Harry sat in the car, memories of his past, flooding back to him. He closed
his eyes and pictured them within them. Stephanie Liana. No! Stephanie
Black. Sirius. It was painful to think about Sirius. After what had
happened the previous year. He had fallen. Memories of his third year at
Hogwarts flooded back to him, the meeting with Sirius in the Shrieking
Shack.
~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! "Leave me alone!" screamed Stephanie.
"But Steph! I" replied Sirius.
"I don't want to here any explanation! You...you! You killed them! And you dare to talk to me!"
"Stephanie! He did not!" exclaimed Remus.
"Oh Remus! I don't understand Remus! This man accused you of being a spy, despite your life-long friendship! And, you still support him."
Before Remus could reply, she continued.
"I was Lily's best friend! Despite being a seer, I couldn't see this coming!! I... can't believe that I fell for HIM!"
"Steph relax! He didn't do it! Look!"
He pointed his wand at the rat in Ron's hand and muttered a spell. The rat seemed to swell. Stephanie thought the Rat was going to explode and covered her eyes. But it didn't. When she opened her eyes, there was no rat, but a man standing before her. He looked strangely familiar. With the same beady eyes. Peter.
Stephanie took a step back. "Peter! I thought you were, you were.."
"Dead." Remus finished her sentence for her.
~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!
Harry was jerked awake, when the car came to a screeching halt in front of an old mansion. He turned to look around. His heart sank. He had been here before...
~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! "Leave me alone!" screamed Stephanie.
"But Steph! I" replied Sirius.
"I don't want to here any explanation! You...you! You killed them! And you dare to talk to me!"
"Stephanie! He did not!" exclaimed Remus.
"Oh Remus! I don't understand Remus! This man accused you of being a spy, despite your life-long friendship! And, you still support him."
Before Remus could reply, she continued.
"I was Lily's best friend! Despite being a seer, I couldn't see this coming!! I... can't believe that I fell for HIM!"
"Steph relax! He didn't do it! Look!"
He pointed his wand at the rat in Ron's hand and muttered a spell. The rat seemed to swell. Stephanie thought the Rat was going to explode and covered her eyes. But it didn't. When she opened her eyes, there was no rat, but a man standing before her. He looked strangely familiar. With the same beady eyes. Peter.
Stephanie took a step back. "Peter! I thought you were, you were.."
"Dead." Remus finished her sentence for her.
~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!
Harry was jerked awake, when the car came to a screeching halt in front of an old mansion. He turned to look around. His heart sank. He had been here before...
