"Why don't you work on getting into Hogwarts while I go and look somewhere else?" Snape casually suggested to Peter after Bellatrix had left them.
"Where?"
"It doesn't matter, it's just a hunch I have." Before waiting for an answer he left Peter standing alone to try and find his way into the castle.
Peter sighed. He had been counting on Snape to get into the castle, even if then he could run around undetected as a rat. He thought that it must be worth a try just walking up to the school, after all if someone realised there was an intruder they would never look for a rat, especially now that Harry and his friends were looking for the horcruxes and Dumbledore had been killed.
From the castle, a group of figures had watched two people appear at the gates. They had then seen another person arrive and then leave, quickly followed by the taller of the original two. They had also seen the remaining figure turn into a rat and where now watching its progress up to the school. They were ready for a fight.
Peter scurried up to Hogwarts, surprised at the lack of opposition. Growing more bold, he found a small gap in between the door and the ground that he had used to get in and out of the castle when he had been Ron's pet Scabbers. Once inside the great hall, he found a hiding place under a table and began to plan where to look for the cup.
Around the two entrances to the great hall, groups of people began to assemble.
He could check McGonagalls office, but if she was in there she would recognise him… Perhaps there was a trophy cabinet somewhere-or the Hufflepuff common room! That would be the most likely place. He made his way towards the common room.
The group of people waiting by the door tensed as the marauders map Harry had lent them showed Pettigrew moving towards them. He reached the door, and they knew he must be standing on the other side, oblivious to the assembled team of Order members waiting for him.
Peter pushed the door open. As he did he was hit by five stunning spells. He was unable to move as he was picked up and carried up the stairs towards McGonagalls office.
"The Order have caught Pettigrew, Snape."
"What! All he had to do was sneak around the school as a rat, it wasn't hard! How did it happen?"
"Lupin was at the meeting where Voldemort gave out the tasks. He warned the Order and they're guarding the places they think you might look, including Hogwarts. You can't really blame Peter-if you'd got into the school they would have probably caught you as well."
"Well, thanks for the tip off anyway. I'll take the cup to Voldemort, and then I'll see if I can do something to help."
"You think you're going to tell them?"
"I had to some time, and I might as well tell them now and save Peter than later and leave him to a cell in Azkaban, or worse"
"The problem will be persuading the rest of the Order. I have a feeling I might still be the only one who believes you"
Taking Hufflepuff's cup, Snape said goodbye to his informant and apparated to where Voldemort was waiting for him.
"You have it?"
"Here" Snape handed over the cup."
"Well done. I have another task for you. Potter has come too close to greatly weakening me, and I think it's time that I focused all my efforts on attacking him and the Order. This Saturday the order will be at Hogwarts to help with the defences. I'm going to get a team of Death Eaters together to attack them" Snape was shocked. This attack had come a lot sooner than anyone had expected. If he didn't want Voldemort of gain total control, he had to warn the Order what was happening. Telling them wouldn't be hard, but he needed them to believe his story, and for that he needed Pettigrew.
Hundreds of miles away, the few Dementors that were still under the ministry's control were called to Hogwarts to perform the Dementors Kiss on Pettigrew, the man who had returned Voldemort to his former glory, and was, unknown to the Order, one of the only people who could help save their lives.
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