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It took a little over ten minutes of waiting for the Marauders before they heard a noise coming from the dungeon door.
Harry took a deep breath as he saw his father, godfather and uncle close their eyes and turn away.
Peter Pettigrew was terrified. He had been in his cell, the one he knew the Order of the Phoenix had provided for him, when the one they called Mad-Eye, came for him.
"You; Pettigrew, are leaving!" He heard the man bark out. Peter flinched like he always did, but he didn't know if it was from fear or from just being dragged out of his cold cell by a scarred hand.
"W-were are w-we going?" Peter whimpered out.
"You are going to meet some people." Mad-Eye growled when Peter whimpered louder, "Man up, boy, if you can be a traitorous rat then you should be able to talk to people without wetting yourself."
Peter ignored the man. He had heard it before, from his mother, from Sirius, from James, from everyone he considered friends; he knew he should be tougher, not mean but stronger but he just didn't understand why he was such a wimp.
They made their way out of the holding cells, through a very old looking house and into an office.
"Kingsley." Mad-Eye greeted the tall, dark, bald man.
"Mad-Eye," Kingsley nodded back before continuing, "Just waiting for you and the traitor. Closing this place up then heading to Hogwarts." Mad-Eye nodded then threw Pettigrew in the fireplace.
"See you there." Mad-Eye said then threw the floo powder that he had had in his hand and floo'ed away, taking Peter Pettigrew with him.
The doors to the dungeon opened and in walked Mad-Eye and Peter.
"He's all yours. Remember boy half an hour." With that Mad-Eye Moody left.
"Hello Peter." Harry hissed out. Peter flinched and backed away. The boy sounded so much like his lord that it was scary.
"W-what do you want?" He said bravely. "I don't want to talk to you. You ruined everything!"
"Did I?" Harry asked. He could see his father and the others in the shadows away from Peter. Peter didn't see them, he could only see Harry and because of that he thought they were alone.
"Yes! I had a plan, a plan to help everyone!" Peter was screaming by this point. This boy one he didn't even know the name of was standing there calmly talking to him. Who did he think he was Dumbledore?
"And what plan was that? What made you betray your friends?" Harry asked. James, Sirius and Remus stood tall and leaned in to hear from the shadows. They wanted to know, they wanted to know what went wrong.
"H-He is evil! I had no choice! H-He would have k-killed me if I said no!" Peter whimpered "Lucius M-Malfoy came to me during the Christmas break in sixth year. I-I had to j-join. It's either j-join or d-die on the spot." James and Sirius flinched; what Peter had said was true. It was join or die. Why should they be mad at Peter for not wanting to die?
"So you joined because you didn't want to die?" Harry asked softly, almost nicely. Peter looked at him with his small watery beady eyes with hope.
"Y-Yes I d-did." He said loudly.
"Liar!" Harry spat. "You cannot lie to me Peter." Peter swallowed loudly.
"I-I I'm not-JAMES!" Peter yelled when James, Sirius and Remus stepped out of the shadows.
"Harry, how is he lying?" James asked his son ignoring his small whimpering friend that was on his knees and moaning their names. "I know that if you refuse to join He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named he will kill you."
"You will see da-James. Remus?" Remus stopped looking at the boy he had once called a friend and turned to Harry.
"Yes?"
"The Truth Potion Severus gave us."
"Oh right." Remus took out the potion and walked over to Peter.
"Open." Remus said quietly. Peter however did not open. He backed away quickly and started to shake his head. When Remus walked after him he tried to turn into a rat that made Sirius and James mad.
"Open your damn mouth Peter." Sirius yelled, "NOW!", when Peter didn't comply. He hated seeing his ex-friend act like that. He wanted to know the truth wanting to know it now. He didn't want to see his ex-friend running around crying and whimpering.
"Open." Remus said again as he came to a stop in front of the fat boy. Peter slowly opened his mouth and took the truth potion, knowing that he would lose all his hope when he did.
Once the potion hit his lips, Peter's eyes became dazed. Harry nodded and stepped forward to sit in a chair in front of the rat-faced boy. James, Sirius and Remus grabbed chairs and sat next to Harry in front of Peter.
"Name?" Harry asked just to make sure the potion was working.
"Peter Percival Pettigrew." Peter said fazed.
"How old are you?"
"Seventeen. " Peter said. Harry nodded then looked at each of the people sitting next to him. It was up to them now, to ask what they wanted to know. James swallowed and closed his eyes as if he was in pain, then he opened them and looked at Peter.
"What is our group called?" James asked quietly.
"The Marauder's." Peter said with a small smile.
"What is a Marauder?" James asked. Peter frowned.
"A Marauder is a brother. We help each other, love each other. We make ourselves laugh; we treat ourselves as one and one as all. We are kind, and smart, and lo-loyal" Peter finished.
"Why did you do it?" Sirius spat out; he couldn't wait any longer "Why did you join them?"
"They offered me a place. As a spy."
"Why did you take it?" Remus asked. Peter had already said because they would kill him, but Remus felt he would feel better if Peter said it with the truth potion.
"Because then I would win. I wound be in the inner circle. I would be looked up too not looked down upon. The Dark Lord would like me." Sirius made a face. He sounded like Bella, his cousin, who loved the dark lord like a lover.
"Did you have to join?" James whispered.
"Yes or they would have killed me, but I wanted to join." Peter smiled at that.
"WHY?" Sirius yelled "WHY DID YOU WANT TO JOIN?"
"Because then I would be protected by him. What would you have done Sirius?" Peter asked.
"I WOULD HAVE DIED RATHER THEN TO BETRAY MY FRIENDS!" Sirius yelled already on his feet. "I WOULD HAVE DIED RATHER THEN TO BETRAY REMUS OR JAMES. LIKE WE ALL WOULD HAVE FOR YOU!"
"Friends? I don't think I was your friend! You used me as a pack mule. I would carry your books. Do all the things you asked. And then what? Hmm? You would treat me like CRAP then yell insults at me for being fat, being weak. I joined the dark lord because he is better than you! Because if I did then I would shine on my own." Peter yelled at them. Harry was disgusted at the little man. Voldemort better the Sirius? As if.
The truth potion began to wear off and when it did, Peter found the room silent with a raging Sirius, a disappointed Remus, and a silent James.
"W-what d-did I say?" Peter asked.
"Enough." Sirius hissed "Enough for us to know you're a traitor, and nothing more than a rat."
"NO!" Peter yelled shaking his head.
"We aren't friends, we won't protect you! When the war is over you will go to Azkaban, like I bet you would send me in a heartbeat!" Harry flinched. Sirius of course knew what would have happened in the future and he was right. Peter would have sent him to Azkaban without a second thought.
"P-Please." Peter begged. He ran up to Harry, which was a very stupid thing to do. "Don't l-let them. Y-You will help me won't you?" He whimpered.
"Get the fuck away from me before I rip your heart out." Harry hissed at him making Peter the rat whimper and run to Remus.
"Remus! Please you were my friend. You talked to me more than James and Sirius! I was a good friend wasn't I? You won't let them hurt your friend." Remus looked at Peter sadly. Just a few months ago that would have been true. He wouldn't have let anyone hurt Peter because Peter was his friend. But now, he didn't even want to look at him.
"Believe it or not I use to look up to you." Remus said quietly. Peter flinched back as if he had been burned, then slowly walked backwards from Remus. He spun around and fell to his knees in front of the Marauder's leader. James.
"Y-you won't let them hurt me? You'll protect me right?" James had had his head down the whole time Peter had been begging for forgiveness but now when looked up they all saw it. James had tears running down his face though his voice was still strong.
"Peter, you were my friend. I helped you when you needed it, I kept you around. Sirius didn't even like you; I told him to keep you around. I am a Potter and it is a great shame to mistrust your friend. I THINK OF IT AS A DISHOUR TO MISTRUST YOUR FRIENDS!" James yelled now as he wiped his tears. "HOW COULD YOU? I WOULD HAVE NEVER MISTRUSTED ANY OF YOU PETER. I WOULD HAVE PROTECTED YOU! I-I loved you," James whispered the end. "Loved you like a brother, Peter. But all that is gone now."
Peter looked like he'd been slapped in the face. He would have run to Sirius and begged him too but even he knew that was pointless. As he looked around the room to find he had run out of options and they all wanted him to go to Azkaban he broke.
Peter let out a wail and a sob and began to cry.
"P-Please I'm sorry" Peter said as he laid shaking on the ground.
"No!" Harry yelled. "No; Peter don't!" But it was too late. Peter began yelling his "I'm sorry" and "please forgive me" repeatily.
"Please forgive me for being weak! I'm sorry! I was never strong like all of you."
"Peter STOP!" Harry yelled.
"Harry what's wrong?" James asked startled that his son was yelling.
"The mark will kill him if he turns sides. If he betrays Voldemort it will poison him! He can't apologies or-" Before he could finish explaining Peter let out a scream. This scream was different from his begging one. This one was a scream of agony of pain. Peter clenched his left arm were the dark mark was and yelled.
"Help! I'm sorry! Help me AHHH!" James, Sirius and Remus ran forward and ripped Peter's shirt off to find the dark mark spreading. It was different it was red and black and spreading like it was alive. By this point the dark mark was coving all of Peter's arm and chest. Harry ran forward and touched it and flinched back. It was burning hot. Peter laid twitching and thrashing.
"No." James whispered
"God! Peter see what the hell happens?!" Sirius yelled as he made a bucket of ice water appear and dumped on top of Peter. It did nothing but make Peter smoke.
"What do we do?" Remus asked turning to Harry his face full of tear tracks.
"I-I don't know I-." Harry didn't finish because Peter let out another scream as the dark, burning mark spreaded to his face.
"I-I'm s-sorry." was the last think Peter said before he stopped twitching and went limp.
James, Sirius and Remus stared at there once friend in horror. There was no doubt he was dead, but to die like that, even if he had betrayed them, no one should have died like that. Burning from the inside out all the way up the inside of your body and not being able to put out the burning fire poison.
James closed his eyes then screamed. Then Sirius screamed. Then Remus screamed. It wasn't screams of pain like they had had earlier coming from Peter. No it was screaming of grief, screaming of anger. They had just lost their friend as a traitor and now death had taken him as well.
"Dad." Harry whispered. James threw himself off the floor in front of Peter's still form and into his son's arms. He buried his face in Harry's shoulders as his whole body shook. He cried for his lost friend, a friend he had lost in more ways than one.
Remus was crying with Sirius when suddenly Sirius pushed him back gently and stood up. Determination was in his eyes and he helped Remus up, put a hand on James shoulder making him look up, and then helped him up as well. Now everyone was standing and staring at Sirius as he said.
"Let's go kill this bloody bastard." Hatred was dripping from his voice.
Harry hissed as his scar suddenly burned. They were running out of time and to Harry it felt like Voldemort was up to something.
"We got to go." The others nodded. They looked down at their dead friend and whispered goodbye. Sirius was the first to leave the room, followed by Remus. James kneeled down in front of Peter and took his hand.
"I forgive you. You said sorry and I know you meant it because y-you d-died. Just know I forgive you. Good bye Peter." James stood up and left. Harry put a white sheet to cover the body and as he closed the door, he cursed Voldemort for all he had done. He had stolen the innocents of people. Stolen there lives and poisoned their minds. Peter was lost because he was weak and fell into the hands of Voldemort.
"Good Bye Peter. At least now you're at peace." He closed the door and floo'ed after his father, Godfather, and uncle.
Voldemort stood in front of Severus Snape.
"Did you get an answer's for me?" He hissed. "Do you know were the boy Harry Potter is?"
"No my lord. He was not in school today." Severus said. He had been with Lily when Voldemort called him. Lily had cried and begged him not to go; she didn't know how much Severus wanted to stay. But no he had to, Voldemort was mad and Severus didn't want him to get angrier with him.
"Get ready Severus." Voldemort hissed.
"May I ask for what My Lord?" Voldemort laughed.
"Crucio." Severus whimpered but didn't scream. Voldemort released the spell.
"I like that you don't scream. Get ready Severus for we are going to go and kill the Potters. Then the Blacks, then the Lupin's then we attack Hogwarts! There is an item I need to retrieve." Severus nodded and his faced stayed the same, emotionless, although inside he was panicking.
"Go!" Voldemort yelled. "Go get the rest of the death eaters and bring Regulus Black to me. It's a shame he must die." Voldemort said though his lips formed a smile at the thought. Severus nodded and walked to the door.
"Severus." Voldemort called. Snape turned.
"Yes My Lord?"
"If you tell anyone of my plan, I will kill you myself." Severus didn't flinch just nodded and left quickly, as Voldemort began to hiss to his snake. He needed to warn the others before it was too late. However, it was already too late.
"Come Nagini we have a muggle family to attack. Mudbloods alone deserve to die as do their families. Lily Evans at the moment is safe but her family isn't." Voldemort laughed as he apparated away. Nagini hissed out a hiss that creepily sounded like a laugh as well.
So what did you think? What did you think about Peter? Im sorry if you did not like it, but eh. The end is coming! Who else should die? Please Review Thank You. Oh also who do you think should die in this story?
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