It was another hogsmead weekend and Harry went with Ron, just in case Hermione tries to get him and Ginny in trouble. Ginny decided to visit Hagrid and attempt to cheer him up. It wasn't fair that buckbeak is being prosecuted due to Malfoys big mouth.

Ginny was halfway there when she saw snuffles near the whomping willow. She should go and get a teacher but Ginny was too angry. And when she was angry, common sense flew out the window.

So she ran after him, followed him in some secret passage way that was under the whomping willow (she wasn't really surprised because it was Hogwarts, the king of secret passages).

She followed him into an old building and jumped onto his back before he could transform and held her wand at his throat.

"I know who you are" she hissed

He wiggled underneath her and transformed. He then pushed her off and edged towards the wall.

"Ginny please…. Let me talk" he croaked

Ginny didn't let her guard down "what so you could mutter an incarnation and blow me up" she snapped.

"No …. It's about your brother…." He gasped

"What do you want with Ron" she asked

"His rat…. His rat is an animagus"

Ginny almost dropped her wand "the rat's dead" she said

"No he faked it….the map….the Maurders map…. It'll show you…. If his still on the grounds"

"What's the animagus name?" Ginny asked

"Peter Pettigrew"

"LIAR! YOU KILLED HIM!" Ginny shrieked

"No… he faked his death …. Cut of his finger… and transformed"

Ginny froze "scabbers got a missing toe" she whispered

Sirius nodded "crookshanks tried to get him for me"

"It all makes sense" Ginny whispered sitting down on the floor "I always wondered why just a finger when it should really be a toe. Why would you betray someone so close?"

"I wasn't the secret keeper" Sirius whispered

"I know, if you didn't kill Pettigrew, you couldn't betray Harry's dad"

"I feel like I did. Peter was the secret keeper. I suggested it."

Ginny closed her eyes "why did you become an animagus?" she asked

Sirius grinned "you told me fascinating stories, now it's my turn. When I was eleven, I made three best friends James Potter, Peter Pettigrew and Remus Lupin. We were the best of friends and played pranks on lots of people. We decided to call ourselves the Maurders. During second year we found out that Remus was a werewolf and after convincing him we didn't care about that little fact, we looked into way to make him feel comfortable. James found in a book that werewolves won't bite animagus's in their animal forms, so after three years of hard work, we became animagus."

"Wow, I mean WOW! I didn't know professor Lupin was a werewolf. It explains so much. So you're a dog and Pettigrew is a rat but what was Harry's dads form?"

Sirius's smile grew wider "a stag"

"Harry's patronus is a stag" Ginny said

Sirius nodded "I know I saw it in the match. Good seeker he is"

"Why did you come to me that weekend last October?"

"I-I thought you were Lily and well obviously you weren't but-

"You missed them. Your friends I mean"

Sirius nodded.

There was a sound outside, a voice that sounded just like Ron's.

Ginny ran to a boarded window and looked out to see Ron talking to someone invisible.

"Even the Hogwarts ghosts avoid it. I asked nearly headless nick…. He says he's heard a very rough crowd live here. No one can get in. Fred and George tried, obviously, but all the entrances are sealed shut"

Sirius snorted. They watched Malfoy and his goons have mud thrown at them by Harry.

"Just like James" Sirius laughed "something we do to snivellus"

Ginny giggled

They saw Ron say goodbye to the invisible Harry.

"You should go to Ginny" Sirius whispered "promise; you'll look after Harry and Remus for me"

"I promise, just one more question"

"Go ahead"

"Who were who on the Maurders map?"

"I was Padfoot, James was prongs and Remus was moony"

Ginny nodded "look after yourself snuffles"

"Take care red"

"Don't call me that"

She left hearing Sirius laugh "just like his mother, the poor lad will have a hard time"