Majo Kon-ki The Marriage of Tanya the Witch
(The marriage chronicles of a witch)
Arc 3 - Prisoner of Azkaban – part 7
June, AD1994, Hagrid's cabin, on the outskirts of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Peter Pettigrew, also known as Wormtail, had been having a really hard time lately. Spending more than a decade as Scabbers the rat, he was getting used to being pampered by the Weasley family but now…
"Now I am reduced to hiding in Hagrid's tableware! Curse you Sirius! And that damn cat!" Only a few days remaining until the end of the term. Hogwarts will be empty and Wormtail will make his escape. To either become the pet of another wizard's house or go after HIM.
"I am so glad I kept IT all those years. HE will surely-"
"Hagrid! It's us!" Wormtail heard Harry Potter at the hut's door. And by the sound of multiple steps, he was together with his 'master' and the Granger girl.
"Yeh doin' here?"
"That's what I also want to know!" Pettigrew thought anxiously.
"Tanya has been missing for some time. Then a small owl delivered a note saying she would be here."
There was a knock on the door and another visitor inside.
"You are already here, Harry. Good!" Wormtail immediately recognized the voice of Harry's creepy girlfriend.
"Why did you call me here?"
The girl didn't say anything, or at least, not anything the rat could hear.
"Tanya? Are you looking for something? You are gazing around so seriously."
"It's nothing. How about we… have some tea?!"
"Huh? Okay, here you go-"
"NO! I- err, I want it warm! Please start over!"
"Fine! Hagrid, where is the milk?"
"There's som' in the cupboard, Hermione."
"Wait!The cupboard?" Pettigrew recalled with a startle that this was the place he was hiding!
"Ah! Ron! Look!"
"Scabbers!" The rat had no chance to escape as he was picked up by the youngest Weasley boy.
"Dammit! I had the best cover! Why did those kids have to come here of all places?! A few more days and they would go home thinking I was dead!"
Struggling desperately in the boy's hands, he decided to abandon any plan and just ran away.
"It's all right! There are no cats here!"
"I am happy for your reunion Ron. Now, let me get straight to business. I found Sirius Black."
They all let out gasps of surprise, except for Scabbers who was freaked out!
"D-did she talk to him?! Does she know about me?!" The rat began to fight more fiercely, it became a matter of survival.
"I uncovered how he had been hiding. He is an unregistered animagus, the large black dog we saw."
"The grim was him all along?! Ah! Scabbers! Calm down!"
"After I found out, I asked the acromantulas to search and a few hours ago, they caught him!"
"SHIT! LET ME GO YOU BRAT!" Wormtail was beyond desperate! He was considering retaking his human form to fight properly-
"Unfortunately, the acromantulas can't kill a human, even a criminal, because of the treaty. They still left him all bound and gagged for us."
"Did she say gagged? Of course! Sirius is a wanted criminal, no sane person would risk having a good chat with him!" Suddenly, Scabbers became very docile in Ron's hands.
"Great! Let's inform professor Dumbledore and the dementors will take him."
Scabbers shared Granger's enthusiasm. It seemed like the long nightmare was coming to an end.
"Have you forgotten Harry's wish? Let's take this opportunity to have his revenge. Let's kill him!"
"'Kill him'?!" If the witness was silenced, he would be set free. Maybe there wouldn't be any need to leave the Weasleys and let go of his 'insurance', Harry.
"You can't!" There was an outcry of indignation from the Granger girl.
"Vengeance is not the way! It's wrong to-"
"He helped murder Harry's parents! How can it be wrong?"
"I- Ron! Say something!"
"You sure he can't move?"
"RON!"
"Hol' on a sec! Yeh kids can' go in the forbidden forest! An' Black should be handled by the authorities!" Scabbers forgot Hagrid was there.
"Can't believe this big dimwit is going to fool-" Wormtail didn't finish his thought. With incredible speed, Harry's girl had Hagrid stuck in a web to the ceiling of his own hut.
"Gah! L-le' me down!"
"Sorry Hagrid, you will be free in an hour at most. By then, our business will be over."
"Tanya! Do you have to do this to everyone?!" Granger was fuming, but Scabbers could hear a few chuckles from his 'master'. Only Harry was silent.
"What do you say Harry? We inform Fudge? Or do we go and deal with it ourselves?"
It was needless to ask. Harry's resolute scowl said it all.
"T-this place looks darker and s-scarier than the time we had detention here!"
"I-It always looks worse at each new visit! And I had to come lots of times to talk with tons of spiders!"
While his friends recalled the bad moments they had in the forbidden forest and Tanya guided them with the light of a lumos spell, Harry thought the place was suitable to send Black to the depths of terror before killing him!
"Here we are." If before his friends were scared then entering a hollow packed with webs full of dead animals, left them terrified.
"W-w-where are the a-acromantulas?!"
"T-t-they usually are out hunting during the day! We better hurry!"
"I told you the acromantulas are staying true to the treaty. We are in no danger."
"Scabbers is with me and last he was here, he became sick!" Ron was still worrying about Scabbers health despite his look being better than what Harry saw the entire year.
"We won't be staying long. Just enough time for Harry to KILL Black."
The kill word sent shivers down Harry's back.
"A-am I really going-" He shook his head. It was no time to get cold feet!
"WHERE IS HE?!" With a roar, he reaffirmed his determination.
"Right here." Tanya pointed to a mass of black hair on a big blob of web.
Harry drew his wand, it was time to end this!
"Crookshanks?!" The girl's cry made Harry realize Hermione's pet cat inside a cage struggling and hissing in a corner.
"I think your cat has been helping Black all along. He tried to get in my way, so I had to lock him up."
"Ha! I knew it! I knew this thing had to be bad!" Ron sing-sang with the best 'I told you so' tone in his voice.
"Absurd! Why would Crookshanks help a criminal?!"
"I have no idea and it doesn't matter. If you want, you can free him later."
Hermione looked upset while Harry shrugged it off. He turned back to Black, his wand a few inches from the face-
"WAIT!" Harry blinked. Did Tanya interrupt him?!
Hermione beamed at her. Like him, she was thinking the little girl may have changed her mind.
"Oh! I knew you would see reason-"
"First I will wake him up."
"Huh?!"
Tanya's reviving spell had an immediate effect. Black's eyes shot open and he looked around. Seeing Harry, he tried to speak, but only his eyes and hair were web free.
"Hey! Why awaken him?!" Ron's question was in the mind of everyone.
"A person sleeping is no different from a doll. You must be made aware of how it is to kill another human being."
"W-what?!" Now Harry was startled and a little scared! It's almost like Tanya wanted to see him kill someone!
"Someday, you may have to kill Voldemort. And I don't want you feeling sorry for him should he be defenseless. This will serve as a practice."
Harry could see her point. He had to be able to kill or else, how would he protect himself or her?
The boy took aim at Black. The criminal widened his eyes, frantically trying to free himself and when it failed he began to point at something with his eyes. Following his gaze, Harry saw only Ron watching with Scabbers in his hand.
"Could he want to hurt Ron?!"
"No! You are not hurting the people I care about ever again!"
"He betrayed my parents! He was to blame for my life with the Dursleys! He threatened Tanya! And now, my best friend?!" Harry had all the reasons in the world and yet, now that the time has come, he hesitated.
"I have to do this! In order to kill Voldemort someday! And anyone else who tries to hurt my-" Sirius Black turned his sunken eyes right at him.
"I-it's too late to play the victim! You are the bad guy here, not me!" He wondered if he wasn't trying to convince himself.
"If you are trying to decide the best spell, fire a severing curse at his neck, he will die instantly." Tanya gave this advice probably because he was taking too long.
"R-right! A severing curse…" Suddenly, he couldn't remember the incantation.
"Harry, don't do it! Please!"
"M-maybe this is not right mate-"
"YOU TWO SHUT UP!" Tanya's powerful shout had the desired effect. Ron and Hermione didn't utter a single word anymore.
"If you are hesitant because you are afraid the body will be found, we can have the acromantulas eat his remains."
Actually, imagining the visage of one of those giant spiders eating a human being almost made him throw up.
"Or is it the responsibility? Should it come to it, we can allege self-defense."
"I-I will still know the truth!" Harry's hand was trembling now, and not a single word would come from his mouth.
"HARRY! KILL HIM!" Seeing him frozen, Tanya snapped. It was like she would hurt him if he didn't kill Black! And even so…
"I CAN'T!" Harry finally admitted. He heard the sound of something falling to the ground and realized it was his wand.
"I am such a coward!" He fell down on his knees wanting to cry.
Mostly, he was afraid about Tanya's reaction. Looking at the little girl, she had a neutral look on her face and slowly opened her mouth.
"Will she call me a coward?! Say that I can't protect her and abandon me-"
"S-scabbers?!" Ron yelled and Harry saw the rat twisting madly then grow into a man!
Harry, Ron and Hermione were stunned. 'Scabbers' took advantage of their confusion and jumped at Harry's dropped wand.
"DIE SIRIUS! INCENDIO!" With his scream, flames were conjured and instantly engulfed Black!
"HAHAHA- Ah?" Harry shared his amazement. Somehow, his target survived and was unharmed!
"Sorry, I already extended my shield to protect Black." Tanya coolly declared.
"Was she protecting him all along?" Harry was entirely lost in confusion.
"Tanya meant forme to kill Black and then save him afterwards?! And who is the man-rat?!"
In the matter of Scabbers, he seemed terrified and was slowly backing away.
"You are not going anywhere Peter Pettigrew!" Harry blanched recognizing the name.
"N-NOOO!" True to her word, Pettigrew didn't flee. He was trapped in a web exactly like Sirius Black.
"What the- WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS HAPPENING?!" Ron shouted at last. Close to him, Hermione stared in disbelief while Tanya was freeing Black.
"Took the words right out of my mouth kiddo." Black said as soon as enough web was removed from his mouth.
"… I saw Peter in his rat form posing in a picture with our arachnopacifier here, Fudge and Hagrid! And the paper said he was close to Harry…" While Tanya guided her group of six people plus a cat out of the forbidden forest, Sirius related his story. From his escape from Azkaban, to his continued attempts to capture Pettigrew, his alliance with Hermione's cat, everything until his capture by the acromantulas.
"… I thought I was safe, they have no interest in dogs. Too little meat."
"I asked them to look for you as soon as I discovered you were an animagus."
"Really? And when did you find out about Peter?"
"By the time the acromantulas told me they had you. I suspected you were innocent for some time."
"Wait- so you knew I was innocent while Harry was about to kill me?!"
The group stopped altogether. All eyes turned to Tanya, in a clear demand for satisfaction.
"I admit, I may have taken things too far!" This was certainly due to the many stressful situations she went through these last months.
"My regret with Visha… the dementors' attack… my 'promotion' to royalty… Then, that boggart exposed my weakness and finally, I found out that piece of shit sent another Type 95!" This was still not an excuse to let herself be overwhelmed by temporary insanity! To make it all worse, she revealed herself in front of Harry and his friends! No one will ever trust her again.
"Didn't you see? Sirius was never in danger in the first place. Tanya would have protected him if Harry had fired."
"Whatever!Once more, Hermione was proving to be the best PR I could ask for…"
"I got it at the end. What I don't understand is why make me attack him in the first place. You were practically forcing me!"
"Because she was worried about you! You thick head!" Hermione sounded very offended at how Harry hadn't come to the same (crazy) conclusion she had.
"Harry, you seemed out of your mind when you found out about Sirius' supposed betrayal. We were afraid you were going to turn into a murderer!"
"That was the plan actually. I would reveal Pettigrew the moment Sirius was killed. The shock of murdering an innocent would break Harry's spirit, hopefully leaving only a broken marionette for me to pull the strings."
"And Tanya must have been the most tormented! She put you through that hellish training to give you confidence, not lose sight of yourself and go dark!"
"Oh! And more important: a marionette free of romantic feelings and lust!"
"She forced you to see that you are not a cold blooded killer and will never be!"
"Yeah, definitely a bad Idea. What if he ended mentally crippledwith all the suffering?!" Tanya wasn't feeling guilty, it was more like she betrayed her sense of economics. Despite his destiny, Harry was a regular boy she was exploiting without giving anything in return.
The girl sighed hard. She treated her troops better and they still forsake her. Maybe she should tell a part of the truth and apologize? If anything else, for the sake of reaffirming her identity as a pacifist.
"Actually, Hermione-"
"Think about it! Tanya would never be so cold to try to manipulate Harry into attacking an innocent! If she was, we would never be her friend!"
"… you are completely right! Oh! You know me so well!" Better to let it go, she couldn't lose her allies, not with Being X lurking around.
"I see! Thank you so much Tanya! I learned my lesson. I will never attack someone in cold blood, lest they be innocent."
"Ugh!" Harry's gaze, so full of gratitude and love, felt like knives.
"And Peter- Ah! Let me guess! You wanted for him to reveal himself. You scared me back there, girl. But I can see why my godson loves you so much!"
Following Harry, now Sirius, Hermione, Ron and even Crookshanks stared at her with eyes full of admiration.
"Argh! In these moments, I realize how horrible of a person I really am!"
"Wow! Royalty thinks on a whole different level!" After Ron's comment, there were a few laughs.
"By the way, I found out what was wrong with your brothers. They saw Pettigrew in your bed on the map and thought he was your BOYfriend."
"WHAT?!" Ron stared scandalized at the restrained Peter Pettigrew.
"W-wait! They were so nice because they thought I was-? GAH! It's all your fault Scabbers!" Ron was madly swinging his wand, obviously trying to think of a good hex against his former 'pet'.
"Be careful Ron! If something happens to him, we won't be able to prove Sirius' innocence." Additionally, Tanya was concerned about Trelawney's prediction.
"'The servant has to return to his master' or Voldemort might end up stronger, maybe owner of a computation orb!" This part of her plans didn't change. It was imperative for Pettigrew to escape with Tanya hot on his trail!
"When the rat is with his master, I will have Harry kill him once and for all!" Or at least she hoped he would. Looking as Harry now has his 'girlfriend's full support' in sparing his enemies!
"No, Harry will kill Voldemort by his freewill or I will have him under the imperius curse!" Tanya vowed to herself, Voldemort' days were numbered! And then, she will dedicate her full time to finding the last hallow.
"It turned out Sirius wasn't the wand's owner but I will find it next year! Next year I am going home! I swear!"
"… your parents appointed me your guardian in case anything happened to them." Coming out of her musings, Tanya heard something interesting.
"… if you want a different home-"
"Sorry, it's not like I don't want to, but I already promised Tanya we are going to live with the Weasleys."
"Ah! I totally forgot about that."
"Oh, what a bummer! How could I ever compete with the prospect of living together with such a pretty girl?!" Sirius' chuckle followed by a wink made her realize the gravity of the situation.
"W-with Harry growing tendencies- Shit! I didn't count on becoming his girlfriend when I took him out of the Dursleys!"
"H-Harry, I think you should live with Sirius like your parents wished!"
"No! I don't want to leave you all alone. Especially, considering everything that happened."
"I-I am already fine now, so-"
"I made a promise! We will always be together!"
"Then why don't Sirius take Tanya too?" Ron gave an outrageous suggestion!
"The main issue won't be solved, you stupid!"
"Hum… the more the merrier!" Sirius declared playfully pulling both children into a hug.
"So, what do you say girl-"
"SIRIUS BLACK!" The scream was the only warning they had before a spell exploded under their feet.
"LEAVE THE CHILDREN ALONE YOU BASTARD!"
It was professor Lupin. He probably saw Sirius holding Tanya and Harry and thought the worst.
"Professor, wait! We-"
"How could you children go after him?! You are very fortunate Hagrid managed to free himself and come asking for help! I left what I was doing and just rushed here!"
"Remus, listen-"
"Hagrid must have informed the minister, the dementors should be in their way! I never thought I would wish the 'kiss' for someone, but first you sold out James and now you attack his son?!"
Despite his declaration, by the way he had his wand deadly aimed at Sirius, it seemed like the professor would solve the matter with his own hands.
"DON'T!" Harry got between them, quickly telling the events of the last hour.
"It was Peter?!"
"Yes, Remus, as you can see, I am unarmed. Besides, this young lady could've put me down in an instant."
The professor relaxed his grip, seemingly believing in them.
"And where is Peter?"
"He is right- Blimey! He escaped!" Like Ron said, making use of the ruckus, Peter Pettigrew escaped.
"The map! We need to find him before he leaves the grounds!" Tanya picked the piece of parchment from her pocket.
"No issues! I will begin my operation 'following the rat' earlier-"
"I-I believe we have bigger problems!" Hermione stated, sounding frightened.
"What do you- CRAP!"
In front of them, professor Lupin was convulsing. The reason being the FULL MOON in the night sky! He mentioned he left what he was doing and rushed over. Only, what he was doing was taking his potion! The transformation completed in a few seconds. Under threat from a werewolf, Tanya had no choice but to finish him off!
With a fast move, she summoned a tall serpentine dragon made of fiendfyre. Its mouth was wide open, waiting for the signal to devour the beast.
"Wait! Don't hurt him!" Sirius begged her.
"Please! He is my friend! My last friend!"
"I warned what I would do if he- Ah?"
The visage of the dragon was intimidating enough. The werewolf turned tail and ran.
"W-well, let's hope he doesn't find anyone in that state." She realized what a good job she did by frightening Lupin looking as even Harry and Sirius were flinching.
"No reason to be afraid, I am on your side-"
'… my doll…'
"!" Tanya turned with a jolt, Harry and Sirius weren't frightened by her but by the incoming dementors!
"Sirius! Hurry, turn back into a dog!"
"NO! Go away!" Sirius lost his mind and ran away…
"SIRIUS!" … with Harry not too far behind.
Tanya, Ron and Hermione were unable to follow because dozens of dementors cut their path in pursuit.
"They are going after Sirius and Harry! We need to help!"
"And how the bloody hell do you suggest we do?!"
Tanya had a suggestion. One with a great deal of risk and she wasn't sure it would work.
"You two go back to the castle. Call the teachers, they will be able to help."
"What about you?" She could tell Hermione wasn't eager to leave her alone.
"We have no time to lose! I have something that may help… in theory. Now go!"
Seeing the two running to the castle, Tanya took from her pocket the potion she had been working on.
She was apprehensive since she never had the time to test it. Nevertheless, Harry was in serious danger! His destiny wouldn't protect him since the 'kiss' didn't count as death.
Praying for the best, she gulped the potion down.
"How long until the effects- AH!" Tanya smiled as bright as day. Everything was wonderful!
"SIRIUS!" Harry felt absolute despair. Sirius couldn't run anymore and the dementors were enclosing around them!
"Sirius! Can you cast a patronus? You could use my wand-"
"No… please… no more…" It was hopeless. The poor man was completely out of action.
"Then, it's up to me!" Using what little strength he had left, Harry raised his wand.
"EXPECTO PATRONUM!" He screamed but nothing came out.
'… help me Harry…'
"T-Tanya!" He was rewarded by his effort with the cries of help from his girlfriend. Just how he imagined she had done that night with Lockhart.
"C-can't get any worse than-"
'… not Harry…'
The worst did happen! Harry was simultaneously hearing more than one plead for help.
'I am not spider'sfood…'
'… don't let themexpel me…'
'They're takin' me to Azkaban…'
His mother, Ron, Hermione and Hagrid. They were all asking for his help!
"Sob! I am sorry… I am so useless! Sob!" In the end all he could do was cry in frustration.
He felt ice-cold hands forcefully lifting his head. The screams grew louder and even in his dazed state, he knew that whatever his fate, he would never see his loved ones again.
"I… am… sorry-"
"HARRY!" The boy shot his eyes open as he and the dementor were enveloped by a white mist.
"What?" Harry felt his mind unfogging and strength coming back while the dementor was suddenly hit by a spell, his head fell and it completely vanished into non-existence.
"It died? How-" The answer came running right into his embrace.
"Oh, Harry! I was so scared! They almost kissed you!" Now, this was something new, Tanya hugging him! And of her own free will! She was usually so shy to even hold hands.
"The spell! It worked?" By what Harry remembered, the ghost destroying spell had been useless with dementors since they could regrow missing parts.
"It was exactly like I theorized. The patronus blocks the flow of corrupted mana into their bodies. In other words, since they can't 'feed' on our negative emotions, they can't regenerate back."
"Leaving them open to your spell!" How many times was his girlfriend going to impress him? She found a way to win over a supposedly invincible enemy!
And speaking of the dementors, Harry noticed they put some distance and were only observing.
"What happened to their comrade must have scared them." They had to be more confused than anything else. There was a possibility of Tanya being the first to kill one of them since ever!
"In any case, this is our chance."
"Tanya, help me with Sirius! Let's run to safety while they are too freaked out to give chase!" Tanya giggled in answer.
"T-Tanya is giggling?!"
"Harry, you silly boy! Why run if we can fight back?"
"'Silly boy'?"
"I need my revenge! How dare they try to steal your first kiss from me!"
"'First kiss'?" There was something off about Tanya. His suspicion increased with every word from her.
"I want you to cast a patronus on their backs. Make them fly to us and I will destroy them!"
"Me? Can't you cast another?"
"Sorry, my patronus is feeble at most. It worked before because that one dementor was close. It seems this was all the potion can accomplish."
"Potion?"
"It was- Ah! They are returning! Hurry!"
Like she said, the dementors were slowly coming back in a single and dark stampede.
"I already tried! It won't come out!" Lamentably, he was still too down to evoke a good feeling.
"It's okay, I can give you motivation!"
"I don't reckon any kind of- mmmph?!" Harry didn't finish his sentence as Tanya KISSED him.
"W-W-W-WAIT! Tanya is KISSING me?" Harry couldn't believe it! He dreamed this moment since they began dating!
"I am in PARADISE!" The soft touch of her lips sent pleasant waves through his entire body.
In the past, the simple touch of her warm hands was enough to accelerate his heart. Now, it felt like it was about to explode!
Next, her lips opened and he was assaulted by a new wonderful feeling!
"H-her tongue?!" Any coherent thought left Harry's mind.
"Ah?" Before long, she pulled away. It was over!
"No! Let's do some more!" It was too fast! He couldn't fully enjoy it!
"My love, after we dealt with the dementors, we can do much MORE!"
This was all Harry needed to hear. He raised his wand high.
"EXPECTO PATRONUM!" Almost effortlessly, he shot a dazzling silver falcon straight between the dementors.
No, not a mere falcon. Despite the blinding light, Harry could make out the shape of the peregrine falcon. A small, prideful, strong and powerful being! Exactly like HER!
"My turn!" The silver peregrine falcon circled and pushed the dementors right their way. Incredibly fast, Tanya threw cutting spells as if her wand was a machine gun.
In no time, the dementors, once in hundreds, were reduced to only one left.
"Hurry, destroy this one too…"
"… so we can snog some more!" Harry wasn't ashamed to admit he wanted this to be over as soon as possible so he could hold her again.
"I have a better idea." She slashed the dementor, cutting his legs and one arm. It fell in front of them, seemingly very weak.
"Inform your comrades. The dementors have become an endangered species! Stay in Azkaban or we will kill every single one of you!"
It was funny to see another scary monster cower at Tanya. Like the acromantulas, the dementor was shaking uncontrollably as it quickly flew away.
"Brilliant! You are amazing! And the most beautiful-" No more words were necessary, they were back snogging.
Harry felt completely lost in ecstasy! They didn't break away even when they tripped over and fell. I was, at least, on something soft.
"Err, you two realize you're making out on top of me, right?"
"Eh? AH! Sirius?" Harry totally forgot about Sirius! He was hesitant to part from her, but his godfather needed help.
Even as they helped Sirius to his feet, their hands found themselves on his back. And remained linked all the way to the castle.
"There he is! Sirius Black! Arrest him!"
Harry was caught by surprise. As soon as he and Tanya with the groggy Sirius returned to the castle, the minister had four aurors and an eager Snape surrounding them.
The boy barely had time to push Sirius out of the way and use his own body to defend his godfather against any harmful spell-
"""""GAHHHH!"""""
Never mind! As fast as lightning, Tanya trapped them all in her infamous web.
"Tanya you are- mmmph?" Immediately the little girl turned to him and took his lips in hers.
"Miss Degurechaff! What are you doing?!" Snape, the last one still web-free, asked horrified.
"Hum? Kissing my boyfriend, of course!"
"N-no, I mean, why have you done this?!" He pointed to the glued minister and aurors.
"No one gets between me and my loved ones! By the way, have you seen Ron and Hermione?"
"They were spouting some nonsense about Black being framed and that the culprit was Weasley's rat! Professor McGonagall is with them in the hospital wing to see what sort of curse they are under."
Despite being displeased to be apart from Harry, she told the complete story.
Fudge kept saying they were confunded, the aurors were more busy trying to get free meanwhile Snape became so upset he almost lost his footing.
"All those years, it was Weasley's ugly pet rat?! The little vermin was under my nose all those years!" This display piqued Harry's curiosity.
"Why is he so- Ah!"
"Tanya! We need to find Pettigrew and fast! Before your web vanishes!"
"Oh, don't worry about it! I used my original spell, they will remain stuck indefinitely." She moved to kiss him again.
"T-Tanya?!" Harry mused about the sudden change in Tanya's behavior. What happened to his timid girlfriend? The one too shy to kiss in front of other people?
"N-not now! Someone will eventually arrest Sirius! We need to bring that rat back!"
"Is Sirius more important than me?!" Tanya asked while pouting.
"Ehhh? W-well- given the circumstances, he kind of… is?"
"FINE! Give me half an hour!" Grudgingly she let go of Harry and flew into the night.
"Why was she angry?!" While Harry pondered Dumbledore arrived.
Fudge immediately asked for his help, but thankfully he heard what Harry had to say.
"Harry, my boy. I must admonish you for letting this happen to the minister-"
"Please, sir! Tanya will be back with Pettigrew!"
"I am afraid I must set them free. However I believe it shall take at least… half an hour?"
And like he said, Dumbledore assisted the minister. His slow pace did nothing to alleviate Harry's anxiety.
"Sirius, think you can fight or even run?"
"S-sorry kid… I am… giving my all… just to stay conscious." And Harry wouldn't be able to protect him alone!
"Please, Tanya! Hurry!"
"Scabbers! Where do you think you are going? Sirius was getting worried, you know?"
Wormtail was picked up from ground and brought face to face with a grinning Tanya Degurechaff.
"H-how did she find me?!" It should be impossible! He was in his rat form in the middle of darkness. The marauder's map shouldn't track him since he had been outside its reach for some time!
"Let's go back, shall we? Fudge is very anxious to meet you!"
"NO!" Peter screamed after regaining his human form. Taking advantage that she wasn't holding a wand, he moved to overpower the little girl…
"ARGH!" … instead, he was the one easily overpowered and knocked down.
"I have no time to play with you. My Harry is waiting for me!" The girl blushed and giggled as she stomped on him.
"Curse you! I didn't want to use IT!" This was Wormtail's last secret, he had kept Voldemort's wand with him ever since that night almost thirteen years ago.
His original intention was to prevent it from falling into ministry's possession and exposing his involvement. And, as an emergence plan, someday return it to gain the dark lord's favor.
He had never thought of using it for fear of Voldemort taking offense but he had no alternative.
"I need to distract her first."
"H-how did you find me?"
"Simple! When I met you in Hagrid's, I memorized your tiny mana signal. There is no place you can hide anymore."
"I-I beg you! Don't hand me over! The dementors will give me the kiss!"
"Any moment…" He seized the handle.
"Quite frankly, I don't care if you or Sirius get the 'kiss'. So long as I can kiss as much as I want!"
"Just a little more…!"
"Get up already! I still need to call Ron and Hermione-"
"NOW!" As soon as the girl tried to pick him up, Wormtail aimed the wand point-blank at her.
"AVADA-" His incantation died in his throat because in his hand was the handle alone.
"W-what?!"
"Looking for this?" The girl merrily showed him the upper part of the wand. In other words, VOLDEMORT'S MOST TREASURED POSSESSION IS BROKEN!
"NO!" It would no longer matter what he had to offer, the dark lord would never forgive him for the breaking of his wand!
"NONONONONO!" So much was his horror, he didn't react as Tanya took him back to Hogwarts.
What destiny awaited him? Surely something less worse than what Voldemort had in reserve.
Half an hour was gone in a flash and Tanya didn't return. True to his word, Dumbledore had Fudge and his aurors freed. Harry was getting ready to defend Sirius when Peter Pettigrew literally fell from the sky.
"This means- Tanya!" As soon as she was called, the girl floated down into his arms.
"Sorry! I am a minute late!"
"No! You arrived in the nick of time! Minister, he is-"
"I am Peter Pettigrew! I am the one who killed those muggles and told the dark lord where he could find the Potters!"
Harry couldn't help feeling this was anticlimactic. He really thought they would need to force the truth out of him and yet, 'Scabbers' didn't say a single lie. He spilled it all out until there was no longer any doubt that he had framed Sirius.
Fudge was stunned. Professor Dumbledore had to be the one to ask the Aurors to arrest Pettigrew and make arrangements for Sirius to be taken to St. Mungos.
"I am confident that by morning, everything will be solved. Now off to bed you two." Harry found no reason to not obey.
Harry was all smiles as he walked hand in hand with his girlfriend. Pettigrew was going to Azkaban! Sirius was alright! He had learned a patronus and Tanya, for once, wasn't going to spend the last days of the term in a hospital bed!
"If this is not a happy ending, I don't know what is!"
"Sorry for almost being late. As I was returning, I had to take a detour to send a message."
"Who you wanted to send a- Huh? Where are we going?" Harry noticed they were on a different floor than the Gryffindor's dorms.
"Have you forgotten? I promised that after we dealt with the dementors, we would do much more!" They arrived shortly in the room of requirements.
"You want to train- mmph!" She kissed him passionately as soon as the doors closed.
"I was wrong! THIS is a true happy ending!Me having the most wonderful girl on the planet in my arms!" Harry allowed himself to drown in supreme bliss! Only it was cut short as Tanya parted.
"Huh? Are we stopping?"
"No, I am preparing the stage."
"Eh? Ah!" She pushed him into a BED?
Quickly, Tanya was on top of him, an adorable blush adorning her face while she unbuttoned her blouse!
"W-wait. A-are we really going… all the way?!" They had their first kiss in what? One hour ago? Weren't they going a little too fast?!
"I-I heard girls kind of hurt the first time-" Tanya looked away, biting her trembling lips as if trying to hold down a sob.
"Why is she- Oh! I am so stupid!" Harry remembered Lockhart. This wouldn't be her first time.
"You don't want me? A-are you disgusted I was-"
"NO! NEVER! I love you and always will!"
She reached out to him, her small hand caressing his cheek.
"Prove it! Let's make LOVE thousands of times so I can forget that horrible experience!"
After her declaration, she just stared at him in a clear message that the next step would be up to him.
"Are you sure?" He had to ask one last time.
She gave him a smile as bright as day.
"Love me to your heart's content!"
"Okay!" Harry threw any last rational thought through the window. If his girlfriend wished to make love a thousand of times, he wasn't going to deny her!
He gently pushed her in the bed, now Tanya was lying down and Harry on top. There was no more hesitation from him, his hands kept shaking as he unbuttoned her blouse, although.
"T-two more and-"
"WHOA!"
"W-what are you two doing?!"
"Eh?" Harry turned and saw Ron and Hermione, both red with embarrassment.
"GAH! W-why are you here?!" Even though they weren't naked, Harry felt an urge to cover himself and Tanya.
"A-an owl brought a message! It said you two would be waiting for us here." Hermione talked while hiding her face in shame. At her side, Ron had his back to them for the same reason.
"Oh! You got my message! I was afraid you two were sleeping already." Hearing his girlfriend admit she called them left Harry utterly dumbfounded.
"The message she sent before?Why call them? One second more and they would have caught us in the middle of-"
"Perfect! Now we can all make love together!"
"""WHAT?!"""
"I-I must have heard wrong…" It was Harry's honest opinion as he stared at his girlfriend while she, with a radiant smile on her face, walked towards Ron.
"Pff! And I thought you had no sense of humor! Look, tonight will be the first time in years I won't be sleeping with another man! I want to- mmmph?!" Harry and Hermione were agape! Tanya and Ron were KISSING?!
"I-I am seeing things!" Harry closed his eyes, surely when he opened them back he would see- TANYA AND RON STILL KISSING?!
It was an outrage! Harry had to witness his girlfriend snogging his best friend! Ron at first was confused, then stopped struggling and was now fully enjoying it!
Finally, seeing his friend's hand making its way under her blouse, made Harry decide it was time to end it!
"LET GO OF MY GIRLFRIEND!" He screamed pulling Ron, on the other side, Hermione was doing the same with Tanya.
"WOW!" Ron had a dreamy look on his face.
"This is snogging?! I thought it was so disgusting! I can't believe I lived without it for so long!"
"Yeah! I know what you- wait! How dare you kiss MY girlfriend?!"
"What? It was she who- GAK!" No more words were necessary, Ron was going to pay this betrayal with his life!
"GAH! It wasn't… my fault… she was… the one… who did… it!"
"As if! You saw it too right, Hermione- ah?" Harry let go of Ron's neck.
"Coff!Coff! Are you mental?! Hermione, tell him I was- eh?"
Once more, Harry was agape. Across the room, the girls were snogging!
Hermione was struggling while Tanya held her in place, deadly set in not leaving her lips.
"H-help me separate them!"
"… why?" Ron was seemingly mesmerized by the sight.
"This is so- SO NICE!"
"Ron!"
"Okay! Okay! Afff…"
Like before, each took a person and pulled away.
"S-something- SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH HER!" Lamentably, Harry had to agree with Hermione. It's been some time since he noticed she was behaving weirdly. Ever since she first kissed him.
"Damn! I thought it was too good to not be a dream!"
"We need to- RON!"
Tanya and Ron were back at each other's arms fully snogging!
"ENOUGH! Incarcerous!" Hermione shot a spell and Tanya fell on the floor completely tied up.
You could see by his face Ron was a little sad the kiss was broken.
"As I was saying, we need to take her to the teachers. She must be under the influence of a spell or, most probably, a potion."
"Should we ask professor McGongall to take a look at her?"
"I am afraid we need professor Snape." Harry and Ron flinched at the same time. Snape would definitely kill them once he sees what has become of his protegee!
"You like this sort of play, Hermione?" Tanya giggled even while bound in ropes.
"Come on, I won't defend myself!" Without a care for her modesty, Tanya opened her legs flashing what was under her skirt.
"WOWWW- Ah!" Ron was excited until he saw she was wearing shorts.
"RON!" Hermione called him off again.
"S-sorry! I can't help!"
"You little perv-"
"Hey! I have been meaning to ask this for some time. Is there something going on between you two?"
Harry saw his two friends look away blushing furiously.
"You know, I am not the jealous type. I can wait until you two are done. The second round is good enough for me."
Harry covered his face with his hands. Hearing his girlfriend speak in such a vulgar way was too much for him.
"Err, can we go see Snape now?" Harry and Hermione silently nodded to Ron's request.
"WHICH ONE OF YOU FEED HER AMORTENTIA?!" Severus Snape was livid! The day had been bad enough, he wanted more than anything a good night's sleep. Imagine his annoyance when Potter and his two lackeys knocked on his door with a bonded Tanya!
The exam spell was redundant. With just a look he knew she was under a powerful love potion.
"Amortentia?" Potter asked in a pitiful attempt to feign ignorance.
"It's the most potent love potion-"
"SHUT UP GRANGER! It was you Potter! I should've known all along! Degurechaff is too smart to ever fall in love with an unattractive twerp like you!" The professor almost felt elated with this news.
"I will make sure you are expelled for-"
"Actually, I made the potion myself." The tied up girl happily declared from her seat.
""""WHAT?!"""" The four present were equally awestruck. Why in blazes would someone deliberately drink a love potion?!
"I theorized it would fill me with enough 'happiness' to cast a patronus."
"How reckless! I expected better from you!" However, he had to acknowledge she was ingenuous.
"To use the euphoric state induced by a love potion in place of happiness? Brilliant!"
"There was no time to have second thoughts, Harry and Sirius were in a critical situation!"
"Still, why those three at the same time? I didn't even know it was possible!"
"I thought it would attenuate the effects. Reduce it to thirty three percent of the-"
"THIS IS MAGIC, NOT SCIENCE! IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY!"
Tanya flinched. It was the first time Snape had ever lost his temper with her.
"My apologies." He recalled it wasn't her fault. It was POTTER'S and BLACK'S! To save their sorry arses she had to rely on an untested potion!
"Oi! Can you cure her or not?" Snape didn't bother answering Weasley, he turned to a shelf and pulled out one of the many flasks.
"Miss Degurechaff, drink this antidote."
"No!"
"Wha- Why?!"
"I like how I am now."
He should be expecting this. Regardless of their awareness, the victims of a love potion rarely accept being cured.
"Professor, can I try?" Snape gladly relented the vial at Granger's request.
"Tanya, please! Can you drink the antidote, for me?"
"Sorry! If you are not asking for a kiss, the answer is no!"
Granger frowned. It wasn't going to be so easy!
"Okay! Then I want a kiss! Please close your eyes." With this, Tanya was more than happy to comply.
It became evident to the professor what Granger's ploy was. She took a large sip of the potion in her mouth and used the kiss to force it down Tanya's throat.
"Pwah! What is your deal?" Tanya snarled in annoyance as soon as the 'kiss' was over.
"Did it work?"
"Yes, it did! Now, can someone untie me?" Granger was reluctant. The professor and Potter shared the same feeling.
"I said UNTIE ME! Ron, Come here!"
"Eh? Why me-"
"RON! NOW!"
"Ugh! Okay!" Of course the obnoxious Weasley forgot she was tied up with magic and was trying to unfasten the knots.
"Why is it always me who- EEK!" Weasley shrieked when Tanya kissed his neck.
There was a collective grunt.
"T-the hell?! That dose should be enough to cure amortentia TEN times!" It was hard to admit but this was beyond his expertise.
"Professooooorrrr! I want Harry, Hermione and Ron!"
Tanya was wailing frantically in frustration. When professor Snape brought her to the headmaster's room, he ordered her darlings back to bed!
"I understand all the facts, Severus. I believe you forgot to take into account the vast amount of magic in her body."
"Indeed! Can you-"
"This is my last warning! Bring them back or I will FUCKING KILL YOU BOTH!" Despite her serious threat, the teachers didn't seem to care.
"Hmm… Curious, the effects seems to be worsening! I will add a general counter-spell to augment your antidote. Let's hope it works!"
Dumbledore waved his wand…
"Finite Incantatem."… and lightly pressed the tip against her forehead.
Simultaneously, the ropes binding Tanya vanished, the effects of amortentia left her body and-
A cold reached her entire being when the wand touched her. Dumbledore took out a knife and stabbed her until her life was over…
Tanya fell, her breath labored as the illusion of her murder faded.
"Miss Degurechaff? Are you-"
"The elder wand!"
AN: Thank you all for the reviews! I am sorry that I am demanding them now, but understand that I need to have a reassurance that people are enjoying this story. Oh! Just to remind that from now on, no guest reviews will be accepted, they will be deleted without being read.
I always wondered if someone under the effects of a love potion could cast a patronus. The love and the happiness are fake, but who said that it had to be true?
I changed Harry's patronus to be in accordance to his actual feelings. I think that the patronus should be related to the memory you are having. Harry related Tanya to a peregrine falcon since their first year, so this is what he cast.
About Wormtail having Voldemort's wand, it's mentioned that he had it hidden for years, but no one ever said that it was with him. I believe that when an animagus turn into his animal form, he/she will transform together with his possessions and clothes. At least McGonagal wasn't naked when she first revealed her cat form in front of an entire classroom, and neither she was wandless.
Next chapter: Tanya found the last hallow but how she will convince Dumbledore to give up possession?