Grimwald Place – October 31, 1981

"Hey Moony! Come look at this!" I call to the kitchen where Remus is busying himself with his potion for tonight,

"What is it Padfoot?" He says as he looks over my shoulder to look at the memory book I had in front of me.

"Do you remember making this vow with each other?" I ask him pointing to a note. He reads it out loud:

"I sullenly swear in front of a witness and my fellow Marauders. That I will protect them and everything that we stand for, no matter the cost.

X James Potter Prongs

X Sirius Black Padfoot

X Remus Lupin Moony

X Peter Pettigrew Wormtail

Witness: X Lily Evans Flower

'Mischief Managed'"

"I still say that we should have made it an unbreakable vow." I say turning in my chair to face Remus. He just shakes his head.

"I agree with you Padfoot, but you know Lily didn't like the idea and Prongs being so in love as he was of course sided with her. Peter of course sided with James, so no surprise there. We were outnumbered three to two."

"Wormtail is the reason I wanted to do it in the first place. I don't trust that rat sometimes." I sigh, and then laugh at my thought "Maybe we could get Minerva to play cat and mouse with him." My snickering stops instantly as Minerva's patronus shows up. "I was just joking about that." I pout. Remus shuts me up.

"Ministry has been attacked. Numbers are falling. Form there with the Order." We glace at each other and without another word apparate to the Ministry.

"Remus, look out!" I yell. We were attacked as soon as we shown up. Remus turns around to deflect a spell thrown at us by the Death Eater and a wanted werewolf, Finrir Greyback. Another Death Eater tries to take advantage of Remus being distracted and casts a spell at him. I saw it, steps in front of Moony and deflects the spell. Then I get into a duel with him, it was Antinin Dolohov. Out of the corner of my eye I see Dora show up and start dueling Alecto and Amcus Carrow, two to one. Then I see Albus and Minerva appear. Albus goes over to help Aberforth and Minerva is on her way over to us when she is attacked by Yaxley. Overhead we can see the full moon coming out from behind a cloud. Everyone creases their duels for a moment so they could scatter away from Remus and Greyback as the change forms.

"Let's hope Remus managed to take his potion tonight!" I yell. I see Minerva nod, telling me she hopes so also, the turns back to Yaxley. I turn back to Dolohov and continue to duel him. After some time I find myself back to back with Minerva. I hear her cast stupefy and a body hitting the ground a ways back. Then she is next to me and together we fend off Dolohov away. I see Dora run past us toward Bellatrix Lestrange, who has both Longbottoms on the ground, and get into a duel with her. Looking around the Ministry I see everyone. Everyone except two people. Voldemort and Peter. Glancing at Minerva, she pushes me out of the way.

"Avada Kedavra!" She says. I turn around and stare at the dead Death Eater on the floor. A thousand thought are going through my head. She casted an unforgivable, for me? She saved me.

"Go! Go save James! We have it here." I hear her say. I look at her, nod, and apparate to Godric's Hollow.

It is dark. A few street lights were flickering. Children are playing in the park a couple blocks away. Transforming into my animagus form I wonder up to and crouch in a bush to get a closer look at the house. The door is open. I glance up to the window where my Godson's room is. I catch a glimse of Lily, she was crying. Seeing movement to me left I look away from the window. Wormtail was watching the house from behind a tree. Growling I come out of my hiding spot and slowly stalks towards him. I growl louder so he pays attention to me. He looks at me and turns pale. He starts running when I bark at him. Chasing after him I transform back and take out my wand.

"Peter!" I yell, casting random spells. He trips and starts to plead for forgiveness.

"The dark lord… He would have killed me! Sirius, what would you have done?"

"I would have died! I would have died rather than betray my friends!" Stalking up to him. I see a green flash and hear Lily scream, I look at the house for a moment. I turn back to Peter, seeing him scattering off I continue to run after him.

Peter yells "Sirius Black betrayed the Potter's to the Dark Lord!" and casts a blasting charm; killing twelve muggles and creating a crater large enough to expose the sewer pipes. While the smoke cleared I see him cut off his finger and transfigure into his animagus form with a wave.