The Marauders' Reunion (PoA, Chap. 19)
To the tune of Gee, Officer Krupke
In the Shrieking Shack, SIRIUS and REMUS confront PETER after they force RON's rat to reveal itself.
REMUS:
Good
evening, old friend, Peter,
It's so great to see you
Let's talk
about some rumors
To find out if they're true
Did Harry
Potter's parents
Get killed because of you?
If that's true,
then we will kill you, too
PETER:
But
how could I kill them if I didn't know
Where they were? Sirius
betrayed them twelve years ago
SIRIUS:
And
twelve years is how long
You've been by Ron's side
What a
convenient way to hide!
PETER:
I was
scared!
I was scared! I knew that
I'd be next in line
To be
the victim of your next crime
REMUS:
Oh
Peter, stop pretending
That you're the victim here
You were the
Secret Keeper
To me that's crystal-clear
And then you went
ahead and
You said to Voldemort-
PETER:
Please
don't say the name of the Dark Lord!
SIRIUS:
What's
wrong, are you scared to hear your master's name?
Well, after all,
when he's in power, you'll be to blame
You'll die now the way they
say you died that night
PETER:
But,
Sirius, this isn't right! Listen, please
How could you escape from
Azkaban without having Dark Powers close at hand?
SIRIUS:
I
didn't need Dark powers
I had another plan
I turned right into
Padfoot
And fled from Azkaban
I watched you hiding from me
You
filthy, stinky rrrrrrrrrrat!
REMUS (to
SIRIUS):
It's so great that you discovered that!
SIRIUS and
REMUS:
You shouldn't have listened to your Voldemort
PETER:
But
you two don't realize the power of the Dark Lord.
He threatened to
kill me, so I had no choice
SIRIUS:
Peter,
you always have a choice!
You should have died rather than
betrayed your friends
But you didn't act in our defense
PETER (to
SIRIUS):
Oh, Sirius I'm so sorry
SIRIUS:
Don't
touch me, filthy rrrrrrrat.
PETER (to
REMUS):
Oh, Remus, please forgive me.
REMUS:
Don't
even think of that!
PETER (to
RON):
But wasn't I a good pet? At least you can spare me!
RON:
You
slept in my bed; get away from me!
REMUS and
SIRIUS:
Well, Peter, old pal, it's been nice knowing you
But
everything ends sometime and this friendship will, too
We won't
spare your life now, so don't even try
Our hearts won't be
softened
Goodbye!
HARRY (spoken): NO!
Sirius says "rrrrrat" because in the movie, Gary Oldman rolls his r's when he says to Peter, "You rrrrrat!" and when he says to Snape, "Rrrrrrremus and I have some unfinished business".
