Harry and Ginny: A Love Story

Chapter 28: Revelations

Sirius moved him and Harry as far into the parlour as possible, taking Scabbers' cage with him, and always keeping Harry between him and the growing crowd.

Harry was, to himself, surprisingly calm. He was intrigued by what Sirius Black had said, and that coupled with his and Ginny's questions about Scabbers made him quite determined to get to the bottom of the situation.

Harry smiled as Ginny stood firmly at the door, making sure that everyone who came in remained calm and kept their wands safely put away. Only Tonks, who had drawn her wand originally, kept hers in sight, though she wasn't acting the least bit threatening.

Harry was closely watching the faces of those who came into the room, taking note of the looks that they displayed once they spied Sirius. Some were surprised, some shocked, Mrs. Weasley looked frightened, but it was Arthur's face that Harry focused on the most. He had a look of curiosity that was neither tinged with suspicion or animosity. Harry could tell he came in with an open mind.

Kingsley had wanted to send word for the Aurors to return, but Tonks convinced him that there were sufficient numbers present to prevent Sirius Black from escaping.

Everyone just stood and stared at one another for a few moments and then Ginny said, "Why don't we all sit down and get comfortable?"

As everyone sat down, but Harry, who remained standing if front of Sirius, Ginny sent, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, Ginny. I'm also extremely curious to hear what Mr. Black has to say," Harry replied.

"Why is he here?"

Harry chuckled, "Well, if he told me the truth, it's because of Scabbers, who he called Wormtail."

"You mean like from Fred and George's map?" Ginny sent, her eyes widening.

"Seems so," Harry replied. He then became aware that everyone was seated and seemed to be getting a bit anxious in the silence.

It was Arthur who broke the silence, "Harry, can you please tell us what's going on?"

Harry glanced at Sirius, before looking back at Arthur. "Well, several things really."

"Like what?" asked Tonks, looking at Sirius warily.

Harry chuckled, "Sirius, could you please give me Scabbers."

Ginny smiled at Harry. "So the rat plays a big part in all of this."

"More than you know," Harry replied.

Sirius picked up the cage and handed it to Harry. Immediately Scabbers squealed loudly and began to throw himself against the bars of the cage furthest from Harry and Sirius.

"Harry! Stop! Can't you see how scared he is?" Ron bellowed.

Aberforth looked at Ron quizzically, "Why would he be scared of just being picked up and given to Harry?"

Ron looked at him bewildered. "I – I – ah don't know," he stammered.

"Maybe he isn't what he seems to be," Harry said, looking at Sirius.

Sirius smiled at Harry, but remained silent.

"What are you saying, Harry?" Arthur asked.

Instead of answering, Harry looked at Percy. "How long ago did you get Scabbers?" he asked.

Percy paled considerably, "Well, I, you see," he stammered, looking quite embarrassed.

"Just answer the question, son" Arthur said, lowly.

Percy swallowed visibly, "Well, let's see, I gave him to Ron before he went to Hogwarts for his first year, and I had him . . . ." everyone watched as Percy stared off as if counting in his mind, "Yes," he said, more to himself. "It was just before Christmas that I found him, ten years ago, I'm sure of it."

Arthur blanched, "You're saying you FOUND, him Christmas 1981?" he asked.

"Yes, that's right, father," Percy said confidently.

"Percy, you told us you bought him from a dorm mate," Molly said, disapprovingly.

Percy looked at his mother wide-eyed, "Did I?" he asked, his voice climbing several octaves.

"Percy, you know darn well you did," Arthur said, unhappily.

"I – ah, may have – ah, exaggerated slightly," he said lowly, his face showing his fear of being repremanded.

"So you're telling us, you just happened to find a magical rat wandering around and didn't think anything about it?" his father asked, sternly.

"Yes," he answered, cringing.

"We'll have a little talk later young man. Right now we have other questions to answer," Arthur said, looking disapprovingly at his son.

Percy slumped back in his seat, knowing he wasn't going to enjoy the "talk" he was going to have with his father.

"Humph, and he had the nerve to yell at me for writing in the diary," Ginny sent, a little hotly.

Harry couldn't help but chuckle and glance at Ginny who looked back at him and smiled, slightly embarrassed.

Sirius took note of the look and whispered to Harry, "What is going on between you and the young Weasley girl?"

Harry looked back at him, "That can wait till later, first we deal with the rat."

Sirius was a little surprised by Harry's response, but not exceedingly so. "That's fine by me, Harry," he said with a smile.

Kingsley was the one who brought up the obvious, "If Percy found this rat back in 1981, then there is no way it should still be alive now."

"If he was nothing but a rat," Harry said, glancing at Sirius.

"If he's not a rat, what is he?" Tonks asked.

"I think the better question is "Who is he?"," said Harry.

Everybody stopped and stared at Harry, "Who?" asked Arthur.

"Yes, who," replied Sirius.

The attention then shifted to him, "You expect us to believe that this . . . rat, is a person?" Minerva asked, a bit sceptically.

"I would certainly explain his longevity," Sirius replied.

Minerva frowned. She was torn by her feelings, back in his school days with James, Lily and Peter, Sirius had been one of her secret favourites, along with James and Lily. Then came the night of the Potter's deaths and she had hardened her heart against the one whom she was told betrayed his best friends.

"So what you're saying is this rat is an animagus?" Minerva asked, sceptically.

"That's precisely what I'm saying," Sirius replied.

"There aren't any rat animagi registered in this century," Kingsley said, frowning at Sirius.

"Who said he was registered?" Sirius responded, with a grin.

Minerva sighed, "So you all did succeed, didn't you?" she asked sadly.

"Yes, we did. James and I were pretty sure you suspected, but you never said anything, so we didn't either," Sirius said, with a touch of regret.

"Where does this leave us?" asked Tonks.

"All we have to do is prove that this rat is the unregistered animagus Peter Pettigrew and the case against Sirius falls apart," Kingsley said.

"Who's going to take the word of an escaped killer?" Ron asked.

Everybody turned towards him and stared at him, causing him to blush deeply and mumble, "I was just wondering."

"Well the good thing is we don't need to," said Kingsley.

"Yes, even if there wasn't a magical way to prove who the rat is, we could have someone else testify in his behalf," Minerva said, with a thin smile.

"Who would that be?" asked Tonks.

"Remus Lupin," Minerva replied.

Sirius looked surprised, "Remus, is he still around?"

"Yes, as a matter of fact he's closer that you might think. He's going to be the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher," Minerva said with a small grin.

"How is Albus pulling that off?" Sirius asked.

Everyone was now looking back and forth between Sirius and Minerva.

Minerva looked at Sirius and said, "That's a matter for later discussion, and immaterial as it pertains to this discussion," the Deputy Headmistress replied.

Sirius looked at her with an amused expression and gave her a shrug. "So are we going to expose the rat or not?" he asked. "Because I'd really like to have some of the left-overs that I can smell. I haven't had a decent meal in ages."

"What do you mean?" asked Ron, frowning as he looked at his pet. "You're not going to hurt him, are you?"

Several people looked at Ron questioningly, "Ron, he may be the one who betrayed Harry's parents," Fred said.

"And killed a dozen Muggles too," added George.

Ron paled, "You mean, I've had a mass murderer in my room?"

"Could be little brother," George said, grinning at Ron.

Ron shuddered visibly, unable to contain his reaction.

Harry looked at the others, and in the silence it seemed everyone looked back at him. Harry took in their faces one by one. First he looked at Ginny and he could feel her love and support. She had a small smile on her face, and as their eyes met, no words were necessary. She was just as eager to end the mystery as he was.

Near her stood Arthur, and Harry was taken by how solid and forthright he was. If ever a man was the backbone of his family, Arthur was it. He nodded at Harry, showing his total support also.

Behind him stood Percy, looking pale and uneasy. He had been caught in a lie and though he had made it years ago, he knew he was going to have to answer for his misdeed anyway. You could almost see his desire that Scabbers was nothing but an extraordinary rat, but his eyes were full of his doubt.

Beside him was Aunt Poppy, she had been totally silent, though you could see that she was extremely curious and also was supportive of Harry.

Sitting just to her right were the Twins, their eyes sparkling, nothing like a good mystery to spark their interest. You could also see their minds planning to take the mickey out on Ron, no matter which way things went.

Kingsley and Tonks were standing behind where the Twins sat, both looking very official, though Tonks was the only one who had her wand in sight, you could feel the watchfulness of Kingsley as he stared intently at Scabbers.

Aberforth was next to the two Aurors, his face also showing his keen interest, his face alive with curiosity as to what would happen.

Sitting in front of him was Aunt Minerva, though curious, she looked somewhat troubled, as if she had unfairly condemned Sirius without even hearing his side of the story.

Ron was to their left, still looking troubled, wondering if his pet was the murderer that they said he was.

Lastly Harry glanced at Sirius, who had a benign smile on his face. For an escaped criminal he looked very calm and collected.

"Who's going to cast the spell?" he asked.

Tonks stepped forward, "Since you and I are the only one's with our wands out, I guess it falls to me," she said, looking directly into Harry's eyes.

"What if he's just a rat?" Ron asked, looking concerned.

"Then nothing will happen to him," replied Kingsley.

"Harry, will you do the honours?" Tonks asked, motioning towards the cage.

"Don't hurt him, Harry," Ron called out.

Ginny eyed her brother, a deep frown on her face. She was already convinced that Scabbers was who Sirius claimed. All the evidence pointed to it.

Harry struggled a moment with the cage door, and Tonks looked at him sheepishly, "Ah sorry, Harry. I cast a locking spell on it earlier."

She quickly cast the counter spell and Harry opened the door carefully. Scabbers made a mad dash to get by Harry's hand, but Harry had anticipated him. He grabbed the rat by the scruff of the neck and drew him out.

Scabbers was clawing at the air frantically, trying his hardest to escape, but Harry had a firm hold of the rat, not allowing him to gain his freedom. He turned towards Tonks and held the struggling rat away from his body.

Tonks drew a deep breath, brought up her wand and said softly, "Ostnedo Sum Vis".*

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Mundungus popped into existence at his prescribed position in Hogsmeade, hoping that the contingencies that Albus had told him about would salvage the whole operation.

He waited patiently, knowing if things were going to go as planned that Tonks and Harry should be arriving in a matter of moments.

As the seconds ticked by, he began to fidget, knowing that the longer he was forced to wait, the less likely that things were going to go as planned.

He was just about to leave when he heard the soft pop of someone Apparating into the village close by. Bringing his wand up he waited to see if it was the pair he was waiting for.

Though the darkness he finally saw two people, but because of the distance and lack of light he couldn't tell if they were his quarry or not.

"Damn," he muttered, under his breath. To see if it was the Auror with his prize, he would need to move out from his concealed position. "Well, nut'in ventured," he thought and he began to creep forward.

He was just getting into position when he felt the hair stand up on the back of his neck, causing him to freeze. His eyes darted about and he slowly became aware that there were others in the area.

Mundungus knew he was between the proverbial rock and a hard place. What he thought was his target lay forward, but to get to him would expose him to being trapped, but to leave with out Harry meant sacrificing the 1000 Galleon bonus that Dumbledore had promised on his turning over of the boy to the Headmaster.

Keeping to the shadows as much as he could, Mundungus crept slowly forward. Suddenly his quarry was silhouetted against the sky and he saw he had a clear shot. "Stupefy" he muttered softly.

He watched as the red beam closed on the first of the pair, but before he could cast the spell again, four red beams came from out of the darkness, directly at him.

Fortunately for the sneak-thief, the attackers had misjudged his position by a fraction and the spells rocketed by, one catching the edge of his cloak and blowing a hole in it.

"Shite!" Mundungus cried out at the closeness of his escape, and realizing he didn't have a Kneazle's chance, he Apparated away.

The five men closed quickly on Mundungus' position but as they neared they heard his expletive and the pop of his Apparating away.

"That war' Mundungus Fletcher, I'm shar of it. I'd know 'is voice inywar'" one of the men said.

"Aye, I'm shar it were too," said another. "Aberforth will be wanting to know that lille piece o' information."

They quickly revived their friend and headed off to the Hogs Head, where they knew Ab would show eventually, knowing that Mundungus would be long gone from his usual haunts.

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Albus sat only half listening to one of the other Wizards of the executive committee of the Wizengamot. It was one of the prices he was paying to have a concrete alibi when Harry Potter was snatched.

Glancing at the clock on the mantle, he sighed and said, "Yes, yes, Wilbert, all every interesting, but it grows late and mayhaps it will be best if we take that up next time."

Wilbert looked at Dumbledore with a frown, it wasn't near as late as most of the meetings ran. "What's up, Albus?" he asked irritably.

"I have much to do before the start of the new term," Dumbledore replied, "and scant little time in which to do it."

Wilbert laughed lowly, "Need a new Defence teacher again this year, do you?"

"Alas, you are correct, we do seem to go through them at an alarming rate," the Headmaster replied.

"Yes, every year, it seems," said another member. "It's as if the job has been cursed."

Albus paled slightly, but not enough that any of the others noticed. He was fairly certain himself that it was probable that the job had been cursed, but he really didn't want that fact made public. It was getting hard enough to find qualified people to fill the position as it was.

"Do you think we should set a time for the next meeting," Wilbert asked. "We still have a lot to go over before the next full session."

Albus nodded, "Very well, how about next week at the same time?"

Everyone agreed that would be acceptable and within minutes the room had cleared out. Albus Dumbledore smiled to himself and hoped that things had gone well with the endeavour he had planned for earlier. All he needed to do was Apparate to the place that Mundungus was to be waiting and the evening will have been a success.

With a smile to himself, he exited the hall and Apparated away, confident that he would have Harry back under his control within a matter of minutes.

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Everyone watched with anticipation as the spell shot at the rat Harry was holding. Most were holding their breath, but the one who was watching with the greatest intensity was Sirius.

He was visibly tense, thinking of the years he had spent in Azkaban, dreaming of this moment, when Wormtail would be exposed and he'd win his freedom back.

The spell hit Scabbers full on and a blue glow enveloped him. For a moment it seemed nothing was happening, but then Scabbers' body began to elongate as if he were made of melting wax. As his torso and feet stretched toward the ground, the rest of him began to widen, and as his feet hit, the last vestiges of the rat disappeared and the shape of a short, slightly rotund, rat-faced man solidified.

The blue light faded, and standing before them, Harry still holding him by the back of his collar, was Peter Pettigrew.

"Hello, Peter," Sirius said malevolently, "Bet you never expected to see me again, did you?"

Peter spun around and looked wide-eyed at Sirius, his mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water. He gasped several times, then his eyes rolled back and he fainted dead away. Falling out of Harry's grasp to the floor, with a thud.

"Well I'll be." said Kingsley, in astonishment.

"Is he okay?" asked Poppy.

"Who cares," Aberforth said, "It appears that Mr. Black was right."

"Yes," Minerva said, her voice quite shaky. "I owe you an apology, Sirius," she said sadly. "I accepted what I was told, even though in my heart I knew you would never have betrayed James and Lily."

Sirius smiled wanly at her, "I don't hold any ill will towards you, only to those who wrongly imprisoned me without the benefit of a trial."

Minerva got a shocked look on her face as did all of the other adults, "You never had a trial?" Arthur asked.

"No, Fudge and Crouch just sent me to Azkaban. They wouldn't even listen to me. Of course I wasn't very coherent to begin with. Between my anger at Peter and my grief at losing my two closest and dearest friends, well lets say I was in a right state and leave it at that," Sirius said, with a sad shrug.

"Well, I see no problem in clearing your name," said Kingsley. "I mean we have one of the people you supposedly killed. Can you tell us what really happened that night?"

Sirius sighed, "The short version is, in my grief and anger, I went after Peter, because I knew he was the only one who could have given Voldemort the information to expose where James and Lily were hidden. See, at the last moment I convinced James that I would be the obvious target as their secret keeper, so we chose Peter as a replacement."

"Why him?" Tonks asked.

Sirius looked at her with sadness, "Well, we had originally wanted to have Remus Lupin do it, but he was away at the time on Order business and since it had to be done quickly, we chose the only other Marauder available, never suspecting that he had turned traitor."

"He was never as brave as you other three," Minerva said. "Sometimes I wondered how he ended up in Gryffindor."

"Yes, seeing how he acted, I'm surprised he didn't end up in Slytherin," Poppy said.

All during this discussion, Harry had been very quiet, staring instead at the still form laying on the floor.

"Are you okay?" Ginny sent, feeling Harry's emotional turmoil.

"I don't know, Ginny. Part of me wants to kill him as he lays there for what he did to my parents and me, but another part wants him to suffer and be sent to Azkaban, where he can rot in hell for what he has done," Harry sent back.

"Don't do anything rash, my love. As much as I think you have the right to extract your revenge, I don't want you to suffer the fate you wish for him."

Harry nodded, "Can someone please remove this piece of filth from my presence?" he stated, looking quite grim.

Tonks came forward, "Incarcerous," she cast, thoroughly binding the supine figure before her.

Sirius looked at his former friend, and he shook his head slowly, "I blame myself, for ever talking James into changing the secret keeper."

"How could you have known?" Minerva asked.

"I should have!" Sirius said fervently, "I should have," he repeated almost as a whisper.

"Kingsley, are any of your "friends" still around?" Arthur asked.

Kingsley smiled at him, "I'm pretty sure several of them should have returned by now, after taking the others to the Ministry."

"Let's get Pettigrew out of here," Arthur said.

"Right. Let me go and get a couple of them," Kingsley said, turning toward the door.

Sirius then looked at Molly, "Would it be to much trouble to ask for some of your fabulous cooking?" he asked with a smile.

Molly was stirred from her contemplation of the events before her. "It wouldn't be any trouble at all," she replied.

Kingsley returned and levitated the still unconscious Wormtail, floating him out of the parlour to the kitchen so that the other Aurors could take him to the Ministry.

Sirius watched him go and said softly, "You should stun him, just in case."

The Auror who was taking charge of Wormtail, looked him and said, "I hardly think that is necessary. He's bound up tighter than a witches. . .".

"Jones! There are children present," barked Kingsley.

"Sorry, Chief," the man said, blushing as red as any Weasley.

The three Aurors headed out of the Burrow and towards the Apparation point. Sirius sat their tensely staring hard at where the men had just left.

Outside they suddenly heard a shout, and Kingsley, Tonks and several others hurried out to see what was the matter.

The three escorts were searching the grounds like mad, the ropes that had bound Pettigrew laying in a heap nearby.

Back in the parlour Sirius sat with a disgusted look on his face, shaking his head, he said, "I knew it. Wouldn't listen, would they." He rose and said, "Excuse me, Harry. I'll be right back."

Since Harry, Ginny and the Twins were all that remained in the parlour, and with the Twins looking out the doorway into the kitchen, only Harry and Ginny saw as Sirius transformed into a large black dog and watched as he streaked out, between everyone who were now exiting to help join the search.

Harry and Ginny followed him as he departed the Burrow. He made directly for the ropes and once there, his nose went to the ground. With a low growl, he began to run in the opposite direction of the searchers.

The Adults were searching from where Pettigrew had disappeared toward the edge of the wards, and it was obvious they were having no success.

Sirius was moving fast and toward the shed were Arthur kept all his Muggle things. When he was within three yards he suddenly pounced. The shrill screaming of a rodent could be heard and everyone turned and looked to see what was causing the commotion.

The large black dog came trotting back towards the group, a familiar rat held firmly in his jaws and though the rat was struggling a bit, it was clear that he wasn't going anywhere.

Sirius went right up to Kingsley and sat before him, holding Wormtail in his jaws. To Harry it looked like the dog really wanted to chomp down through the rat but was managing to control himself, just.

Kingsley's eyes widened, recognizing the rat by the missing front left toe. He gingerly reached down and grabbed the rat, using two hands to make sure it couldn't escape.

"Ron, go get your cage," Arthur called to his son.

"Y-yes, Dad," Ron replied, looking at the huge black dog that seemed to have materialized from nowhere.

Ron returned quickly and brought the cage over to Kingsley who deftly deposited Wormtail into it.

Tonks came over and said, "Better put a strong locking spell on the damn thing. It seems that escaping his cage has become a habit for him."

Kingsley nodded and with drew his wand and cast the locking spell, before handing the cage over to the three Aurors again.

"Here, don't loose him again. I suggest you make sure he is in a warded cell before you release him and turn him back into his human self," he said, sternly.

"Yes, Chief," Jones replied. "We won't let him get away again."

Only Harry and Ginny seemed to notice that as all this was happening, the large dog made his way back into the house. The amused pair followed him and weren't at all surprised when the dog changed back into Sirius, right where he had started from.

Harry chuckled, "I see you're an animagus too."

"That's right Harry. Your father, Peter and I all were," Sirius replied, smiling wanly at the couple.

"What about Moony, the other Marauder?" Ginny asked.

Sirius looked at her in surprise, "Very astute of you, Ginny. I may call you Ginny, can't I?"

"Are you really Harry's godfather?" she asked, watching Sirius carefully.

"Yes, I am," Sirius replied, evenly. "Though up till now, I haven't been much of one since the night his parents were murdered."

Ginny nodded, "Well, okay, I guess it's all right," she replied, a little hesitantly. "I mean, as long as you have nothing but the best of intentions for Harry, that is."

Sirius looked at Ginny for a moment, then glanced at Harry, before looking back at Ginny. "There's something special going on between you two, isn't there?" he asked.

"What do you think, Harry? Should we trust him?" Ginny sent.

"My heart says yes, but my mind is saying to wait, find out more about him," Harry replied to his bond-mate.

Sirius watched the two in front of him closely and he was sure that something was going on between them. If he didn't know any better, he thought that they seemed to be communicating in some way. Then it struck him, the only way that would be possible would be if they were connected and the only way for that to happen was the almost unheard of soul bonding.

"Never mind," he said, with a smile, much more relaxed. "I think I know what is between you and if I'm right, then I can see your reason for the hesitancy.

"Do you think he's really guessed?" Ginny asked.

Harry studied Sirius for a moment, "Could be, or he may be trying to get us to reveal our secret. Let's just keep quiet about it for now."

Okay, Harry," Ginny replied.

By now the others were filtering back into the room, most taking their previous positions.

Sirius looked at Arthur, "Would it be possible to have something to drink? Water, anything really, I seem to have a foul taste in my mouth."

Harry and Ginny couldn't help themselves and began to giggle, though most of the others had no idea why. Only Tonks, Minerva and Kingsley, weren't looking at them strangely. Their focus was on Sirius.

"Rather fortunate that dog came and captured Pettigrew. Wouldn't you say?" Kingsley said, addressing Sirius.

"Most fortunate," Sirius replied with a smile.

Kingsley looked at Minerva before looking back at Sirius. "I guess this means that you're a free man now, once some paperwork is completed."

"Ah, yes, the paperwork. Too bad no one thought about that twelve years ago," Sirius said, sarcastically.

"I'm truly sorry, Mr. Black, but I had nothing to do with that. In fact if I or my predecessor had known the circumstances of your imprisonment, we would have done something," Kingsley said, conciliatorily.

Sirius sighed, but then smiled at Kingsley, "What's past is past, and that can't be changed. If you could correct my false imprisonment, I'd wish to go back and change my decision and save James and Lily."

"What now?" asked Molly, looking around at the other adults.

"What do you mean?" Tonks asked.

"Well, What's going to happen with everything that has happened tonight?" Molly asked.

Kingsley looked at the others, "Well for now, I'm going to leave Mr. Black free on his own recognizance. I'm sure that with Peter Pettigrew in custody, he will be cleared of all charges."

He then looked around to Minerva, "As to the other events, it will depend if any of the captured kidnappers can identify who organized the whole débâcle, we can prosecute them. Without that, I'm afraid that someone will skate free for now," he said, not naming who they were sure was responsible.

Sirius looked troubled, "You mean that Peter didn't have anything to do with the attempt to snatch Harry?" he asked, his face a mask of concern.

"No, I'm fairly certain that he had nothing to do with it," Kingsley replied.

"Who, may I ask, is trying to kidnap my godson?" he asked, none to kindly.

Arthur stepped forward. "Maybe we can talk about that a bit later. It looks like you could do with a nice shower, a change of clothing and maybe some of that fine food you asked about. Perhaps we can discuss it then."

"A shower does sound enticing, but I have nothing to change into," Sirius replied.

"I'm sure we can come up with something for you," Molly said, her smile warm and welcoming.

Sirius looked around for a moment, taking in each and every person as they looked back at him. "Okay, sounds go to me. Show me the way to the shower and we'll talk later," he said with a smile.

Sirius had always been one to be able to read most people, his one glaring error, being Peter Pettigrew. Though he had his doubts about his courage, he had never conceived that he would betray James and Lily.

What he saw encouraged him. He could tell something major was going on and it seemed that Harry was in the centre of it. He supposed it had to do with the Prophecy that had forced James and Lily into hiding, but he wasn't 100% sure, yet. But what heartened him was the feelings and looks that all those assembled here, well except for the one Weasley boy, were there to look out for Harry and somehow, Ginny as well. One more thing that pointed to the fact that the young couple were bonded.

Sirius rose and Arthur led him upstairs. The others sighed and relaxed. It had been a very eventful evening and it seemed that though the excitement was over, things still were going to take place concerning Harry and Ginny.

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A/N: Well, that was interesting, Sirius had to recapture Wormtail. Why is it that people in authority never want to listen to lay people? Are they all that arrogant?

What part do you think Sirius will play now that he seems to have won his freedom?

As always, your reviews are greatly appreciated.

Ostnedo Sum Vis - Reveal Nature (of)