As they headed off for the cottage they were all worried, though they had no technical reason to be so. There was no reason for them to believe that Harry or Remus were in any kind of danger but Lucius was not the only one who had the feeling that they were. Sirius and Severus were doing no better then him and Draco was growing anxious wondering what might have happened to Harry as he considered him a brother. They had tried to convince Draco to stay behind but he refused to be left at home as they went to see how Harry and Remus were. They knew they were in trouble if something had happened as there were not too many people they could turn to for help, the only ones who knew Harry was alive were here in the manor with them and with Harry. Sirius knew his cousin would help and he thought about the twins who had a falling out with their family since Harry had been considered dead and had refused to return home after the final battle. They had actually been staying at Grimmauld place thanks to Sirius and from what Sirius knew they were opening a joke shop or in the process of it. They would have helped if needed, still outraged with their siblings and parents for not even pretending to mourn Harry.
But for now they needed to get to the cottage and hope that they were not right about this. Very few people even Albus had known where Remus had a cottage even before it had charms on it. And everyone knew that he had sold the cottage when Harry was a baby, but no one knew that Sirius' attorneys had bought it from him. There was no reason anyone should have thought that Harry would be there even if they some how knew that Harry was alive. They kept trying to reason with themselves why they were being paranoid but nothing seemed to be calming down their fears.
As they approached the cottage there was something horribly wrong about it and they all knew they had been right. The cottage to the untrained eye looked normal but they could tell it was far too still inside among other things.
Sirius stopped and transformed into Padfoot for a moment and back. "Peter, the rat is still alive, I smell him all over the place as well as others I don't recognize."
Severus knew though not a keen as Remus, because of his dog form Sirius had quite the nose. "I thought he was killed with the rest o the Death Eaters. How?
They were not going to wait to see and rushed towards the house, Sirius realizing that Peter must have been spying. He had tried to be careful not to mention Harry in any way out of the house. The wars on his house had been changed so other then him only the twins and Tonks could enter, all three of whom he not only trusted with his own life but Harry's as well though they did not know he was alive. He was the only one who could change the wards though and admit anyone else to the house. The twins had not minded for they had met friends else where and they had spent most of their time spotting locations for their shop. He knew Kreacher would not have revealed anything and he was worried.
They came into the cottage and they were shocked when they found all of the furniture in the small sitting room over turned and they were starting to panic when they found Remus lying on the floor in a puddle of blood and no sign of Harry in any part of the cottage.
Sirius watched Severus as he bent down to check the pulse on Remus. "Is he alive? Oh Merlin please tell me he is alive."