Time Skip 5th of October

Time seemed to fly by as nothing really changed at Hogwarts, except Draco's temper got worse and he caused a lot more trouble. Draco did not harass Harry and Parvati anymore, but his antics made him a menace to even his own house. Harry kept thinking of his meeting later with Remus. Soon after he got the response, he set up a time for them to meet under McGonagall's supervision.

Professor McGonagall went to the Gryffindor table to tell Harry to meet her in her office at 11 A.M. as that was when Remus was going to arrive. Harry enjoyed breakfast with Parvati and the twins. He made sure to get the map back from the twins before going because he knew that was his only reason for thinking the Pettigrew was Scabbers. After breakfast was over Harry went to McGonagall's Office to wait. He didn't have to wait long as the fireplace in her office, sprang to life lighting up in a green fire before Remus walked out of it.

"Oh, Remus it's so good to see you," McGonagall said hugging the man, which shocked Harry.

"Good to see you too Professor," Remus responded before turning, "And you must be Harry. You look just like your father, except you have your mother's eyes."

Harry was about to speak when Filch came into the office dragging two 6th Year Gryffindors with him.

"These two were found trying to enter the Forbidden Corridor Ma'am," Filch supplied. 'Called it' Harry thought to himself.

McGonagall turned to look at the two in question, "Excuse me gentlemen I will be back shortly, please remain in my office until I return." McGonagall then took the two Gryffindors to decide their punishments. Remus and Harry sat down in front of the desk.

"So, you asked me here to answer your questions, didn't you? Ask away." Remus said.

"How close were you to my father?"

"James, Peter, Sirius and I were part of a group at Hogwarts that caused quite a bit of chaos when we went here."

"Like Fred and George?" Harry asked, "The Weasley Twins, they are the biggest pranksters at Hogwarts creating all sorts of fun ways to mess with people."

"Really?" Remus asked curiously, "Give me an example of something they've done recently."

"They created these treats called 'Poultry Pasties' that cause the individual who eats even a small bite of it to grow feathers and cluck like chickens for several minutes depending on the amount eaten. They left a platter full of them on the Ravenclaw table."

As Harry finished Remus busted out laughing, "Geniuses! Those two would've made great Marauders..."

"Wait did you just say Marauder?"

"That was the name of our little group, The Marauders. We each had our own codename and everything."

"And a map."

"How did you know about the..." Remus began to ask as his eyes grew wide at the piece of parchment Harry had taken out of his pocket, "Where did you find it?"

"I didn't Fred and George stole it from Filch their first year and have been using it ever since."

"They are Marauders in everything but name."

"I have a question about the map. Does it ever make a mistake?"

"No, it never makes a mistake. Why do you ask?"

"Before I answer that, were any of the Marauder's animagi?"

"Yes, we all were." Remus lied, "But what does that have to do with the map?"

Harry put the map on the desk, "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." The map filled with ink as Harry went over to find Ron hanging out in Gryffindor Tower. "What names do you see in Gryffindor Tower?" Harry asked.

Remus took the map and looked at it and began reading, "Ronald Weasley, Seamus Finnigan, Peter Petti… That can't be. He's dead, but if he isn't then…" Remus sat back in his chair, lost in thought. Harry decided to leave him to process the information.

Harry said, "Mischief managed," before hiding the map, and waiting for McGonagall, who came back several minutes later.

Harry had an idea and asked McGonagall, "Professor, would it be O.K. if we took Remus to see the Gryffindor common room?"

She seemed to think it over before responding, "I will allow him to see the common room, but he cannot go anywhere near the dorm rooms and I will accompany you."

On their way up, the steps Harry whispered just loud enough for Remus to hear, "Do you know a spell to undo an Animagus transformation?"

"Yes" he responded.

"When we get to the tower look for Peter near Ron Weasley, he has fiery red hair and freckles and usually plays wizards chess." Remus merely nodded still seeming to try to come to grips with everything.

When they got to the common room Remus felt happy and sad as memories of his years at Hogwarts came rushing back to him, until he saw Scabbers that is. Remus pulled out his wand and aimed it at the rat sitting next to Ron, McGonagall thought he had gone mad and was trying to attack a student, but before she could do anything he shouted, "Homorphus!" and a bright blue light emitted from his wand and Pettigrew was forced into his human form there in the middle of the common room.

After Peter realized he had been found out, he looked at Remus, who at this point had a look that was a mixture of sadness and anger and before Peter could utter a sound, Remus pointed his wand at Peter and said, "Petrificus Totalis" and the rat-like man froze in place. McGonagall was shocked beyond words. One second, she was showing one of her old students the common room and now a man she had thought dead for 10 years laid at her feet paralyzed. McGonagall went over to the fire and took out some of the emergency floo powder that all the common rooms had. These were only accessible to the Head Boy, Head Girl, and the Head of the House. She used the floo to contact the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. Soon after the message was sent Dumbledore came into the common room.

He had alarms in his office for each common room's fireplace to alert him whenever the floo network was used. The thing that made Dumbledore check it out was the floo network was used to contact the Ministry. Not wanting the Ministry to get involved with anything at his school he decided to head straight for the Tower. When he walked into the room his regular cheerful expression dampened upon seeing Peter lying on the ground.

"What's going on Minerva?" Dumbledore asked innocently.

"I have just contacted the D.M.L.E. to open up an investigation into why Pettigrew found it necessary to hide for 10 years." True to her word no less than five aurors flooed in from the Ministry and after a brief explanation of the events that took place from McGonagall, Harry and Remus the aurors left with the frozen wizard.

It had been a week since Pettigrew was taken into custody and Hogwarts was alive with gossip. Most of the rumors, were centered around either Dumbledore, or Ron were aware that Pettigrew was "Scabbers". This lead to Ron losing face with most of the school and becoming more isolated then before, his only friends outside of his family were Seamus, Dean, Harry and a few others, though Harry spent most of his time with Parvati and the twins. Remus almost the day after the incident started writing back and forth with Harry.

Harry sat down to enjoy breakfast with his girlfriend when he noticed he got an envelope in the mail. The envelope was addressed to Harry, but it was from the Ministry. He opened the envelope and read the contents.

British Ministry of Magic Vs. Peter Pettigrew

Subpoena ad testificandum

YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear in the British Ministry of Magic Court at the place, date, and time specified below to testify in the above-entitled case.

PLACE: British Ministry Courtroom 7 Whitehall, London, England, Great Britain

DATE: 6 November 1991

TIME: 9:30 A.M.

Dear Mr. Potter,

You have been summoned to appear in court as dictated by the subpoena you received within this envelope. Failure to appear will result in the court finding you in contempt and you will be arrested.

Since you are a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry you will have to have an escort from a school's staff member who has not been summoned to appear in court for any case. The subpoena also excuses you from all your classes for that day.

A letter has also been sent to your Headmaster to inform him that you have the Ministry's permission to leave the grounds.

Sincerely Madame Bones

Harry felt uneasy at the last part of Madame Bones' letter. Harry didn't want Dumbledore meddling in his life any more than he had already. Almost confirming Harry's belief that Dumbledore was going to react to the letter he received, Percy came over to Harry, "Dumbledore wants to see you in his office."

"But I don't even know where his office is." Harry replied.

"I know, I will be escorting you there as soon as you're done eating."

Harry continued to eat his breakfast for a few more minutes while talking with Parvati, much to the annoyance of Percy who wanted Harry to hurry up. After being badgered by Percy on taking too long Harry kissed Parvati and then left for the Headmaster's Office.

Percy lead Harry to the second floor into a corridor with a gryphon statue. The two boys walked up to the gryphon, "Sherbet Lemon" Percy said as the gryphon stepped aside and allowed the two to enter. The office was a large circular room. Harry noticed several strange silver instruments standing on spindle-legged tables emitting smoke. He also saw a claw footed desk which he assumed to be Dumbledore's, and next to it a perch with a beautiful crimson bird.

"Thank you, Mr. Weasley, for bringing Harry to my office, you are dismissed." Dumbledore said as he came into his Office from an upstairs room. Percy then left leaving the two alone. Dumbledore began walking over to his desk, "Come Harry have a seat." Harry took a seat in front of the desk as Dumbledore reached into a bowl on his desk and took out a single yellow candy and popped one into his mouth, "Want one?" Dumbledore asked offering one to Harry.

"No thank you."

"Suit yourself." Dumbledore replied tossing the candy back into the bowl, "Now Harry I received a letter this morning that you would be needing an escort to testify in court."

'Here it comes.' Harry thought, 'He's going to make himself my escort.'

"Unfortunately, I cannot take you myself as I also have received a subpoena. So, regarding your escort I have decided that Professor Snape will escort you."

"Why not Professor McGonagall?"

"She has also received a subpoena."

"Okay, I get why she was, but why were you? She was there, you weren't."

"I am the headmaster of the school. It is my responsibility to protect my students. So, I will most likely be asked information about how Pettigrew got into the School," Dumbledore replied, seeming worried.

"But why Snape? He hates me!" Harry asked. In all honesty it wasn't that Snape was particularly nasty towards Harry, but rather he hated Gryffindors. Snape had very little interaction with Harry except for the occasional accident caused by Malfoy. It was almost like Snape tried to avoid him.

"He doesn't hate you Harry, he's hard on all his students. Besides, I would trust Snape with my life." Dumbledore answered.

'This isn't your life we're talking about,' Harry thought to himself.

"Anyway, I just wanted to let you know what the plan is for the day of the trial. You will meet up at Severus' Office at 8 a.m. and he will escort you to the Ministry for the trial."

"Great…" Harry said.

"Well, that is all I wanted to tell you. You may go enjoy the rest of your Saturday."

Harry walked out of the Headmaster's Office, and went straight to the Sanctum to look into what to expect at the trial, but after hours of searching Harry sat defeated. While Salazar had been truthful about the Library being filled with copies of every book ever to grace the shelves of the Hogwart's library, none of them were sorted, and there was no possible way for Harry to find anything helpful. Harry had tried to comb through the books but hadn't found anything. Harry was about to leave the Sanctum when he thought about asking Slytherin where he could find the book or at least give him some insight on what to look for when if he ended up having to search the Hogwart's library.

"Uh… Salazar?" Harry asked the portrait.

"Yes?"

"I was looking for a book but…"

"The place is a mess isn't it?"

"Yeah…"

"No surprise really, I had my house elves keep the sanctum in order while I was alive and even while I laid dead, but I assume the last person who came before you took them as his own when he left the school, as was his right. What did you need the book for if I may ask?"

"A man was caught in the Gryffindor Common Room and I've been called as a witness and was trying to figure out what I should expect at the trial."

Salazar's once calming smile turned into a cold glare, "How did they manage to get in the castle?"

"He was an Animagus, a rat. He pretended to be Ron's pet."

"And I'm assuming this 'Ron' had no knowledge of this or relation to the man."

"Right."

"Well, I'm not sure what you should expect… It's been many years since I lived and breathed, but when I was alive the punishment for this man's actions if there was ill intent would have been imprisonment for 50 years at least and if there wasn't any ill intent a heavy fine…wait you said he is a rat Animagus?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Rats have never been allowed as Hogwarts pets. When I was alive people could have an owl, a cat or a toad, has that changed?"

"No."

"Then your Headmaster must have examined the rat in question before allowing it into the school, and any wizard worth his salt would know to test for the possibility of Animagi. If they didn't do that, they are either incompetent or knew what the rat really was, either way I think Hogwart's will need a new Headmaster soon."

'Without Dumbledore as Headmaster, I could be more myself and not worried what kind of weird mind games he might play on me.' Harry thought, "Thanks a lot Salazar, that helps a lot actually."

"Glad to be of use Harry," Salazar said as Harry left to go spend time with Parvati.