Chapter Fifty-Four: Werewolves Of Scotland

Anger started boiling down inside Harry's blood as soon as he spotted his godfather. "You!" He cried out before tackling him to the ground and withdrawing his wand and pointing at him, but Sirius just simply grinned at him.

"Are you going to kill me Harry?" He questioned him with a chuckle before Severus and Remus entered the room and Severus raised his wand.

"Expelliarmus." He said and Harry's wand flew out of his grasp and Harry looked back up at him while he stood him up and turned him to face him. "We need to have a talk. I was wrong. Sirius isn't a murder, and he isn't the one who betrayed your birth family. Peter Pettigrew was." He explained.

"How is that possible though? I thought that Peter Pettigrew was dead." Hermione said as Remus turned to look at her.

"I thought so too until Sirius mentioned seeing a rat that was missing a toe." He explained.

"All they could find of Peter Pettigrew was his finger." Hermione suddenly realized and that's when Draco got his map back out of his pocket and showed her where his name was.

"And there's this as well." He told her and they both turned their heads and looked up at Ron who was holding Scabbers.

"What!?" Ron squeaked out. "Not Scabbers!" He cried out. "He's been in our family for twelve years." He told them as that's when it suddenly occurred to Harry that Pettigrew had been missing since the night Voldemort had managed to kill James Potter and attempted to kill him and his mother.

"And that's a rather long life for a common garden rat isn't it?" Sirius inquired. "He cut off his finger so that everyone would assume that he was and then he transformed into a rat." He explained.

"Show me." Harry instructed while Sirius started walking towards Ron and grabbing Scabbers by the scruff his neck.

"What are you doing to him!? Leave him alone!" Ron cried.

"Give it to him Ron." Harry told him.

"Scabbers!" Ron exclaimed and that's when Sirius pointed his wand at Scabbers as he began to run and before Harry even had the chance to blink, he turned into a man before his eyes. He was short and somewhat bald just like Scabbers had been and his fingernails were more like claws and he had sharp pointed teeth as soon as he got to his feet, he turned to look at Remus and Sirius.

"Sirius? Remus? My old friends!" He cried out and made his way towards them but they quickly pushed him back and that's when he turned his head to look over at Harry and started making his way towards him, but Severus stepped out in front of Harry and threw him up against the wall.

"Get away from my son!" He hollered angrily at him.

"Your son?" Pettigrew questioned him with uncertainty. "I didn't know that he was your son. Did you know Remus?" He inquired before turning his head to look back over at him.

"Silence!" Severus snapped. "Yes Harry is my son and the reason that he is mine is because you betrayed his family and got his father killed so I had to adopt him myself so that he would be able to have a father in his life!" He told him. "You sold his family to the dark lord didn't you!?" He questioned him.

"I didn't mean to!" Pettigrew whined. "The dark lord possesses great power and what would have you done!? What would you have done!?" He cried.

"I would have died!" Sirius interrupted. "I would have died rather than to betray my friends!" He hollered at him.

"As would I!" Severus began while looking back at Ron and Hermione. "And anybody that was important to me." He finished quietly and Ron and Hermione just silently turned to look at each other and back at him because that was practically like getting an "I love you" to them out of Snape.

"You should have realized this Peter, that if Voldemort wouldn't kill you then we would together!" Remus exclaimed while he and Sirius both pointed their wands at him at exactly the same time.

"No!" Harry hollered and everybody turned to look over at him.

"Harry, this man_" Remus began.

"I know what he is but we should take him to the castle and then Dumbledore can send him to Azkaban." Harry began. "After that the dementors can have him." He finished as Draco just simply smirked while Pettigrew silently shook with fright.

"Sorry about the bite." Sirius began while he and Remus gave Ron the support of their backs while he hobbled along.

"You nearly tore my leg off!" Ron shouted back at him.

"Well I was going for the rat and normally I have a really sweet disposition as a dog and in fact more than once James suggested that I make the change permanent. The tail I can learn to live with, but the fleas,.. they're murder." Sirius told him.

"Once we get back to the castle, we can take Weasley to the hospital wing then." Severus said as they stepped back out into the night and Hermione caught a glimpse of the moon.

"Uh oh, we have a problem." She whispered as the moon was full and she turned to look back at Harry. "Professor Lupin's a werewolf and that's why he's been missing classes." She explained.

"Well, well, well Hermione you really are the cleverest witch of your age." Remus began. "How long have you have known?" He questioned.

"Since Professor Snape set the essay." She replied and that's when suddenly as he glanced at the moon he started to transform and that's when it occurred to him that he had forgotten to take his wolfsbane potion.

"Have you forgotten your potion tonight?" Sirius questioned him while he grabbed ahold of him tightly. "This heart is where you truly live Remus! This heart here!" He cried out but it was already too late. He had transformed into a full fledged werewolf and was licking his lips hungrily at the others.