Disclaimer: Will the lovely and talented JK Rowling please let me have Harry Potter forever? Actually, I just want Remus and Ron. The rest of the characters she can keep. They're all hers.

Reaka: Here's another chapter. I'm still making up for not updating in the past month. (stupid fanfiction-nazis, stupid school, stupid writer's block...) So here's another chapter for you! Hope it's worth the wait. And the thought process from the last chapter's still the same for this one. Hope you enjoy!

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Maru was trapped between her wall and Peter's wand at her throat. There was no where she could get to. She could smell Peter's stinking breath as he held her trapped. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Remus and Rose standing in shock at the sight before them. Peter looked at them and greeted them.

He can't be this strong! I've got to break free.

She looked on her table and saw her wand out in the open. Acting quickly, she kicked Peter as hard as she could and ran to her table. Peter was out of breath, but he recovered quickly. Right when Maru was about to grab her wand, Peter cursed her.

" PETRIFICUS TOTALLUM!"

She fell, petrified, her face hitting the corner of the table on the way down. Rose screamed and ran to her friend. Peter turned and aimed his wand at her.

" EXPELLIARMUS!"

Remus's spell hit Peter, and his wand flew out of his hand. Rose gathered up Maru's wand and tried to drag Maru along with her.

" Why won't she move?!" Rose asked fearfully.

" She's been petrified," Remus said. " While he's distracted, I'll free her."

Remus broke the spell cast on Maru, and she sat up right away. At that moment, Peter found his wand, and he aimed it at the three of them.

" Get up, Maru," Peter commanded. Slowly, she stood up. Peter smiled as he looked.

" Rose, Maru, listen to me," Remus said. " When I say, I want the two of you to run upstairs. Got that?"

" I'm not leaving you," Maru protested. " What if he kills you?"

" Peter was never a powerful wizard," Remus reassured her. " Don't worry about me. Just protect Rose and yourself."

Maru and Rose nodded.

Remus...

Slowly, Rose snuck Maru's wand behind her back, and Maru took it. She was ready now.

" This is excellent," Peter said. " Now which one do I kill first? The Muggle girl, the Mudblood, or the so-called friend."

" The only so-called friend here is you," Remus growled. " You were the one that joined Voldemort and his Death Eaters and got Lily and James killed. You were the one that made Sirius look like a mass murderer. And you dare to call me the so-called friend? You will die tonight, Peter Pettigrew."

" And where were you that whole time Moony?" Peter asked. " Hiding like the coward you are? What did you do?"

" How dare you call me that!" Remus exclaimed. " It's none of your concern where I was at the time. I'll never tellyou anyway."

" Coward," Peter repeated. " You lived like one, and now you shall die like one."

" Cliche cliche," Rose muttered. " Can't he come up with something better to hurt Remus with?"

" This is Pettigrew we're talking about," Maru whispered. " He can't."

" I heard that Maru," Peter said. " And for that, the Muggle dies first."

" RUN!"

Right when Remus said that, Maru and Rose ran to the stairs barely missing Peter's curses and hexes. Remus shot some of his own at Peter to keep him from hitting the girls.

" You, Lupin, are too much of a nuisence! STUPEFY!"

Remus fell.

Remus...no!

Peter looked to Maru's direction and smiled. He started to walk towards her, slowly, to make her even more afraid.

" Rose, get up the stairs," Maru commanded. " Get up there and hide. Got it?"

Peter aimed his wand at Rose.

" No!" Maru yelled. She was just about to yell a hex when Peter turned his wand on her.

" EXPELLIARMUS!"

She turned away just in time.

I've got to revive Remus. But I can't leave Rose alone here! I'll have to hope my aim is good.

Carefully avoiding Peter, she aimed her wand and said the counter stunning spell. Remus stirred, but Peter didn't notice it.

" EXPELLIARMUS!"

Maru wasn't paying attention, and this time, she was hit. Her wand flew up the stairs, landing at Rose's feet. The spell knocked Maru to the floor.

" Now look at this," Peter said. " Maybe I should just kill you first."

" No!"

Rose picked up the wand and aimed it at Peter. He laughed at her when he looked.

" How do you suppose you're going to use that?" he asked. " You're a Muggle. You can't do magic. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a Mudblood to kill."

" I know the killing curse!" Rose said. " And if you try, I'll use it on you!"

Peter laughed in her face.

" Say good-bye, Maru," Peter said.

" AVADA KEDEVRA!"

Three voices were heard. Two wands were used. Peter fell, dead. Remus stood behind him. Rose looked from Maru's wand to him.

" Did I kill him?" she asked. He shook his head.

" You're not capable of using magic," he explained. " You could know every hex, curse, spell, or charm. But if you try to cast them with a wand, since you're a Muggle, nothing would happen. They wouldn't work for you."

" So you killed him then?" Rose asked.

" Yes," Remus answered, " that I did."

She walked down the stairs and looked at Peter's dead body. She spit on it, then tried to remove it.

" We've got to get Maru free," Rose said. " She's probably passed out from not getting enough air."

The two of them, with a lot of effort, removed Peter's body and freed Maru. Maru, herself, didn't move. It was as if she never noticed there was even weight on top of her.

Oh no...please no!

" Remus," Rose said fearfully, " why does she look like that?"

Maru!

" She's dead," he answered slowly. " He killed Maru."

Reaka: Damn, I'm cruel, aren't I? What will happen next? Find out in the next chapter! But first...please review!