Hey thank you for the reviews again. Alright so…..I am not going to begin the Prisoner of Azkaban in this chapter until somewhere in the middle. The plan is narrate a little bit of what happens for the remaining months of second year and then zoom onto the summer holidays…..again. Don't want to have this story over 500 chapters like just between 150-200. So……here we go. Enjoy:)

Harry and his friends received no serious damage for the duration of time that they spent down in the chamber; just a few cuts but Madam Pomfrey treated them to avoid them becoming septic. Since there was a little over two months of school left defence against the dark arts was cancelled. Snape refused to take over a class that was run by somebody who he saw fit to teach in the first place. Plus he had enough to deal with his potions students. Remus couldn't hand in his notice that quickly and apart from that Flourish and Blotts hadn't found anyone to replace him yet. During their free period Harry and company found themselves either up in the common room catching up with homework or sitting outside near the lake "studying" for their finals. He confronted Ginny about her confession to Riddle. After a few minutes silence Ginny admitted that she did have feelings for Harry but that it was just a crush and she would be over it soon. Since Harry didn't feel the same he was glad that they could go back to being friends. The quiddtich match to Hufflepuff was a walk over with Harry retrieving the snitch after forty minutes of action. All this earned was victory for Gryffindor and many female fans for Harry which he idolised. Traces of James were appearing within Harry regarding the way he reacted to his fan club, which made his father and Sirius ecstatic after Rob related this to him. Ginny who took notice of all this realised what a mistake she had made in thinking she ever stood a chance with Harry. Hermione thought it would be best if she put him behind her and move on. There is someone out there for her and if its meant to be Harry, it will be when the time is right.

June came and went with Hermione and the boys spending more and more time outside as a result of exams being cancelled due to the amount of students still awaiting mandrake potion. Whilst the guys were elated with this, Hermione was severely disappointed since she was studying to no end. The last week in June was one of great celebration. Classes became more and more infrequent as a special treat for this years mishap. Fred and George used this opportunity to cause mayhem of course while the majority benefited from the fine weather by relaxing under the trees or flying around and playing mock quiddtich. Finally the day for leaving arrived and everyone was delighted to go home. The train was polluted by the noise of laughter and happy chatter. The English countryside looked so beautiful to so many who had taken it for granted. Especially those who were knocked out for two months and longer. As with everything all good things must come to an end and so the enjoyable, amiable train ride home soon did. After everyone found their families and promised to write to their friends……Kings cross once again was empty, awaiting another school year to fill its lonely platforms.

During the middle of July Arthur Weasley received a certain amount of money which he and Molly agreed to spend on a well deserved family holiday. They along with their five kids decided to go to Egypt for a month. It was during this period that strange things began to happen. The first peculiar incident occurred one day at the end of July when James came home from work. Harry and Arielle were outside playing around with Harry s broomstick whilst Sirius and Remus were outside sitting at the picnic table. Remus who had handed in his notice last week was doing some research on ideal topics to cover for his dada class whilst Sirius was reading the daily prophet. Lily and Sharina had gone out shopping for the day.

"Hey guys." James said in a despondent tone after apparating home from work.

"Hey James." They replied looking up from their prospective distractions. James stood there with a troublesome expression on his face so Remus asked…..

"James are you alright mate? You don't look so good."

"No I am fine Remus its just that….." He sat down opposite him as he said…."Fudge was acting……well odd today."

"What do you mean odd?" Sirius asked still reading the paper intently.

"Well…..he asked me how long I was friends with Pettigrew for. So I told him since first year but that we obviously disowned him once we discovered he let our secret slip….."

Sirius sniggered before saying….."Poor old Cornelius is loosing it…."

"Ya that's what I thought Sirius but….."

"But nothing James. The rat is dead! We were at his trial remember?"

"But we didn't actually see him receive the kiss did we?" James stated flatly.

"No but….."

Sirius folded the paper, set it down on the table as he said…..

"Oh would you two get a grip already? Pettigrew is dead! We would have heard if he wasn't. Think about it." He smiled at them, shook his head and walked towards the house. James turned around saying

"We would not have heard about it if nobody knew about his animagus Sirius." He stopped walking and hurried back to the table leaning closer to them saying……

"The rat is alive?"

"I don't know Sirius but this brings me to my next question….why did Fudge ask if it was true that the three of us were unregistered animagus?"

"Well I……"

"I shall tell ye why. The only way he could have found that out was if he was talking to Dumbledore which means that Albus must know something! So yes in answer to your question Sirius I do have reason to believe that Peter is alive."

"So……what are we going to do? We have no real proof that….."

"I have no idea Remus but my bet is that if he is alive…..he is after Harry."

"What? Why would he want Harry? He is nothing to him James!"

"Yes but he is everything to Voldemort….."

"So you reckon that he is still in league with Voldie?"

"Yes Sirius I do. Or else he is anxious to return to him and with Harry dead……he would be greatly rewarded!"

"But….."

"What we have to do is talk to someone who is in charge of the magical law enforcement. Anybody from down in that department would surely know whether or not he is alive. That is what I am going to do tomorrow morning…..first thing."

"Hey boys what did we miss?" Lily asked with bags hanging from her and Shari.

The next morning as planned James headed down to see Kingsley Shackbolt. James knocked on his door and entered as requested to.

"Hey ya James. What brings you here mate?" He asked slapping the palm of James hand.

"Well……I was talking to Fudge yesterday and he was asking me questions about Peter Pettigrew…."

"Wormtail? What has it got to do with…..."

"Kingsley we have known each other for a long time…..since Hogwarts and I beg you not to play me here…."

"James man I would never play you! You were like the big kid on campus at Hogwarts. Still are as far as I am concerned….."

"Kingsley just tell me if the ministry is looking for Pettigrew."

Kingsley studied James face for a few minutes. He had his hand leaning on his desk as he sat at his desk with James sitting a few inches away from him starring with great intensity for an answer.

"Its confidential information man…."

"Just tell me Kingsley….."

"Alright but this is not to go any further." James nodded.

"Peter Pettigrew is still alive. The ministry have lost track of him. He has been on the loose for years. He switched places eleven years ago with his cousin. Some ministry officials believe that he could be living with a wizard family biding his time…..waiting…..waiting for an opportunity to grab Harry Potter."