(A/N:I do have a James/Lily fic written up. I will post it on as soon as I come up with a title for it. If anyone has a good title, please send it along.)

Chapter 47: Betrayal

Faith's hands flew to her mouth and she turned around. Sarah gasped and hugged Catherine closer to her chest.

"You're lying," Remus spat. His eyes looked like they were on fire and he gave Severus a vicious glare.

"Why would I lie? He sold us out to Voldemort! Is it really that much of a shock. You thought Peter was your best friend and he still sold James out," Severus rolled his eyes.

"Don't you dare say his name!" yelled Sirius.

"B-b-but why? I don't understand," Faith cried. "He's their brother! How could Percy sell them out and then kill them!"

"Peter betrayed Lily and James," breathed Faith as Sarah opened the front door to her house. It was raining and Faith was splattered with mud and rain.

Sarah's voice became high-pitched "What?" Faith nodded and she came into the house. Remus sat down on a couch and gazed into a fire.

"Sirius killed Peter," he said grimly.

"What?" the girls asked dazed.

"Peter confronted Sirius on a muggle street. Peter accused Sirius of betraying James and Lily. Sirius laughed. Peter pulled out his wand and Sirius blew him away," he responded growing quite pale.

"But Sirius didn't do it," Faith explained. Remus shook his head and stood up.

"Don't be so naïve Faith. All the evidence points to Sirius. Why else would he have killed Peter?" Remus said sadly as he stared down at the ground. Faith's jaw dropped.

"Are you serious?" she asked as she lowered her head to look into his eyes. "You think Sirius betrayed the Potters?"

"It is hard to digest-" he started.

"It's impossible. Of course he didn't betray them! I can't even believe you!" she screamed at him, obvious disgust in her voice. "It was Peter! Not Sirius! You can't honestly believe that it was Sirius?"

Remus looked at his feet and then up at Faith. She stared at him and then back up. Her face was pallid and she looked at Sarah, who looked at her feet.

"Is that right? Well fine then. Betray your best friend," raged Faith.

"Faith, you are Sirius's fiancée. Of course you can't believe he'd do it…" Sarah trailed off.

"You disgust me!" Faith shrank back as Remus reached out a hand to grab her. She ran towards the door, threw it open and cast herself off into the pouring cold rain.

"Faith come back here!" Sarah screamed running out after her. Faith didn't hear though, she just ran down the street, splashing mud as she went.

"There was someone else that helped Percy, I don't know who it is though. Dumbeldore believes that there is something sneaky going on," Severus nodded.

"I think," Sirius started as he stared down at the ground, "It was Lucius. I know it was. He must have struck a deal with Percy and they staged the attack on Grimmuald,"

"Sirius," Sarah sighed slowly, "Lucius is in Azkaban. How could he have gotten out? It would have been all over the papers,"

The group was silent for a minute in thought. Sirius paced nervously back and forth. Sarah swayed back and forth while trying to sooth Catherine. Faith sat on the grass with her knees pulled tightly to her chest, her chin rested on her knee. This was a position she had found herself in countless times whenever she had the recurring nightmare of the night James and Lily died.

"What," Remus said slowly, "What if it wasn't Lucius. Maybe someone else…someone that knew whenever members of the Order would disappear,"

"Like who?" Faith inquired without ever breaking her stare on the ground.

"Like Draco," Remus put in. Everyone turned to look at him. "I'm serious. Draco Malfoy. It's perfectly logical. Draco would take notice of when Faith, Severus and I would leave. He would tell his father and his father would watch the floo network,"

"How would he get to the floo network?" Severus asked raising an eyebrow, "Lucius doesn't have any power in the Ministry,"

"I know this is putting the brakes on your Lucius's treachery conversation but," Sarah cut in, "Whose going to tell the Weasleys about Percy?"

There was a long pause. Everyone exchanged glances. Faith stood up and sighed, "I'll go," slowly she walked back inside the house.

"I think Draco is our best bet," Sirius said as he continued to pace back and forth.

"No," declared Sarah abruptly. Her eyes looked glazed over as she continued to sway from side to side. "I think it was someone else. Someone that is right under our nose…but we just can't figure it out. I have this gut feeling about it,"

"Jack," breathed Severus, "He kicked Faith and I out of the Order…maybe he was doing it so he could-"

"That doesn't make sense! Why would he want you two kicked out. What would it prove?" Sirius interrupted. They all went silent again.

"Faith," Remus said slowly," Faith lost her memory that day. She can't remember what happened as soon as she set foot in that hallway. Why would Jack erase her memory from just the hallway?"

"Something must have happened. She must have seen something," Sarah nodded.

"But what?" muttered Sirius.

Severus sighed and looked up at the stars. "Only she knows. We have to make her remember,"

At that moment there was a loud pop. Everyone's attention turned to the men standing there.

"Severus Snape?" one asked. Severus nodded and looked at them curiously.

"You are under arrest for the murder of Fred and Bill Weasley, and conspiracy of being in league with Voldemort" the man said as two men bound Severus. With bad timing, Faith walked back out onto the lawn. The man turned towards her.

"Faith Black?" he asked. She only gave him an odd look.

"You are under arrest for the murder of Fred and Bill Weasley,"