that's why James and Lily have used the Fidelius-curse - that I suggested to them - and made Sirius Black their secret-keeper." He repeated what had happened, to make sure everyone had it in mind now. "But Voldemort got message of that, and Sirius was captured by Death Eater and brought into Voldemort's headquarter. Severus Snape, who was spying there for the Order, helped him to flee."

Remus, who had sent Snape some puzzled and not really friendly looks, seemed to be astonished, although calmed by these words.

Then Dumbledore continued. "That has brought us into a difficult situation. As soon as Sirius is seen anywhere, Voldemort will know that Severus betrayed him. That means Sirius has to stay hidden for a while, he must not be seen. But perhaps there is some good to this, too. Voldemort believes Sirius dead, and won't look for him anymore; he'll have to find another way to get the Potters. And we do know now who the traitor is." Dumbledore had to take a deep breath. He knew how hard that would be for Remus, he himself had found it hard to believe, and he hadn't been friends with Peter for a long time. "It is Peter. Peter Pettigrew."

Remus stared at him horrified. Then he sat down. With a shaking voice he asked: "Are you sure?"

Sirius answered "Yes, we are. First, Voldemort knew that James and Lily refused to take another secret-keeper. Now he could have spoken about Albus Dumbledore, but nobody knew about that plan besides James, Lily, Dumbledore and myself. But we did think about making Peter the secret-keeper, and just James, Lily, Peter and I knew that. It couldn't have been James or Lily, and I know that it wasn't me. So that leaves Dumbledore or Peter. And I think we all agree that it can't be Dumbledore... And second, Peter was in my house when the Death Eaters attacked, right behind me. But they didn't take him."

Now Snape opened his mouth, too. "Then it can be only Pettigrew. I wasn't there, but I heard Malfoy say to Goyle that it would be great to have a spy that could distract Black."

"We have to put Peter out of action!" Sirius exclaimed.

"But it will be difficult to hold him captive, once we do have him." Remus had gotten his strength back, and now wrath blinked in his eyes. But before, he had looked at Sirius meaningfully, they needed to talk.
Sirius felt his stomach flip-flop when he thought about it, but knew that it was necessary.
"Why should it be difficult to keep Pettigrew imprisoned? We have many more talented wizards and witches imprisoned, and they are still in Azkaban." asked Snape.
It was visibly uncomfortable for Sirius to tell that, but as Peter was the traitor, everyone had to know about his ability. "Well, Peter is an animagus."

Snape stared at him, obviously considering the possibility that Sirius had lost the bit of sanity he thought him to have.
Dumbledore just stared at him thoughtfully. Then he asked very calm: "Perhaps you could explain?"
"Well, after we, that's James, Peter and me, found out that Remus is a werewolf, we thought about a possibility to help him."
Snape sneered: "You can't help a werewolf!"
"Well, as a human you can't get near a werewolf, that's true. But an animal would be able to do that. So we decided to become animagi."
"Peter, too? I'm surprised he managed it!" Dumbledore exclaimed.

"Yes, him too. It was rather difficult, but with James and my help, he made it. We searched through the whole library, looking for everything that could help us. We never did so much research for anything else. And we had to keep our plans hidden from Remus. We wanted it to be a surprise, and we knew that Remus wouldn't be happy if he knew beforehand, he would try to make us stop something that dangerous. So it took us some months to gather all the necessary information on how to do it."
"And what kind of animals did you become?"
"James was a stag, I am a dog, and Peter became a rat."

"How fitting," Snape murmured darkly.
"Well, we didn't get much farther, but I think we'll take a break now, and think about what we just heard. Under no circumstances may Sirius be seen anywhere until then. Is that understood?" With those words, that were spoken as soft as the others, Dumbledore looked at Sirius, who nodded in agreement. He understood, and he wouldn't endanger them all by being seen.
Dumbledore returned the nod, wished everyone a good night, before going to the door. Reaching it, he turned around and asked: "Would you please accompany me to my office for a short word, Severus?"
Snape glanced at Remus and Sirius, before following Dumbledore out.

"What they have to talk about?" wondered Remus.
"Well, perhaps Dumbledore wants to talk to Snape about making me believe that I was drinking poison," Sirius remarked.
"He did what?"
"We had to get myself out there somehow, but I couldn't imagine a way, and neither did Snape, and I didn't have much strength left, and so I suggested Snape poison me. And he let me believe that it was real poison, but it made me just seem dead. You can't believe how puzzled I was, when I woke up and saw Dumbledore's face!" Sirius laughed.
Then he became suddenly serious again. "But I have to talk to you, Moony. To be particular: I have to say sorry." It was uncomfortable for Sirius, he wished himself far far away, but that wasn't an option. He had to tell Remus, or this would stand between the two of them forever.
When he looked at Remus, he realized that Moony didn't look really surprised about the coming apology, just a little curious.

"I'm sorry, Moony, but I thought you were the traitor." There, he had said it. He looked closely at Remus, who looked just back for some long moments, then stood up to look out of the window.

"I thought as much. There's no other explanation for the planned change, without telling me. Just, why?" He sounded only curious.
"I don't know, can't explain it. Now, as I know it is Peter, I'm asking myself the whole time how I could have missed that before. How I could have suspected you."
"I know why," Remus voice sounded normal, as if he was talking about the weather. "A werewolf is a creature of darkness, so he just has to be on the dark side." Nothing could be heard of the pain he had to feel now. Pain that one of his best friends had thought him a traitor. He continued staring out the window, as if there was something unbelievably important going on there. But there was only the Forbidden Forest in the moonless darkness to be seen, nothing else.
"Please, Moony, I know you're angry now, and I can understand, but please, forgive me." Sirius begged, he didn't want to lose his friend.
Finally Remus turned around.
In his eyes there was no trace of fury, or even anger, just deep sadness. He had believed that at least three people accepted him how he was, without question. And now. Now one turned out to be a traitor, and another one had thought him capable of betraying his best friend. In this moment, Remus felt terribly alone.