Ch.12 My Cecelia
After that one summer, where Peter had sucessfully destroyed any form of relationship between Cecelia and Snape, he had tried to discreetly get into one of his own with her.
This, however, was nearly impossible since Sirius was living with the Potter's and James seemed to have the idea in his head that Sirius would be a better match for his little sister. Luckily, Cecelia never seemed interested in Sirius in that way and Sirius would only tease about the idea of him and her together, which left Peter's hope still high.
It was summer again, James and Lily would be marrying soon and Peter waited outside for Cecelia's arrival back from Hogwarts. When he heard the rumbling of a motorcycle engine in the distance, he straightened himself to look more presentable, knowing that Sirius was near with Cecelia since he was sent to pick her up fro the station. They reached view and he could see 'his' Cecelia clinging to Sirius for dear life as the black haired young man sped down the street, screeching to a stop in front of the house.
Cecelia jumped off of the bike the instant it stopped, landing just in front of Peter by his feet declairing "Land!" as she panted out the fright caused by Sirius' driving skills, or lack there of. "It wasn't that scary!" Sirius snickered, Peter gave his best smile to the girl of his affections as he offered her his hands to help her off the ground. "Good to see you, Cece..." he greeted, after she stumbled her way upright and moved her hair from her face she smiled back "You too..." she trailed off and ran "James!".
She ran to her brother and jumped into his arms, he spun her around while laughing "Hope Sirius didn't go too crazy on that bike of his", "Hey!" Sirius shot back "I don't drive crazy! You're all just scaredy cats!". Peter slumped forward as Sirius tossed Cecelia's trunk at him, as if he were the bell hop, then ran up and scooped Cecelia in his arms "Remus and Lily are here, they've been dying to see you too".
Peter never did get the chance to make a relationship with Cecelia, it was always about James or Sirius or Lily...but after Harry was born, it was all about her beloved nephew.
Nothing made him madder than the fact that he seemed to never be apart of the picture, sure Remus wasn't either, but she seemed to greet and smile at Remus more than she did him! He couldn't tell you exactly when it was he joined ranks with the Dark Lord, but he remembered why he did..."If I can't have her, nobody will! They never gave me the chance to be with her...they will pay for that!".
When it came time for James and Lily to pick secret keepers, Peter was less than suprised when Sirius and Cecelia were picked, but a few clever words changed that.
"Wouldn't it seem obvious to pick Sirius as your secret keeper?" sure he wasn't supposed to know, but him saying that is what made them realize how true it was and so they changed Sirius' position to him, Sirius even agreed that it was best.
The night Voldemort made his move to kill James, Lily and Harry, Peter was off to make sure Cecelia wouldn't show up, since both secret keepers were to be alerted if the Dark Lord was nearby them.
He found her not even a few miles away running along the cliff tops to James' house, 'I have to stop her!' he quickly ran towards her making as much noise possible. She stopped and looked over the ran towards him "Peter! Did you get the alert too?", "Yes, I already went there...I'm sorry, it's too late...they're dead..." Peter faked sadness.
Cecelia's eyes widened "What? But...I just got the alert...how can they be..." she trailed off as she started to hyperventilate, Peter saw this as his oppertunity. "I'm so sorry, Cece..." he pulled her into his arms, she was just about to settle when she shook her head and angrily spat "No! If he's still there, I'll make him pay for killing my brother and nephew!".
Peter growled in frustration "Why? It's too late! I saw it happen damnit!" he froze as the words spilled from his mouth, Cecelia slowly turned towards him "What did you just say?".
In a flash, Cecelia pulled her wand out but Peter was quicker and blasted it from her hands, she lunged forward to get his but he was able to roll around enough to keep it from her reach. She jumped on top of him and went for the wand but it flew from his hand just out of reach, "Don't be foolish, Cece! Just hear me out!" Peter gasped as she punched and kicked at him, still trying to reach the wand. He rolled over, now on top of her, and grabbed her by her shoulders, shaking her violently "You weren't supposed to find out! I didn't want to have to kill you, Cece!".
One good kick sent him flying backwards, she quickly scrambled for the wand only to find it broken, she turned around to go for her own wand that had fallen earlier but Peter got to it first. "Now...if you would just listen to me..." Peter grit his teeth, the wand aimed for her, she shakily got to her feet and backed away "Why? Why would you...you betrayed us, didn't you?" her voice was low and shakey.
Shaking his head "You weren't supposed to know, Cece! You shouldn't have even come! No...no wait...you don't have to know...I can fix that...easily..." he eyed the wand in his hand.
Cecelia took a few more steps back until she couldn't any more, finding the edge of the cliff, she was hypervetilating now, her eyes darted around for any sign of help. Peter slowly walked forward "You will be mine, Cece! I'll adjust it, to be so!" he shot off a memory charm, in hopes that he could replace her memories with made up ones of them, together, happy.
Unfortunately, he hadn't noticed where she was standing, the second the spell hit her she flew backwards off of the cliff, he ran forward to try and stop her but it was too late and it was too dark for him to see where she was falling to.
He backed away slowly, looking around for any whitnesses and thankfully found none "I...I didn't do anything...it's not my fault she fell..." he mumbled to himself. He looked at his hand, seeing her wand there and quickly tossed it away, wiping his hand as if it were covered in her blood "No...well...at least she wont remember...if she's alive..." he nodded to himself before running off to see how things went with the Dark Lord at James' house.
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"Peter Pettigrew..." a guard banged on his cell, Peter dully looked up, blinked a few times then turned his head away, the guard banged on his cell again. "Your punishment is to be decided today...are you prepred for the consequences for your crimes?" even though the guards voice was monotone, Peter swore they were mocking him. He glared up at the guard as his cell was opened and he was roughly grabbed and dragged to meet whoever it was that would mostly likely send him to his death.
He was thrown into a room where a light hit him and him alone, he could hear many people's voices in hushed tones, murmuring amongst themselves, most likely about him.
"Peter Pettigrew, do you plead guilty on the charges of siding with you-know-who, betraying Mr. and Mrs. Potter who you were to be a secret keeper for, then framing Sirius Black? Do you also plead guilty for..." he named off countless raids he had participated in with his 'fellow' Death-eaters.
Peter sat there staring at the floor for a long while before answering "Yes..." he hissed, gasps and more murmuring filled the room before they were demanded to be silent.
"I see...unfortunately, we've lost all our dementors during the war, if we had even one I'd sentance you to a kiss..." the 'judge' growled "Peter Pettigrew, you have pleaded guilty to these crimes...I hearby sentence you..."
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Renee was walking Dart around the park this lovely autum day, she was admiring the colorful leaves, all shades of red, yellow and brown, when she felt a chill run down her spine.
Dart started barking up a storm as if something was wrong, Renee looked down at her dog "You just get the feeling something really bad either just happened or is going to?" she asked the husky.
She pulled her sweater tighter around her before ushering Dart to walk faster home, a sick feeling in her stomache and worry in her mind.
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Tonks had just recieved news from Arthur about Pettigrew's trial, she couldn't believe what his 'punishment' was "It's too good for him!" she spat.
Remus and Lucius raised their eyebrows at her "What's too good for who?" they asked almost in unison, Tonks looked over at them, anger evident in her face.
"Peter Pettigrew was sentenced to finish the rest of his life, stripped of all magic, like a muggle...that's it!" she slammed her fist against the wall. Lucius grimaced "After all that he's done?", Remus felt a sick feeling in the pit of his stomache "Merlin, please don't let him find Harry...or have Harry find him...either way, I don't want Harry to be harmed...".
I know, you're all thinking "What's up with Peter's lame punishment?", right? Well...this wouldn't be a drama without this plot development twist thingy! I promise this will get good, please review and thank you for reading!
