"I have bad news." Parker walked into the Great Hall.

"What bad news?" Erica asked her.

"Draco." Was all Parker needed to say.

"What's he done now?" Ron asked.

"He told father about Buckbeak... He's getting him sentenced to death."

"No.." Hermione shook her head.

"I hate- Draco tempted Buckbeak." Harry shot up.

"It's his own bloody fault." Ron agreed,"Can't we try and stop it?"

"We can try." Hermione nodded.

"We're good at trying!" Erica smiled.

"We can only try our best." Harry sighed.

"It's what we always do." Erica nodded.

"Let's go." Parker clapped and began walking.

The Herd got up from the table and walked after Parker. The Herd headed outside of the castle, going down to Hagrid's until they saw... Draco, Crabbe and Goyle.

"Of course." Ron groaned.

"Maybe we can just go past-" Harry began.

"Oi, Potter. Off to see that oaf? Shame about his pet chicken." Draco taunted them.

Hermione looked at her friends before she turned to Draco with her wand in her hand,"You foul, loathsome, evil little cockroach!" She pointed the wand under his neck.

Draco looked nervous and he looked away, whimpering like a scared animal.

"Hermione don't! He's not worth it." Ron shook his head.

Hermione soon let out a sigh and turned but Erica ran forward and grabbed Draco.

"Get off me you-" Draco went to push her.

Thats when- She just began hitting him and she threw him to the ground. All of her pent up stress, she threw onto him.

The Herd stood in shock, along with Crabbe and Goyle.

Parker blinked, quickly running to Erica and pulled her away, "Okay- Okay. You got him good, you got him sweetie."

"I- I did it." Erica nodded slowly, she was out of breath,"That felt good."

"Come on, Draco!" The boys lifted him and ran off.

"Yeah? Yeah, I'd imagine." Parker cupped her face,"Take a deep breath."

"Remind me not to get on Erica's bad side." Harry whispered.

"Trust me, I don't want to get on that either." Ron whispered back.

"Nobody tell Percy or Cedric." Erica pointed.

"Not a word!"

"Won't say anything."

The trio quickly spoke at the same time.

"Let me see your hands." Parker told Erica.

"My hands?" Erica held them out.

"They sore? Bleeding?"

"Uh.." Erica wasn't sure, she couldn't feel much at the moment.

"Let me see." Parker checked Erica's hands.

"Am I good?"

"They're a little red, so just be careful." Parker gave them a rub.

"I will."

"Let's go see Hagrid, yeah?" Harry asked.

"Sounds like a plan." Ron nodded.

The Herd walked down to Hagrid's Hut, walking in to find Hagrid at his table, upset.

"Hagrid?" Hermione asked softly.

"I can't believe it." Hagrid sighed as he looked at Buckbeak outside.

"They're cruel... But I taught Malfoy a lesson." Erica told him.

"You did? Good on you, lass." Hagrid gave a small smile.

"But- They can't just, y'know.." Harry trailed off, looking outside.

"They can, the Ministry said so." Hagrid shook his head.

"The ministry is stupid." Erica pointed.

"I can try talking to my father, get him to change his mind." Parker held her hair in frustration.

"I don't think that'll work, you know how stubborn he can be." Ron sighed.

"He hates me anyway... No matter how hard I could've tried." Parker walked over to the window.

Erica followed after her and gently patted her shoulder. Parker held Erica's hand and gave it a small squeeze.

Their moment was spoiled when a small rock came flying through the window, just narrowly missing the two.

"Jesus- Hey! Piss off!" Erica shouted out the window, she assumed it was Draco.

"No one's there." Parker looked around in confusion,"-Oh fuck, there's the Minister!"

"Right, you need to go- Quick." Hagrid hurried them.

"Scabbers!" Ron gasped as he saw the rat on the table.

"Oh my god, he wasn't dead. What a shocker." Hermione rolled her eyes.

'Not the time, guys." Harry shook his head.

"We need to go." Erica began pulling Ron's arm.

"Okay, okay." Ron grabbed Scabbers as the Herd ran out the back door.

Just as they escaped and began their treck up the hill to the castle, they heard the Minister enter.

Parker looked back as they saw the executioner making his way over to Buckbeak, sharpening his blade. Hermione shook her head and looked away, turning into Ron's shoulder.

Parker quickly covered Erica's eyes as they saw the blade go down, birds flying away from the scene.

"Is it... Did he.." Erica went quiet.

"I'm not looking." Harry shook his head.

"Its... The axe went down." Ron sighed softly.

"Oh Buckbeak." Parker whispered.

"He's in a better place now." Erica nodded slowly.

"Of course he is." Hermione assured them.

"I... What now?" Erica looked around slowly.

"I guess we just go... Go back go our live-"

"Scabbers!" Ron shouted as the rat bit his finger and ran off, Ron quickly following after him.

"Ron! Maybe he wants to live in the wild, just leave him!" Erica ran after him.

"I've only just got him back!" Ron replied.

"Wild rat chase." Parker cursed as the remaining three ran after them.

"He's old, he's only got a few hours left at this rate."

They all followed Ron until they arrived at the Whomping Willow, where Ron was holding Scabbers to his chest, panting.

"Now Ron, was this-" Erica began.

All of a sudden a large, black dog leapt at Ron, grabbing his leg in its jaws.

"Ron!" Hermione gasped as the dog pulled Ron and Scabbers into the tree.

"Is this the Grim Trelawney was talking about?" Parker jumped back as the tree began swinging its branches.

"Hey! You stole my brother!" Erica ran at the tree.

"Erica watch out!" Harry shouted.

"What-"

But she was swept off her feet by the tree, falling to the ground.

"Erica!" Parker shouted and ran over to her, jumping over at branch.

"That- Okay, that hurt." Erica winced.

"I've got an idea!" Harry pointed before he ran into the tree.

"I had one of those once, it ended well." Erica rubbed her side.

"Maybe Harry's right." Hermione dodged a branch, running into the tree.

Erica sighed and grabbed Parker as she ran after them.

"Bad idea!" Parker shouted as they fell down the hole tree.

Soon, they landed in... A room, well, a bit of a dishevled room, broken and dusty.

"This isn't good for my dust allergy." Parker coughed slightly.

"We're in... The Shrieking Shack." Hermione realized as she looked around.

"That's not good." Harry got up and looked around.

"Ron? Ron, can you hear us?" Erica called out.

There was no reply.

"Let's go look." Parker walked slowly through the hall.

They then found Ron on the bed, shaking in fear.

"Ron, come on. We have to get out of here." Erica sighed.

"Wait, where's the dog?" Hermione asked.

"I-Its a trap! The dogs an Animagus!" Ron shakily pointed behind the four.

Erica turned but smiled when she met the familiar face of Sirius,"Oh! Fancy seeing you here."

"You- What?"

Sirius winked at Erica before he walked towards Harry.

"Stay back, I know what you did.' He pointed.

"What I did?" Sirius shook his head.

"You betrayed my parents, gave their location to Voldemort."

"Nah, I don't think he did." Erica shook her head.

"Erica, now is not the time." Hermione whispered.

Before anything could happen, they heard the door being burst down, Professor Lupin running into the room with his wand.

"Professor?" Erica blinked.

"Well... Well Sirius. Looking rather ragged aren't we? Finally the flesh reflects the madness."

"Oh, you know all about the madness inside, Remus." Sirius smirked.

Lupin laughed, pulling Sirius into a hug.

"Friendship!" Erica clapped.

"Let's kill him." Sirius nodded to Lupin.

"He's crazy." Ron whispered.

"And Lupins a werewolf- That's why he's been missing classes!" Hermione pointed.

"Lets not discriminate against Werewolves, they're nice guys." Erica shrugged.

"Well Sirius how about we just wait-" Lupin began.

"I've did my waiting! Twelve years of it! In Azkaban!" Sirius snapped.

"We just need to tell Harry why." Lupin turned to Harry.

"I know why-"

"No you don't-"

"I do know why. You betrayed my parents! You're the reason they're dead!" Harry pointed.

"Harry, shush." Erica sighed.

"Well really, it was Wormtail." Lupin shrugged.

"And he's right here, in this room!" Sirius looked around"Come out, come out Peter! Come out, come out and play!"

"You killed him." Hermione shook her head.

"Oh no, he escaped. He cut off his finger and transformed into a rat!" Sirius quickly snatched Scabbers from Ron, threw him onto the piano and began launching spells at him.

Scabbers then ran, darting around the room as Sirius and Lupin fired spells. He was hit by one of Lupin's spells, turning him into a man.

Sirius hurried over and pulled him to his feet.

"Ew, he's kinda ugly." Erica whispered.

"You've been sleeping with him for years." Parker turned to Ron.

"You sold James and Lily to Voldemort, didn't you?!" Sirius pointed.

"I didn't mean too!" Pettigrew shook his head,"The dark lord, his power... What would you have done?"

"I would've died! I would've died than betray my friends." Sirius scoffed.

"You tell him." Erica pointed.

"Harry! Harry- Oh your father wouldn't want me to die. Your father would spare me!" Pettigrew grabbed Harry.

Lupin and Sirius both grabbed Pettigrew and threw him backwards.

"You should've realised Peter, if you hadn't been killed by the Dark Lord, we would have. Now, let's finish this... Together." Sirius pointed his wand at Peter.

Thats when Snape burst in, his wand aimed at the pair,"Now isn't this sweet?"

"Let's all just gather here why don't we?" Parker muttered.

"Severus-" Lupin walked forward.

"I told Dumbledore you were sneaking a fugitive into the castle and here I am, proven right." Snape poited his wand at Lupin.

"Oh, well, you're brilliant Snape. Once again your using your keen and penetrating mind to the task and once again- You come to the wrong conclusion! Now if you'll excuse us, Remus and I have some business to attend to." Sirius walked to Snape.

"I'll be taking you both back to the castle at once, for an adequate punishment. Doesn't the Dementor's Kiss sound fitting?" Snape raised a brow.

"Just go back to the dungeons and play with your chemistry set." Erica mumbled.

Harry had snuck up behind the three adults, pointing his wand at Professor Snape and firing him into a wardrobe.

"Harry, you attacked a teacher!" Hermione gasped

"Killed one in first year, Hermione. Keep up." Harry sighed.

"Technically that was Voldemort." Parker shrugged.

"We need to get back to the Castle." Ron winced.

"You're not going to make it on your own with that leg." Erica sighed, glancing at Sirius.

"I was aiming for Pettigrew, speaking of-"

Pettigrew had snatched a wand and had it aimed at Erica,"D-don't move or the girl gets it."

"Gets what?" Erica asked,"A present?"

"Killed... Hurt... Poked?" Parker guessed.

"Miss Weasley has nothing to do with this." Sirius pointed his own wand at his old friend.

"I'm s-serious. I go, she goes."

"Ow- I already got hit by a tree, can you stop jabbing that into my back?" Erica sighed.

Sirius used a disarming spell on Peter before firing another spell right after, knocking him back and knocking him out.

Erica looked down at him before blinking,"He was trying to scare me, wasn't he?"

"I think he was attempting to." Lupin crossed his arms, "All of us, let's get out."

Erica helped Ron up as the group made their way out of the Shrieking Shack.

Once everyone had made their way out the shack, Parker clasped her hands together,"Mr Black?"

"Ah... B- Parker." He turned to face her.

"You know of me?"

"Erica talked about you a lot."

"Aw, that's nice." Parker hummed and looked at her best friend.

"This was around the time you had what I presume to be a fallout? She didn't seem very happy." Sirius shook his head.

Parker sighed,"I've been told I need to keep something secret... I can't tell her, but I feel horrible because I always tell her everything."

"And in turn, she neglected to tell you about me."

"I'll tell her as soon as I'm allowed." Parker shook her head,"Although I do... I do have a question."

"A question? For me?" Sirius raised a brow.

"I'm a Black, like you... My mother, Narcissa was a Black before she married my father."

"Yes?"

"So we're related, I just wanted to know how?"

"Well, your mother and her sisters are my cousins." Sirius began to think,"So I'd say second cousins?"

"Cool." Parker gave a small smile,"My parents don't talk to me much- About the situation of distant family, they don't want me finding out too much."

"Families like yours and mine, they don't like talking about 'undesirables"." Sirius shook his head.

"A lot of the time I think I'm undesirable." Parker sighed.

"Well, you don't agree with their views. By their standards, you are but not by mine." Sirius assured her.

"So we're both a little not liked?"

"Bit of an understatement but yes."

"I'm glad I'm not the only one." Parker grabbed onto a curl and fidgeted with it.

Sirius nodded slowly, looking at her curls,"You remind me of someone.."

"I do?" Parker looked up at him.

"Yes, but-"

Sirius was interrupted as Lupin staggered forward... The full moon.

Sirius bolted over to Lupin, holding onto him,"Lupin, have you taken your potion tonight?"

Lupin shook his head and he began transforming.

"Breathe- I can't have you transforming, Remus." Sirius tried to calm him.

Lupin looked as if he was trying to fight it but it was no use as his limbs contorted and clothes ripped.

"Get back!" Sirius shouted at the children, him turning into his dog form as he tackled Lupin to the ground.

"This isn't good." Erica held onto Ron tightly

Lupin turned to the children, only to be stopped by... Snape!

"You will not harm these children, Remus." Snape pointed his wand at him, standing infront of the Herd.

"Aw, I knew be cared-"

Lupin growled and swiped at Snape and the Herd. Sirius quickly grabbed onto Lupin with his teeth, dragging him down the hill as the two fought it out.

"Get off!" Harry shouted at Snape, pushing him away before he ran after the two.

"Harry, he was helping us." Erica sighed as Hermione ran after him

"We need to get Ron to the infirmary." Parker looked at Ron's leg.

"Please.' He nodded quickly.

"Come on." Parker lifted Ron up at one side.

Erica nodded and lifted his other side.

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Harry was asleep on a hospital bed, Ron on a separate bed with his leg bandaged. Parker was looking out the window while Hermione and Erica were checking the boys.

"Well this sucks.." Erica sighed.

"Ron, how are you feeling?" Hermione turned to him.

"Like shit." He shook his head.

"Language." Hermione tapped him.

"Oh, shut up." Ron held his head,"You try getting bitten by a dog."

"I wasn't sleeping with a murderous rat for 12 years."

"Hey, only two and a bit." Ron pointed,"Percy had him for ten."

"You still had him living in the house."

"I didn't exactly agree to it."

The two continued to argue before they heard Harry move, waking up.

"Harry." Parker walked over.

"You're alive!" Erica smiled.

"Of course I'm alive... I saw my dad, he sent the dementors away." Harry spoke slowly as he remembered.

"Your... Dad?" Hermione raised a brow.

"Mhm. I saw my dad."

"Are you sure?" Erica asked.

"I'm positive." Harry nodded.

"But that can't be possible." Hermione shook her head.

"I know what I saw, it's true."

"Harry, are you-"

"They captured Sirius... They're gonna give him the kiss any second." Parker spoke up.

"I just... I can't believe it." Erica looked out of the window.

"I know- I don't want to believe it." Ron sighed.

"Me either."

That's when Dumbledore walked into the room, closing the door behind him.

"Oh, Professor?" Hermione blinked.

"I was walking by and overheard you all talking. I believe you all, about Sirius Black- About how he is innocent."

"He is, I promise he is!" Erica nodded quickly.

"But alas... It is out of my control. But if actions were altered... What would happen?" Dumbledore shrugged.

"But how are we supposed to do that?" Harry questioned.

"Well... Sirius Black is at the top cellar of the dark tower. Miss Malfoy, Granger, you know the laws. You must not be seen and you must be back before the last chime. The consequences are too ghastly to discuss if you are late. If you succeed tonight, more than one life can be spared." Dumbledore explained, beginning to walk out until he turned around,"Three turns should do the trick." He left, humming a tune.

Erica gasped dramatically, pointing at Parker,"You! This is what you were hiding from me!"

"I'm sorry, I'll buy you sweets until we graduate." Parker shook her head as she grabbed a necklace from under her shirt.

"This is why I didn't tell you about Sirius." Erica crossed her arms.

"And I'm sorry." Parker sighed.

"You should be. Now let's save Sirius!"

"Hermione." Parker nodded for her to get Harry, "Hold onto me, Er."

"I will." Erica held her shoulder,"We'll see you when we get back, Ron."

"Bye." Ron blinked, he had no idea what was going on until the four disappeared.