Chapter 11

Searching for a traitor

Previously..

They had finally completed a year of intensive training, it was now time for the Phoenix king to make an appearance in the magical world and the first wrong he was going to right and that was to get Sirius free and find the RAT!

Harry called everyone into in main chambers of the realm, by using a special call that would alert all phoenix's that was in existence to appear in the realm, he had done a lot of meditating during the training to try and learn from his memories that he somehow gained no one knew how he had gained these memories and that's how he learnt the call to call phoenix's to him. So once all the phoenix's was in the main chamber it sealed shut and unless you was a phoenix you would not get in.

Harry looked at the phoenix's before him , he saw his mum and dad and Ginny and Hermione and also saw Fawkes, he had his team and now it was time to plan a strike force to find and capture the rat.

"Thank you for coming so quickly, we have a problem that needs to be solved my godfather is currently on the run from Azkaban, he was rescued by myself and Fawkes and also helped by the two phoenix's that have just joined us after answering my call"

Harry then called Ginny and Hermione over to him and took them over to meet his Parents, he told them that he was sorry that he waited this long, its just he had to wait until they achieved the transformation, so they would believe him it was possible as seeing is believing. James and Lilly introduced themselves to Hermione and Ginny and before they could get carried away chatting, harry called attention back to him and started to get ideas on how the could capture the Rat also known as Wormtail and how to force a trial for Sirius to get him cleared of all charges.

James and Lilly was helping as much as they could but they spent the best part of 2 years searching for him and had no luck, Harry was unsure of what to do but knew they needed someone to help them plan, Lilly said to get hold of Remus Lupin and he might be albe to shed some light on where peter might be, plus with his furry little problem as James and Sirius had called it he might have better luck as his senses are a lot higher than most and Remus spent so much time around Wormtail that he would be able to sense him from around a 10 mile radius.

So they decided to try and find Remus Lupin, so all the phoenix's in the room headed out towards to the area of the realm where could flash out into the Human Realm. Once they was all in the human realm they formed a v shape with Harry at the front leading the way, he had Ginny on his right just behind him and had Hermoine was to his right just behind him, Lilly was just to right and a little further back than Hermione and James was to Ginny's left and little further to the right. Fawkes was in line with James and Lilly on the back row. They flew in this formation sweeping over the British isles, trying to find Mooney as he was known. If anyone had looked up they would have seen SIX phoenix's flying across the skyline and everyone knew that there was only one Phoenix left in the world, would have been stunned, even more so seeing the king leading the way at the front of the pack. It was the first appearance of hope, all the magical creatures sensed their King was back and they knew it would not be long until the magical world was free of racism and bigotry.

They was doing this for about a month and they was flying over London, where the British library was, and James felt that Mooney was nearby, not many magical people knew there was a vast range of books in this library that also had a magical section and to access this library or even know of it you had to be invited. Harry was the only one to see it, as being King he could see through all magical enchantments. He pointed it out to everyone and they could sense something was there but they could not see it, so Harry searched through his memories and found the way to grant them access.

"I Harry James Potter do hearby give access to the British Magical Library to the following people, James Potter, Lilly Potter, Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley and Fawkes"

As soon as he had completed the vow everyone could see the magical portion and James had found him, he was sitting in the library behind the counter. James could not believe that Remus had found a job as a librarian in the British magical Library of all places. Harry found out from James what he was looking for and with a burst of flame he landed on the desk right in front of Remus. Harry would have to project his thoughts, he hated having to do this, because it took a lot of energy, but he needed to gain the trust of the man in front of him. Remus was shocked that the Phoenix king had landed in front of him, he knew it was young as well because he was not totally golden yet. Remus was extremely interested in magical history and knew all about the rightful King of the magical world. He now felt hope and then all of a sudden he heard the king speak in his mind

"Remus Lupin I know who you are but please do not be affaid I need to take you somewhere we can not be overheard or disturbed. Please grab my tail and I will flash us away and all will be explained"

Remus did not know what to do but, he knew the King would not hurt him in anyway, the Library was empty so Remus Locked the Library and Grab hold of the Kings tail and with a white to golden flash he was gone. On arrival back in the realm he got Remus to follow him and called the Phoenix's back to the realm. Remus was shocked at what had just appeared behind him. 5 Phoenix's including Fawkes which he was sure was bound to the Headmaster, he did not know what was going on but followed the King into what looked like a sitting room. As Remus entered he saw a man that had betrayed his best friends he went for his wand and shouted stupefy Sirius slumped down in his chair and before anyone could react Remus was pounding Sirius as had as he could with his fists. Fawkes was the first to react everyone else was still stunned at what was happening. Fawkes caught hold of Remus and flashed him out of the room before anymore damage could be done to Sirius.

Harry snapped out of it as soon as Fawkes flashed away and changed back to human self and rushed over to Sirius and called poppy , she appeared and start asking Harry what had happened, Harry explained as she was treating him and he cursed himself for forgetting that's where Sirius spent most of his time, reading and relaxing. He explained to Sirius and apologized for not thinking of how Remus would react upon seeing Sirius.

Harry headed into the dining room and Fawkes said sorry for flashing within the realm but he had to get him out of there before he killed Sirius. Harry understood and walked over to where Remus had been restrained in the chair, Remus looked up and saw the one person he had been searching for. He had lost hope, he never did find out from Dumbledore where he placed Harry on that night his parents was killed.

"Harry is that you, please say its you ive been looking all over the world for you"

Harry approached Remus and gave him the biggest hug he could muster with his small body and whispered in his ear,

"Thank you uncle Remus, I remember you from when I was little"

Remus was shocked and mad a promise to Harry that he would not go after Sirius after Harry had explained where they was in the Phoenix realm and that Sirius was actually rescued by phoenix's from Azkaban. Harry then went and retrieved his diary and gave it to Remus to read so he was fully caught up on everything that was happening. It took Remus the rest of the day and most of the night to read what Harry had written. He was shocked that Sirius was framed and vowed he would help find the rat that made him Friendless for nearly 10 years. It was now March he knew That Harry would start attend Hogwarts in September.

The following day, Remus met back up with Sirius and apologized for over reacting and should have heard the full story. He was so shocked at seeing the supposed betrayer of Harry's parents, he just wanted revenge. Sirius brushed it off and told him he would get revenge with a prank when he least expected it, the two of them started to rebuild their friendship after so many years apart.

Over the next few days everyone got together and Remus was surprised at the amount of phoenixs in attendance, he not seen the king again he wanted to thank him for giving him his friends back, then he realized that from reading the diary of Harry, that he was actually the king but he wanted to see him in phoenix form to confirm it. So he called Harry over and asked him to change into his animagus and it was shocked once again the gold was starting to cover his body now and his was truly golden now. He tried to speak to Harry and realized that all he could was singing when Harry tried to reply. Poppy came over and translated for Remus he was very shocked, if he had not seen it he would not believe it.

Harry then took Remus with him to the training room and there Remus got another shock as Harry called two phoenix's over and introduced them to him as his long time friends JAMES AND| LILLY.

Remus was shocked to the core and could not understand how it could have happened, but Harry changed back and gave a little history lesson on the magical line of Evans which was a direct blood line of the King. He then realized that James and Lilly had prepared for this eventuality and at least they get to see there so grow up into the fine man he bound to become.

So Harry got everyone together and they started a plan to try and find the rat, which by all accounts would have a missing toe. Ginny was sitting next to Harry when something hit like a bullet travelling at the speed of light, she remembered Percy one of her brothers having a Rat as a pet and now knew that the common life span for a garden rat was only 5 years and when Percy had got the rat it seemed quite old. She voiced her suspicions to everyone there and after confirming a few details with Ginny, they knew they had their man. Now they had to find someone to trust within the Ministry of Magic.

Sirius and Mooney was trying to think of someone they could trust in the ministry and they decided that the person that would hear them out and be able to explain everything would be Ameila Bones current head of DLME. Harry then wrote an letter to Head of DLME and Harry wanted to make an entrance when he delivered the letter, to make a statement the KING was back.

Firstly though they had to catch a RAT and bring him to the realm where once the rat was brought into the Realm it would negate all animagus transformations and he would not be able to escape. So the plan was put into place to catch the Rat tomorrow evening, they knew he would be in Hogwarts as Percy was in 4th year so by all accounts, Wormtail should be in the Griffindor 4th year boys dorm.

The following evening the six phoenix's flashed out the realm in the rough area of Hogwarts, James and Lilly could sense peter's presence in the main hall as it w\as dinner time at Hogwarts and Percy had taken his pet rat to dinner to give him something to eat. Converstaions was all brought to a standstill when the main doors pushed open with so much force and there was a sight to see 6 phoenix's in formation all flying towards Percy. Scabbers as Percy called him saw the birds and had a feeling they was coming for him jumped out of Percy's pocket and tried to run, Harry swooped down and caught the rat in his talons and trilled at his success and flashed directly back to the realm where Remus and Sirius was there both pointing wands at the traitor Peter Petigrew. Peter tried to change back to his rat form, but he could not and before he knew it he was bound in ropes and strapped to a chair.

Back in Hogwarts the students was in shock that they had seen not one, but six phoenix's all in the same place, not many students knew of the significance of the phoenix that caught the escaping rat, but many at the Slytherin table knew what the particular phoenix meant, The rightful magical king was back and things was going to change and that worried them a lot as their time of dominance was coming to an end.

Dumbledore was cursing under his breath, he knew they had just caught the real betrayer of Harry's parents and with Remus now missing and Sirius still not been found, Albus knew that Harry and the rest of his family was being protected in the Phoenix realm and no one knew where that was, so it was impossible to storm it and get Harry back under his control. He knew Harry was still alive because his name was still in the Hogwarts book of new students. He got control of the students and they continued with their meal all discussing on the magical sight they all saw happen right in front of their eyes.

Back in the Phoenix Realm peter was struggling and trying to say he done nothing wrong and he was innocent of anything they thought he could be guilty of. Little did he know that everyone there knew exactly what he done and how he had framed an innocent man, so he could live his life out as a pet of a kind loving family and hopefully never get found that he was living a secret life.

Harry was back in Human form now and was composing a Letter to head of DLME

Dear Amelia,

I have received some shocking news that has recently come to my attention and need your help to get a trial for a man that was refused this basic right at the time of his imprisonment in Azkaban. The man I am talking about is Sirius Black.

New evidence has come to light that proves his innocence and I also know that a man that was declared dead by the ministry is still alive and was the secret keeper to James and Lilly Potter.

All I ask you to do is bring a bottle of veritaserum with you and you can question Sirius Black and also question PETER PETIGREW who was the real betrayer of the potters.

I know this sound hard to believe but please go with the phoenix that brought you this letter and everything will be revelead, we trusted you above all else in the ministry please do hear us out.

King of the Phoenix's

Harry satisfied that the letter would peek her professional curiosity and she would be there in a heart beat, so Harry changed back to his Phoenix form and got the 6 of them together again and flashed back into the Human Realm and made there way in formation to the British Ministry of Magic.

Ministry of Magic London

Amelia Bones was sitting in her office when all of a sudden her office doors was blasted open with a gust of wind, she was alert and her wand in her hand looking for any sign of a threat and then saw it 6 phoenix's heading towards hear with a letter being carried by the phoenix king. Amelia was shocked if the phoenix king was taking an active role things would change for the better and she might be able to her job without all the red tape. The king dropped a letter in front of her and after reading it, she was shocked and knew this would shake their world to the core. She called one of trusted companions Kingsley Shacklebolt and told Kingsley to hold on to one of the tail feathers and they was both gone in a flash and brought to somewhere that was only written in the legends.

On arrival at the Phoenix Realm, she was taken into a room and there before her was a man that they thought was dead, there sitting in front of her was Peter Petigrew, she got Kingsley to wake up peter and she shoved veritaserum down his neck and started asking questions and got to record everything.

What is your name?

Peter Petigrew

Was you the potters secret keeper?

Yes I was. Sirius was just a decoy and no one knew of the switch apart from Dumbledore and James and Lilly Potter and Sirius

Are you a death eater?

Yes I am

How did you escape?

I have an animagus and it's the form of a rat, so I used this form to escape from Sirius and punishment

Did you cause the explosion in the street when Sirius Black tried to capture you?

Yes I blew up the gas main to cause an explosion, and did not care if I killed the muggles or not. In fact my master would pleased I managed to kill some muggles during my escape

Why did you cut of your finger?

It was the perfect setup, If all the aurors could find was a missing finger they would class me dead and it was the perfect way to set up Sirius, Dumbledore told me it would be the ultimate revenge on his one time friend.

Was Dumbledore in this all along?

It was Albus idea, when he found out I was a death eater he said he would set up a situation that would get in the good graces of my master and when the potters went into hiding he saw his chance to do the greater good as he called it.

Amelia had heard enough and told Kingsley to place an anti animagus charm on him so he could not escape when they took him to a holding cell to await trial. She always knew that Dumbledore was not as light as he makes out to be, she would bide her time for now and take the man down hard when she got the opportunity. She then followed the lovely phoenix that brought here into another room and there sitting in a chair reading a paper and drinking his coffee was Sirius Black. Kingsley saw him and went to bind him and Amelia stopped him and approached Sirius, she sat down next to him and he looked just as handsome as he was when he was engaged to her.

Sirius was shocked to Amelia Bones there and he panicked, Amelia hushed him and told him they interrogated Peter and they know he was innocent and he would have to under the truth potion, just so the answers can not contested at trial. Sirius agreed and told Amelia that he would appear at the ministry on the day of the trial and he would get one of these lovely phoenix's to take him and make an entrance. Amelia asked the phoenix's if they could keep Pettigrew here until the trial to stop any accidents from happening to him before the trial could be brought forward. They all agreed and Amelia asked to be taken back to the ministry and start getting the paperwork in order and she swore Kingsley to an oath so he could not reveal any details of what he saw until the trial. Amelia had to work quietly as she did not want this getting washed under the carpet again. She thought finally I can get justice and with the Phoenix King backing in the future, she knew a lot of people would be going to trial in the near future. This was the start and she was happy that finally people are going to start getting the punishments the truly deserve.

Harry and the rest was extremely happy that things was finally starting to progress about getting a trial for his innocent godfather and also finally the traitor will get justice that he should have got over 10 years ago. Fawkes brought back a letter saying the trial date had been set 1st August and he was to be in courtroom 10 at 9am and letter went on to say make sure the dog has a bath before his trial as well.

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So Remus has been found and Sirius has a trial and finally Peter has been caught. Peter would have only been at the burrow for a couple of weeks that's why harry was not angry that he did not catch him as he had to leave early because of Dumbledore trying to put a spell on Ginny.

Trial of the century follows, and then its off to Hogwarts

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