Harry in Ravenclaw

Chapter Two: You are Gryffindors, so act like it

Draco Malfoy couldn't believe the bad luck he was having this day. He had not only been sorted into the enemy house of his family, but his two henchmen were also sorted into separate houses from him. "At least I have Blaise in the same house as I am. I don't have to worry about the other dorm mates in my year, for their all wimps and weaklings." At least that was what he thought, but then again, Ron had three brothers in the same house as his, and the other two weren't slouches either. He had learned that the other two in his house were Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnegan.

Once they were in their dorms for the first night, he turned to the other four that were his dorm mates, and immediately put a smirk on his face, and tried to set down the rules. He found that they weren't going to sit still for this right away. "First off, I am the leader of this little group, and we will be against all mudbloods and half-bloods. You will obey what I say to you, because I am a Malfoy, and I am superior to you." This was as far as he got, before Ron got red in the face, and Dean and Seamus were laughing their heads off. He looked over at Blaise, who was just shaking his head.

"You should have figured it out Draco, you can't go strong arming the Gryffindors. Why don't you sit down, and we will get through this seven years, and possibly even become friends with them. You don't want to get yourself detention on the first day of school for fighting do you?" Blaise looked at the other boys with a shake of his head. "Sorry guys, but Draco had always thought he was going to be put in Slytherin, and he is in a bit of a shock. He has to have some sort of bravery in him to have been put here, right?"

Ron was still fuming at the blonde's comments, but calmed down when he figured that at least he wouldn't be trying to kill him. "Ok, your right Blaise. This should be an interesting 7 years. Draco, we should try to at least get along, and who knows what is going to happen. Have you let your father know that you have been put in Gryffindor yet?" Ron was just wondering, not being an arse about it or anything.

Draco looked white as a sheet at that question. "No I haven't, and I don't plan on it. If he asks about my house, he will just find that I am getting along with my dorm mates, and that we are doing good in school. I'm sure that he will find out eventually, but until then, I don't think that I will."

Seamus looked at him and shook his head. "Draco, you're a Gryffindor, now start acting like one. Show some guts, and send an owl out letting him know. Your not acting like a proper one, and if you don't show some guts, you will be sorry when he does find out."

Draco looked at the irishman and shook his head. "Ok, ok, I will try to be a good Gryff. But you three have got to promise me one thing, you will take and let me know if I'm getting off on my high horse with the pureblood attitude. I was raised to believe that, and it won't happen overnight that I change my ways, but I'm willing." He then looked around and smiled. "You know, you guys seem a lot easier on things than what would be happening if I was in Slytherin." He then looked at Ron and shook his head when he saw the rat. He knew who Scabbers was, but needed to be careful about this. He got up and went to get a shower. He looked at Ron and motioned him to the bathroom. "Ron, can I talk to you for a few minutes in private please? Nothing against you guys, but this is something that I need to take care of."

Ron got up reluctantly and after putting Scabbers sleeping body down on his pillow, he followed Draco into the bathroom. "What's up Draco, what is so important that you couldn't talk to me in front of the others?"

Draco looked at him, and calmed his nerves and anger. "First off Ron, I want to apologize for the way I treated you on the train, but that's not the most important thing. How long have you had your pet Rat?"

Ron looked at him and scratched his head. "Well my older brother Percy was the first to have him as a pet, and I got him this year, when Percy got an owl for his birthday, so it's been about 7 or 8 years. Why do you ask?"

Draco took a deep breath. "You know my background, and what my father is like. Well I'm sure that you know who Sirius Black is, and that he was sent to prison for killing muggles. Well the thing is, he was framed, and his former best friend from school, Peter Pettigrew was the one who actually did it. He escaped by biting off his finger, and escaping in his Ani-Magi form. As you probably have noticed, your rat is missing a toe, well Pettigrews ani-magi form is a rat, and he looks just like that. I think that your rat is Peter Pettigrew, and that we need to let the headmaster know so that it can be taken care of."

Ron looked at him and nodded. "If what you say is true, we need to do it now. Let me go put him in his cage, so that he can't escape, and we will go let my brother know that we need to see the headmaster and why." He got out of the bathroom, and grabbed the still sleeping scabbers, and put him into his cage. "We will be back in a few minutes guys, we need to talk to my brother about something important. We will let you know what's going on when we get back." Ron led Draco out of the dorm room, and down to the common room, where they found Percy down there getting ready to head up actually. "Hey Percy, can we talk to you about some important business please?"

Percy looked at his youngest brother, and saw that he had his rat in his cage, and Draco Malfoy with him. "What's up Ron, I hope that it is important, because you should be in bed, or at least in your dorm room."

Draco spoke up. "Percy, you know the story of Peter Pettigrew and Sirius Black right? Of course you do, that was a stupid question." He grinned at him and then went on. "Well your brothers pet rat is Peter Pettigrew in his Ani-Magi form. You are probably wondering how I can be so sure, well Pettigrew has been to my parents place quite a few times to discuss things like bringing back You-Know-Who and the what nots. He comes in his rat form, and then aparates back to outside of Hogwart's to sneak back in. We need to get him to the headmaster, so that he can prove me right, and to do something about it."

Percy shook his head and wondered whether or not to believe Draco. Well he knew that there was one way to prove it, he told Ron to let Scabbers go, after he stunned him. He then went through one of his books to get the right spell, and then cast the "Ani-Magi Revealo" spell to force him back into his human form. He was a bit surprised to find the short fat man in front of him. "Damn your right, ok, let's get him up to the headmaster so that he can do something with him." "Petrificus Totalus." He put him into a body bind, and then put him in the levitation charm to take him up to the headmasters office. "Come on you two, you will need to tell him everything about this."

Ron and Draco followed Percy up to the headmasters office, and found him sitting behind his desk. "Sorry for bothering you Professor Dumbledore, but we have a problem that has come up." He then brought the body around him to show the headmaster who they had. "It seems that Pettigrew has been hiding out at the Burrow as the Rat Scabbers."

Dumbledore looked over his spectecles at them and nodded. "Very well Mr. Weasley, take the boys back to the Gryffindor Tower, and I will make sure everything is taken care of." The boys went back to the tower, and went to sleep, wondering if everything was going to be ok.

The next morning found a big article in the morning daily prophet.

Sirius Black found Innocent, to be released from Azkaban today.

Peter Pettigrew found alive, and he admitted to being the Secret Keeper, and betraying the Potters.

There was a big article with pictures and interviews with everyone involved, well except Ron Weasley and Draco Malfoy, for they were still in school.