Harry Potter and the Wars of Heaven by Princess Silverstar

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Chapter 9: Rat-sacked

Hermione cautiously asked, "How's Buckbeak's trail?"

"We are hearing the court's decision tomorrow afternoon," Hagrid said with shaky voice. "And Ron," Hagrid said a moment later, "you have to be careful in taking care of your pet," the half giant pulled out from a clay jar, a rat missing a toe.

"Scabbers!" Ron exclaimed happily, reaching out to the rat, "Hey!" he cried out at a peculiar movement the rat made. He looked around and saw Andrew had brandished his wand and had the rat petrified and cased into a confined box.

"So, there you are," he said, levitating the box to him with a maniacal grin.

"I think he'll be needing therapy after this," Serenity whispered to her sister who mimicked her grinning face.

"Well, let's gather everyone," Kimberly said as she pointed her wand out the window and light burst from the tip of her wand and took form of a phoenix flying away singing in its eerie note. "Let's get go to Professor Dumbledore. He'd want to be a part of this."

Ron had wanted to protest but Kimberly beat him to it, "I know Ron, but we need to make sure, or else your whole family will be in danger."

At this Ron was silent, but demanded assurance, "But don't hurt Scabbers,"

"We assure you, nothing will happen to Scabbers if he is not Pettigrew. We're only going to check to see if he is an animagus or only a rat." Serenity said.

"Wait a minute," Hagrid said, "Pettigrew is dead,"

"I'm afraid not, Professor," Andrew said, "We have reasons to believe he is very much alive, and we're about to find out,"

"I'm sorry, professor, we need to go now," Hermione said. It was obvious that she was angry at the moment. They quickly left and rushed towards the castle.

Kimberly's shining phoenix had returned to her and was resting on her shoulder, "Did you get to mom and dad alright?" Her phoenix cooed, "and to grandfather?" it cooed again. Kimberly smiled, "Thank you," It glowed brighter spreading its wings and faded into Kimberly.

"You know the Patronus Charm," Harry stated.

"Yes, Dad taught it to me during summer," Kimberly answered as she ran by his side. She then grinned, "He's probably having a hard time with mom staring at him now," Harry gave her a confused stared, "It's actually dangerous to attempt a spell or a charm before your time, you can damage your core badly if you are not careful. I fainted a few of times during the training." She blushed when she noted the look of admiration on his face, "You cast one in one of your Quidditch matches, who taught you?"

"Professor Lupin had been teaching me because of the train incident," Harry said.

They skid to a stop when a black shadow jumped in front of them, growling at them, no, at the confided cage Andrew was holding. It was a big black dog.

"T-T-The Grim!" Ron said terrified.

"Mr. Black?" Kimberly said cautiously, surprising the dog and the Golden Trio, "I know you are angry, but we're on your side. We want to help you clear your name; you want that for Harry too, don't you?" At that the dog looked at Harry and gave a low whine and bobbed its head once to nod. "You can come with us, but only if you promise to keep calm," Kimberly said. Again, it bobbed its head. Again, they started running into the castle and along the corridor, the portraits shouting the school rules at them.

Once at the gargoyle, Kimberly said the password and it gave way. They quickly rushed on the stairway and waited till it circulated to the headmaster's office, "Grandfather," Kimberly greeted. The others stopped short when they saw Professor McGonagall in the office, but Kimberly was not affected at all, "Professor McGonagall," she greeted. "We found him," She said to Albus.

"Found who?" McGonagall asked confused.

Just then, the Floo burst to admit the Kensingtons. McGonagall clasped her hand over her heart to see the couple again. Greetings were exchanged hastily, "I'm sorry, Minerva. We came here for a mission." Calista said with a smile.

"I hear that our kids have found someone who is wanted-," Ronan said as he looked towards the group of teens and his eyes fell on a familiar dog, "Sirius," he said overwhelmed by emotions. The dog gave a bark in greeting, but it didn't sound that happy.

"We give you Rattigrew," Andrew cheerfully said as he laid the cage on Albus' desk, opened it and threw the frozen rat on the paperwork.

Meanwhile, Kimberly mused, "You promised," to the dog whose paws were stuck to the floor, whining in frustration and confusion.

"You might as well give up struggling, Sirius," Harry said, "Pettigrew's not going anywhere unless Andrew un-petrified him."

"Let's place him on the chair," Kimberly said as she took out her wand.

Andrew placed the rat on the indicated chair and revert him to his human form. Kimberly tied him to the chair securely and un-petrified him. Pettigrew struggled against the binds.

"Don't let me make this more painful for you, Mr. Pettigrew," Kimberly said sweetly, but the threat was very apparent in her voice.

Pettigrew whimpered when he caught sight of Ronan's sad and disappointed face, "Ronan, Sirius," he gasped when Sirius returned to his human form. Dumbledore offered him a robe to cover him. "My friends," he said with an unpractised smile, Sirius looked at him murderously and would have pounced on him and shred him into pieces if not for Harry who suddenly stepped forward. They were interrupted by a knock.

"It's Remus Lupin, Albus," Phineas said.

"Come in," Albus said and the door opened revealing the DADA professor who walked in hastily and stopped short at the sight of his old friends.

"Remus," Sirius breathed out, "I've found him at last,"

The two men embraced with tears in their faces. When they departed, the professor looked towards the captive and his eyes became murderous. It scared Hermione and Ron to see such expressions on these adults, but it frightened them the most to see Harry with it.

Kimberly went to Harry and placed a hand on his shoulder saying, "As promised, your decision," She had also let down her control over the dog animagi giving him his freedom.

Sirius and Remus moved to shield Harry from Pettigrew, both with wands gripped in their hands. They circled the rat threateningly, ready to strike at any moment. Pettigrew was begging for his life with everyone, but no one cared to step in. They turned their faces away either in disgust or in great disappointment. He then pleaded with Harry, knowing that his life is in the boy's hand.

"Harry, please. Your parents wouldn't have wanted this." He said to the boy.

"How dare you speak to Harry like this?" Remus exclaimed, both him and Sirius were about to hex him to hell and back again.

"Stop!" Harry bellowed, causing Pettigrew to look at him hopefully.

But Harry's gaze on him was anything but friendly. Pettigrew immediately cowered under the boy's powerful gaze, so powerful that even his father did not possess. No wonder, he was the Chosen One.

"Harry, don't listen to him," Remus said.

"I'm not," Harry said coldly, "But he's right. Mom and Dad wouldn't want their two friends to be murderers. We'll hand him in to the Dementors." Harry reached out his hand to take Kimberly's hand for support. It didn't matter whose hand, and she was right beside him then. She gave a squeeze of encouragement.

"James and Lily will be proud of you, Harry," Ronan said and went to the Floo to get Kingsley Shacklebolt for the arrest. Within minutes, Pettigrew was arrested. As much as the Marauders despised it, a fair trail was scheduled for Pettigrew.