THE TRAITOR

Sirius black was angry. "Oh god! what have i done! Lily and James!", he thought .He had suggested them to make peter their secret keeper. Now they were dead. He should have known, He should have guessed from the beginning,that peter was the traitor. Even when he was at hogwarts,he stayed with marauders only because they were the most popular ,and the most powerful gang of hogwarts. He had a tendency to be with the most powerful man in the game,as in this case lord voldemort. The most powerful,feared, and ruthless man in the wizarding world. The man who wanted to kill all the people who were unworthy of being a wizard ,or the people who did not have any magical powers at all i.e. the muggles. He slaughtered muggleborns in countless numbers ,and marked their place of kill with the most feared mark in the wizarding world "The dark mark". It was a sign that every one feared of seeing,when they returned home after their work or their daily routine.

When Dumbledore informed that voldemort was after them, he advised Lily and James to go into hiding. He also told them to use the Fidelius charm .It is used to create a secret keeper. A secret keeper was a person ,who is entrusted with a secret , mostly a location .When the charm is done, nobody except the secret keeper will know the location ,unless the secret keeper willingly divulges the secret to someone. This was one of the best methods of protection ,but as it turned out,even this was not enough for his friends to survive. James immediately suggested to make Sirius their secret keeper. Dumbledore volunteered to be their secret keeper himself,as he knew that there was a traitor among the order. But James told that Sirius would rather die than betray them ,and dumbledore finally agreed. But Sirius thought that this was a bad idea,as everyone knew that he was close to the Potter family,and voldemort will come after him immediately. So he wanted someone whom no one will ever guess to be their secret keeper.

So he came up with a plan to make peter their secret keeper ,as he was the weakest of them. He would be anybody's last choice to be made their secret keeper. He convinced James not to disclose the information about, changing the secret keeper to anybody. They would not tell this to even their friend Remus Lupin,as he was convinced that Lupin was voldemort's spy. Then they placed the fidelius charm on Pettigrew ,and all of them went into hiding. After some days when he went to check on Peter ,he found that peter was not there in his hiding place ,and there was no sign of any struggle in the house. He panicked and rushed to godrik's hollow to check on the hideout,and was devastated when he found it in ruins ,and came to the realization that ,he had made a big mistake in making Peter their secret keeper.

He ran to the home to check inside for any survivors ,and found Jame's dead body in the living room. Devastated he went upstairs, and he found Hagrid carrying young Natasha potter in his arms ,and on the floor was Lily's dead body. His eyes were filled with tears ,and nearly fell on to the floor crying. But he somehow managed to stand. He knew what he had to do now. He was appointed as Natasha's godfather. He had had begged Hagrid to give him Natasha,so that he can take care of the child. Hagrid refused to give Natasha,because dumbledore ordered him to take Natasha,and give her to the custody of lily's sister Petunia Dursley. Even after couple of minutes of argument, Hagrid did not give in to his pleas. Sirius gave up halfheartedly ,and gave his flying motorcycle as a mode of transportation. Hagrid accepted the gift happily ,and went. He will take care of the girl later, he had thought. He had to find that rat and kill him.

He started searching for the rat in places where he expected him to be, but did not find him anywhere. Now he was 2 blocks away from the wizarding pub,The Leaky Cauldron. He did not expect Peter to be here,because anyone can find him here ,and the last thing Peter will want was public noticing him .But he knew he had to look everywhere .He could not take any chances .He turned around a corner to a bakery. There were many muggles on the street. Then just some 30 feet away he saw Peter. Before Sirius could take advantage of the element of surprise ,Peter noticed him looked at both his sides and saw that there was no way escaping,as the whole street was packed with people. Cornered and desperate to escape, Peter shouted,"Lily and James Sirius,how could you betray them?".Sirius went for his wand,but Peter took his wand faster. Before Sirius could do anything,there was a loud explosion on the street. He was thrown back by a very strong force. When he recovered and got up,he saw a big hole on the street ,and the street was full of dead and screaming muggles. Peter was nowhere to be found .He realized what had just happened and he just stood there and laughed.

OFFICE OF DIRECTOR OF DMLE , MINISTRY OF MAGIC

Director Bartemius crouch was tired. What a day, the number of illegal magic was at a all time high today. Everyone was celebrating the supposed death of you-know-who by the hands of an one year old girl. Nobody cared about muggles noticing the celebrations and went on celebrating. Oh hell ! There was no reason to celebrate for most of us,in the past 10 years or so. Everyone were scared. Most of the families lost at least one member of theirs in the bloody war. It was estimated that at least 5-10% of the wizarding population of Great Britain,are dead or missing. It was a heavy toll,and he knew that it will take many years to recover from this mess. His department too had lost many of their best people in the war. Many of them his friends. It was dark times,he thought. Really dark times. Now with you-know-who gone he knew,those times were gone.

"Sir,sir!. Someone was shouting for him at his door."Come in.",he said to the one at the door."what is it Dawlish?",he asked the auror as he came in."Sir ,there has been an incident near the leaky cauldron sir! Big explosion at a muggle street .Possible death eater attack.",Dawlish told frantically."What even after you-know-who's death?!",director shouted."Yes sir,it definitely looks like it,and i think a wizard also has been caught in the attack. I think he was the primary target",Dawlish told."Who is it? Any idea?",director asked."No sir,nothing till now",Dawlish replied."Then what are you waiting for,arrange for a team and find the person who is responsible for this!",Crouch ordered."Right away sir.",Dawlish bowed and rushed out of the office.

Dawlish arranged a group of aurors ,along with a junior minister named Cornelius Fudge,and apparated to the spot of the he arrived at the scene , the whole place was a mess. People were screaming and moaning, dead bodies everywhere. Then he heard laughter. Laughter of madman. He a saw a man standing with a wand in his hand. It was his comrade in his arms,Sirius Black. Oh my god! He could not believe it. Sirius Black a Death Eater? The man was still laughing,like a madman as the aurors dragged him from his standing place. He knew he will not forget this scene anytime in the near future. This was a gory scene. One of the aurors came to him holding a bloodied cloth ."Sir we found a finger ,with this set of clothes and a wand,sir", the auror said. "Any idea whose is this?",Dawlish asked . "Peter Pettigrew sir, I think Sirius Black just blew his friend into oblivion", the auror said with a horrified face.

Dawlish felt his dinner coming out of his mouth,but he controlled his feelings. He knew he will have nightmares about this for years. This scene will be imbibed in his mind forever.