The quartet walked out into the courtyard one cloudy day in June, before finals. They saw an executioner sharping his axe,
Alexis gasped today was the day where Buckbeak would die, walking tough the turret
"I can't believe they're going to kill Buckbeak, It's just too horrible." Hermione stated.
"It just got worse," Ron stated
there watching was Draco and his cronies, "What did I say? Father said I can keep the hippogriff's head. I'll donate it to the Gryffindors' room"
Hermione walked up to him.
Alexis felt her anger spike, she knew her biological cousin was dirty and bloody git but this was the last straw. She was going to vanquish him.
"Look who's here." Goyle informed
"Come to see the show?" Draco asked.
"You! You foul, loathsome, evil little cockroach!" Hermione exclaimed. She pulled her wand out and pointed it at Draco's neck.
Alexis looked at Draco's friends and a fireball formed in her hand, "Don't move or I'll vanquish you."
"Hermione, Lexi, No!" Ron exclaimed. "He's not worth it."
Hermione lowered her wand, and turned around and punched him in the face.
Alexis laughed she extinguish fireball into the air, as much as she wanted too she couldn't vanquish Draco, he wasn't worth it. "Get out of here before I do something, I will regret later,"
"That felt good," Hermione stated after they ran off,
"Not good, brilliant," Ron replied.
They walked down the steps to Hagrid's hut,
after they were inside, Hagrid looked at the window at Buckbeak, "Look at him. Love the smell of trees, when the wind blows though them."
"Why don't we just set him free?" Harry asked.
"Yeah, I know places where he can be happy," Alexis added.
"They'd know it was me, and then Dumbledore would get into trouble. He's coming down, Dumbledore
says he wants to be with me when they...when it happens," Hagrid replied. He went on saying how great Dumbledore was.
"We'll stay with you too." Hermione stated.
"You'll do no such thing!" Hagrid replied. "Think I want you seeing something like that? No. you just drink your tea and be off. Oh. Before you do, Ron," he went over to a sugar canister and pulled out a rat.
"Scabbers! You're alive!" Ron exclaimed.
"Keep a closer eye on your pets." Hagrid warned.
"I think you owe someone an apology." Hermione stated.
"Yeah," Alexis agreed
"Right. Next time I see Crookshanks and Snowdrop. I'll let them know." Ron replied.
"I meant us!" Hermione exclaimed, then a jar beside her broke.
"Blimey. What was that?" Hagrid asked.
Hermione and Alexis looked at the weird shaped rock, Harry exclaimed and rubbed his head like something hit him. "Hagrid!"
Hagrid looked out the window and saw the Minister, Dumbledore and the executioner coming down the steps. "It's late. It's nearly dark. You shouldn't be here. Someone sees you outside the castle this time of night, you'll be in trouble. Particularly, Harry and Alexis."
A knock on the door sounded,
"With you in a moment!" Hagrid called out. "Quick. Quick!"
they snuck out the back door, and ran across the pumpkin patch and hid behind a pile of them. Watching the Minister give the orders. A twig snapped in back of them.
Hermione whirled around,
"What?" Harry asked.
"I thought I just saw-" Hermione replied but stopped. "never mind"
"Let's go!" Ron exclaimed.
The four ran up the steps, and they watched the executioner raise his axe and swing.
Hermione turned buried her head on Ron's shoulder, while Alexis did the same with Harry.
Scabbers bit Ron.
"He bit me. Scabbers." Ron stated then began to run after the rat. The other three follow him and called after him.
"Scabbers, you bit me." Ron stated as he caught his rat.
"Harry, you do realize what tree that is?" Hermione asked.
Ron was right under the Whomping Willow.
"That's not good. Run, Run!" Harry exclaimed
"Harry, Hermione, Lexi, Run!" Run exclaimed
The three turned and face a giant black dog.
"It's the Grim!" Ron exclaimed.
The 'Grim' started running and leapt over top of the three and straight at Ron, grabbing his
Alexis transfigured herself into her tiger form, stopping the dog for a second then it began to drag Ron under the Willow, Alexis followed after him.
Alexis followed the tunnel and ended up in the Shrieking Shack, she stood guard over Ron, as they waited for Hermione and Harry to make.
When they did. Alexis yowled a warning, but they didn't understand her.
"Ron. You're okay." Hermione stated "You two, Lexi."
"The dog. Where is?" asks Harry
Alexis knew she would have to talk, so she transfigured back into herself.
"It's a trap, He's the dog, He's an Animagus." Ron stated
Alexis watched as Harry and Hermione turned and saw Sirius Black standing behind the wreck of a door.
"If you want to kill Harry, you have to us too!" Hermione exclaimed standing protectively in front of Harry,
"No. Only one will die tonight." Sirius stated.
"Then it'll be you!" Harry exclaimed
Alexis stood still watching as Harry fought against Sirius but he wasn't fighting back, "this isn't right, somehow?"
Harry pointed his wand at Sirius' head,
"Are you going to kill me, Harry?" Sirius asks
Lupin burst in and Harry's wand went flying with disarming charm.
Harry stood up and went over to stand by Hermione and Alexis,
"Well, well, Sirius. Looking rather ragged, aren't we?" Lupin asks, "Finally, the flesh reflects the madness within."
"Well, you'd know all about the madness within, wouldn't you?" Sirius replied.
Lupin lowered his wand and helped Sirius stand. They hugged each other like old friends,
Alexis and Harry watched on really confused.
"I found him" Sirius stated.
"I know," Remus replied
"He's here." Sirius declared
"I understand."
"Let's kill him!"
Alexis wondered why they weren't talking about her, unless they didn't know who she was?
"No! I trusted you!" Hermione exclaimed "And all this time, you've been his friend. He's a werewolf!"
"That's why he's been missing classes," Alexis muttered.
"How long have you known?" Remus asked.
"Since Professor Snape set the essay." Hermione answered.
"Well, Hermione. You are the brightest witch of your age, I've ever met." Remus stated
Sirius was beginning to look impatience, "Enough talk, Remus! Come on, let's kill him!"
"wait!" exclaimed Remus
"I did my waiting! Twelve years of it! In Azkaban!" Sirius exclaimed.
Lupin looked like he was thinking, "Very well, Kill him. But wait one more minute. Harry has the right to know why and you didn't look at the other girl in here did you?"
"I know why." Harry replied. "You betrayed my parents."
"You're the reason, Aunt Lily and Uncle James are dead!" Alexis exclaimed
"No, it wasn't him" Remus replied "Somebody did betray your parents, somebody who, until quite recently, I believed to be dead!"
"Who was it, then?" Harry asked.
"Peter Pettigrew!" Sirius answered. "And he's in this room! Right now! Come out, come out, Peter! Come out and play!"
"He's lost it." Alexis muttered.
"Expelliarmus!" Snape cast coming up behind Sirius "Vengeance is sweet. How I hoped I'd be one to catch you."
"Severus-" Remus began.
"I told Dumbledore you were helping a friend into the castle. Here's the proof" Snape stated
"Brilliant, Snape. You put your keen mind to the task and come to the wrong conclusion." Sirius replied
"If you'll excuse us, Remus and I have business to attend to."
"Give me a reason. I beg you!" Snape stated,
"Severus, don't be a fool." Remus warned,
"He can't help it. It's habit," Sirius snapped
"Be quiet." Remus stated
"Be quiet yourself!" Sirius exclaimed.
"You two, quarreling like an old married couple," Snape taunted,
"Run along and play with your chemistry set!" Sirius exclaimed.
'Oh my god, I have his sense of humor,' Alexis thought in disbelief
Snape pointed his wand at Sirius' neck, "I could do it, you know. But why deny the dementors? They're so longing to see you."
They were moving slowly into the room, Sirius winced at the mention of the dementors. Alexis found herself taking a step forward, but Lupin motioned for her to stay where she is.'
"Do I detect a flicker of fear? Oh yes." Snape asked. "A Dementor's Kiss. One can only imagine what that must be like. It's said to be nearly unbearable to witness, but I'll do my best."
Harry reached over to take Hermione's wand, but Alexis put a hand on his chest, "Allow me?" she hissed,
"After you," Snape stated.
Alexis step forward which her unarmed hand raised, Sirius stared at her, when she flicked her wrist at Snape, a medium energy blast sent the Potions Master flying backwards into a rotten four poster bed.
"Alexis! What did you just do?" Ron asked
"You attacked a teacher!" Hermione exclaimed.
Alexis kept her hand raised, ready to use any active power she has, Harry came to stand beside her.
"Tell me about Peter." Harry demanded,
"He was at school with us, We thought he was our friend!" Remus answered.
"No. Pettigrew's dead. You killed him" Alexis stated as she turned to Sirius. Her palm out stretched, just waiting for the wrong move,
"No, he didn't." Remus defended stepping in front of Sirius, "I thought so too, until you two mentioned
Pettigrew on the map!"
Alexis realized something, "You're Moony and Padfoot!"
both nodded at her,
"the map was lying, then." Harry stated
"The map never lies!" Sirius exclaimed. "Pettigrew's alive! And he's right there!
Sirius pointed right at Ron.
"Me? He's mental!" Ron exclaimed
"Not you! Your rat!" Sirius replied.
"Scabbers has been in family for.." Ron began
"Twelve years?" Sirius asked. "Curiously long life for a common garden rat!" Sirius moved closer to Ron, "He's missing a toe, isn't he?"
"So what?" Ron asks
"All they could find of Pettigrew was his-" Harry explained
"Finger!" Sirius interrupted. "Dirty coward cut it off so everyone would think he was dead! And then he transformed into a rat!"
"Show us." Alexis barked.
Sirius tried to take the rat from Ron but the boy was fighting him.
Give it to him, Ron." Harry stated.
"What are you trying to do to him?" Ron asked in panic. "leave him alone! Get off him! What are you doing?"
Sirius the rat of the broken piano, where he was trying to escape. Once he reached the door and wa about to jump toward Sirius casted a spell, and he transformed back into a human.
Sirius and Remus hauled him back into the room.
Alexis felt bile come up at the sight of him, he looked like a rat in human form. "I want the whole Truth!"
she then began to cast a spell.
For those who want the truth revealed,
Opened hearts and secrets unsealed,
From now until its now again,
After which the memories end,
For those who now are in this house,
Will hear the truth from Pettigrew's mouth.
She looked up as Pettigrew looked at Sirius and Remus.
"Remus? Sirius? My old friends." Pettigrew greeted then tried to run toward them. But was stopped.
"Harry! Look at you, you so much like your father. Like James. And you, Alexis. You look so much like Evangeline." Pettigrew stated coming up to Harry and Alexis. "We were the best of friends-"
"How dare you speak of James and Evangeline!" Sirius snarled coming to stand in front of the two teens,
Pettigrew retreated, Sirius stalked forward, "How dare you talk about James in front of him!"
"You sold James and Lily to Voldemort!" Remus stated
"And you're the reason I don't have my daughter!" Sirius stated
"I didn't mean to!" Pettigrew whined, "The Dark Lord. You have no idea the weapons he possesses! Ask yourself, Sirius! What would you have done?"
"Died, rather then betray my friends." Sirius replied.
Pettigrew tried to escape once again, but Harry and Alexis blocked the door, Pettigrew putted both hands on their shoulders,
"James and Evangeline wouldn't have wanted me killed! Your dad would have spared me! He would have shown me mercy!"
"Stop saying my mother's name!" exclaimed Alexis, before shoving Pettigrew off of her and Harry.
Sirius and Remus grabbed him and shoved him backward.
"Should have realized if Voldemort didn't kill, we would Together!" Sirius exclaimed
"No!" Harry and Alexis shouted.
"Harry, this man-" Remus began
"I know what he is." Harry stated, "But we'll take him to the castle."
"Bless you, boy. Bless you!" Pettigrew stated and began kissing Harry's feet.
"Get off!" Harry exclaimed "I said we'd take you to the castle."
"After that the dementors can have you," Alexis added.
Sirius and Harry helped Ron down the stairs of the tunnel. While Alexis held a fireball in her hand lighting the way down.
"Sorry about the bite. I reckon that twinges a bit." Sirius apologized
"A bit? A bit? You almost tore my leg off!" Ron exclaimed
"He was going for the rat," Alexis stated. "you should have let him have it."
"Normally, I have a very sweet disposition as a dog. More then once, James suggested that I make the change permanent." Sirius explained. "the tail I could live with. But the fleas, they're murder."
Alexis and Harry smiled,
"I have a bigger problem the fleas, I have claws and fangs when I transform," Alexis laughed "i guess I get that from my father."
Once they were outside, Sirius and Harry set down Ron on a root of the Whomping Willow, Alexis walked away to stare at the Castle, she couldn't help feeling the depression of not knowing her past.
Sirius walked over and stood beside her.
"You said Evangeline was your mother, how did you find out?" Sirius asked.
"She told me, I accidentally summoned her spirit, she wouldn't say who my father is, but then I found
out that my birth name is Morgana, I'm your daughter." Alexis replied.
Sirius was shocked, his daughter was standing right next to him after all these years.
"But my name now is Alexis, everyone calls me Lexi." Alexis stated, they went back to staring at the castle when Harry walked over.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Sirius asked. "I'll never forget the first time, I walked through those doors, It'll be nice to do it again as a free man. That was noble thing you did back there, He doesn't deserve it."
"I didn't think my dad would have wanted his best friends to become killers." Harry replied
"You're innocent, my job is to protect Innocents, besides, dead, the truth dies with him. Alive, you're free." Alexis stated
they turned when they heard Pettigrew's whining,
"I think the rat reflects what he truly is," Alexis stated. "He ratted out Aunt Lily and Uncle James."
Sirius looked at her then at Harry,
"I don't know if you know, Harry but when you were born, James and Lily made me your godfather." Sirius explained.
"I know." Harry replied.
"I can understand if you choose to stay with your aunt and uncle but if you ever wanted a different home. " Sirius suggested.
"He doesn't live with the Dursleys, he lives with me and my sisters, when found out last year that Lily was adopted, he's related to the Charmed Ones." Alexis interrupted.
"Harry, Alexis!" Hermione shouted then pointed at the moon.
Sirius, Alexis and Harry ran over.
"Remus, my old friend. Have you taken your potion tonight?" Sirius asked as he braced himself against the transforming Lupin, "You know the man you truly are, This heart is where you truly live! Here!" Sirius touched Lupin's heart.
Lupin dropped his wand, and Pettigrew picked it up and transformed back into a rat and escapted.
Sirius told them to run, but they didn't.
Hermione and Alexis step forward,
"Professor?" asked Hermione as the werewolf whimpered.
"Professor Lupin?" Alexis asked.
The werewolf started to howl, and walked forward to them.
"Nice doggy. Nice doggy!" Ron muttered
Snape came out of the tunnel, "There you are, Halliwell!"
the werewolf snarled and Snape whirled around and braced positioned himself between the teens and the werewolf.
Lupin the werewolf slashed at Snape, and sent him to the ground,
Alexis leapt over them and landed as on all fours as a Siberian tiger, when Sirius leapt as a dog.
Both Animagi bared their teeth at Lupin, and started fighting with him.
"Sirius! Alexis!" Harry called out. He ran over just as the werewolf was going to finish off the dog and tiger off, and threw a rock at him.
The werewolf turned and started toward Harry. When a howl started somewhere in the forest, the werewolf turned and left.
Alexis watched as the dog whined and limped off, she got to all fours, she nudged Harry on the side, to get on her back, her tiger form doubled in size again. She could handle Harry riding on her back. When he finally got the message, and climbed aboard. She took off running after Sirius.
When they found him, he was laying beside a small lake unconscious. Alexis didn't charge back, fearing that Lupin would return.
"Sirius!" Harry exclaimed,
Alexis laid down beside him, and licked his face, she noticed the wounds he received, and made a distress sound in the back of her throat. Her head snapped up as she felt a chill, but unlike if she was unaffected by it, she saw the dementors coming.
Sirius woke and started to scream as the dementors hovered around them. They began sucking the life right out of both Harry and Sirius.
Alexis swiped at them with her claws, but they didn't notice. 'I wish I could talk in this form!'
Harry tired the Patronus Charm but it failed, the dementors sucked out a sliver orb from Sirius' mouth. Alexis recognized it at once, it was a his soul.
As she hung her head in shame, she failed as a Charmed One, she couldn't protect the three people that mattered to her, first her sister Prue, now Harry and her father. But something sliver caught her eye, she looked up and saw a stag on the other side of the lake. It charged at the dementors and forced them away. Harry passed out then.
Alexis felt it was safe enough change back.
"Carmela!" she shouted,
Carmela orbed down and gasped at the sight of Harry, Sirius and Alexis.
She healed Alexis who only had a gash on her arm from where Lupin had slashed at her,
"He's innocent, Carmela." Alexis stated.
"I know, sweetie, I know." Carmela replied,
Alexis grabbed her father's hand and Carmela touched both Harry's and Alexis' shoulders and orbed off to the castle.
In the Hospital, Alexis and Hermione were sitting by Harry's bedside, after Carmela had healed him, she told Ron that she couldn't heal him because the bit from Sirius wasn't a demonic attack, and the Elders' decreed that Dementors ranked up in the evil department.
"Harry?" asks Hermione.
Alexis batted Carmela's hand away as she was fussing over her, and wanting her to lay down. But the Halliwell refused.
"I saw my dad." Harry stated as he woke up.
"What?" Hermione asked.
"He sent the dementors away." harry explained. "I saw him across the lake."
"Harry, they're captured Sirius." Alexis informed him. "Any minute the dementors are gonna perform the Kiss."
"they're gonna kill him?" Harry asked as he got out of bed.
"No. it's worse." Hermione replied. "Much worse. "They're going to suck out his soul."
Dumbledore entered the room.
"Headmaster, stop them." Alexis stated. "They've got the wrong man."
"It's true, Sirius is innocent," Harry added.
"It's Scabbers who did it." Ron spoke up
"Scabbers?" Dumbledore asked.
"He's my rat, sir. He's not really a rat. But when he was a rat. He was my brother Percy's rat. But then they gave him an owl." Ron explained.
"the point is, we know the truth." Hermione interrupted. "Please believe us."
"I do, Miss Granger." Dumbledore replied "But the word of four 13-year old wizards will convince few others,"
"Even the word of a 13yr old Charmed One." Carmela added, then looked up "I got to go." she orbed out then.
Dumbledore walked pass them and over to Ron, he patted Ron's injured leg. Ron started whimpering.
"A child's voice, however honest and true is meaningless to those who have forgotten how to listen." Dumbledore stated. "Mysterious thing, time. Powerful and when meddled with dangerous."
Alexis and Hermione glanced at each other sharing a common secret. As the Headmaster was going back to the door, "Sirius Black is in the topmost cell of the Dark Tower." he then turned and looked straight at Hermione and Alexis, "You know the laws, Miss Granger, Miss Halliwell. You must not be seen. And you would do well, I feel, to return before this last chime. If not, the consequences are to ghastly to discuss. If you succeed tonight more then one innocent life may be spared. Three turns should do it, I think." he walked out the door and turned around again. "Oh by the way, when in doubt I find retracing my steps to be a wise place to begin. Good luck" he close the door.