Thankfully, James and Sirius only had to pay a hefty fine for becoming illegal animagi, but for Wormtail, he would have to spent the rest of his, as James put it, miserable life in Azkaban and both James and Sirius were desperate for it to happen now their main objective was finding Wormtail, which they had dubbed, 'The rat', in between their jobd. Even Harriet had gotten in on calling Wormtail, 'The rat'.
Two years had passed by now and one day Harriet ran in from the floo, long red hair flying out behind her, from the Weasley's, carrying something grey and small that was wriggling and squealing loudly. James looked up to see what was all the noise about just in time to see his daughter run in looking triumphant.
"Wormtail here!" she shrieked gleefully, holding the struggling rat in a very strong grip for a three-year-old,out for James to see him. James looked down at the rat. "Put him on the table, Prongslet." Harriet obeyed and set him on the table. James took a close look at the rat and huge smile spread slowly across his face. "Now go and call Padfoot." James told Harriet.
Harriet ran off and when she came back with Sirius, there was Peter, stunned on the floor. Sirius grinned.
"Perfect." He unstunned Wormtail, who immediately jumped up.
"Sirius, James, how nice to see both of you! Little Harriet as well!" he said. Both men looked fit to kill.
"How very not nice to see you, Wormtail. Did you know you're the reason why Harriet no longer has a mother? And we though we could trust you, and then you go endangering a family who trusted you, quite literally, with their lives?" Sirius's voice was like ice and the temperature seemed to dip several degrees.
Peter looked desperate. "You don't understand! I'm innocent!" he protested. James looked somewhat amused. "So, an innocent man goes and hides as a rat, which a three- year-old girl finds and figured out it was you?" he asked.
"Innocent, James, but I was so scared!"
"Of what? Facing the fact that you betrayed your best friend's hiding place so you could save your life?!" Sirius yelled the last part and Peter flinched.
"He was going to kill me, Sirius, I had no choice, I'm not brave like you, what would you have done?" Wormtail whimpered.
"I WOULD'VE DIED!" Sirius yelled. "I WOULD'VE DIED, NOT BETRAYED MY BEST FRIEND'S HIDING PLACE!"
Wormtail was crying now. "Harriet, you look so much like Lily, apart from your eyes-"
"Don't talk to my daughter, she doesn't need to be contaminated by a cowardly rat like you! Not to mention, you're the one who got Lily taken away from her! Now, I believe we all owe the ministry a visit, don't we?"
Author's note:
Okay, I think this is an alright chapter? On to the review!
Qoheleth: Oh, actually that excuse, was run out of the mill and I thought that the whole 'James wasn't home' thing was a bit overused. Also, I was kind of basing that off the Carrows 'not wanting to spill too much pureblood' from the Deathly Hallows. But I'll try doing what you suggested, not sure what to do, though.
Cya! :)
