AN: Oi, I'm sorry about last chapter. In my opinion it sucked, but hey I'm over-critical of myself. Let's just say this chapter is going to be tons better, we're finally starting to utterly change POA. -Squee-

I also have to note that I sprang my friggin' ankle. I was walking down the steps, it turned inward, and all my weight went on it. Crunch. Pain. Ow. I have pictures of how swollen it is because I'm a freak…what can I say the digi cam was there. If you wanna see my pain jus' leave your e-mail addie.

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Chapter Forty-Two

(Present Day)

Kit's mouth was dry, and her head felt like it was running a mile a minute with all sorts of thoughts. Sirius didn't want Kit to tell Remus, but he had never said anything about not telling Harry. He looked at her expectantly, his green eyes caused her to blink and glance down to the ground. He had Lily's eyes…and it had always been hard to lie to Lily too.

"You know about Sirius then?" Was the first thing out of her mouth, not the most intelligent thing since it was rather obvious, but at least the silence wasn't so thick that you could cut it with a sword.

"We heard Professor McGonagall and a few others talk about him and my dad at the Three Broomsticks…" Harry explained, honestly looking rather guilty for having to tell her that he had been eavesdropping on someone. Kit could only guess who "we" were.

"What exactly did you hear?" Kit asked, trying to decide how much he knew and what subjects she would have to fill in for him, or just avoid all together.

Harry clenched and unclenched his fists (a trait from his father) and Kit's brows rose as she watched him seem to grow a tad angrier by the second. "I heard that he was my fathers best friend! And he Killed him!"

It was reaction, pure reaction…or so she hoped, because the moment those words went out of his mouth Kit's hand was up in the air, and soon connected with the side of Harry's face (in a slap that Lily would definitely be proud of). "Don't you dare call Sirius Black a murderer. Don't you dare! He was your fathers best friend…best…he would… Sirius would have rather died then betrayed James!"

Harry looked…stunned to say the least. In the time he had known Kit, he knew that she hardly ever raised her voice, not to mention she hit hard. His hand rubbed the side of his face and he didn't know what to do or what to say, so he just let her continue instead of run the risk of say something that would set the girl off again.

"I know, I know, technically I shouldn't even have an opinion on what happened right? Because I was gone for around four years by the time that happened…but four years wouldn't have changed James and Sirius' relationship…they were…brothers. When I came to this time, and I was told what happened…I couldn't believe it Harry…it didn't make sense to me."

"A lot happens in four years…" Harry pointed out, sitting on the bed next to her. It was obvious that they were both trying to remain as calm as they could as she explained things to him.

"I know, but…James and Sirius!" Her voice broke slightly, it was obvious that she didn't like talking about Harry's father, and Harry was suddenly feeling rather guilty having brought it up. Looking at her he could see tears sparkle in her eyes, and her lip quiver ever so slightly. "They loved each other, neither would ever betray the other. Harry I need you to listen to me like you've never listened to anyone in your life…and don't ask me how I know until later…okay?" Kit turned to Harry, and all he could do was nod. She was the only one so far that was willing to tell him anything about his parents, and he could at least listen to what she had to say…right?

"Even when I was still there times were dark, a lot darker then they are now. Lily and I had to walk in pairs around the school with James or Sirius just to make sure we weren't attacked for being Muggle-borns. Pure-bloods were being swayed left and right, going to the dark side was something that was nearly expected if you were a pure-blood, after all…why not? All that the damned bloody dark wizard wanted to do was kill all the muggle-borns, or squibs, or people that he didn't like in general…

We lived in fear, we truly did…but it didn't matter, not really. Because we were the best of friends, we practically did everything together. The dark times had a lot of light, whenever Lily or I read in the paper about muggle attacks and thought it would be us any day now, James or Sirius would always do something to make us feel better…

From what I have heard, James and Lily had to go into hiding with you. Apparently they went up against 'Him' a few to many times or something…"

"My parents went up against Voldemort?" Harry asked, interrupting, and causing Kit to flinch slightly with the name.

"That's what I've been told, James was an Auror working with the Ministry and Lily was a medi-witch who couldn't stand to just sit there and watch others die…she had to be in the action too. Well, they made 'Him' pretty angry…and they went into hiding, in order to stay completely hidden they needed a secret keeper…"

"Sirius--" Harry interrupted, earning a glare from Kit.

"Will you stop that."

"Sorry."

"You know you are truly just like your father, always interrupting someone speaking…although James just wanted to hear himself speak, he was kind of weird like that. Great, now we're off the subject completely…I hope you're happy."

"Sorry."

"That's better, now where was I? Yes, Sirius was 'supposed' to be the secret keeper."

"Supposed to be?"

"Harry!"

"Sorry."

Kit's hand was now resting over Harry's mouth, apparently they both had the capacity to make such a heavy subject filled with humor, although they both knew that they were doing it so that they didn't feel the real pain of what they were talking about.

"Yes, Sirius was supposed to be the secret keeper. That's what James and Lily had told everyone, not that anyone needed to be told…it was assumed…Sirius was their best friend after all…which is why it would have been so easy for the death eaters to get to him. Sirius was the obvious choice. On that…that night, Sirius convinced James and Lily to make Peter their secret keeper. Who would suspect that tag-a-long? No one…which is why that it was a shock to learn that Peter…had betrayed…"

"What?" Harry asked, pulling her hand away from his mouth.

"Peter was the traitor all along. The moment he was made secret keeper he ran to 'Him'. And that's how Sirius didn't kill your parents…it was Peter who betrayed them."

"But what about all those people…Sirius killed them."

"That's what the witnesses thought they saw…after all, Sirius had all but gone crazy with rage…he was the first one…he was the one that…that…sa…saw…" Kit trailed off, but Harry knew what she meant…Sirius had been the one to discover his parents bodies. "He knew the traitor was Peter, he cornered him on that street…but it was just another one of Peter's plans…he seemed to be a lot smarter then anyone of us had given him credit for."

Kit took a deep breath in, and combed her orange hair back with her hands before continuing on telling the tale she had heard straight from Sirius himself. "Peter cut his finger off, in order to make the Aurors think that he was massacred as well…and before Sirius could even get a spell off, Peter had already destroyed half the block…and then…turned into a rat."

"A rat?"

"Your father, Sirius, and Peter were all…Animagi. Don't interrupt, this gets confusing here…" Honestly it was only getting confusing because Kit was conveniently keeping out all the parts about Remus, so far Harry didn't seem to know that Remus was a friend of his fathers, and she intended to keep it that way…she didn't want to answer the 'did you know Professor Lupin too?' question, because needless to say, she wouldn't be able to keep her mouth shut.

"James and Sirius were very talented, and well…they wanted to do everything really, so they did something no one would expect two Hogwarts students could do. It was dangerous and stupid, and they had to help Peter our some…but in the end, they all were able to turn into an animal at will. James was a stag…and that truly did figure. Sirius is a dog, while Peter is a…rat. So you see, Peter killed all those Muggles, then in all the confusion transformed himself into a rat and got away…leaving Sirius to take the fall."

The two were silent for awhile, Harry was trying to adjust his hate. First he thought Sirius Black was the enemy…and now it was Peter Pettigrew? He knew he should think that she was lying…that's what everyone else would think right? The story was just so…unbelievable. It was just that, so unbelievable that made him believe. After all, she was his fathers 'sister' so…he had to trust her right? But still…"How did you know, or find out…I mean, you weren't there…and then, why was Sirius trying to kill me?"

"Harry…you know a rat don't you?" She asked, completely either ignoring or avoiding his first question.

His brows rose, "Ron…Ron's rat…Scabbers…that's who Sirius was after?"

"Who would suspect a pet rat? After all, wasn't Ron saying something before about him living longer then your average rat or something? He's missing now isn't he?"

"Because of Crookshanks…"

"Not your ordinary cat, magical animals are more in tune with the world around them. I'm pretty sure she knew right off the bat that it wasn't a real rat."

"If you knew why didn't you try and get at Scabbers before he ran?"

"Because I was asked not to risk myself…because that never seems to work out in the end…" Kit mused, and Harry stood. He had come to the conclusion just then, he knew without a doubt how she knew everything…why she knew everything.

"You know where Sirius Black is."

She gave a small smile, and stood as well. "That's why I needed to talk to you, I wanted to get his Christmas present to him."

In those moments, as Harry went through his truck to get his invisibility cloak, it was decided. He wanted to meet his God-father…and Kit was going to take Harry to see him. No words were needed to explain this as he tossed the cloak over the two of them.

"Just like old times…" Kit mumbled sadly, and Harry offered a small grin.

"Well, now you can make some new times."

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The trip down to the Whomping Willow was harder then Kit had thought it would have been. After all, she made trips out around the castle many times with the cloak over herself and another person; but now after a few months without it, she wasn't as used to it as she once was…and now had been stepping all over Harry's feet. He didn't seem to mind to much, she figured that Hermione or Ron probably stepped on his feet many times before as well.

Although a few feet from the Whomping Willow, Harry had stopped so suddenly that Kit nearly fell flat on her face as he held her arm steadfast.

"What…are we going to the Whomping Willow?" Kit blinked, and glanced at him with a scowl on her face.

"Yes, we are."

"You are aware that the tree is deadly and could possibly eat us?"

"Yep."

"Okay, just making sure then." Harry didn't really sound that reassured, and Kit could only assume it was Harry's idea of a joke, pointing out the fact that if they stepped forward a few feet they could both very possibly be killed.

She rolled her eyes and glanced skywards, it was dark enough to take off the cloak. The only person would possibly see them would be Hagrid, but she knew that Hagrid knew that Harry was always up to something, so they should be okay…right?

"We don't have to get that close to it, here grab that rock right there." Kit pointed out, and Harry simply picked up the slightly large rock that she had asked for. He held it in the palm of his hand and she held her wand out. With a slight incantation, the rock was floating in the air, and with a wave of her wand it hit a knot at the bottom of the willow with a thud. The Whomping Willow stopped moving and Kit grinned.

"Well, guess this isn't going to be as death defying as I thought it would be." Harry said, as they collected the Invisibility cloak and the gift Kit was bringing down for Sirius. Kit shrugged, leading him into the passageway under the Willow.

"I'm sure it will be more adventurous then you thought."

"How so?"

"Sirius is kind of…well, he turned into a slight nutter over the years. I mean he's always been somewhat out there, but well twelve years of Azkaban for something you didn't do…that's well, he isn't the sanest wizard on the block."

Harry nodded, following after Kit; wondering what exactly he had just gotten himself into.

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AN: So we had some humor and some Harry slapping. We're well on our way to change the way POA ends. I'm taking a poll, so please answer in your reviews so I know what you all want!

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