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It was 2:00 in the afternoon when Harry walked into to Remus classroom and found it deserted. Remus was standing looking out the window with his hands in his pocket. Harry knocked gently making him turn round and smile a little as he said…..
"Harry…..you came. How are you?"
"I'm….I'm okay Remus. What about you? I thought you had a class……"
He shook his head as he walked over and sat at the edge of a desk and said……
"No. I cancelled them all Harry. I didn't feel that I would be up to teaching today given the circumstances. It wouldn't be right to have the newts and the owl classes to suffer……"
"So you ducked them instead…." Remus laughed a little as he asked….
"Have you seen Sirius or your father on your way?"
"No why?" Harry asked walking over to the desk opposite Remus as he sat up on with his feet resting on the chair.
"Oh no it was just that….they said they were going to see Minerva and that they wouldn't be long…."
"Ya well…..you know what dad and Sirius are like!" Remus smirked as he got up and went towards the window again staring out aimlessly. Harry bowed his head sadly as he asked…..
"I imagine that it's tough……saying goodbye to someone you cared about….." Remus continued to stare out the window as he said…..
"It's not even that Harry. It's the fact that…..he betrayed us so bitterly. He betrayed us in the worst possible way and…..I know that he will be getting what he deserves but…..he was still our friend." Remus replied as he smiled sadly at Harry. He then sat at the edge of the sill.
"With friends like him who needs enemies!" Harry retorted but apologised quickly.
"Noooo……don't apologise Harry. You are right. Still….the good times keep on rolling though don't they?" Harry hopped off the table as he approached him saying…..
"Ya they definitely do Remus. I mean you have dad and Sirius……the rest of us too but more importantly….you have Tonks. You are getting married in three months. How awesome is that?"
Remus half laughed as he replied……"Ya it is…..awesome as you put it." They both smiled as Sirius and James entered.
"Alright are we ready to go?" Sirius asked excitedly.
"Sirius you are going to a excommunication……not a wedding!" Harry replied sardonically approaching them.
"Oh ha ha very funny….." He said as he pushed him aside. James smiled as he asked…..
"Harry you do realise that you don't have to come. I mean its not too late if you are having second thoughts……Arielle did…."
"Dad I want to come okay? I want to see him suffer for what he has put us all through! So can we please go already?" He replied as he stormed out of the room. All three shared a quizzical glance before following suit.
James, Sirius, Remus and Harry took a seat in the middle of the room next to Dumbledore and a few aurors, including Mad Eye Moody.
"Alright Albus…..Mad Eye?" James said as he sat down.
"Hello James, Sirius, Remus…..Harry….." albus replied with a small smile for each of them.
Mad Eye just nodded at them as he whispered to Albus….
"Isn't the young Potter lad a bit young to be experiencing this Albus? I mean…..he can only be about twelve…."
"Actually he is nearly fourteen Alastor…..it was his decision so don't push it."
At 2:00 promptly a large wrought iron bar cage was lowered into the court room with a terrified Wormtail inside, snacking on his finger nails as he stared out onto the severe stares he was receiving. He gulped as Fudge stood up to begin the trial.
"The trial of the formerly acclaimed Peter Pettigrew shall now proceed. Peter, you are once again being charged with alleged conspiracy, trapping and injuring several young students at Hogwarts as well as the abduction of Arielle Potter. If you are found guilty of these claims you shall be sentenced to receive the dementors kiss and this time you shall not escape." Peter once again gulped as he fidgeted with his fingers. In front of the Minister was a goblet half full of vertissium which Fudge then handed to Peter who drank it after studying it for several seconds. He handed the empty goblet back to fudge who asked…Now…..shall we begin?" The entire congregation acquiesced as he turned to Peter and asked…..
"Please tell the court your name sir." Fudge ordered to a trembling Peter.
"PPPPPeter Petttttigrew sir….."He stuttered looking anxiously out onto the court.
"How old are you Peter?"
"Thirty-one ssssirrrrr…."
"Right…..can you please tell the court Peter how you managed to escape your sentence last time? Coz lets face it…..you should be dead by now!"
"He will be soon enough…."Sirius whispered to himself. Harry who was sitting next to him and Remus smirked a little, feeling a little uneasy at the present prospect. Sirius looked down at him and asked….
"Are you alright Harry?" Remus and James anxiously stared at him.
"Ya….of course…..just the first time I have had to watch an excommunication…."
"Ah don't worry it will all be over soon mate….unless…." Sirius said wrapping his arm around Harry's shoulder as James asked…..
"Do you want to go Harry?"
"Ya coz it's no problem….."Sirius interjected.
"No its fine. I want to stay…..really."
"Just let us know if you change your mind." Remus said smiling at him. Harry returned it as he re-focused his attention on Peter.
"Do you deny that you deliberately intended to injure an old friend of yours recently in Hogsmeade village?" Peter who was studying his fingers looked up with tears in his eyes as he said….
"I never wanted to sir. The dark lord is growing impatient to return to power….."
"The dark lord my ass!" Sirius muttered under his breath. At Peter's last statement everyone began whispering their anxieties. Harry stared at him fervently. Was that possible? Could Voldemort really return now that Peter would no longer be around to serve him? Fudge looked around the room and cleared his throat. He returned his attention to Peter as he asked….
"Where is he based Peter? If you are certain of his anxieties to return then you must know where he is in hiding! Peter Pettigrew I order you to conceive the whereabouts of your master!" Fudge shouted angrily.
The entire court room suddenly became silent. All eyes fixed on Peter. Peter clutched onto the bars as he shoved his face through and said…..
"The dark lord will rise again. Nobody can stop him. He is all powerful. He resides in the place he despises most and the reason for this is…..he knows that he cannot be touched."
"Where is that place Peter?" Fudge asked calmly.
"I don't know the name…..but it is on top of the hill……he will return….."
"Yes yes you have already said that! Peter Pettigrew I hereby sentence you to receive the dementors kiss. Once again you been found guilty of treachery but also out of conspiracy and abduction and to ploy young children to their death…..you shall cease to be apart of this world within twenty-four hours." Fudge gathered his notes together as people began to file out of the court room and a babbling, bumbling Peter Pettigrew was removed once again from society.
"Can they actually do that?" Harry asked as he stood up with the others.
"Do what Harry?" James asked.
"Kill people? I thought that the dementors kiss was all they could administer here…."
"They make special allowances for people like him Harry! Mark my words….he deserves nothing less after all the grief he has caused your family!" Moody retorted gruffly.
Harry stared at him in awe as he hurried out of the room with the others. Once they were outside Albus informed them that Peter was being contained upstairs for a half hour or so until such time as they were ready to move him.
"So what are you telling us for Albus? We have nothing further to say to that treacherous rat! As far as I am concerned he is already dead!" Sirius bellowed angrily.
"Perhaps you, James and Remus have said everything you need to say but has Harry?"
"What? Sir I don't want to have anything to do with him!"
"I understand your reservations Harry but bear in mind that Peter has caused you a lot of trouble in your life. This could be the final opportunity of saying your piece. What do you say? Do you want to talk to him?"
"No….."
"Albus what are you suggesting? That we put young Potter here unguarded and inexperienced into the same room as a death eater? Have you completely lost your senses?"
"Alastor, Harry has had to endure a terrible ordeal in the last few days I realise that. However, Peter is the reason why Harry has that scar. I just feel that if they spoke alone……maybe Harry could comprehend why Peter did what he did. And maybe Peter could understand what he has put Harry through. It is entirely up to you Harry. What do you want to do?"
James, Sirius and Remus guarded the door as Harry went inside. Within five minutes Peter would be brought back to Azkaban for the inevitable. Moody had insisted on accompanying them to make sure he did not escape.
"We are here if you need us son….." James ushered to Harry as he nodded and entered the room. Peter was sitting against the wall at the far end of the room with his hands covering his face. He started at the sound of the door closing. Harry stood there and stared at him maliciously.
"I am not even sure why I am here. Professor Dumbledore suggested that we should talk….to try and comprehend each others dilemmas."
"Well….Dumbledore always was wise in his decisions." Peter said standing up and approaching Harry.
"DONT COME NEAR ME!" Harry shouted as Peter jumped back, biting his finger nails.
"So…..you were the fourth wheel on the marauder ride? I don't get it Peter. Why did you betray my dad? You were meant to be his best friend."
"I don't know Harry……"
"You were his secret keeper…..if you were in league with Voldemort the least you should have done was come clean to them!"
"I know….."
"WELL WHY DIDN'T YOU? YOU LET YOUR THREE BEST FRIENDS BELIEVE THAT YOU WERE ON THEIR SIDE AND ALL THE TIME YOU WERE A DEATH EATER!"
"I don't expect you to understand…."Peter said staring at the ground.
"What is there to understand Peter? You betrayed your friends trust, you sold them out to Voldemort, and you didn't care if they lived or died! How can you just stand there without an ounce of remorse in your body…." At this point Peter looked up and said……
"You probably won't believe me but…..I do feel guilty for what I did to James. It's like I want to be noticed…..not taken for granted…..Lord Voldemort can do that. He can make you feel worthy…."
"Ya once he gets his way…..once you kill someone. My dad and the others never took you for granted!"
"You don't know what it is like Harry. You can't possibly realise the exploitation I endured….Remus was the smart one who never in his life failed an exam. James and Sirius were like two peas in a pod… always getting the girls…..then there was me. Small, nervous wreck…..I was degrading their demeanour."
"So you felt left out? Like you didn't belong? However you felt Peter it was my dad who decided to embrace you with his two new found friends! What were you jealous?"
"Well who wouldn't be?"
"Remus maybe? If anyone was the oddball in the group it was him. Remus was the one who had to endure severe torture every month….but he remained loyal to his friends. He could have decided to be in league with Voldemort but no. He had a conscience Peter. Something you will never have. As much as I feel sorry for you…..I can never forget what you put my family through and I certainly cannot forgive how you treated them at school. Deceptiveness is an art and you earned it Peter."
Harry turned and stormed out of the room leaving Peter to wallow in self pity as he shouted for Harry to come back. James, Sirius and Remus sat opposite the room and looked up quickly as the door closed. Harry stared spitefully into their anxious faces as he said after a little deliberation…..
"Can we please go now?"
"Ya…..yup……of course." They all said in unison jumping up and sharing a quick perplexed glance before following a hot paced Harry down the hall. As they were leaving Moody and a few more aurors tore up the corridor to take out the trash; that being Peter Pettigrew.