CHAPTER 36: A Free Man
Harry Potter stood wide eyed in front of the man he had vowed he would catch years before. He had vowed that this man would pay for what he had done. Standing before Harry was Peter Pettigrew, AKA Wormtail AKA Skabbers AKA number one on Harry's list.
"Pl-please don't kill me, I-I was made to do it! He told me he would kill me if I did not serve him!" Peter was yelling at the top of his slimy little lungs. Ginny got out of her bed quickly and sat upon Harry's holding his shoulder, which was as tense as a board.
"Shh, Harry, he has been caught now, this is good." Ginny whispered, Harry barely nodded, grinding his teeth.
"You should know that this man is a unregistered amangi, and can turn into the rat he is at anytime if your not careful. He evaded capture last time, by doing that." Hermione stated, sitting down on the other side of Harry.
"Do you know his name?" The minister asked.
"Yes, it's Peter Pettigrew." Harry whispered loudly. "The man who facked his own death and after telling Voldemort where my parents were and killing a street full of Muggles he then blamed it on my Godfather, Sirius Black." The ministers' eyes were almost bulging out of their sockets at this news.
"Well, then we will have to get this cleared up immediately. The truth serum will be given and sentences set by tonight. You wouldn't happen to know where Mr. Black is, now would you?" The minister asked.
"Yes, he was with Dumbledore and the staff when they disappeared." Harry explained.
The minister nodded and followed the prisoners through the chimney via floo. That evening the staff all gathered in the staff room, and waited for the floo call, the minister was going to send, so that they could watch the interview with the death eaters. Harry was only waiting for one person in particular. The call finally came to Harry's great relief, they were going to interview Peter first. Peter sat on a bench, tied to the chair, with Aurors surrounding him. He was made to drink the Virtuisum potion, the minister began the questions.
"Is your name Peter Pettigrew?"
"Yes."
"Are you a death eater?"
"Yes."
"Were you the Potters secret keeper when Voldemort attacked them."
"Yes."
"And are responsible for telling Voldemort where the Potters were."
"Yes, I am. I am proud to serve my master."
"Did you kill muggles and then fake your own death framing Sirius Black?"
"Yes. I miss my master."
"Do you serve Lucius Malfoy?"
"Yes."
"What are Lucius Malfoy's plans?"
"To become the new dark lord, though no one will be able to reach the power Voldemort reached."
"How powerful is he now?"
"He is not powerful yet, he is sending his death eaters out on missions to give him time to gain power, It will take time."
"How much time?"
"Many years, but he will reach great power."
"Where is his location now?"
"His current location is unknown. He changes location every day to evade capture."
Peters interview ended there, Harry got up and left the room, he decided to walk the halls of the still deserted school, when an hour and a half later, Ginny ran up to him and pulled him back into the staff room. Everyone was still watching the Floo TV.
"Now that all death eaters have been interviewed I would like to make a public announcement. I, the Minister of Magic, hear by declare Sirius Black a free man. He is currently stuck in a time spell and we do not know when he will be back, but when he is, he will be free to do as he please." With that, the floo turned off.
Harry, Ginny, Hermione, Ron and Minvera all had tears in there eyes. It had finally been done, Sirius was a free man and he wasn't even there to see it.
"I hope Mr. Weasley got that on tape." Hermione laughed.
"So do I." Harry grinned; the day was definitely looking up. "Minivera, you should get back to bed."
"Ah, yes. Your first time as headmaster and death eaters choose that day to attack, I swear you must go looking for trouble." Minivera smiled, as another teacher helped her up.
"I don't go looking for trouble, Minivera. Trouble asks for me by name." The room laughed, as everyone left. Once Harry was alone he sat down, not feeling like walking all the way back to his chambers. Closing his eyes, he wished he could just appear in his chambers. He could picture the right spot to be, sitting in his favorite part of the couch, right in front of the warm fire. He could almost feel the fire, he grinned at the warmth, and opened his eyes, his mouth fell open at what he saw.
Harry Potter stood wide eyed in front of the man he had vowed he would catch years before. He had vowed that this man would pay for what he had done. Standing before Harry was Peter Pettigrew, AKA Wormtail AKA Skabbers AKA number one on Harry's list.
"Pl-please don't kill me, I-I was made to do it! He told me he would kill me if I did not serve him!" Peter was yelling at the top of his slimy little lungs. Ginny got out of her bed quickly and sat upon Harry's holding his shoulder, which was as tense as a board.
"Shh, Harry, he has been caught now, this is good." Ginny whispered, Harry barely nodded, grinding his teeth.
"You should know that this man is a unregistered amangi, and can turn into the rat he is at anytime if your not careful. He evaded capture last time, by doing that." Hermione stated, sitting down on the other side of Harry.
"Do you know his name?" The minister asked.
"Yes, it's Peter Pettigrew." Harry whispered loudly. "The man who facked his own death and after telling Voldemort where my parents were and killing a street full of Muggles he then blamed it on my Godfather, Sirius Black." The ministers' eyes were almost bulging out of their sockets at this news.
"Well, then we will have to get this cleared up immediately. The truth serum will be given and sentences set by tonight. You wouldn't happen to know where Mr. Black is, now would you?" The minister asked.
"Yes, he was with Dumbledore and the staff when they disappeared." Harry explained.
The minister nodded and followed the prisoners through the chimney via floo. That evening the staff all gathered in the staff room, and waited for the floo call, the minister was going to send, so that they could watch the interview with the death eaters. Harry was only waiting for one person in particular. The call finally came to Harry's great relief, they were going to interview Peter first. Peter sat on a bench, tied to the chair, with Aurors surrounding him. He was made to drink the Virtuisum potion, the minister began the questions.
"Is your name Peter Pettigrew?"
"Yes."
"Are you a death eater?"
"Yes."
"Were you the Potters secret keeper when Voldemort attacked them."
"Yes."
"And are responsible for telling Voldemort where the Potters were."
"Yes, I am. I am proud to serve my master."
"Did you kill muggles and then fake your own death framing Sirius Black?"
"Yes. I miss my master."
"Do you serve Lucius Malfoy?"
"Yes."
"What are Lucius Malfoy's plans?"
"To become the new dark lord, though no one will be able to reach the power Voldemort reached."
"How powerful is he now?"
"He is not powerful yet, he is sending his death eaters out on missions to give him time to gain power, It will take time."
"How much time?"
"Many years, but he will reach great power."
"Where is his location now?"
"His current location is unknown. He changes location every day to evade capture."
Peters interview ended there, Harry got up and left the room, he decided to walk the halls of the still deserted school, when an hour and a half later, Ginny ran up to him and pulled him back into the staff room. Everyone was still watching the Floo TV.
"Now that all death eaters have been interviewed I would like to make a public announcement. I, the Minister of Magic, hear by declare Sirius Black a free man. He is currently stuck in a time spell and we do not know when he will be back, but when he is, he will be free to do as he please." With that, the floo turned off.
Harry, Ginny, Hermione, Ron and Minvera all had tears in there eyes. It had finally been done, Sirius was a free man and he wasn't even there to see it.
"I hope Mr. Weasley got that on tape." Hermione laughed.
"So do I." Harry grinned; the day was definitely looking up. "Minivera, you should get back to bed."
"Ah, yes. Your first time as headmaster and death eaters choose that day to attack, I swear you must go looking for trouble." Minivera smiled, as another teacher helped her up.
"I don't go looking for trouble, Minivera. Trouble asks for me by name." The room laughed, as everyone left. Once Harry was alone he sat down, not feeling like walking all the way back to his chambers. Closing his eyes, he wished he could just appear in his chambers. He could picture the right spot to be, sitting in his favorite part of the couch, right in front of the warm fire. He could almost feel the fire, he grinned at the warmth, and opened his eyes, his mouth fell open at what he saw.
