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UPDATED:9/30/2019
Chapter 21
The three teenagers had rushed down to Hagrid's after hearing he and Draco had just returned from the trial and they were concerned.
Draco had asked Hagrid, with pleading eyes, if he could return to Hogwarts with him, Hagrid had not objected whatsoever. He had witnessed the poor boy trying to defend Buck-Beak at the trial, and he was entirely grateful. Unfortunately, Buck-Beak had lost and was to be damned for something he had not done intentionally, but he was happy in the smallest amount that Draco had tried to fight for the Hippogriff.
"How did it go Hagrid?" Hermione asked with concern.
"Well, the Minis'ry members firs' said why we were there," He stated with dry sarcasm, he was obviously upset and he had every right to be, "Then I got up, said how Buck-Beak was a good Hippogriff, cleans his own feathers an' everythin'," The more he tried telling them what happened, Hagrid found it more difficult to say the words.
They watched Hagrid sigh with sadness, he was thankful when Draco piped up to continue for him, he couldn't say it without his heart breaking into pieces all over again.
"My father got up and he pretty much did exactly what we thought he'd do. He continued to claim Buck-Beak was a vicious and violent creature that would kill you just as soon as you looked at him then demanded that he be put down, and to make it worse for Buck-Beak, he said in doing so, the students of Hogwarts would be safe from being attacked again. No one even listened when I tried explaining that the only reason he ended up hurting me was because Finn shoved me into him which startled Buck-Beak in the first place." Draco sighed at the memory, he'd stayed with Hagrid after the trail and comforted him telling Hagrid he was ever so sorry, and he'd wished they'd listened to him to spare Buck-Beak from something they all knew was not his fault, nor intention to harm anyone when it had happened.
The three friends looked to the down faces of Draco and Hagrid as he continued skipping stones, an attempt to distract himself from the dreadful sentence Buck-Beak was soon to be facing, "So, what was the verdict then? Do you have to send him away?" Harry asked exactly what they were all thinking, he was honestly confused on the sentence the Hippogriff was given, because no one seemed to want to say what had been the verdict.
Hagrid would have preferred that kind of ending instead of the one they had been given, "Buck-Beak's been sentenced to Death," the words left him with full sadness as he tossed the stone straight into the water and let his sorrows flow with uncontrollable tears. The teens just sat and watched their dear friend cry.
"This is so unfair," Hermione whispered to only them, she didn't want Hagrid to hear her, he had endured enough that day, and the boys understood why she had kept her voice so low and simply nodded in full agreement.
The Evan's Cabin
Emma smiled with a waking sigh, she had spent a few days with Sirius and they had barely left the Cabin, she was more so happy since no one had sent word to her by her personal owl she had left at Hogwarts with Mellena and Minerva, who had both gladly agreed to look after the precious full black and spotted feathered creature.
'I wonder if Doli is doing okay. I've been gone a few days, and no one has sent anything, which probably means everything is alright. At least I hope so.'
Emma had chosen him because of his strange feathers, she had never truly seen a black owl with white spots and a light brown spot around his right eye, with one bright green eye and one bright blue. He was rare in her opinion and she picked him up the second she had seen him. Though as she walked down the few happy memories, she had no idea that Sirius had left earlier that morning as she slept. Emma stretched and slipped into one of her robes, tying it tightly around her waist and walked around inside and out of the cabin looking for Sirius, she was utterly confused when she didn't find him, but the unexpected arrival of Remus in her kitchen looking as if he had just woken up confused her more, "Remus?"
"Sirius is gone, left early this morning," At her confusion and sudden shock of panic at Sirius running into Remus then leaving. Remus had spoken up and stood from his seat at the table, coffee in hand and spoke calmly to her, hoping she wouldn't think he had come and accused then threatened him. "Harry had the Marauders' map, he then confided in me that he saw Wormtail's name piece. I suspect that was why he was out of bed at nearly two in the morning. But, I came looking for you as soon as I could and found Sirius in the kitchen early this morning making coffee… Uh, it seemed as if he had just um, forgive me, but it looked as if he had just been taken for an adventure, if I may say without being slapped, again." He joked lightly, but she was still in a bit of a panic. Remus held back as much of a shiver as he could when her voice came at him in a scary whisper, "Where is Sirius, Remus."
"Hogwarts… Looking for Wormtail… He asked me to stay with you until you woke up. Emma, I am so sorry I didn't believe you until it was too late, I am such a fool."
"Yeah… Yeah, you kind of are… Remus, you let him go alone! Now Harry and the others are at the school very much unprotected! And Sirius has everyone looking for him! Come on, we have to go, now."
Remus was taken aback, shocked she had even agreed but had gone into a small rant about the boys and the others being unprotected without him there, "Em-Emma, you're in a robe, don't you think you need to change first."
"I'll be fine, if I have to turn into my Fox, I already know my clothes will likely be saying goodbye, there is no point, now come on!"
Hogwarts
The four friends were heading down to Hagrid's, they knew he would be in an emotional disarray before, during and after, they wanted to be there for him, to distract his mind, but they two had a few problems of their own going on.
Ron was accusing Hermione's cat, Crookshanks, for eating Scabbers, saying that was why his dear rat had been missing for the past few weeks. The two had argued the entire way towards Hagrid's. Unfortunately, it only got worse when they'd spotted Finn, Crabbe, Goyle and another Slytherin boy they never seemed to figure out the name of. They were all around the stone pillars heading out of the bridge.
Draco and the other two boys just groaned in annoyance and sighed in irritation, but Hermione was seething with anger and sped her way over to them.
'May as well take my rage out on someone whose had it coming far longer than Ron at the moment.'
Finn had turned and seeing them, his eyes glittering with excitement when he spotted Hermione. Though, the anger that was on her face did somewhat confuse him. He'd gone back to his arrogance and grinned with a sadistic smile and laughed, "Ah! Come to see the show?!" He was definitely not expecting Hermione's next reaction.
"You! VILE AND EVIL LITTLE COCKROACH!" Her rage had actually scared him and the speed she had as she advanced on him had made him unintentionally back up into a stone pillar behind him.
Harry and Ron were confused as to what the girl was thinking, but Finn had nearly peed himself when she aimed her wand straight at his throat, she had every intention of Hexing the git.
"Hermione no! He's not worth it."
Draco had laughed as he ran up in front of her, putting himself between Finn and herself, picking the girl up with ease, walked a few steps away from the Slytherin morons he had to call housemates, "Easy there little sister, calm yourself," He waited a few seconds after she had taken a few deep breaths to calm herself down then set her down calmly, "Ron's right, he is not worth it, Kitty-cat-"
But she had taken them all by surprise when she bolted around Draco with far more ease than they thought she had after Finn and the others began laughing and punched him square in the mouth knocking his head back violently against the stone pillar.
Draco snickered at them "Never mind." The four Slytherin's had ran off, Finn holding his mouth, "You'll pay for that Kitty, I swear I'll get you four for this!"
"Malfoy! Wait!"
"Why is it always the mouth. AH- I'm bleeding! She drew blood!" Finn screamed. Out of all of them, Finn never thought Hermione would have had the strength to not only punch him but hit him hard enough to draw blood.
The four friends began laughing, Hermione blushing from her violent behavior, "That felt good,"
"Good? Bloody brilliant that was!" Ron praised, a wide grin on his face, "Yeah, but we're late getting to Hagrid's come on." Draco pointed out, but it didn't stop him from ruffling Hermione's hair but to also make the joking comment of "Now all we have to wait for it for Ron to hit him. Then he'll have the full set." That made them all burst with laughter.
They had made it to Hagrid's shortly after and sat with him while he waited for Dumbledore, the executioner and Fudge. They hadn't realized they were already on their way down. The students were currently distracted by Hagrid handing Scabbers over to Ron and gave a small scolding for not taking better care of his pet when Hermione jumped up instantly wanting an apology, but that argument had been ended the second a small rock flew through the window, shattering a jar full of sand and dirt. This had made them look through the window nearly panicking as their eyes watched the three arrivals walking up to his door and knocking, "Ya four need to leave, quick, ou' the back door, hurry and don't get caught," the door had been knocked then bagged on, demanding entrance, "Be with ya in a moment!"
Ron had a hold of Hermione's hand as they rushed up the steps and back towards the school, they had stopped just at the top and stood between two of the stone pillars to watch as the executioner raised his large axe and watched it fall, slicing through whatever it had been aimed at. The action scared the crows away from their comfortable stations causing them to fly off into the air and scatter.
They had no idea that their night was about to get worse. And it all started when Scabbers bit into Ron's figure causing the poor boy to drop the rat from his hold giving the Rat the chance to scurry off, squeaking in fright.
Ron's shock drew everyone's attention and worry when their eyes found their friends bleeding figure, their look became shocked with wide eyes as they glanced at him. Their eyes asking him what happened, "He bit me!" Ron said in shock, "He's never bitten us before, that's the first time he's ever bit anyone- SCABBERS! Come back!" he screamed rushing after the retreating rat, he had finally caught him, but he had to dive for Scabbers, and smoothed over the ruffled fur of his pet, "What's the matter with you!"
Draco and Hermione looked at one another when they realized what tree they were at, "Harry, we have a problem."
Harry looked at the two completely confused, he wasn't really paying much attention simply because his attention was purely on Ron sitting himself up from the lying position he had landed in from diving after his rat, "What, why?"
Hermione's jaw dropped with disbelief, "Do you not see what tree this is?"
"What?" The answer was no, he didn't notice. Turning, he finally took the time to look and his stomach turned, he and Ron previously had a horrible encounter with that specific tree their second year, and Ron was far too close to it for any means of safe distance, "uh-oh- Ron! Run!"
Their confusion was rattled when Ron's face paled and look, what they thought was at them, yet pointed in shaking fear, "Look out! Behind you, it's the Grim!"
The second they turned their eyes spotted a large black dog as it barked, growled and charged them and shoved between the three teens and headed straight for Ron, who screamed and turned in an attempt to run for his life, only to have the beast try attacking Scabbers.
Ron, not wanting anything to happen to his pet that he had just been reunited with, smacked the dogs nose hoping to daze it at least a little, but he'd been knocked over and its' jaws latched onto Ron's leg and began pulling Ron into the Whomping Willows opening and into the darkness as the frightened redhead screamed.
All three teenagers gasped with fright and rushed after him and shouted for him, Draco continued chanting to himself in his mind that as long as Ron continued to scream that meant he was alive, in pain, but alive. "RON!"
The Whomping Willow swung its branches. Hermione's sudden glance at it from the corner of her eyes had her gasping with fright, "Duck!" she shouted, but Draco had been suddenly blind-sided by the branch, smacking Draco in the side of his arm sending him flying, his grunted pain had honestly sounded as if he'd replied to Hermione by saying 'Goose' though he'd only painfully grunted from the impact. Harry would have laughed had he not been hit in the gut himself, also sending him flying while Hermione jumped over the branches flying at her feet, trying to leg sweep her.
Hermione looked off at Draco and Harry when they had been hit and knocked off into the distance for a third time, it had been enough of a delayed reaction on her part ending in her being picked up and in the sudden panic and fear from being lifted into the air with no safety net, she wrapped her legs around the branch and held on for dear life and screamed. From her height Hermione was able to see a way into the tree to go after Ron without them getting constantly knocked back and ending up with their butts bruised. She grabbed a hold of Draco's shirt and tossed him into the entrance, then did the same to Harry. Now all she had to do was aim herself into the entrance or she'd have broken legs and a very damaged body but thankfully she had aimed herself perfectly, besides landing into Harry's back, knocking them both back into the ground, "Sorry."
Draco could only laugh as he helped the two up from their fallen states.
"It's alright, thanks Draco." Harry replied, a nod to the blond.
"Any idea where this tunnel leads too?" Draco asked curiously. He'd thought Hermione would have an idea, but it was Harry that gave them an answer.
"I have a hunch. I just hope I'm wrong."
Draco and Hermione just looked at one another as Harry walked on, they had no idea what kind of hunch he had, and they wished he'd share it. But they soon figured it out once they came to a door to a house.
"The Shrieking Shack? You're kidding right? I mean this place is supposed to be more haunted than the school." Draco wouldn't lie, he was shaking in his shoes. He knew he'd never admit that this place did in fact give him the freaks enough to want to run out the front door and scream back to the school, but he would be damned if he left his three friends on their own, because the last time he let Harry and Ron go without him they had nearly became spider food!
'Yeah, no thanks, I'd never hear the end of it from Emma and I like the friends I have now. So, no thanks and no running… Merlin, I hate trying to pretend I have guts when I'm really a wuss.' Draco thought to himself, forcing his body to stop shivering. Draco couldn't seem to nudge away the bad feeling about this. And he was sadly right.
As soon as they walked into the first bedroom they found Ron, with a hurt leg and a frantic Scabbers fighting in his hold "NO, IT'S A TRAP, HARRY RUN, IT'S HIM, HE'S AN ANIMAGUS!" Ron cried.
The three turned just as one of the two doors closed with an old squeak of the rusting bolts. They were shocked to find the form of Sirius Black, "I'm not here to hurt any of you… Well, not intentionally of course, please just hear me out-"
"No way, Black! You attacked Ron, why the bloody hell should we believe you!" Draco growled, pushing Harry and Hermione behind him and towards Ron, who grabbed a hold of Hermione as she checked him over frantically.
Sirius gently laughed to the blond, Draco was nothing like Lucius, that was for sure, but he also didn't really see much of his mother, unless she had changed. Though, he was never close to Narcissa, "Believe me, if anyone is dying tonight it'll only be one."
Harry, however, had caught everyone off guard when he pulled his wand from his pocket and pointed it at Sirius, even Sirius was left a little shocked, but mostly by his words, "Did you love her?"
They were stunned when Remus charged in, disarming Harry.
"Uncle Remus?" Ron and Harry asked in unison. They were confused as to why they Remus was there, they knew he wanted nothing to do with Sirius Black, he wanted him back in prison, thought they were now thinking that maybe Remus wanted Sirius dead more than anything. This was cause for worry to the teens, "Harry get back over there."
He wasn't moving, Draco saw Remus's look of "Do as your told". Knowing his friend wouldn't move on his own accord, Draco moved towards Harry, gently pulling him back by his jacket, "Easy there, come on."
"No, no, I want to know… Sirius, did you love her?" The question was still a little confusing to Sirius, even more so to Remus because he had no idea who Harry was talking about. It had hit them both as to who it was at the same time, "Your Aunt Emma? You're actually asking me if I ever loved your Aunt?" Sirius asked his Godson. In truth, Sirius was hurt Harry was asking him that.
"Answer my question. Did you ever love her?" Harry had to know, if he admitted he never loved Emma, Harry would never forgive him, even if Sirius wasn't involved in his parent's deaths, he'd never forgive the man for hurting his aunt. Harry waited as patiently as he could for Sirius to answer him. He saw the shock, the hurt and the disbelief.
"Of course, I love her Harry. I-I've loved Emma since the moment I met her on the train. Bleeding lip and all." They watched his reaction, a happy smile, a dream in his eyes of long-lost times.
They all heard it, the love, the sorrow of missing so many years with her, missing the years with Harry, missing out of having a family, and the loss of Harry's parents.
"How can I believe you?" Harry choked. No matter how badly he wanted to believe this he wasn't sure if he could yet.
Shocking them all, Remus spoke up, lowering his wand as he moved between Harry and Sirius, in deep hopes to guard his friend for the first time in years, even against Harry and the other three. "You can believe me, Harry. Sirius Black has loved Emma even through his torture in Azkaban… He is innocent."
They were stunned by the sudden number of people who seemed to be joining this 'reunion' party. But Snape's sudden appearance did startle the four teenagers as their Positions Master rushed in, wand aimed for Sirius, an angry look of desired revenge in his dark eyes, "Well, well, well. Look what I've found, I told Dumbledore you were helped by an old friend. Now, here's my proof. However, I must say, Lupin, I am equally disappointed in you, I'd have thought of all the people to have helped him I thought it would have been Emma. How ridiculous could you possibly be-" The sudden flash of bright blue slamming into Snape was what utterly shocked them when he went flying back into the old bedposts and rendered the Potions Professor unconscious.
Emma had rushed in only moments after Snape was been hit with the attack and stopped in her strides as she came through the door looking for who did the attacking, only to nearly lose her jaw when she found Harry brandishing, not his own wand, but Hermione's. She wasn't the only one in shock, so was everyone else.
Draco stood with his mouth gaping open as he watched the scene, Snape had been hit by a powerful curse to send him flying with that much push, he was knocked out. Draco had barely found his voice to even question his friend.
"Harry!" Hermione gasped with shock and fright.
Draco was glad he wasn't the only one in shock at Harry's attack against Snape.
"What did you do!" Ron had shouted out right after him in equal shock and wide eyes. 'We're likely to be expelled this time for sure! Mum's going to kill us!'
"You just attacked a teacher, Harry!" Hermione shouted at him, they all had absolutely no idea why he'd even attacked Snape. The teacher had likely thought the students were in danger of the escapee and had acted purely on protective teachers' instincts to protect his students!
'What is he thinking! We can get expelled for this!'
"Tell me about Peter Pettigrew." This wasn't a question. It was a demand as Harry stared at the two in wonder, but they willingly answered him, "He went to school with us, we thought he was our friend." Remus started with a sigh.
"Pettigrew is dead, he killed him." Harry accused. Draco shoved at Harry's arm a bit with his elbow and a stern look, "Really Jamie."
"No, he didn't, I thought so too until you mentioned seeing Pettigrew on the Map!" Remus pointed out, stepping in full front of Sirius, afraid Harry may accidently hurt his Godfather.
"The Map was lying then!" Harry argued, he was pointing out facts and evidence, the map likely wasn't perfect, maybe it was possibly glitching. So of course, he was going to question these things.
"The Map never lies Harry James Potter!" Emma's stern voice, suddenly came to the adult's defense, she was clad in a red, tightly button-down, robe. Her dark red hair waving around her shoulders and down her back, though it was her look of a very unhappy expression directed at Remus and Sirius, even Harry for cursing Snape into an unconscious state.
Sirius's jaw dropped. Now they needed to worry, "Remus? I thought you said you were going to stun her, so she didn't have to face him!" Sirius scolded.
"Oh, he stunned me alright, Sirius Orion Black. However, it wasn't good enough. I woke up in the Hospital wing. I went to Dumbledore while I was at it, explained to him that Peter was very much alive and well and running about causing chaos on School grounds. I also told him that my stunning was done by Peter. Saving Remus from a vicious scolding from Mellena." Emma clarified, glaring between an ashamed looking Remus Lupin and a paling Harry as he faced down Emma's glare, "You're very welcome by the way… Now, where is that traitor, I want answers."
Sirius pointed towards Ron and Scabbers with an obvious shrug and honestly, he really didn't want to endure Emma's wrath right now, "Right there,"
"Me! He's mental!" Ron shouted.
"Yeah, Ron isn't a Shapeshifter, and not to mention no one can pull off trying to be Ron, that takes too much talent to try. That and I can't even fake him." Draco said jokingly with a laugh as Ron gave a bit of a sarcastic hurt look and shouted at him, "Hey!"
"Sorry, couldn't resist." Draco continued laughing but was quickly silenced by Emma's stern look making the blond clear his throat, "Sorry Aunt Emma."
Emma gave Sirius a look of slight disbelief.
Sirius huffed with irritation.
'I don't believe this!'
"Not Molly's kid! The bloody Rat!" Sirius yelled, Pettigrew was right there, and Emma didn't see it! Even Remus was blind to it!
"Scabber!? Bu-but Scabbers has been in the family for-" Sirius took a few steps towards the frightened young Weasley, silencing the redhead, "Twelve years, yes? Surely that's an uncommonly long life for a common or Garden Rat! He's missing a toe isn't he!" Sirius pointed out.
Ron was in utter shock.
'How the bloody Hell does he know that!'
Hermione watched as Ron shivered, Draco and Harry moved almost in front of the red head to either side of him while Hermione held a comforting hand on Ron's shoulder.
"That's close enough, Black." Draco warned, holding a hand up between Ron and Sirius, yes, he was scared Sirius Black was the killer he was said to be, but Draco wasn't going to let him get any closer to Ron. The poor kid was shaking in his clothes.
Everyone seeming to catch on, especially Harry, his face falling as he spoke up, saying exactly what the rest were thinking, "The only thing left of Pettigrew was his-"
"Figure! The bloody coward cut it off, so everyone would think he was dead! Then he transformed into a Rat, slipped into Emma's Hospital room and attempted to erase her memories. And I for one, would like to know why he didn't just kill her if he wanted to keep his treacherous secret. Though, I have some very unsavory ideas! Granted I will forever be grateful to Molly for interrupting the bloody coward from causing more damage than he already did!" Sirius ranted, huffing and puffing with seething rage.
Emma took a breath, her head was beginning to pound with a heavy heartbeat, one of her migraine was beginning to settle in, she felt sick to her stomach as Harry looked at the escapee and he took a breath of courage. Harry beat her to it, and she was thankful, she didn't like the idea of questioning Sirius he'd likely see it as a sudden and very painful betrayal, so would she if she was in his place.
"Prove it, show us." Harry demanded, again, he was leaving no room for arguments nor more talking, he wanted to see the true traitor for who he really was.
Sighing from slight exhaustion, he rushed Ron. Their curiosity and suspicion now spiking as they watched Scabbers thrashing about and squealing as Sirius removed the rat from its owners' hands.
Ron screamed, fighting him back to keep the frightened rat in his hold, but it was useless, Hermione and Draco had held Ron back aiding Sirius in removing his pet from his grasp as he continued to scream for someone, anyone to help, to help his rat, to get Scabbers from the mental escapee. But no one gave him aid. For this, Ron felt betrayed.
Draco and Hermione held Ron back, keeping him on the cushions he was rested on. Ron was hurting himself more than he was trying to help is rat, "Ron… It'll be alright. If Scabbers is not Pettigrew, then we're back at square one." Draco said, in an attempt to calm the frantic redhead as he cried.
In truth, Sirius knew it was Pettigrew, but now his mind was swimming with doubt, if it did turn out this wasn't Pettigrew he'd not only be sentenced to Death, but he'd be looked at as a liar by everyone, even Emma, and that frightened him more than anything.
Sirius tossed the rat onto the Piano top, then he, Remus and Emma began aiming charms at him to bring out his human self. They had almost lost him when he jumped through a large hole in the side of the wall next to the door. Relief filled them all when their charms hit him, the Rat was re-transfigured into an older, rugged, dirty, Peter Pettigrew.
Emma watched in horror and shock, her Migraine enhancing ten-fold as the others watched Sirius and Remus pulling Pettigrew from the gaping hole as he growled and snarled in fear. He must have spent all his twelve years as a rat since he had developed the same characteristics to his human nature, keeping his arms close to him, body tucked in bodily protections and kept his head slightly down, refusing to look at anyone, even Emma who was using part of the Piano to keep herself standing, holding her head with a hand. She had no idea why her head was pounding with pain, but it was causing her eyes to water, her skin felt like it was on fire and her breathing becoming difficult. Yet no one noticed, something she was half thankful for, and half hoping someone, anyone, would take notice.
"Remus? Sirius? My old friends." Peter said in hope, thinking he was still a small animal that could slip between them with easy, he tried to move his larger body between the two, they had easily grabbed a hold of him to his dismay and threw him back onto the Piano causing him to shrink back in fear. His eyes landed on a young Harry Potter and his unshed tears came forth.
'He looks just like James,'
He took advantage of that, "H-Harry, so good to see you… You look so much like him, your dad, James, we were the best of friends-" Wormtail stuttered, he was trying to save his own skin as he held onto Harry with as much grip as he could, which wasn't really a lot of strength. But he was once again grabbed by Sirius and Remus. As they tossed him back away from Harry.
Sirius turned from exhausted turmoil and sheer adrenaline to seething with rage. One of his own friends he had adored over the year of growing up had betrayed them all and not only sent James and Lily to their deaths. His betrayal had caused the deaths of many and the life of a child that never had the chance to be born, the only problem to that was Sirius had no idea that Emma had also been pregnant, "How dare you! How dare you speak to him! How dare you speak of James in front of us! What did you do Pettigrew? Turn them over for your own life! What about Lily and Harry! Emma and her memories! The unborn children! What were you thinking!" He shouted, wand at the ready. He was going to kill him. As Sirius opened his mouth, Snape had woken up with a groan, yet when he regained his composer his eyes widened, and breath caught in his throat as he looked at Pettigrew in utter shock, "You? You-your-"
"Yes, Peter Pettigrew is alive, now if you don't mind Severus, Remus and I have some unfinished business to attend too." Sirius growled, the wand in his hand still directed at Wormtail as the traitor shivered with terror.
Snape's eyes turned from the shivering Wormtail to Emma's staggering form, he nearly vomited as he watched her looking the way she was; Ill and a lot of pain running to her aid he began evaluating her condition, though he was unsure as to what could be causing her sudden fever and illness.
Sirius and Remus would need to stay on Wormtail, otherwise he'd likely get away, and they couldn't risk that. They needed to turn him over to Dumbledore for interrogation, and Severus had the perfect way of doing so. Something so wonder, Veritaserum. The serum was very useful when pulling the truth from someone, and he knew he'd not only enjoy forcing it down Wormtail's throat, but also that of Sirius Black.
At the distraction, Wormtail attempted to escape again, he was stopped by Harry blocking the door, wand aimed at his chest, "Don't move! What did you do to my Aunt! Why is she sick? Look at her! What did you do to her!"
Wormtail never answered, he ran back to the Piano, under and around the breaking antique as Sirius and Remus chased him all over again, finally cornering him.
"You sold James and Lily to Voldemort, didn't you!" Remus shouted, starting the integration, hoping they wouldn't have to use any form of magic or potion to get him to talk.
Knowing he was cornered and with nowhere to go, Peter's stomach dropped, flipping with fear as he began crying from the memories he was being forced to remember by his own mind. "I didn't mean to! The dar-dark Lord, you haven't any idea the power he processes! I thought of you, Sirius, what you would have done." Wormtail continued crying, his fear was so overwhelming to him he was barely able to hold himself up.
Enraged at what Pettigrew was admitting, Sirius exploded with fury, he'd thought he was unable to feel this much rage, this much hatred. He thought it had once been impossible. "I would have died! I would have died rather than betray my family! You should have realized Peter, if Voldemort didn't kill you, we would!"
"No!" Harry and Draco both shouted out. They all knew the best way to go about this was to turn Wormtail over to the authorities, Emma had already said Dumbledore knew Wormtail was alive, he was under the impression that Peter was being hunted down at the moment to be brought to him.
Harry took a breath, he was worried for his Aunt, she was holding her head with a look of pain and slouched over. Snape was attempting to help her calm down.
"We take him back to the castle," Harry finally had enough. Moving to his Aunt, he held onto an arm, trying to look her over, "Professor, what's wrong with her?"
The two shared a concerned look, "I-I don't know, come on. We need to get her to Poppy." Severus lifted Emma up into his arms, "Come along. Lupin, body bind Pettigrew and levitate him, be sure he has nothing on him we don't need a repeat from twelve years ago. Black, Mr. Malfoy, help Mr. Weasley walk out of here. We are reporting directly to Professor Dumbledore. Emma are you alright?"
She tried everything she had to give an answer, a full answer, but all she could comprehend was pain throbbing in her head, a pressure she couldn't control, "My head, it-it's-" the pain was too much she was unable to give an answer, let alone finish her sentence to Severus. The slightest touch to her head or neck was like she was being hit with high amounts of electricity bolting through her muscles. Her mind's eye was flashing through images, images that weren't there before.
Emma's memory was coming back in painful flashes.
**I know, another cliffhanger, I'm sorry, but it's getting close :) Thank you for reading and thank you all for the reviews for Chapter 20, I'm glad you liked it! Have a wonderful day/night!