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Chapter Eighteen- Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs
Harry's eyes widen in shock. He didn't see that coming at all. He turned his head and saw that Alice and Professor Lupin smiling. Harry was wondering why they were smiling at him. He knew that Professor Lupin and Alice knew something, but he didn't know what. All of a sudden Alice's eyes glazed over as she was pulled into a vision. She saw:
The group was just coming out of the tree when clouds moved to show the bright full moon. Alice watched as professor Lupin transformed into a werewolf. Sirius Black has just been cleared of what he was accused of. The minister of magic had heard Sirius's side of the story just about an hour ago. She looked at his face and saw that he was ashamed. Peter Pettigrew started to transformed back into a rat and…
Alice blinked and gasped. "Remus, did you take your potion tonight?"
Before he could answer the Minister of Magic somehow arrived into the room. "Could you tell me your side of the story please, Mr. Back?"
"Sure, Minister. Well, I was never the Potter's secret Keeper. I persuaded them to change to Peter. I should've seen Alice's drawing of him betraying them. I found him in a street the next morning. He blew up the street and then cut off his own finger."
"Then what happened?"
"He transformed into a rat and scurried down into the sewers. He lived with the Weasley family for twelve years. Have you ever heard a rat who lived that long?"
"Well, no. Mr. Black and Mr. Lupin do your magic."
Both of them nodded, and pointed their wands at Scabbers. A few minutes later in the place of the rat was a short plump man. "Hello Peter. It's nice to see you."
"Well, I guess that since you never received a trail, Mr. Black you're officially a free man. Mr. Lupin when you're finished teaching, how would you like to become an Auror?"
"I would love to, Minister. What made you change your mind about me?
"I see the way you keep Ms. Potter safe." The Minister of Magic left the shrieking shack. He went to get help to bring Pettigrew in. He didn't know that he would never be able to bring Peter in.
"Harry you have met each of the four creators of the Marauders map."
"Huh?" Harry asked.
"Maybe you should tell him, Remus."
"Are you sure that I should, Alice."
"Yes, you should, Remus."
He nodded while Alice smiled. "As you know I'm Moody. Sirius is Padfoot, Peter is Wormtail, and James was Prongs."
"Our father was one of the creators?"
Alice wasn't looking at Peter Pettigrew. She kept her eyes locked on Remus. She wasn't thinking about her fears at all. However, that didn't stop her from getting Goosebumps, or breathing hard. No one in the room not even her knew why she was terrified of Peter Pettigrew. She and Remus had tried to figure it out, but no luck, so far. "Yes, our father was one of the creators of the Marauders map."
"How long have you known?"
"A while."
Alice looked over to where Ron was sitting with his broken leg up. Hermione was right next to him. They were just watching and listening to what was going on. They noticed that Alice wasn't even looking at Peter Pettigrew. Hermione suddenly thought of something. "Mr. Black, how did you escape, Azkaban if you didn't use dark magic?"
"The dementors never affected me because I knew that I as innocent. It wasn't a happy thought, so the dementors couldn't suck it out. I was skinny enough, so one night I transformed into a dog and slipped through the bars. I then swam to the main land. That was when I started the search for Peter. The first time I saw him was when I saw him sitting on your shoulder, Ron."
Alice wanted to know how Sirius was able to get money from his vault to help buy her firebolt. She then suddenly figured out how he did it. "Sirius, did Crookshanks help you get the gold from your vault to help Remus to get my firebolt?"
Sirius smiled and nodded his shaky head. "How did you find out, Alice?"
"That was just a guess, Sirius. It was the only thing that made some sense you know."
More of the story was told. Everyone in the room including Peter listened. Even though every part of it put Peter Pettigrew into deeper trouble. Finally by the end of the story Hermione, Ron, and Harry believed that Sirius Black was innocent. They already knew that The Minister of Magic cleared Sirius already. What could they do next? Somehow they had to get Peter Pettigrew to a ministry official without any chaos.
Before they could go anywhere, however, something had to be done with Ron's leg. Since he couldn't put any weight on it someone had to help him out of the tunnel. Professor Lupin decided on a splint that could hold Ron's broken leg in place. Hermione helped him up. With Harry's help the three of them begun to head into the tunnel. Alice watched Remus and Sirius dragged Peter out and into the tunnel. Alice and Jasper were the last ones to leave the room with Crookshanks who had helped them get into the tunnel in the first place.
Crookshanks slipped into the front of the pack to place his paws on the trunk of the Whomping Willow. At once the braches froze. One by one the group slipped out of the tunnel. After awhile Crookshanks took off his ginger paws off of the knot of the tree. At once the branches began whipping wildly all over the place. The group was in a safe distance from the wild tree.
Sirius came up to Harry and asked, "If you ever wanted a different home. Would you want to come and live with me if you do?"
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