Chapter 9: Peter Revealed
A/N: So, in the beginning of this story, I made a mistake. I said Remus was there for the Secret-keeper change when in reality he wasn't.
Also, sorry for that outrageous typo in the last chapter. I said, "me flat out attacking Crookshanks," when I meant, "flat out attacking Peter," of course. I proofread that chapter so many times, I have no earthly idea how it escaped my notice. I guess my brain automatically corrected it. Sorry.
A little bit after the failure of our dormitory plan, I was walking back to see Sirius, when I came up with an even better plan. I could bring Peter to the Shrieking Shack. It seemed so obvious that I thought it was a little stupid that neither of us thought of it before.
And I got lucky.
I found Peter on the grounds with Harry and his friends when I was close to the Whomping Willow. I couldn't see them, but I somehow knew exactly where they were. I zeroed in on their location and then chased Peter to the Whomping Willow, where things got complicated.
So, here's how it went:
I got Peter to the tree, closely followed, of course, by Long-and-Gangly, who eventually caught Peter. I wasn't sure what to do then, but luckily, Sirius showed up. I had thought that he was in the Shack, but apparently, he wasn't.
Anyway, he jumped from out of nowhere and crashed into Harry. Then he seemed to realize he had made a mistake and switched course to go to Peter. While trying to reach Peter, he missed and accidently grabbed Long-and-Gangly's arm. Undaunted, Sirius began to drag Peter and Long-and-Gangly through the swinging branches and to the knot of the tree. Harry and Hermione called for Long-and-Gangly, but couldn't get past the tree.
That's when I heroically stepped in and touched the knot on the tree and led them down the tunnel.
I found Sirius, Peter and Long-and-Gangly in the Shrieking Shack and lept onto a bed to watch. Then Harry and Hermione came in. Everyone was in utter shock that Sirius was an Animagus.
Then some fighting occurred. Harry evidently hated Sirius because he thought he was a lying backstabber who killed his parents. He was really hard to convince. He would not listen. Well, I guess Sirius wasn't making much an effort to explain, but who can blame him? Peter was right there and still alive. I certainly wouldn't waste time talking.
Then Harry got a little too violent and was about to kill Sirius, but I jumped onto his chest to protect him. Maybe the sight of a cute adorable cat would change Harry's mind. But if it didn't, I was going to go down with Sirius.
Luckily, Remus came in and attempted to explain everything as he pieced together the puzzle. I was getting irritated. We had no time for this, we should be getting revenge on Peter. But Remus got to the part of Peter actually being a rat, and the time had come. But nooo, Harry needs like every detail. So, Remus and Sirius had to explain their past with James, which made me sad. And the man who caused his death was right there. But we were talking about why we should kill him rather than killing him.
And then, when we were all done with this explaining junk, another guy showed up, the greasy-haired teacher. And then there was some yelling and some more fighting. Blah, blah, blah. Then, after the teacher had been blasted into the wall, they got started explaining again. Long-and-Gangly still was not getting that "Scabbers" was Peter. Neither was Harry for that matter.
Then, oh, then, Long-and-Gangly called me "that mad cat" again, and I had about had it up to here. But, Sirius defended me, called me smart, said I was helping him, though he said it was a while before I trusted him. "A while" seemed like a bit of a stretch, but whatever.
At long last, Sirius and Remus revealed Peter. But then, they had to "sort a few things out." What the heck? What is there to sort out? Sirius is innocent and a great man, unlike Peter, that lying, backstabbing, good-for-nothing rat.
After everything was sorted out, the moment of truth came.
Oh, wait, no it didn't.
Harry got all noble, and called off the killing and said that he could go to Azkaban instead. Said he didn't think James would want his best friends to be killers. He's probably right… dang it.
So, I led everyone out of the Shrieking Shack.
Once we were outside, I was ready to lead back to the castle so that Peter could go to Azkaban and Sirius's name could be cleared.
And then, as fate would have it, things got worse.
Remus transformed into a werewolf. I felt bad for the guy, it looked painful. Then Sirius transformed into a dog and they had a wrestling match, only much more intense. But I didn't see much of it. The last thing I remembered was seeing Peter shrink back into the size of a rat before a red light hit me and everything was black.
A/N: Sorry if that was kind of boring, since we all know what happens at the end of the book, but y'know. It would have been more boring, but ColbiWest helped me with it, so thank you. :-)
There is going to be one more chapter, hopefully out soon. Don't forget to review :D