A/N Thank you all for the reviews like always I appreciate them a lot. Harry Potter is not mine this is a story from a fan.
(BSC 3 C26) C84 A glimmer of hope or a disaster in the making.
Let's go back a little, just before Peter escaped the shrieking shack and heard the Bombarde curse behind him.
Harry was on his way back with Susan at his side. He was walking behind Cornelius Fudge and Umbridge as they headed back to the castle. The first thing he wanted to do now was to find Ginny and Astoria. So in his mind, he called his grandmother.
It was in thought that Minerva told her grandson all of what she had learned from Albus. But also all about the things she had done to find the two missing girls. When she told about Bella and Daphne already walking to the shrieking shack she could almost hear him running away. It was now that she was glad she could talk to him in her mind or he would have been too far away to even do anything at all. So this ability made it easy for her to tell him about Flitwick too.
^Grandmother please sent my friends to the Shrieking shack along the roadside while you sent any available adult to the Whomping Willow. While we do that you can keep the others in the great hall. I know Zanita would love to help you with that. I also know there is nothing that could beat her sticking charm. Just tell them they can stay for an extra dinner, a dinner of chocolate desserts. The last thing I saw was that a lot of students were still, feeling the results of the Dementors. On second thought you tell Albus that he can tell it to Fudge, his toad, and Lucius. He is after all the one who can speak donkey^. Harry heard the chuckle in his mind and started his way to the shrieking shack.
Susan who had been with him from the last hour walked after him. She hadn't understood what he had done just now but knew she would hear it later. It was after a minute or so that the both of them turned around when they heard the screams from Hermione that told them to wait up.
Susan stopped and thought back to the summer they had together. The six of them had trained very hard but it was clear that Bella and Harry would take the fight to Voldemort when the time was there. Now that they were near Christmas Harry wanted his family together and missing two of them was not on his agenda.
Harry who didn't want to look back went on to the shrieking shack. The differents this time between him, Bella and Daphne, was that he didn't want to do it slowly. No, Harry just walked down the path. It was halfway down the path that he heard a stumble and a very loud thump. He didn't slow down when he heard it, no, it only made him walk faster and straight to the front door. He lifted his wand and gave a silent Bombarde.
Before Hermione could scream to Harry that he had to wait for a little bit she saw the front door burst into a million pieces. She looked at it with an open mouth as Harry rushed into the cloud of dust and disappeared into it. It only took Hermione a minute to realize what Harry had done before she too rushed into the dust. It was just behind the dust that she saw Harry kneeling beside a body she didn't recognize immediately.
*#*
Harry came out of the dust and saw Bella lying under Flitwick and on top of Daphne. He went down on his knees and pulled Flitwick to the side where he sat him down. He looked at Bella again but wasn't sure what was wrong with her. So he pushed her slowly from Daphne and in front of Flitwick. Now he started to pull Daphne to the side of Flitwick and helped her to sit down. With little shakes of their shoulders, he started to wake them up.
At the third shake, the eyes of Daphne shot open and looked straight into the eyes of Harry to instantly go to the top of the stairs. "There is still someone upstairs, I don't know why but I know there is someone there," She told him.
Bella who started to also look around didn't look at Harry. The first thing Bella did was to grab her head in one of her hands, with the other hand she pointed to the upper floor and indicating Harry had to go there.
Harry had a moment of doubt but it wasn't more than that before he ran up the stairs. Halfway up the stairs he looked around and saw Susan and Hermione kneeling by Daphne and Bella while Neville stood protectively in front of them, ready for whatever could come through the door.
Harry gave a sharp nod before he rushed on. At the top of the stairs, he stopped and looked around the little hallway. He saw a table on its side and a door that was opened. He didn't see much but he did see a pair of feet hanging over the edge of a bed. With his wand raised, he stepped forward and shot off a stunning spell that hit the figure in the feet.
He slowly walked into the room and looked at the figure that was lying on the bed. He was dressed in a very long coat and something told him that he knew this person. So slowly he went further into the room until he could see the face while his wand was still pointed at his head. With a curse at the tip of his tongue, he took a good look.
There on the bed was none other than his own godfather. Harry had heard Amelia say that she was thinking about sending Sirius to the castle. He also heard her say that it would be after Christmas. It had been a bit of a surprise for him when his grandmother told him that he had been seen on the grounds only a couple of hours ago, but to find him there was another surprise. With a finite spell, he woke him up and looked him in the eye. "Sirius, why in Merlin's name are you here. We could have captured Peter on our own. But No, you had to come here on the day the Dementors are really hungry and chase after Peter. Now my sister and my adopted daughter are taken away by him and I don't know where I have to look or where I can even start to look. But if that isn't enough I have a fugitive that is trespassing on Hogwarts territory. Now I don't know what Aunty Amelia will do to me when I bring you in, but I think I'm going to find out very soon".
Sirius who had sat up with crossed legs just lifted his shoulders and looked with a guilty look at his godson. "I really don't know what Amelia would do to you but I'm not going to face her anytime soon. She would curse me from here to tomorrow and beyond" Sirius told him.
Harry walked around the bed and closer to his godfather. Slowly he lifted his wand again and placed him between the eyes of Sirius. "Now Sirius, if you have been living in a living hell as long as I have. You start to grow up really fast. You also start to learn things a kid my age should not yet learn. At moments we become like adults and on other moments we are the kids we are supposed to be, but most of all we are trapped in a battle between being a kid or a grownup. Now I know that Azkaban hasn't been a fairytale for you, but I'm sorry, I really am, but now I have to do what King Hogwarts has to do to be as they say politically correct".
Sirius looked at the tip of the wand as he listened to everything his Godson was telling him. As he looked on he saw a little smile appear on his face. It was a smile he remembered from the time he was together with James and it was a smile that did tell him it wasn't good, at least not for him. It was also the smile that told him that Harry was the son of the best marauder there ever was and he wasn't thinking of James. "Harry, What are you doing, why do you look at me like that. I'm Padfoot you know".
The smile from Harry changed from sneaky to angry. "Like I said Padfoot, Peter has taken my sister and my adopted daughter. If you hadn't come here he wouldn't have made a run for it. So to give you a little payback I will now take you back to Hogwarts and hand you over to Amelia, you are after all still a wanted criminal" and Harry gave him a lopsided smile.
"Sirius smiled back and jumped from the bed. He only had a couple of steps to go and he would be safely out of the door.
Harry didn't follow him he just lifted his wand as he took a small step.
Sirius rounded the corner and took his last step to the stairs. As he was about to go down he looked and saw six wands pointing at him. He stopped and heard Harry saying something in his ear. How Harry had moved so fast behind him he would never know. "You may think you can run but between me and my friends you won't get far, Stupefy".
Sirius heard the spell but could never duck in time. He became stiff and fell down the stairs head first on the cushioning charm that had been placed by Susan. As he lay there he could do nothing but watch as he was lifted up and guided out of the shrieking shack by a levitation charm.
Harry turned to Professor Flitwick as he started to guide Sirius out of the door. "Professor could you go down the tunnel and see if Peter is hiding there, I have asked the other adults to meet us at the entrance on the other side, but I first have to bring this criminal to Amelia and then I will join you".
Professor Flitwick nodded and started his way back.
The friends all started to walk down the path to Hogwarts with a floating Sirius ahead of them. It was at the gate that Harry told Susan to take Bella to the Hospital wing, they would follow until the entrance and then he would go in search for Amelia while Hermione and Neville would take Sirius to the Common room of house Hogwarts.
From the corner of his eye, he saw some movement near the forest and knew that the adults had found something. He waited a little bit and saw Amelia walking in front of everybody. As he waited he saw Fudge and Umbridge looking out of the window. He knew they could hear him so he lifted his head and was about to speak while Amelia was walking towards them.
"Harry they have Peter" Daphne almost screamed in his ear as she pointed to the group.
Harry nodded and lifted his head again. "Watch out Amelia, I found Sirius, he tried to attack us just a moment ago. We will place him somewhere in Hogwarts" Now he didn't know if they could hear him inside the great hall but he took his chance. He didn't tell them where he would keep him because of the first reason.
Amelia looked around and saw Fudge and Deloris looking out of the side window. Damn it, Potter, she thought. "What the hell are you playing at Potter" she growled in a whisper.
"I'm helping you to get a fleabag mutt free, everybody heard that he is here so you can question him. If you want to you can question him in the middle of the great hall".
Amelia gazed at the window and saw Umbridge looking mad and fudge turning white. "I still hate this but thank you".
"Now another thing, where are the two girls".
*#*
Let's go back a little bit just for the fun of it.
Peter looked around and gave one last glance to the two girls who were now lying at the bottom of a small hill. He thought he saw them moving around and knew that they could still alive and that was all he needed to know. So he started to run and run faster. He heard four Stupefy's fast after each other. He stopped and looked at every side of him. He kept on looking but couldn't see anything. He started to run again and fumbled for his wand when he realized that he had lost it in the tunnel. This told him that he didn't have a way to change back into his rat form so he ran on.
As he ran on he was looking for a way out of the forest. In his years at Hogwarts, he had been here many times but it had changed so much that he didn't recognize it like he used to. He didn't see the trees and didn't see that he was running in a circle. He wasn't paying attention because he was getting more afraid with every minute that passed and the sight of a full moon in front of him. His former friend was the one who had changed into a werewolf. He was sure he would not be helpful to him if he saw him again. He felt a little pain as he thought back to the time he and his friends were running around this forest to help their friend especially when it was around this time of the month.
As he ran he snorted, he was sure Remus would never believe him if he said he wanted to change but then again he didn't want to change anyhow. So he ran faster and faster as fast as he could.
The faster he ran the more he got lost. He was looking for a way out and became more confused the more he ran. He preferred to get out of the forest when he was near the gate of Hogwarts so he could apparate away the moment he was out. With his eyes resting on the full moon for one last time he heard a growl from right behind him. He stopped and turned around slowly. As he turned he saw his old friend standing near him sniffing the air.
The werewolf looked at the little man and growled loudly.
"Remus" Peter squeaked. "Remus it's me Peter, Peter your old friend".
GGGRRRRR" was the only answer he got from his former friend. Who sniffed the air again as his black eyes focused on Peter?
Peter started to tremble as he gazed up into the eyes of his old friend. A friend who was about to rip him apart, Peter only knew one thing to do now and he started to wet his trousers. "help, hheellp, HHEELLP" Peter shouted to anyone who could hear him.
"Stupefy suddenly sounded the voice of Isabella from his left and Peter was out.
*#*
Yes, let's go back a little bit again.
Isabella was walking to the Whomping Willow; well she was more pulled to the Whomping Willow because the last thing she wanted was to let Harry go by himself.
"Come along Isabella," Amelia told her as she dragged her along. "You know that the kids will be fine and if something happens then I hope Harry will leave something for me to take back to the ministry".
Isabella nodded but kept her eyes on the two who were already nearing the gate. As she gave one last look she could see that Hermione and Neville were also running after them, that gave her that little bit of reassurance that Harry would not be alone after all.
As they neared the Whomping Willow they saw a little person coming from underneath the Willow. They saw he was pulling something along behind him but they couldn't really see what it was the next thing they saw was a blur of red hair. the red blur told them that it had to be Ginny but they weren't sure. It was at this point that all of them started to run faster just to get to the person they thought was Pettigrew.
David who was the last in the group was a little afraid, the last thing he wanted to do now was to mess it up. He hadn't forgotten what he had done and it wouldn't look good if he ruined it this time.
Amelia who had let go of Isabella was rushing forwards just in front of Augusta who was just behind her. Augusta was the first to see what Peter was pulling along. "That is Astoria who he is dragging behind him".
"What that is my daughter" and Isabella pushed past Augusta as she ran faster than she ever had just to get to Astoria.
Amelia was a little startled at first when Isabella ran passed her but was soon following her and was even catching up. "Isabella Stop" she screamed. "Stop, we first have to do something about Remus he is changing".
Isabella looked at the spot where Amelia was pointing and came to a sudden stop. "Stupefy".
"Stupefy".
"Stupefy".
"Stupefy". Sounded four voices.
None of the spells were aimed at Peter as he ran further away. No, all the spells were aimed at Remus to keep him from getting too angry and do something bad to the children.
*#*
Remus came from the forbidden forest the moment he started to change. He was just next to Peter and Astoria who hadn't seen him coming out of the Forest. He thought Ginny had seen him but it all went too fast to really tell. His claw reached out but before he snatched something he was hit by four spells and went down for a couple of seconds.
It was too bad for the adults because it didn't have the effect they wanted it to have. In his werewolf form, Remus had a certain threshold to magic, four stunners would knock him down but it wouldn't keep him down for very long.
As Remus started to get back to his feet he growled at the adults and extended his claws. In all of this, they hadn't realized that Peter had escaped.
Remus now in his full form gazed over at the adults while he kept on growling.
Amelia stepped a little forward and shrugged the hand of Isabella form her shoulder when she tried to stop her. "Remus are you in there," She asked a little hesitantly.
Remus stopped his growling and only snarled a little as his eyes pierced into the eyes of Amelia.
Amelia saw that Remus wasn't reacting like a normal werewolf should so it only left her one option. "Remus are you on the wolfsbane potion".
Remus who could do nothing more than growl just nodded slowly.
Amelia turned around and looked questingly at Augusta.
"Well, it's been an idea from the friends. They are now making the potion for every werewolf that can't buy it. Some of them are even working for Arabella by getting her the ingredients for her potions. If they could keep their minds in tacked while there are transformed they wouldn't be as dangerous as they normally would.
Amelia looked thoughtful at Remus before she asked. "Remus, the one we just saw was Peter, Do you think you could find him and hunt him down and then chase him back to us".
Remus turned his head up and sniffed the air. His head turned slowly and he took off after he gave a wolfish howl.
Before the others could say anything he was gone. They all tried to keep up but he was just too fast, so they turned around hoping to catch Peter as he was chased out of the forest.
Now they weren't really sure if Remus would really help them or not so they just strolled down the edge of the forest looking for anything they saw inside of it. However, the forest was very scary even for the adults as they walked along the edge.
Suddenly in the darkness of the dense forest, they heard a high pitched scream.
"Help, Werewolf, HHEELLLP".
The four of them ran back and towards the screaming. Isabella was running in front of them all when she saw some movement between the trees. The moment she saw the little man she didn't hesitate and threw a Stupefy at him. He was hit right in the middle of his back and he went down.
With a feeling of pure victory, they all went back to the castle with a floating Peter Pettigrew between them all.
As they were walking back to the castle they saw the kids walking through the gate. Amelia was the first to see them and told the others that she would talk to Harry first. When she walked over to the kids she saw Harry starting to walk towards her. Suddenly he stopped and screamed "Watch out Amelia, I found Sirius, he tried to attack us just a moment ago. We will place him somewhere in Hogwarts".
Amelia looked around and saw Fudge and Deloris looking out of the side window. Damn it, Potter, she thought. "What the hell are you playing at Potter" she growled in a whisper.
"I'm helping you to get a fleabag mutt free, everybody heard that he is here so you can question him. If you want to you can question him in the middle of the great hall".
Amelia gazed at the window and saw Umbridge looking mad and fudge turning white. "I still hate this but thank you".
"Now another thing, where are the two girls".
When the other adults arrived at the spot Amelia and Harry were standing they could hear the final question from Harry. The smile they had disappeared in a flash as they all started to turn white. They had been happy when they caught Pettigrew but had forgotten all about the girls.
The eyes of Harry became bright green when they told him that. Daphne who had followed him stepped in front of him and took him in a hug as she pinned his arms to his side.
It took a moment before Harry calmed down enough so Daphne could let him go. He gave her a nod of thanks as he gave her the sign to go back to the castle as he followed. The adults didn't have a clue what they had to do now so they followed him with a still floating Peter among them. "Augusta you go and get Fudge and the toad while I will get some Veritaserum. After that we will question the rat and find out where the two girls are, I only hope they are still alive, if not he will be wishing for a Dementor kiss before I'm done with him.
*#*
^Grandma we are coming to the castle, we didn't find Astoria or Ginny but we got Peter and Sirius. The Dog was here so I took him in. Please keep Fudge and the toad in the great hall. Augusta is on her way to get them^ Harry asked in his thoughts.
It took a couple of seconds for Minerva to answer. Seconds that looked like minutes to Harry before she did. ^Yes, Harry I will keep them here. Lucius is with Draco but Zanita has a house elf keeping an eye on them^.
Harry chuckled a little at the thought of a house elf sneaking around Lucius. The little guy or girl would do it for what he had done to Dobby. ^Please don't let Daphne and Bella hear this, but I do love Zanita when she does things like this^.
Minerva gave a smile of her own. ^But Harry what do we have to do now".
Harry had stopped while he talked to his grandmother before he started to walk after the others. He had Daphne at one of his arms while he was asking himself the same question his grandmother just did. As he walked into Hogwarts he saw David floating a floating Pettigrew up the stairs. He gestured to Amelia to come to him which she immediately did.
Amelia started to walk next to Harry and she gazed on him to explain himself.
"Amelia how many people are needed to make an interrogation legal for the law".
Amelia lifted an eyebrow and looked at him thoughtfully. "There are four people needed to make such a declaration. The more people you get the better it will be" she told him as she looked around for herself.
Harry stopped and turned to Amelia "So three members of the Wizengamot, A minister the undersecretary and the chief Warlock should be enough. You as head of the DLME should be enough to question him".
Amelia just gazed at him but could not hold her smile any longer. She nodded and looked over at Pettigrew. "What are you planning to do with him," she asked with a little disgust in her voice.
It was now that the eyes of Harry started to glow again. Only this time it wasn't the eyes of fury but the eyes of mirth, He bent his head a little closer to Amelia as he whispered into her ear. "We are going to get Pettigrew into a room with only one door. We will place him with his back to the door. It will mean that we will face him and the door. This way Fudge and Umbridge can't run out the door to get one of those soul-sucking things, without one us seeing them. When we have him pumped full of Veritaserum, We will ask him about Ginny and Astoria. After he tells us that, I will go looking for them while you keep draining him for every info you can get about Sirius and Lucius. If we are really lucky we will get Fudge fired".
Amelia shivered from the warm breath that went around her ear. She felt the power in the voice, a power that made her knees feel weak for a moment. But she kept on standing like nothing happened.
Unfortunate for her Harry did notice but kept it to himself. "If we get the girls back you can go all down on Sirius. We caught him in the shrieking shack and I couldn't let him go because of the fact that we hat Professor Flitwick with us" He told her again in a whisper.
"But Harry if we get Fudge out of his position, who will take over, who will be the next minister. Surely you aren't thinking of that toad, are you" she asked in horror.
Harry laughed a little as he came even closer. "I can only think of one person who can take his place. She is the person who is enjoying my breath gliding around her ear, it's only too bad it's me and not a certain dog who she wants to do it".
The eyes of Amelia became very big when he told her that. She immediately turned her head away as she started to blush while she pushed him away with one hand. She just could not help it but she wondered how he knew. As she looked back she nodded and went over to an Auror she had asked to come along when she had left the Wizengamot.
In the meanwhile
David was still walking up the steps with a Floating Peter behind him. He brought him to a little chamber high up in a tower.
Sirius was almost in the common room of Hogwarts as Augusta brought a resisting Fudge up the stairs to the chamber where David would place Pettigrew.
It was ten meters behind them that Harry was walking up with his grandmother next to him and Zanita behind him.
*#*
After ten minutes they were all packed up in the tower with Peter sitting in a chair in the middle of that room. Harry who was getting more and more frustrated was now looking pleadingly at Amelia. He wanted nothing more than to beat the answer out of Peter, but he also knew that if he did that, Fudge and Umbridge would have a field day with him. So he had to wait until Amelia asked the one question so he would finally know where the two girls were.
The longer it took the more his magic was swirling around him. He was radiating it in waves and on top of that both Amelia and Minerva could feel all the feelings from Harry and it was getting hard for them to not get overwhelmed by them.
The worst part of it all was that Isabella was missing a daughter and in some way, Ginny who had become her adopted daughter, Because even if Harry was the father he was nowhere ready to take real care of her. So without a word, all the adults stepped up to be a parent and Augusta and Minerva became their grandmothers. Isabella chuckled a little. Her daughter Daphne had wanted to take the role of the mother but had lost it at the first bump.
Her memory was interrupted when Fudge walked into the room. He didn't look around and started to shout the moment he saw Peter. "NO, no, no, that isn't Possible, he was dead, we only found a finger". He shook his head and started to walk out the door but was stopped just in time by Tonks and David.
Fudge puffed his chest up and looked David in the eyes. David didn't back down and put his wand under his chin. Fudge deflated in front of their eyes and walked back into the room.
Harry had seen it all and stepped next to Fudge. He wanted to be there and see his face the moment he heard that Peter was the real betrayer of his parents. He was looking intently at Peter but heard his mom whisper something to David. ~When are you going to tell Harry~. It was weird and the whisper sounded like she snapped it at him. Sure Harry wanted to know what it was all about but he also wanted to start the search back up, because he still needed to find Ginny and Astoria.
Amelia called the attention of everybody as she woke up Peter.
"OOo, thank you, thank you. You have saved me, thank you I have been so scared all those years. I was all alone and now I'm back" Peter whimpered as he looked at everyone around him.
"Well, see, now you can all see that this has been a big Mistake. Sirius had scared him and he just had to hide that's what it was all along" Fudge told everyone as if it was as clear as daylight.
Harry closed his eyes. The last thing he wanted to do was look at fudge because he was already feeling his hate taking a hold of him. With his arm, he pushed Fudge to the side as he stepped in front of Peter.
"Harry, my boy, you have grown so big, I have known you ever sins you were just a little Baby, I held you in my arms you were so" Peter screeched.
Harry pushed down a shiver of disgust as he pulled Peter up at his collar. "First of all, I don't believe a word you have to say. Secondly, I do not care about that either. There is only one thing I want to know and that is the place you left Astoria Greengrass and Ginny Potter" Harry growled between gritted teeth.
Peter just stared at him and with big doubtful eyes, he lifted his shoulder as he told Harry. "Sorry I don't know what you are talking about because I don't know any Ginny or Astoria".
Harry threw his hand in the air as he squeezed it into a fist. He was ready to strike him right here and there. But he kept back and wanted to say something ells. But Fudge interrupted him. "Mr. Potter," Fudge said in shock. "What in Merlin's name are you doing, this man is a Hero just like you are".
"A Hero, you must be kidding me" Harry snapped as he gazed into the eyes of Fudge. "This man is as much a hero as I am. You only made me a hero because I was the sole survivor of Voldemort, but I guaranty you I'm not. The real heroes are my mum and dad; they gave their lives for me, so I could remain for people like you to be used but no more. And the main reason for that is sitting in this chair" Harry shouted.
"Potter, you better watch your mouth, you are still talking to the minister of magic" Delores shouted from next to Fudge.
"AND THAT'S IT" sounded the voice of Zanita from the doorway.
Everyone was startled when they heard her scream and looked on in fear when they felt her magic role over them. It was obvious why she was Lady Hogwarts because the moment she screamed they didn't only felt the magic wash over them, they even felt the Castle shake. It was her home her magic her Harry that was mistreated. She stepped through the doorway and into the space of Umbridge. She was a head taller so she towered over her as she looked down. "This is the last time you insult my Husband in my presents. He is Lord Hogwarts and that means your puny minister has no say here, remember that well. Now Amelia, please do your job and let us find out what this vermin is keeping from us".
She again turned back to Delores "As for you, we will find out what he did with the two girls and if you open your mouth just one more time I will lock you up for eternity in one of our dungeons".
Harry stepped up to also say something but was pulled back by Daphne. Harry wanted to resist but Daphne didn't let him. "Stop it, Harry, Zanita took care of it. I know that you are mad but we have to think about Astoria and Ginny" she whispered to him in a harsh tone.
Harry nodded and looked down at the floor to calm down again.
Isabella who stood behind them had to hide a smile before she gave a dirty look at David who didn't see it. She knew Daphne and Bella had total control over Harry if they had to, that was what made her smile. The dirty look she gave was because of the memory of her husband selling her daughter to Draco Malfoy. For years she had thought that Daphne would end up with a girlfriend. No man had come close but with Bella and Harry, she had the best of both worlds.
While Isabella was getting lost in her thoughts, Amelia was walking over to Peter. "Did you betray the Potters to Voldemort?" she asked the moment she was in front of him.
"Don't say that name" Fudge called from the side of the room.
Amelia turned her head around. "O grow a spine" she called over her shoulder. She turned back to Peter and asked. "Well did you, or didn't you betray them".
Peter tried to ignore her and was looking around to find a way out of the situation he was in. It was only at the moment that he felt the tip of the wand of Amelia pressing under his chin that he started to speak. "I'm innocent I tell you. It was all Sirius. He is the one who betrayed them not me. I found him and stunned him. I left him in the shrieking shack".
Fudge listened and had to do what a minister should do. "That's all I need to hear. I have to get a Dementor and sent it to the shrieking shack, this may be the only chance we get to kill that bastard.
Amelia rolled her eyes at his words before she screamed back. "Will you stop it, Sirius is already in the castle and he is contained to his chamber". When Amelia took another attempt at Peter and asked him where the girls were. He did the same thing he did the last time and told her he didn't know any girls by those names.
Amelia who was starting to get fed up asked Tonks to give him the Veritaserum.
Peter started to resist really hard and was desperately trying to get free.
Unfortunately for him it only took Tonks ten seconds to administer the serum before Peter became dazed.
Peter knew he had lost the battle and that it was futile to resist the serum, he also knew that he couldn't because he just wasn't strong enough.
Amelia who hat sat down right in front of him coughed a little before she started her interrogation.
"What is your name" Amelia started.
Peter who had stopped fighting just answered the question. "Peter Pretorius Pettigrew".
Were you the secret keeper of the Potters".
"Yes they first wanted to use Sirius but they thought differently about it and they took me on the recommendation of Albus".
This was the answer no one had expected. So as one they looked at Harry but he didn't move a muscle. It was like he hadn't heard any of it.
"Did you betray the Potters to Voldemort or not?" Amelia asked again.
"Yes, I told my Lord their location and he went there on the night of Halloween".
"Amelia, would you please ask him where Astoria and Ginny are" Harry snapped at her.
Amelia heard from the tone of his voice that he was barely holding on. She knew as no other that when Harry became as stressed as he was now anything could happen and every word from the wrong person could be their last. She nodded and sat a little closer to Peter. "Where are the two girls you took with you into the woods".
"I threw them off a little hill into some bushes. I did it with the first one and I pushed Ginny after her. I became scared and they were slowing me down so I just got rid of them".
"How were the two girls when you left them".
"The small one with the black hair had a head wound. I think she was awake when she hit the bushes but I'm not sure, she kept losing consciousness. She had that head wound when she hit the bedpost the one she fell on".
"Why did she fell on the bedpost".
"I was running from Sirius when he saw me running into the tunnel. The two girls came after him and I took them hostage so I had some leverage if I needed it. I then threw them in a room where she stumbled and fell against that bedpost".
Where is the hill you threw the kids off the edge".
"I don't know for sure but it was ten minutes into the forest walking towards the moon".
Amelia turned around to tell it to Harry but the moment she gazed at him he was no longer there. She opened her mouth and closed it again when she heard the voice of Harry sounding down the steps. She heard something about get the house elves and his friends but the longer it took the more it faded away as he ran down the tower.
Harry was followed by Isabella, David, and Daphne.
Amelia gave a sigh and told Fudge that she hoped he would find the girls fast and in good health, if not, then he wouldn't have to worry any longer about the dementors.
A/N: so this was it again for this week. See you all in two weeks.
Gr. Winmau