The scratching of a quill really brought out how quiet it was when Percy looked up, seeing Severus had fallen into grading papers as well from where he sat. He smiled before he realized what he was doing. He blushed and looked back at his papers. He turned redder as he noticed that his note taking for his classes turned from pointers or what to teach next, was of hearts doodled.

He ignored that and asked why he was suddenly crushing on the older man. Then mentally screamed as he admitted what he was doing.

"Percy??" Startled Percy looked up with wide eyes. Snape smirked amusedly and Percy ignored the pitter patter his heart did. "You alright?"

"I'm mentally exhausting myself at the moment." Percy replied honestly.

"Want to go for a walk?" Snape said.

Sighing Percy smiled. "I think I'm good-it might make it worse actually. I just need to think of something else for a moment." He put his head down on his desk trying to ignore the stare.

Was he really crushing on the potion maniac?

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"Okay, so listen, what if Sirius isn't after you?" Draco spoke as they sat in their dorm room, it was the night after someone-most likely Sirius black-trying to get into the Gryffindor dorms.

"Oh really? I thought he was this entire time." Harry replied boredly as Blaise and Theo snickered nearby, playing chess. "Draco, he's my godfather who didn't have a trial before being sent to Azkaban. He's probably loony right now but there's obviously something he's looking for."

"You really need to tell us things before we start looking stupid Harry." Draco huffed throwing a pillow at the boy to the side of him. Rolling his eyes when Harry snickered when he caught it.

Shrugging Harry hugged the pillow. "You don't need help with that Dray, and Well you guys never really ask. Anyways what do you think he's searching for?" He fell back when another pillow came and hit him the face making him laugh.

"No clue, but it has to be important if he's willing to do so even with the Dementors around. You remember the Quidditch game, poor Cedric has been in the med wing since." Draco snickered as he got off his bed and stretched. Soon getting hit by one of his pillows causing another bout of laughter to erupt. "Okay enough pillow throwing, anyone up for a walk, I'm bored in here."

"I think we're good." Blaise said for him and Theodore Nott, who usually stayed to himself but was slowly getting known to Draco and Harry. Blaise usually hung out with him when the rest were doing something else he wasn't interested in.

Harry was already up and putting his shoes back on. "Definitely. It is a bit boring in here."

"Don't go to far or Snape will drag you back in to your dad." Blaise warned absentmindedly as they exited the dorm room.

Dragging Harry down and out of the Slytherin dorms and into the dungeon hallways, Draco already felt better just walking around. "You wanna try out for quidditch next year?" He asks as they walk along.

"Maybe, you still have to teach me remember?" Harry pointed out. It was on the list of things to do during the summer but his Dad got called to his domain.

They found themselves outside not far from the castle but it was better then being inside. Harry felt better breathing fresh air of spring in coming then the stuffy smell that came with living in a dungeon.

Draco raised an eyebrow as he watched a red head looking through shrubbery with a pinched worried face. "Whats Weasley doing?" It didn't have much animosity, because that entire year, Ron Weasley had done nothing to them and was civil if they met in the hallways. Actually Harry thought he looked quite sad sometimes.

"He's looking for something obviously." Harry said and looked away but his eyes caught something scurrying away. "Or a rat..."

Ronald seemed to have noticed the scampering Rat and went after it. It was actually quite funny to watch from where they sat or stood in Harry's case. They watched him catch it but then something else happened.

"Ronald runaway!" Harry yelped and started to run towards the boy who looked up confused.

Before suddenly he was screaming as a large dog came up and but his leg to start pulling him, straight towards the whomping willow. Harry ran after with Draco close on his tail. Draco reached out and stopped Harry just in time as a large branch slammed down just where he would have been. They watched as Ron screamed for help before disappearing underneath the whomping willow.

"Shite..." Harry said before taking off his school robes and jumped in place.

"Oh no you are not going after them! We need a teacher Harry!" Draco yelped and before he could stop the boy he was running forward and the tree started its attack. Groaning he too his robes off to, leaving I'm in a dress shirt and pants like Harry. He then ran after the boy.

Harry got caught by a branch and yelped. "Draco!" He yelled holding a hand out for help.

"You've got to be-" Draco was cut off as his tie was picked up on and they were being shakin before they were thrown and somehow exactly where they needed to go. "Uhhhgh of all the stupid ideas Jackson!-" he blinked as he stared up at Harry sitting on top of his stomach.

Harry blushed as red as a rose as he rubbed his neck, a habit he picked up. "Sorry Draco." He then got up and helped the oddly quiet Malfoy up. "Let's go rescue that ginger."

They walked along using the lumos spell as it was a dark tunnel underground. Until they came up to the shrieking shack, they cancelled the spells and followed the light On The second floor. Draco sighed quietly as he followed his Gryffindor minded boy. They should have been getting a teacher-not heading straight for a wanted criminal.

Harry opened the door to find a very dusty and largely broken furnished room with Ron holding his throughly bitten leg. He ran over to the boy. "Ron, are you alright?"

"Over there! He's over there, it's a trap Harry! He's the dog!" Ron Pointed and the boys turned as they watched a shadowed figure walk forward pale and sickly. Long matted hair and eyes and cheek sunken from malnourishment.

"Expelliarmus!" The man, who they assumed was Sirius Black said and suddenly they're wands were taken from their hands.

Draco quickly got in front of Harry, not taking any chances with the senile man. "I will not let you kill Harry!"

"No only one will die tonight, like he should have 12 years ago!" Sirius spit out confusing the Slytherin boys as Ron freaked out behind him holding his rat.

Then in barged Remus ponying a wand at Sirius. He looked pretty aggravated. "Explain yourself."

"The Rat! Give me the Rat." Sirius told Ron.

"What does Scabbers have to do with all of this?" Ron cried, not only in pain but scared of his wits at the situation he was in.

"Are you sure it's him?" Remus spoke and when Sirius nodded he pointed his wand at Ron.

"You can't be serious! What are you doing?!" Harry shouted as he stood in front of Ron, all three confused about what exactly was going on.

"The ray is Peter Petigrew, the map I took from you Harry that day with Snape, it showed me he was here in Hogwarts. And I didn't think it would be so true, but to prove it is, please handover the rat." Remus tried to explain calmly.

Harry looked over at the squirming squeaking Rat and his magic, that usually danced around grew sharp and he knew he should trust his magic. "Ron, hand me the rat."

"But..." Ron hesitant at the sudden want of his rat, looked down at it before back up.

"Oh just give the rat to him already, ill get you a new pet if you want, just give it here Weasley." Draco spoke as he grabbed it just as Snape burst in.

But he was quickly disarmed and thrown across the room. Harry immediately ran to his side. "The blood hell is wrong with you two!" Harry spat angrily as he checked over Sevrerus as Draco hissed and threw the rat.

"It fucking bit me!" Draco hissed and then it was race between the two men and a rat.

Until finally the spell hit and it turned to a fat rotund man with grubby skin similar to the rat it was and the thinning hair. Everyone stared shocked as it shook-no he shook in a corner.

"An anigmus." Harry breathed. "Like professor Mcgonagal, couldn't you two have said that?" He said peeved as Snape started to wake.

Peter made a run for it and found a sword at his neck. "What in the Tartarus is going on?" Percy asks as he appears.

"Dad!" Harry sighed in relief, but didn't miss the look on Sirius' face. "Peter Petigrew is alive-a trial should come quickly if we take him in."

"Oh, and what the hades happened to Severus?" Percy spoke as he looked down at the disgusting pleas that came from the man. Until he was a rat again in a cage, bonded with cloth unable to escape. His eyes turning icy to the two males that stood there awkwardly.

Draco sighed as things seemed to unwind. "They knocked him out with a few spells in haste at his sudden entrance."

"Rude much." Percy sighed before heading over and helping a pissed off Severus Snape from the ground with Harry. "Okay, here's what I got, Sirius-the escapee causing so much fuss, knew of peters rat form-thus also having a form, has been chasing after Ronalds pet-the rat which is in fact Peter Petigrew, the man thought killed by Sirius, which will help create a trial later. But he dragged Ron, hurting him in the process, you two saw and chased after without getting a teacher." Percy pointed at the boys who were unharmed.

"Well you see..." Harry tried to find an excuse.

Rolling his eyes Draco decided to explain. "Yes, though it was Harry who ran in head first. Well more like thrown in...."

Percy nodded his head. "Then Remus here-being part of the friend group-he was one of James friends Harry-somehow put it all together and is here helping, and Severus who has been helping me keep an eye on you-followed you two after seeing the whomping willow throw you two. And then I got a message from the man Patronus of what was going on. So I'm here."

"Pretty much." Harry conceded.

"Well, then we have to make a plan. Sirius, turn into your dog form-Draco take the rat with Sirius and Severus and call the Aurors. Harry take Ron to the infirmary and Remus-take this potion for now." Percy spoke out instructions quickly and everyone started to follow it-with a few hesitant steps but still they did.

This another year came to an abrupt close and a trial for Sirius and Peter Petigrew was announced in the papers the next day.

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Edit, fixen stuff I hope

-Neko