"So you were expecting me were you? You thought that I just might come to save my little sister? WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM WORMTAIL?" Harry shouted at Peter who was standing near a shabby old bed with Arielle tied up in the corner.
"I knew exactly what you were Harry. You are so much like your father, like James. We were the best of friends you know? He too was so courageous and loyal….."
"Not like you though eh Peter? You ran while you got the chance! You legged to a higher power didn't ya? YOU MAKE ME SICK!" Harry roared as he ran towards him to tackle him to the ground but Sirius, James and Remus entered at that moment. James wrapped his arms around him to restrain him.
"Harry no come on now……he is not worth it mate…."
"Well well look who it is…..the marauders back in action. It certainly brings back some memories huh boys?"
"Oh leave it out Pete! We all know what you are about….."
"The same applies to you Sirius. Look at you standing there looking all cool and tough as though you haven't got a care in the world. James….ever the hero eh? And good old reliable Remus….always the person who spoke sense in this deranged group!"
"Ill give you deranged group….."Sirius said as he charged towards him but Peter blew across the room where he hit his head. Harry who was still in his fathers arms wrestled out of them to go over to his godfather. Harry bent down beside him and shook him gently.
"Sirius come on get up…..Sirius….."Harry shouted urgently.
James and Remus looked over at him tensely as Harry berated him….
"WHY THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT WORMTAIL? I MEAN IT WASN'T BAD ENOUGH YOU CAPTURED MY SISTER BUT YOU HAD TO INJURE MY GODFATHER TOO? YOU REALLY ARE A FOUL LOATHSOME EVIL BASTARD!"
Wormtail approached him as he said….
"All I want is your co-operation Harry then we will all be happy. Now you just be a good little boy and do as you are told…."
"And if I don't? What? You are going to kill me? Like to see ya try…."
"Would you know?"
"Hey Peter look alright…..lets just calm down and do this rationally okay?"
"What is the point Remus? Ye never respected me at school. To ye I was a joke. Someone to laugh at and make ye good! So don't you dare patronize me Lupin coz it wont work! For years I was at your beckoning call and now…..well now the tables have reversed. If you don't respect me James…..I can just as easily kill your son. You know I would without a seconds thought…."
"Why Peter? He is just a kid…"
"You see that is where you ar wrong James. Harry is not just a kid…..Harry is THE kid, the only kid who can restore Lord Voldemort to full power and he would be forever grateful to me for that…"
"So is that what it is all about Pete? World domination….."
"I thought you were unconscious!" He shouted as Sirius stood up.
"Oh I was but once again you fail to prove why you became a wizard at all. You suck to the hills man! There aint no amount of time will change that mate! Wow watch where you point that thing Pete….somebody could get hurt…."
"That is the objective…..Black!"
"Oh so are we on last names now? Just so we are clear boys….we are referring to each other by our surnames….apparently…."
"Why postpone the inevitable Sirius?" He seethed. Sirius shrugged and with a dopey smile said….
"Coz its fun…..now Harry!" They all looked at him perplexed as Harry shouted….
"Accio wand…" Harry commanded as Peter's wand flew into his hand. Sirius clapped his hands gently as he said…..
"And that is how you become a wizard Pete. By learning to perform spells correctly. Your expelliarmus charm worked a treat by the way. It knocked me out for a whole of….one minute. Fair play to you my son! That must have taken a great deal of practice….."
Whilst Sirius was berating Peter, Hermione and Ron were untying Arielle as Remus and James blocked them from view.
"Now you listen here Black……" Peter started stretching up on his toes but Sirius was a good five inches taller than him so stretched to his full height as Peter lowered on his haunches and stared up at him in fright. Sirius then grabbed him by either side of his jacket collar as he banged him up against the wall and said…..
"Now listen to me Peter….you played a good game tonight mate but your ride is over! Its over Peter! You are never again going to see the light of day son because do you know why? They are some people outside this hell hole waiting for you and the best is yet to come! Unlike last time when we were naïve in thinking that you really were apologetic in your claims and refused to watch you suffer….this time is different son! We are going to do just that and more! So come quietly Pete…..it will all be over soon. Any final requests Wormtail?" He continued blubbering and shaking at the thought of the dementors kiss as he shook his head. "Right then…..troops are we all set to go? Where's Arielle?"
"Ron and Hermione took her out a while ago mate." James said relieved that it was all over.
Sirius smirked as he said…."good….good. All right Prongslet…..you lead the way mate."
"Are you sure Sirius?" Harry asked eying Pettigrew.
"Ya go on kid! Don't worry bout this plonker coz he isn't gona try anything funny are ya Peter?"
"No Sirius…."
"No you see Harry its all right…..go on…" Harry led the way as Remus followed behind him, Sirius at James request went next and James before taking up the rear…..looked around the room one last time. He smiled sadly as he said….."The good times are what we live for…..but they cant always last forever." He smiled again and closed the door behind him.
"…..all right minister here you go. You can have him coz we certainly don't want anymore to do with him!" Sirius said as he pushed Peter towards two aurors. Fudge smiled a little as he said…
"Well thank you Sirius. You certainly aided our recovery of the man who has been the bane of my life these last few years……"
"Oh sir please…..don't thank me coz I didn't do anything…"
"Oh I don't believe that Black is actually allowing someone else to take the heroic fall for a change!"
"Now if you want your face re-arranged Snivelus……keep talking mate!" Sirius warned which just made the others laugh a little.
"Right men come along then….lets get this mongrel back to Azkaban…..again."
"Excuse me Minister but…..would it be possible that we could witness his execution?"
"Well Harry we don't normally allow children to see these things…."
"Well couldn't you make an exception?" The marauders eyed each other quizzically as Albus and Snape stared at him aggrieved. Fudge smiled as he said…..
"Ill tell you what Harry……I will notify your father when it shall take place and he in turn shall contact you…."
"What you mean that it won't happen immediately?"
"Don't worry James…..we wont let him out of our sight for a moment I promise you that! Come on then let's go."
"Don't worry Prongslet…..he won't be bothering us ever again….."
"Ya……I know Sirius……"
"I want to see you all up in my office but I will give you a moment here." Albus said gently.
"Thanks Albus…."They replied. James approached his son as he said…..
"Harry what Peter did to us twelve years ago was terrible Ill admit okay? But we have come so far since then that it hardly seems important anymore. What matters is that we are all safe and that finally….Wormtail will get what he deserves. That should make you happy."
"It does dad…..but it was all just so scary….I have never seen anyone that psyched up on revenge…."
"Aww hey Harry its okay….its all over now….its all over and Peter wont ever hurt you again." James said soothingly as he brought Harry close to him.
"You know twelve years ago I would never have thought that I could be standing here with my son admiring the view of Hogwarts castle. But here we are. Now I don't know what other type of figure will threaten our lives Harry and I am certainly not going to promise you Voldemort will never return but I will promise you this……nobody will ever take this away….what we have as a family. Our memories are ours and ours forever Harry. So let's not worry about any of that stuff coz it may never happen. But id it does well…..we will do what we always do. We will deal with it as a family."
Harry nodded as James hugged him.
"Ah come on guys lets have a group hug!" Sirius and Remus smirked before throwing their arms around their best friend and his son.
"MARAUDERS FOREVER!" They all shouted in unison.