CHAPTER 5

"Has anyone seen Riley at all?" Harry asked as he came downstairs "She left her book here but I can't find her" he went on.

"Nah haven't seen her mate" Ron replied, just then Professor McGonagall came into the common room.

"Riley has been taken to the hospital wing, she is awake now but Remus asks if you could wait to go see her, he wants a word with her first" McGonagall told them.

"Ah sure" Harry replied, wondering what was going on.

"We'll let you know when you can go see her" McGonagall told them, then left the common room.

"Well least you know where she is mate" Ron said.

"Wonder how she got in there" Harry replied, sitting down next to him.

"You don't think Sirius got in again do you?" Ginny asked them.

"No way, someone would've seen him as well and he wouldn't have just left her there. If she's woken up this morning, then she's not badly hurt" Harry said. Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny headed out of the common room and started heading to breakfast, when Harry turned around to face Sir Cadogan.

"Did you see Riley come out here last night?" Harry asked him.

"Sure did my good sir" Sir Cadogan replied.

"Do you know where she was going?" He asked.

"She didn't say, I asked her to stand and fight, but she told me to shut up and kept walking away" Sir Cadogan said.

"Thanks" Harry replied, and then followed the rest of them to the Great Hall.

"Just have to wait till Professor Lupin says we can go see her" Ginny told him as they entered the great hall.

Meanwhile, in the hospital wing, Remus was having a very interesting conversation with Riley.

"So you broke your promise" Remus told her, sounding disappointed. It was the first time either of them had actually broken a pinky promise.

"Well technically it wasn't being naughty, I saw someone on the map and by the time I alerted someone, he would've gone" Riley told him.

"If you saw Sirius Black and didn't tell anyone, you are grounded during the whole summer holidays and that means no owls either" Remus replied.

"Well that's a bit harsh but it wasn't Sirius, it was Peter Pettigrew" Riley said.

"That can't be right" Remus replied.

"Well I saw it in that map of your's. It was actually scabbers, then he turned into Peter and then the little git stunned me and took my wand" Riley told him, as if it was nothing.

"Maybe you hit your head harder than we thought" Remus said.

"Then who the hell took my wand and stunned me?" Riley asked, "Because I didn't stun myself, then throw my wand away" she added.

"It's impossible Riley, Sirius killed him, I told you that" Remus told her.

"I know what you told me, that's why I went and checked it out. Maybe the map was wrong" Riley said.

"The map is never wrong, trust me on that one" Remus replied "I might have a word with Dumbledore, you are to stay here until Madam Pomfrey says you can leave" Remus went on.

"Yeah, whatever" Riley replied, folding her arms and sulking. "I feel fine you know" she added. Just then Madam Pomfrey came in and told her she was allowed to go, but she had to minimize her activity. Remus walked her to her dorm so she could changed and head down for her breakfast.

"Be good and I'll see you in class" Remus told her as he kissed the top of her head, and then walked off.

"I wish he wouldn't do that" Riley said to herself, not knowing that someone else was there.

"Aww it's cute" came Draco's voice from behind her.

"Oh shut up" Riley replied, smiling at him. "What are you doing here?" she asked.

"I saw you weren't at breakfast and then saw you heading up here, so thought I'd come see if you were alright" Draco said as he leant up against a wall.

"Yeah I'm fine, nothing major" Riley replied "Someone stunned me and took my wand" she added.

"Who?" Draco asked taking a few steps closer to her.

"I have no idea, hit my head pretty hard but I'm fine. Madam Pomfrey says I'm alright for classes and stuff, just have to minimize my activities" Riley told him. "Look I can hear Harry and Ron coming, you better go" she added, when she heard Harry talking to Ron.

"I'm glad your alright" Draco said, then disappeared just as Harry and Ron rounded the corner.

"Hey you're up" Harry said "What happened to you?" he asked.

"Long story and my head hurts a little bit, I'll tell you later" Riley replied as she walked through the portrait.

"Riley says she saw Peter Pettigrew on the map, in the castle. Well he was scabbers Ron's pet rat, then transformed into Peter" Remus told Dumbledore.

"And he is an unregistered animagus?" Dumbledore asked.

"Yeah he is" Remus replied, leaving out the part that so was Sirius. "I'm going to need to get her a new wand as well" he added.

"Of course, do you have any classes today?" Dumbledore asked.

"Just the third years, but not until this afternoon" Remus replied.

"Well then, I won't keep you any longer. I might ask Riley a few questions later on. See what she can tell me" Dumbledore said "As long as that's alright with you" he added.
"Of course Sir, I can't make any sense of this" Remus replied.

"I will do my best" Dumbledore said, bowing his head slightly as Remus left his office. The day went on and Riley didn't really mind she didn't have her wand, she was able to perform most things without one, and so it wasn't like she needed one straight away. She was sitting in Charms when she realised just how much she could do without her wand, she was able to stop the frog from croaking, without her wand.

"Very good Miss Lupin" Professor Flitwick said to her.

"Thank you Sir" Riley replied, rather pleased with herself.

"Alright class, for homework I want you too practice silencing charms for next lesson" Professor Flitwick told the class, just as the left.

"Wow Riley, I can't believe you don't need a wand to do magic" Ron said.

"I can do some things without it, but for most of it I need a wand" Riley replied, just as her owl, Isis, landed on her shoulder.

"I see she's getting better at landing" Harry said, remembering all to well when Isis landed in his bowl.

"Yeah, she just needed a little bit of help that's all" Riley replied as she took the letter from Isis.

"You get a lot of letters, who are they from?" Ron asked, as they headed to lunch.

"Big Bird" Riley simply replied, laughing at the look on Ron's face.

"Ah Miss Lupin, I was wondering if we could have a word" Dumbledore said as they entered the great hall.

"Of course Sir" Riley replied.

"Do you need to reply to that letter or can it wait?" Dumbledore asked, ever so politely.

"I would love to reply now, wont take long" She replied and grabbed her quill, scribbled a quick note, then attached it to Isis. "All done" she added, then followed Dumbledore to his office.

Well it obviously isn't a student" Harry said as he watched Isis fly out the window, "She wouldn't be leaving the castle if it was" he added.

"Please have a seat" Dumbledore said as they entered his office. "I was wondering if we could discuss last night's events" he went on.

"Certainly, what would you like to know?" Riley asked.

"Start from the beginning if you wish" Dumbledore replied, smiling at her, his eyes twinkling.

"Well I was looking at the map and saw the dot labeled Peter Pettigrew, so I got up and followed it. When I got to the hallway, I couldn't see anyone there but then I saw scabbers, Ron's rat" Riley began telling him "And then before I knew it, scabbers turned into Peter and he came towards me" she went on "I didn't even have time to register that he took my wand and then he stunned me. Next thing I wake up with dad next to me" she finished.

"I see" was all Dumbledore said, as he contemplated what Riley told him.

"Sir, if that really was Peter, does that mean Sirius, is well innocent?" she asked.

"Not necessarily, could mean a lot of things Riley" Dumbledore replied "We wont know until we can get Peter to tell us" he added.

"Well now he has my wand" Riley said.

"Just because a wizard has a wand, doesn't mean he is a threat" Dumbledore replied, smiling his knowing smile at Riley.

"True, well I will have to get him back for stunning me, that hurt" Riley told him, laughing.

"Well I think that's all thank you Riley" Dumbledore said as he stood up.

"No worries. Hope it helped" Riley replied as she stood up also and then left Dumbledore's office. As Riley entered the great hall, Remus came up to her.

"I went and got you a new wand" he told her as he handed her a box.

"Thanks" Riley said, opening it up and watching the wand quiver. "Ah why is it doing that?" she asked.

"I don't know" Remus replied. She carefully picked the wand up out of the box and held it firmly, not daring to cast any spells. "Might as well give it a go" he said.

"Accio" Riley called and the whole Gryffindor table moved towards her. "Whoa" she said.

"That certainly was interesting" Remus replied as he used his own wand to move the table back to its usual spot.

"I miss my other wand, there is something odd about this one" Riley said as she twirled it in her hand.

"Well maybe next time you won't go wandering around at night" Remus told her

"Oh don't start" Riley replied as she walked over to Ron and Harry.

"Just be careful, seems the wand just adds to your abilities" Remus told her as he walked over to the staff table to speak with Dumbledore.

"That was different" Dumbledore said to Remus.

"That wand seems to pick up on Riley quite well" Remus replied.

"Well we can safely say it won't be dull around here" Dumbledore said and they all sat down for lunch.