A/N: Uh.....sorry that the last chapter was so rushed but it would take
too long just to fit the third, fourth, and fifth book scenes into one
chapter. Plus I couldn't really think of what to put during those
years. But it does sort slow down in this chapter. And to that one
reviewer who didn't get to see the movie, that movie was really, really
good! I went to see it twice and I enjoyed it very much. Any way, on
with the story.
Chapter 16.
A/N: I'm going to skim right through the fourth year and fifth to the night Sirius 'died'.
Alot of things have happened during the two years. Remus had joined the Order again like he did along time ago. He was abit upset that Sirius was starting to talk nonsense. It was because of how bored he was and how he felt that he was so useless for the Order. He couldn't just walk around anymore. People knew that he was animagus now. It was because of stupid Lucius Malfoy's big fat mouth. And Peter's for that matter.
During Harry's fifth year, Remus was at Sirius's place, Grimmaulds Place Number 12. He tried to keep Sirius company as much as he could. Although there was many tasks that Dumbledore had him do. Remus was also keeping an eye on Hermione. He didn't want to see her get hurt. He did still have feelings for her even if he was grown up and she wasn't.
Then the night came. Remus was out and Sirius was stuck at Number 12 with that annoying git, Kreacher. He was looking into things when suddenly he recieved an important messege from Snape. Harry was in danger! Along with Hermione, Ron, Ron's little sister, Ginny, a girl named Luna Lovegood and Neville Longbottom.
When he heard what was going on, his heart nearly fell out of his chest. This was the night! The night Sirius would be killed. Remus had almost forgotten about Hermione's letter. He had to warn Sirius now! He met up with everyone outside the Ministry of Magic and tried to pull Sirius aside. "Sirius! There's something I must tell you! It's urgent!" He whispered to his friend. Sirius glanced at him. "What is it?" He asked trying to hurry after Tonks and Shacklebolt.
Remus's heart was racing. "You can not fight Bellatrix! She's here, Sirius." He said quickly. Sirius's face went paler. "Bella's here? In that case, we better hurry. I would love to give her a nice ass-whooping." he said angrily. Remus seized Sirius's arm. "It's not funny, Sirius! Hermione told me in a letter that this night, you would be killed. Please just stay here. I'll take care of her." he said with a pleading way.
Sirius just stared at Remus. He was quiet for a long time. "R-Remus, your joking right?" He asked. His voice cracked just abit. It made him sound like Peter for just a second. Remus shook his head. "So far, what Hermione has told me it's all been true. You can't fight." he said.
There was a scream from within the Ministry. "Come on, Remus! Sirius! What are you waiting for?!" Tonks called. Before Remus could stop him, Sirius yanked away from his grasp. "I'm sorry, Remus. But we don't have time for this! Harry could die if we don't go help." He said. Remus sighed and hurried after Sirius. He would try and make sure Sirius didn't do anything too stupid.
The fight lasted for a long time. Sirius was fighting Bellatrix. Remus was going to go help him when he heard Harry starting to yell. His head jerked to where Harry was. Lucius Malfoy was on Harry and trying to get the small orb called the Prophecy.
Then Harry threw it to Neville Longbottom who caught it. Malfoy then was blasted off of Harry and tried to curse him. Remus gritted his teeth and leaped in their path. "Harry, round up the others and GO!!" He yelled. Harry nodded and ran to where Longbottom was.
Remus and Malfoy glared at each other. "So, it's the werewolf." Malfoy hissed. Remus narrowed his eyes. The two began to circle each other. Malfoy sneered. "There is one thing I must let you know before I kill you. Do you remember that night when Hermione Dumbledore was attacked by a werewolf and some how escaped without getting bit?" He asked. Remus's mouth fell and his eyes widened. Malfoy sneered knowing that he had his attention. "It was I who took her out there in the first place. I used the Imperius Curse on her." He said in an amused way.
Rage filled Remus. He felt so angry. "You?! You almost made me kill her you son of a bitch!" He roared lunging at Malfoy. Malfoy's eyes widen as shock fell over him. He didn't have time to raise his wand. Remus didn't think about using his wand. He just wanted to hurt Malfoy so bad right now.
Instead of using the wand, he used his fists. He grabbed Malfoy the front of the robes and swung his right fist. . He had his wand in his hand as he punched Malfoy right in the face. Blood spurt from Lucius Malfoy's nose and lip. His hood had fallen. Remus didn't stop punching though. He punched everywhere his fist would go.
"You arse! You almost made me kill Hermione! I almost killed her! It's your fault!" He was yelling. Malfoy tried to fight back but couldn't even get a shot. In no time flat, he was out cold.
Kingsley Shacklebolt and Mad-Eye Moody had to drag Remus off of the unconsciense DeathEater. "Remus! Calm down! You'll kill him!" Shacklebolt exclaimed. Remus tried to jerk away but the two had a good grip on his arms. "Look! Dumbledore's finally arrived!" Moody called. Remus's eyes jerked towards where Dumbledore was coming down. He had just pulled an escaping Death Eater back with his wand. Everyone had stopped dueling.
Then Remus noticed that there was still two fighting people. Sirius and Bellatrix were still fighting. And Sirius was laughing at her. "Come on, you can do better than that!" Sirius barked at her while laughing. Bellatrix let out a outraged yell as she sent two sparks at him. One he ducked under. But the other, it hit him in the chest. Sirius's eyes went wide as he still laughed. Then he stopped. He was falling back off the dais towards an arch with a veil.
Remus's eyes went wide and the color drained quickly. He couldn't believe it. Sirius was gone now. He was dead. He watched Sirius fall right into the veil and didn't come out. Remus then spotted Harry running towards the veil. "SIRIUS! SIRIUS!" He was yelling. He jumped from the stairs and ran forward. Remus quickly ran forward and grabbed Harry around the chest holding him back. Tears in his eyes. "There's nothing you can do, Harry----" He was saying.
But Harry cut him off. "Get him, save him, he's only gone through!" He cried out. Remus swallowed hard. "It's too late, Harry---" He was saying. "We can still reach him---" Harry cut him off. He was thrashing to get to the veil. Remus wanted to save Sirius just as much as Harry did. But he knew that there was nothing anyone could do. "There's nothing you can do, Harry.....nothing....he's gone." He choked out. The tears falling from his eyes. Harry's head lowered. "He hasn't gone!" He cried. Remus shivered with the pain. "SIRIUS! SIRIUS!" Harry kept yelling.
Remus shook his head. "He can't come back, Harry. He can't come back, because he's d---" He was trying to say. "HE---IS---NOT---DEAD!!" Harry roared. He continued to yell Sirius's name. Remus felt the tears sliding down his face. He dragged the struggling Harry away from the veil. He just wanted to hug Harry. To comfort him.
Hermione had told Remus, herself. Sirius was going to die. It was because he was being abit foolish and teasing Bellatrix. Remus didn't want to believe that his best friend was dead. But he just knew that he was. No one could go through the veil and come back alive. The veil did everything wrong.
Remus kept his hands on Harry's shoulders. He lowered his head and tried to hold the tears back. He drew a shaky breath. He could hear Harry and Neville talking to each other. Neville's legs were still dancing because of a curse he recieved. "Here." Remus said. He pointed his wand at Neville's legs.
"Finite." He said. And Neville sat perfectly still. Remus was pale and sweaty. He wanted to say something to comfort Harry. "Let's----let's find the others. Where are they all, Neville?" He asked looking at the poor kid on the ground. "Dey're all back dere." He said. He had a terrible bloody nose and it wasn't helping him. "A brain addacked Ron bud I dink he's all righd. And Herbione's unconscious. Bud we could feel a bulse." He said. Remus's face went paler. He really hoped Hermione was okay.
Suddenly there was a loud bang and a yell of pain. Remus spun around along with Harry. Shacklebolt had just recieved a nasty jinxe. Bellatrix started running for the exit. Remus saw Dumbledore aim a spell at her but Bellatrix managed to deflect it.
He felt that Harry started to tense up like he was going to start running after Bellatrix. "Harry, no." He cried out but Harry ripped out from his grip. "SHE KILLED SIRIUS!! SHE KILLED HIM!! I'LL KILL HER!!" He roared as he took off running. Remus felt his heart just speed up. "Harry! Don't!" He yelled after Harry. He started to follow quickly.
But Dumbledore grabbed his shoulder. "No, Remus. I'll go after him. You stay here and help everyone else." He said. Remus was staring after Harry with a pale face but then he nodded. He had to find Hermione and see if she was alright. He knew Harry would be alright with Dumbledore. So he began looking for Hermione.
He found her. She was lying with her robes singed on the front. Everyone else was too busy trying to take care of the Death Eaters. Neville was watching them. Remus bent down by Hermione's side. "Oh, Swiftstar. My dear Swiftstar." he whispered. He picked her head up and layed it on his lap.
Remus pushed Hermione's bangs back. He had missed her so much over the years. He then shook his head hard. 'No. She's not Swiftstar. Not yet anyway. She's too young to be Swiftstar.' He thought. He glanced over to his side and saw that Ron was giggling and looked at his own reflection in some kind of mirror. "H-hey. I know you. Your that arse who stole my face." He said stupidly.
Remus held back a laugh. Even if this was a bad time to be laughing, it sure was amusing to see Ron making an idiot out of himself. He shook his head and ran his hand through his hair. He lifted Hermione up and stepped over to where Ron was. "Ron." He said shortly. Ron turned around after accusing his reflection for stealing his freckles. "Oh! It's you, Prooofessor." He giggled. Remus smiled raising an eyebrow. Ron pointed at the Ron in the glass. "That guy.....right there stole my freckles!" He said angrily looking back at himself.
Remus tried not to laugh. He shook his head. "Come on, Ron. We've got to find the others." He said. Ron looked goofingly at Remus. "Uh......okay." he said stupidly. He followed Remus to where everyone else was. Everyone was finally taken care of. Remus set Hermione down softly and looked at her longingly. He then made Ron sit next to her before using a small spell to put him to sleep so he would stop acting foolish.
Later everyone was starting to leave. Dawn was breaking. Remus had to help transport everyone back to Hogwarts. He was carrying Hermione through the Atrium. There was a large crowd already there. Several people had seen Voldemort. They no longer insulted Harry. They believed him. It was because they had seen Him for theirselves.
Remus's eyes again caught the same woman who was the stewardess on the Hogwarts Express while he was going to Hogwarts. By now, Remus felt just abit intrigued by her. He was always wondering who she was. If he wasn't such in a hurry, he'd stop and ask what her name was. But he knew he had to get the kids back to safety.
It was only hours later when they all returned to Hogwarts. Madam Pomfrey was taking care of everyone. Remus hadn't slept a wink that night when he should have. He was sitting right next to Hermione the whole night through. Just watching her breath.
Madam Pomfrey was bandaging up Shacklebolt's arm. He had recieve quite a nasty burn on his arm and it would take a long deal of healing. Tonks was unconscious still and Mad-Eye Moody was twirling his magic eye in a glass of water. It made Remus sick just watching him. He hated it when he did that.
Remus sighed as he watched Hermione sleep. He put his face into his hands just sat there for a minute wondering if he should try and get some sleep. He then felt someone touch his back making him just jump abit.
He looked up and found that it was Madam Pomfrey. "She'll be alright, Remus. You should go home and try to get some sleep." She suggested. The tired man sighed. "I know. But so many things had happened all at once. I don't know if I can get some sleep." He said. Madam Pomfrey shook her head. "Remus, I know what your thinking. She is just a child. That had happened quite a long time ago. Let her sleep. You can't do anything for her now. You must remember who you are and who she is." She said. Remus nodded slowly.
He knew where she was getting at. "Your right, Poppy. She is a child. And I'm just a fully grown man wishing for a miracle. I guess I'll head home and try to get some sleep." He said. Madam Pomfrey nodded. She watched Remus leave. She smiled after him and shook her head. "If only you knew, young Remus. If only you knew." She whispered. She went back to her work.
That was only last year. It was now the beginning of the sixth year. Remus had lost track of time because he was doing so many things for the Order. For one, he was trying to recruit a few more people to the Order. And he was also watching Harry for the summer without him actually knowing about it. Of course, if Harry knew that, he'd get mad again just like he did last year.
Now that he summer vacation was ending, he was going to Number 12 Grimmauld Place to do a few things. And that was then he made an awsome discovery when he returned to Number 12 Grimmauld Place. Something that could change everyone's lives forever. Especially Harry's.
Remus had turned to the Black house during the beginning of September. He was going to get Buckbeak and release him where he could be free and have some fresh air since he was locked up for so long. Although something happened to that wretched creature, Kreacher.
The ancient house elf had been mistreating Buckbeak and so the hippogriff decided to do something about it. Kreacher started to insult Buckbeak from the doorframe, when Buckbeak had broken his chains and attacked the house elf. He ate Kreacher. How did Remus found out? He was calling for Kreacher to let him know that no one would be bothering him any more.
Dumbledore had decided not to use The House of Black anymore as the Order's headquarters. Remus was looking all over for Kreacher while he was heading up to Buckbeak's room. And that was then he found Kreacher's head in the claws of Buckbeak. Remus's eyes widen on what he saw.
He cringed abit looking disqusted. "Oh come on, Buckbeak. You could've picked something better to eat besides that disqusting thing." he said. He then laughed shaking his head. He left Buckbeak alone to finish his meal. Remus began cleaning up abit. He was going to toss a few things down into the basement when he heard something from down there.
He froze in his place. He really hoped it wasn't going to be another Runespoor. He remembered the last time he had to face one of those. He gripped his wand and slowly crept down the stairs. It was quite dark down there. So he held up his wand. "Lumos." he said. The tip of his wand lit up.
He slowly made his way to the bottom step where he froze. His eyes had grown wide on what he saw. There was someone tied down in a chair. Their head was tilted to the side. Remus could hear them breathing. He slowly creeped over to the person. Who ever it was, they had black messy long hair. And as Remus got closer and closer, his heart sped up.
He finally was standing right in front of the person. His eyes were wide with shock and his mouth wide open. It was Sirius. But how could it be? Sirius was killed. Wasn't he? Remus shook his head and spun around. He found some candles close by and lit them with his wand. Then he pointed his wand at Sirius. "Ennervate!" He chanted trying not to sound too excited.
It couldn't have been Sirius, could it? Sirius's eyes fluttered open and he lifted his head. He took a look around before looking at Remus. Remus looked too stunned. "Sirius? Is it really you?" He asked. Sirius's brow furrowed with confusion.
"Of course it's me. Who else would it be?" he asked. Remus's mouth fell even lower. "But.....but your dead." He said. Sirius gave Remus a look. "I'm what? I'm not dead, Remus. I'm sitting right here with my hands tied behind my back just because that little git Peter came here and knocked me.....wait a second. You thought I was dead? Why?" He asked narrowing his right eye at Remus.
Remus's jaw fell even lower. "Peter attacked you and knocked you out?! When was this?" He asked with shock. Sirius shifted his arms abit. "Just the other day. When I was tending to Buckbeak. Someone had hurt him and I was trying to heal him. Peter came in and we got into a fight. He told me that I couldn't go to the Ministry of Magic for some reason. I swear I was going to kill him with my bare hands. Before I could even take one step forward he stunned me out and tied me to this chair. The next thing I know I'm talking to you. And can you unty me? Because this is really uncomfortable and that git will pay for it when I get my hands on him." he snarled under his breath talking abit too fast.
Remus didn't move though. "Sirius, I saw you die last June. Bellatrix killed you." He said with a certain tone. Sirius stared with wide eyes. "No you didn't. I'm right here. Your talking to me." He said. He was abit confused of what Remus was saying. He wasn't dead. He was right there talking to Remus at that exact point. Then it hit him what Remus had just said. "Wait a sec. Did you just say last June? What's today?" He asked uncertainly.
Remus swallowed hard trying to get rid of the lump in his throat. "Today's the 3rd of September." he said. Sirius's eyes went wider. "What?! But how......I mean....." He stuttered.
Remus then noticed that a piece of Sirius's hair had been cut His eyes went wider. He turned around and saw a flask of something. He went over and turned it over just abit pouring the thick liquid onto the ground. It was a Polyjuice potion! It hit Remus right there and then. If Peter was there and had attacked Sirius but not killed him and there was a Polyjuice potion right........Remus let out a sharp gasp. He spun around.
"It wasn't you! You weren't the one killed! Peter took your place!" He said quickly. Sirius stared with wider eyes. "Okay, Remus. Your freaking me out right now. Can you please make some sense?" He asked.
Remus shook his head. "Sirius, in June Harry thought you were captured by Voldemort. It was a trap to lure Harry into danger. He went to save you. But Death Eaters attacked him, Hermione, Ron and three others. We all saw you get killed by Bellatrix and fall into the Veil in the Department of Mysteries. If you weren't there, then it was Peter! He was killed trying to save you from dying. But how....." he cut off.
Sirius's eyes were on something behind Remus. "Remus, look. What's that behind you?" He asked pointing with his head. Remus turned around and saw two envelopes. One was addressed to Wormtail. The other to Padfoot. Remus slowly picked them both up and looked at them. He looked into Sirius's first.
It was the letter from Hermione from the 70's. A letter to warn Sirius that he was going to die. The other that was to Peter, was telling Peter that he would betray James and Lily. Remus then noticed that there was another parchment with Peter's. He took it out and unfolded it. He looked it over then his eyes grew wider. He glanced at Sirius and then began to read it outloud.
"Dear Remus or Sirius,
I'm so sorry what happened to James and Lily. I was so stupid. Really I was. I had already told you time and time again. I am a coward and couldn't help but do what He-must-not-be-named said. I didn't want to do it. But I was afraid. Then the opportunity came that I could redeem myself. My evil master had planned to steal the Prophecy and lure Harry out of Hogwarts so he could get it for my master. I owed Harry my life. I had to help him. So I came here because I knew that Sirius could have been hiding in his old house. I was right. I found Sirius taking care of a hippogriff and so I stunned him and put him under a sleeping spell that couldn't be broken unless someone found him and woke him up theirselves.
I had made a Polyjuice potion with a friend's help so I could take Sirius's place. I knew if Sirius was to go help save Harry, he would die. How would I know? Because of Hermione's letter to Sirius. She must have gotten mixed up with our trunks. We never did tell her that Sirius and I switched beds those years back. She put Sirius's letter into my trunk and my letter into Sirius's trunk. I found the letter only years ago. I had done some serious thinking over the years. Because of me, Harry had no parents. So I had to do something about Sirius. Harry had lost his parents because of me. But he was not going to lose his godfather. So I took his place. By the time you've read this, I must be dead. Take care, guys. I will say hi to James for you.
Wormtail
P.S. Take care of her for me. She didn't like my idea that much but I told her it was my choice. She did try to stop me though. But I wouldn't let her.
Sirius's eyes were wide. He couldn't believe what Remus had just read. "Good god. Peter sacrificed himself for me. For Harry. And what the blooming hell did he mean take care of her for me? He doesn't have a girlfriend, does he?" He asked. Remus shook his head with a sigh.
"I don't know. But Peter was alot different than we thought." he said folding the letter. Sirius then gasped and tried to stand but it was hard because he was tied down to the chair. "Remus! What did you say today was?!" He exclaimed. Remus stared at him with confusion. "September 3rd. Why?" He asked. Sirius started to struggle in his chair. "What time did we find Hermione that night?! What time is now?!" He asked with panic in his voice.
Remus's eyes went wide. Hermione would be returning to the Hogwarts that day at 10:00 that night. He quickly yanked out his pocket watch. It was 9:10 now. "Shit!" He yelled. "We've got a forty-five minutes before Draco Malfoy attacks her and she breaks the Time Turner. We can stop this from ever happening, Sirius!" He said quickly running for the stairs.
Sirius tried to turn around. "Remus! Wait!" He called. Remus spun around around. Sirius bobbed his had looking himself over. "A little help. I've been tied in this chair for a month. I would like to stretch you know!" He said sarcastically. Remus swore and ran over to Sirius. He took his wand and blasted the rope. Sirius quickly stood and pushed the ropes off his wrists.
The two dashed up the stairs. "How are we going to get there?! We can't apparate onto the grounds!" Remus exclaimed grabbing his cloak. Sirius started to chew on his lip then his eyes widen. "Is Buckbeak still upstairs?!" He asked. Remus gave him a look and nodded. Sirius gave Remus a sly grin. "I have an idea." He told Remus. Remus then smiled knowing exactly what Sirius was planning.
A/N: Okay, let's double back on this chapter for a second. As you know, in the fifth book, if you read it, Sirius was killed, right? Well, I can't stand having Sirius dead because he was like my ultimate favorite character besides Remus. I really did cry while reading the fifth book.
What happened was Peter wasn't ever mentioned in the fifth book was he? I mean, Harry didn't see or hear him in his dreams so we don't know what happened to him. And what I put was Peter was planning on stopping Sirius from going to The Ministry of Magic so he wouldn't die. It was because Hermione thought Peter's trunk was Sirius's. So she mixed up the letters and so Peter got Sirius's letter instead of his.
And Sirius never really paid attention to anythng in his trunk. He could have just pushed it aside and not even relieze what the heck it was. So he never seen Peter's letter. So all during the fifth year, Peter was planning to save Sirius's neck. But he couldn't have done it alone so someone had helped him make the Polyjuice potion. Someone very smart and wanted to save Sirius's life. The person that helped Peter also tried to talk him out of taking Sirius's place because they knew what would happen if he did go to the Ministry of Magic. But Peter stunned this person leaving them at his hideout where no one knew where to find him and took off on his own to take Sirius's place. I hope this is making sense. But you will find out that somethings really did change time and they couldn't do anything about it. Review and tell me what you think. And see if you can guess who could have helped Peter save Sirius's life.
Chapter 16.
A/N: I'm going to skim right through the fourth year and fifth to the night Sirius 'died'.
Alot of things have happened during the two years. Remus had joined the Order again like he did along time ago. He was abit upset that Sirius was starting to talk nonsense. It was because of how bored he was and how he felt that he was so useless for the Order. He couldn't just walk around anymore. People knew that he was animagus now. It was because of stupid Lucius Malfoy's big fat mouth. And Peter's for that matter.
During Harry's fifth year, Remus was at Sirius's place, Grimmaulds Place Number 12. He tried to keep Sirius company as much as he could. Although there was many tasks that Dumbledore had him do. Remus was also keeping an eye on Hermione. He didn't want to see her get hurt. He did still have feelings for her even if he was grown up and she wasn't.
Then the night came. Remus was out and Sirius was stuck at Number 12 with that annoying git, Kreacher. He was looking into things when suddenly he recieved an important messege from Snape. Harry was in danger! Along with Hermione, Ron, Ron's little sister, Ginny, a girl named Luna Lovegood and Neville Longbottom.
When he heard what was going on, his heart nearly fell out of his chest. This was the night! The night Sirius would be killed. Remus had almost forgotten about Hermione's letter. He had to warn Sirius now! He met up with everyone outside the Ministry of Magic and tried to pull Sirius aside. "Sirius! There's something I must tell you! It's urgent!" He whispered to his friend. Sirius glanced at him. "What is it?" He asked trying to hurry after Tonks and Shacklebolt.
Remus's heart was racing. "You can not fight Bellatrix! She's here, Sirius." He said quickly. Sirius's face went paler. "Bella's here? In that case, we better hurry. I would love to give her a nice ass-whooping." he said angrily. Remus seized Sirius's arm. "It's not funny, Sirius! Hermione told me in a letter that this night, you would be killed. Please just stay here. I'll take care of her." he said with a pleading way.
Sirius just stared at Remus. He was quiet for a long time. "R-Remus, your joking right?" He asked. His voice cracked just abit. It made him sound like Peter for just a second. Remus shook his head. "So far, what Hermione has told me it's all been true. You can't fight." he said.
There was a scream from within the Ministry. "Come on, Remus! Sirius! What are you waiting for?!" Tonks called. Before Remus could stop him, Sirius yanked away from his grasp. "I'm sorry, Remus. But we don't have time for this! Harry could die if we don't go help." He said. Remus sighed and hurried after Sirius. He would try and make sure Sirius didn't do anything too stupid.
The fight lasted for a long time. Sirius was fighting Bellatrix. Remus was going to go help him when he heard Harry starting to yell. His head jerked to where Harry was. Lucius Malfoy was on Harry and trying to get the small orb called the Prophecy.
Then Harry threw it to Neville Longbottom who caught it. Malfoy then was blasted off of Harry and tried to curse him. Remus gritted his teeth and leaped in their path. "Harry, round up the others and GO!!" He yelled. Harry nodded and ran to where Longbottom was.
Remus and Malfoy glared at each other. "So, it's the werewolf." Malfoy hissed. Remus narrowed his eyes. The two began to circle each other. Malfoy sneered. "There is one thing I must let you know before I kill you. Do you remember that night when Hermione Dumbledore was attacked by a werewolf and some how escaped without getting bit?" He asked. Remus's mouth fell and his eyes widened. Malfoy sneered knowing that he had his attention. "It was I who took her out there in the first place. I used the Imperius Curse on her." He said in an amused way.
Rage filled Remus. He felt so angry. "You?! You almost made me kill her you son of a bitch!" He roared lunging at Malfoy. Malfoy's eyes widen as shock fell over him. He didn't have time to raise his wand. Remus didn't think about using his wand. He just wanted to hurt Malfoy so bad right now.
Instead of using the wand, he used his fists. He grabbed Malfoy the front of the robes and swung his right fist. . He had his wand in his hand as he punched Malfoy right in the face. Blood spurt from Lucius Malfoy's nose and lip. His hood had fallen. Remus didn't stop punching though. He punched everywhere his fist would go.
"You arse! You almost made me kill Hermione! I almost killed her! It's your fault!" He was yelling. Malfoy tried to fight back but couldn't even get a shot. In no time flat, he was out cold.
Kingsley Shacklebolt and Mad-Eye Moody had to drag Remus off of the unconsciense DeathEater. "Remus! Calm down! You'll kill him!" Shacklebolt exclaimed. Remus tried to jerk away but the two had a good grip on his arms. "Look! Dumbledore's finally arrived!" Moody called. Remus's eyes jerked towards where Dumbledore was coming down. He had just pulled an escaping Death Eater back with his wand. Everyone had stopped dueling.
Then Remus noticed that there was still two fighting people. Sirius and Bellatrix were still fighting. And Sirius was laughing at her. "Come on, you can do better than that!" Sirius barked at her while laughing. Bellatrix let out a outraged yell as she sent two sparks at him. One he ducked under. But the other, it hit him in the chest. Sirius's eyes went wide as he still laughed. Then he stopped. He was falling back off the dais towards an arch with a veil.
Remus's eyes went wide and the color drained quickly. He couldn't believe it. Sirius was gone now. He was dead. He watched Sirius fall right into the veil and didn't come out. Remus then spotted Harry running towards the veil. "SIRIUS! SIRIUS!" He was yelling. He jumped from the stairs and ran forward. Remus quickly ran forward and grabbed Harry around the chest holding him back. Tears in his eyes. "There's nothing you can do, Harry----" He was saying.
But Harry cut him off. "Get him, save him, he's only gone through!" He cried out. Remus swallowed hard. "It's too late, Harry---" He was saying. "We can still reach him---" Harry cut him off. He was thrashing to get to the veil. Remus wanted to save Sirius just as much as Harry did. But he knew that there was nothing anyone could do. "There's nothing you can do, Harry.....nothing....he's gone." He choked out. The tears falling from his eyes. Harry's head lowered. "He hasn't gone!" He cried. Remus shivered with the pain. "SIRIUS! SIRIUS!" Harry kept yelling.
Remus shook his head. "He can't come back, Harry. He can't come back, because he's d---" He was trying to say. "HE---IS---NOT---DEAD!!" Harry roared. He continued to yell Sirius's name. Remus felt the tears sliding down his face. He dragged the struggling Harry away from the veil. He just wanted to hug Harry. To comfort him.
Hermione had told Remus, herself. Sirius was going to die. It was because he was being abit foolish and teasing Bellatrix. Remus didn't want to believe that his best friend was dead. But he just knew that he was. No one could go through the veil and come back alive. The veil did everything wrong.
Remus kept his hands on Harry's shoulders. He lowered his head and tried to hold the tears back. He drew a shaky breath. He could hear Harry and Neville talking to each other. Neville's legs were still dancing because of a curse he recieved. "Here." Remus said. He pointed his wand at Neville's legs.
"Finite." He said. And Neville sat perfectly still. Remus was pale and sweaty. He wanted to say something to comfort Harry. "Let's----let's find the others. Where are they all, Neville?" He asked looking at the poor kid on the ground. "Dey're all back dere." He said. He had a terrible bloody nose and it wasn't helping him. "A brain addacked Ron bud I dink he's all righd. And Herbione's unconscious. Bud we could feel a bulse." He said. Remus's face went paler. He really hoped Hermione was okay.
Suddenly there was a loud bang and a yell of pain. Remus spun around along with Harry. Shacklebolt had just recieved a nasty jinxe. Bellatrix started running for the exit. Remus saw Dumbledore aim a spell at her but Bellatrix managed to deflect it.
He felt that Harry started to tense up like he was going to start running after Bellatrix. "Harry, no." He cried out but Harry ripped out from his grip. "SHE KILLED SIRIUS!! SHE KILLED HIM!! I'LL KILL HER!!" He roared as he took off running. Remus felt his heart just speed up. "Harry! Don't!" He yelled after Harry. He started to follow quickly.
But Dumbledore grabbed his shoulder. "No, Remus. I'll go after him. You stay here and help everyone else." He said. Remus was staring after Harry with a pale face but then he nodded. He had to find Hermione and see if she was alright. He knew Harry would be alright with Dumbledore. So he began looking for Hermione.
He found her. She was lying with her robes singed on the front. Everyone else was too busy trying to take care of the Death Eaters. Neville was watching them. Remus bent down by Hermione's side. "Oh, Swiftstar. My dear Swiftstar." he whispered. He picked her head up and layed it on his lap.
Remus pushed Hermione's bangs back. He had missed her so much over the years. He then shook his head hard. 'No. She's not Swiftstar. Not yet anyway. She's too young to be Swiftstar.' He thought. He glanced over to his side and saw that Ron was giggling and looked at his own reflection in some kind of mirror. "H-hey. I know you. Your that arse who stole my face." He said stupidly.
Remus held back a laugh. Even if this was a bad time to be laughing, it sure was amusing to see Ron making an idiot out of himself. He shook his head and ran his hand through his hair. He lifted Hermione up and stepped over to where Ron was. "Ron." He said shortly. Ron turned around after accusing his reflection for stealing his freckles. "Oh! It's you, Prooofessor." He giggled. Remus smiled raising an eyebrow. Ron pointed at the Ron in the glass. "That guy.....right there stole my freckles!" He said angrily looking back at himself.
Remus tried not to laugh. He shook his head. "Come on, Ron. We've got to find the others." He said. Ron looked goofingly at Remus. "Uh......okay." he said stupidly. He followed Remus to where everyone else was. Everyone was finally taken care of. Remus set Hermione down softly and looked at her longingly. He then made Ron sit next to her before using a small spell to put him to sleep so he would stop acting foolish.
Later everyone was starting to leave. Dawn was breaking. Remus had to help transport everyone back to Hogwarts. He was carrying Hermione through the Atrium. There was a large crowd already there. Several people had seen Voldemort. They no longer insulted Harry. They believed him. It was because they had seen Him for theirselves.
Remus's eyes again caught the same woman who was the stewardess on the Hogwarts Express while he was going to Hogwarts. By now, Remus felt just abit intrigued by her. He was always wondering who she was. If he wasn't such in a hurry, he'd stop and ask what her name was. But he knew he had to get the kids back to safety.
It was only hours later when they all returned to Hogwarts. Madam Pomfrey was taking care of everyone. Remus hadn't slept a wink that night when he should have. He was sitting right next to Hermione the whole night through. Just watching her breath.
Madam Pomfrey was bandaging up Shacklebolt's arm. He had recieve quite a nasty burn on his arm and it would take a long deal of healing. Tonks was unconscious still and Mad-Eye Moody was twirling his magic eye in a glass of water. It made Remus sick just watching him. He hated it when he did that.
Remus sighed as he watched Hermione sleep. He put his face into his hands just sat there for a minute wondering if he should try and get some sleep. He then felt someone touch his back making him just jump abit.
He looked up and found that it was Madam Pomfrey. "She'll be alright, Remus. You should go home and try to get some sleep." She suggested. The tired man sighed. "I know. But so many things had happened all at once. I don't know if I can get some sleep." He said. Madam Pomfrey shook her head. "Remus, I know what your thinking. She is just a child. That had happened quite a long time ago. Let her sleep. You can't do anything for her now. You must remember who you are and who she is." She said. Remus nodded slowly.
He knew where she was getting at. "Your right, Poppy. She is a child. And I'm just a fully grown man wishing for a miracle. I guess I'll head home and try to get some sleep." He said. Madam Pomfrey nodded. She watched Remus leave. She smiled after him and shook her head. "If only you knew, young Remus. If only you knew." She whispered. She went back to her work.
That was only last year. It was now the beginning of the sixth year. Remus had lost track of time because he was doing so many things for the Order. For one, he was trying to recruit a few more people to the Order. And he was also watching Harry for the summer without him actually knowing about it. Of course, if Harry knew that, he'd get mad again just like he did last year.
Now that he summer vacation was ending, he was going to Number 12 Grimmauld Place to do a few things. And that was then he made an awsome discovery when he returned to Number 12 Grimmauld Place. Something that could change everyone's lives forever. Especially Harry's.
Remus had turned to the Black house during the beginning of September. He was going to get Buckbeak and release him where he could be free and have some fresh air since he was locked up for so long. Although something happened to that wretched creature, Kreacher.
The ancient house elf had been mistreating Buckbeak and so the hippogriff decided to do something about it. Kreacher started to insult Buckbeak from the doorframe, when Buckbeak had broken his chains and attacked the house elf. He ate Kreacher. How did Remus found out? He was calling for Kreacher to let him know that no one would be bothering him any more.
Dumbledore had decided not to use The House of Black anymore as the Order's headquarters. Remus was looking all over for Kreacher while he was heading up to Buckbeak's room. And that was then he found Kreacher's head in the claws of Buckbeak. Remus's eyes widen on what he saw.
He cringed abit looking disqusted. "Oh come on, Buckbeak. You could've picked something better to eat besides that disqusting thing." he said. He then laughed shaking his head. He left Buckbeak alone to finish his meal. Remus began cleaning up abit. He was going to toss a few things down into the basement when he heard something from down there.
He froze in his place. He really hoped it wasn't going to be another Runespoor. He remembered the last time he had to face one of those. He gripped his wand and slowly crept down the stairs. It was quite dark down there. So he held up his wand. "Lumos." he said. The tip of his wand lit up.
He slowly made his way to the bottom step where he froze. His eyes had grown wide on what he saw. There was someone tied down in a chair. Their head was tilted to the side. Remus could hear them breathing. He slowly creeped over to the person. Who ever it was, they had black messy long hair. And as Remus got closer and closer, his heart sped up.
He finally was standing right in front of the person. His eyes were wide with shock and his mouth wide open. It was Sirius. But how could it be? Sirius was killed. Wasn't he? Remus shook his head and spun around. He found some candles close by and lit them with his wand. Then he pointed his wand at Sirius. "Ennervate!" He chanted trying not to sound too excited.
It couldn't have been Sirius, could it? Sirius's eyes fluttered open and he lifted his head. He took a look around before looking at Remus. Remus looked too stunned. "Sirius? Is it really you?" He asked. Sirius's brow furrowed with confusion.
"Of course it's me. Who else would it be?" he asked. Remus's mouth fell even lower. "But.....but your dead." He said. Sirius gave Remus a look. "I'm what? I'm not dead, Remus. I'm sitting right here with my hands tied behind my back just because that little git Peter came here and knocked me.....wait a second. You thought I was dead? Why?" He asked narrowing his right eye at Remus.
Remus's jaw fell even lower. "Peter attacked you and knocked you out?! When was this?" He asked with shock. Sirius shifted his arms abit. "Just the other day. When I was tending to Buckbeak. Someone had hurt him and I was trying to heal him. Peter came in and we got into a fight. He told me that I couldn't go to the Ministry of Magic for some reason. I swear I was going to kill him with my bare hands. Before I could even take one step forward he stunned me out and tied me to this chair. The next thing I know I'm talking to you. And can you unty me? Because this is really uncomfortable and that git will pay for it when I get my hands on him." he snarled under his breath talking abit too fast.
Remus didn't move though. "Sirius, I saw you die last June. Bellatrix killed you." He said with a certain tone. Sirius stared with wide eyes. "No you didn't. I'm right here. Your talking to me." He said. He was abit confused of what Remus was saying. He wasn't dead. He was right there talking to Remus at that exact point. Then it hit him what Remus had just said. "Wait a sec. Did you just say last June? What's today?" He asked uncertainly.
Remus swallowed hard trying to get rid of the lump in his throat. "Today's the 3rd of September." he said. Sirius's eyes went wider. "What?! But how......I mean....." He stuttered.
Remus then noticed that a piece of Sirius's hair had been cut His eyes went wider. He turned around and saw a flask of something. He went over and turned it over just abit pouring the thick liquid onto the ground. It was a Polyjuice potion! It hit Remus right there and then. If Peter was there and had attacked Sirius but not killed him and there was a Polyjuice potion right........Remus let out a sharp gasp. He spun around.
"It wasn't you! You weren't the one killed! Peter took your place!" He said quickly. Sirius stared with wider eyes. "Okay, Remus. Your freaking me out right now. Can you please make some sense?" He asked.
Remus shook his head. "Sirius, in June Harry thought you were captured by Voldemort. It was a trap to lure Harry into danger. He went to save you. But Death Eaters attacked him, Hermione, Ron and three others. We all saw you get killed by Bellatrix and fall into the Veil in the Department of Mysteries. If you weren't there, then it was Peter! He was killed trying to save you from dying. But how....." he cut off.
Sirius's eyes were on something behind Remus. "Remus, look. What's that behind you?" He asked pointing with his head. Remus turned around and saw two envelopes. One was addressed to Wormtail. The other to Padfoot. Remus slowly picked them both up and looked at them. He looked into Sirius's first.
It was the letter from Hermione from the 70's. A letter to warn Sirius that he was going to die. The other that was to Peter, was telling Peter that he would betray James and Lily. Remus then noticed that there was another parchment with Peter's. He took it out and unfolded it. He looked it over then his eyes grew wider. He glanced at Sirius and then began to read it outloud.
"Dear Remus or Sirius,
I'm so sorry what happened to James and Lily. I was so stupid. Really I was. I had already told you time and time again. I am a coward and couldn't help but do what He-must-not-be-named said. I didn't want to do it. But I was afraid. Then the opportunity came that I could redeem myself. My evil master had planned to steal the Prophecy and lure Harry out of Hogwarts so he could get it for my master. I owed Harry my life. I had to help him. So I came here because I knew that Sirius could have been hiding in his old house. I was right. I found Sirius taking care of a hippogriff and so I stunned him and put him under a sleeping spell that couldn't be broken unless someone found him and woke him up theirselves.
I had made a Polyjuice potion with a friend's help so I could take Sirius's place. I knew if Sirius was to go help save Harry, he would die. How would I know? Because of Hermione's letter to Sirius. She must have gotten mixed up with our trunks. We never did tell her that Sirius and I switched beds those years back. She put Sirius's letter into my trunk and my letter into Sirius's trunk. I found the letter only years ago. I had done some serious thinking over the years. Because of me, Harry had no parents. So I had to do something about Sirius. Harry had lost his parents because of me. But he was not going to lose his godfather. So I took his place. By the time you've read this, I must be dead. Take care, guys. I will say hi to James for you.
Wormtail
P.S. Take care of her for me. She didn't like my idea that much but I told her it was my choice. She did try to stop me though. But I wouldn't let her.
Sirius's eyes were wide. He couldn't believe what Remus had just read. "Good god. Peter sacrificed himself for me. For Harry. And what the blooming hell did he mean take care of her for me? He doesn't have a girlfriend, does he?" He asked. Remus shook his head with a sigh.
"I don't know. But Peter was alot different than we thought." he said folding the letter. Sirius then gasped and tried to stand but it was hard because he was tied down to the chair. "Remus! What did you say today was?!" He exclaimed. Remus stared at him with confusion. "September 3rd. Why?" He asked. Sirius started to struggle in his chair. "What time did we find Hermione that night?! What time is now?!" He asked with panic in his voice.
Remus's eyes went wide. Hermione would be returning to the Hogwarts that day at 10:00 that night. He quickly yanked out his pocket watch. It was 9:10 now. "Shit!" He yelled. "We've got a forty-five minutes before Draco Malfoy attacks her and she breaks the Time Turner. We can stop this from ever happening, Sirius!" He said quickly running for the stairs.
Sirius tried to turn around. "Remus! Wait!" He called. Remus spun around around. Sirius bobbed his had looking himself over. "A little help. I've been tied in this chair for a month. I would like to stretch you know!" He said sarcastically. Remus swore and ran over to Sirius. He took his wand and blasted the rope. Sirius quickly stood and pushed the ropes off his wrists.
The two dashed up the stairs. "How are we going to get there?! We can't apparate onto the grounds!" Remus exclaimed grabbing his cloak. Sirius started to chew on his lip then his eyes widen. "Is Buckbeak still upstairs?!" He asked. Remus gave him a look and nodded. Sirius gave Remus a sly grin. "I have an idea." He told Remus. Remus then smiled knowing exactly what Sirius was planning.
A/N: Okay, let's double back on this chapter for a second. As you know, in the fifth book, if you read it, Sirius was killed, right? Well, I can't stand having Sirius dead because he was like my ultimate favorite character besides Remus. I really did cry while reading the fifth book.
What happened was Peter wasn't ever mentioned in the fifth book was he? I mean, Harry didn't see or hear him in his dreams so we don't know what happened to him. And what I put was Peter was planning on stopping Sirius from going to The Ministry of Magic so he wouldn't die. It was because Hermione thought Peter's trunk was Sirius's. So she mixed up the letters and so Peter got Sirius's letter instead of his.
And Sirius never really paid attention to anythng in his trunk. He could have just pushed it aside and not even relieze what the heck it was. So he never seen Peter's letter. So all during the fifth year, Peter was planning to save Sirius's neck. But he couldn't have done it alone so someone had helped him make the Polyjuice potion. Someone very smart and wanted to save Sirius's life. The person that helped Peter also tried to talk him out of taking Sirius's place because they knew what would happen if he did go to the Ministry of Magic. But Peter stunned this person leaving them at his hideout where no one knew where to find him and took off on his own to take Sirius's place. I hope this is making sense. But you will find out that somethings really did change time and they couldn't do anything about it. Review and tell me what you think. And see if you can guess who could have helped Peter save Sirius's life.