Y/Ns POV

I was feeling an abundance of emotions at the moment.

My father is alive, and has been alive this whole time. And on top of that, he was helping a murderer to kill Harry.

"H-How in the hell." I stuttered while looking at my Dad.

"I can explain everything." He said quietly. "If you'll just list-"

"WHY SHOULD WE LISTEN TO YOU?!" Harry yelled while pointing at Sirius. "HE KILLED MY MUM AND DAD!"

Harry immediately launched himself towards Sirius, pushing him to the ground. Hermione screamed as I held her close. A fight came soon after that, multiple hands were thrown. Even one from Hermione. In the end however, me and Harry both regained our wands and pointed them at Sirius and my Dad.

"Going to kill me, Harry?" Sirius whispered.

"You killed my parents." Harry said while shaking.

Blacks eyes sunk in despair, it almost looked like he felt sorry about it.

"Are you going to kill me?" My Dad asked as my wand was pointed at his throat.

"I don't know." I breathed heavily as Hermione grabbed my hand. "Why are you doing this?"

As he looked down towards me and Hermione's hands connected, I could see a small, teasing smirk appear on his face.

"If only you knew the real story..." Sirius interjected.

"The whole story?" Harry interrupted. "You sold them to Voldemort. That's all I need to know."

"You've got to listen." Dad said. "You'll regret it if you don't...you don't understand."

"I understand a lot better than you think." Harry growled before turning to Sirius. "You never heard her, did you? My Mum....trying to stop Voldemort from killing me....and you did that. You did that."

Suddenly, footsteps came from underneath as someone was moving up the stairs.

"SIRIUS BLACK!" Ron shouted. "UP HERE, QUICK!"

Somebody came through the door, but it was someone I was not expecting.

It was Professor Lupin.

Lupin searched around the room, Black and my Dad were in one corner while the rest of us were in another, Ron was on the bed, watching as the chaos followed.

"Expelliarmus." He said as Harry's wand flew into his hand, he did the same for me and looked at Black and my Dad. "Where is he, lads?"

What?

"But then." Lupin continued. "Why hasn't he shown himself before now? Unless...he was the one...unless you switched....without telling me?"

"Professor?" I asked. "What is going on?"

My question was never answered, because what I saw next was clearly unexpected.

The three men embraced themselves as they were all brothers.

"You bloody bastard!" My dad said happily as he embraced Professor Lupin.

"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL?!" Harry shouted, getting everyone's attention.

"I DONT BELIEVE IT!" Hermione shouted.

"Hermione-" Lupin said.

"You and them!"

"Hermione, please calm down-"

"I didn't tell anyone!" Hermione shrieked. "I've been covering up for Lupin!"

"Hermione, listen to me, please" Lupin shouted. "I can explain—"

"Explain what?!" I shouted. "We trusted you, and all this time, you've been helping them!" I pointed at Black and my Dad, who was looking very sullen.

"You're wrong!" Lupin said. "I haven't been Sirius's friend, same with Steven, but we are now—Let me explain.."

"NO!" Hermione screamed. "Harry, don't trust him, he's been helping them get into the castle, Lupin wants you dead too—he's a werewolf!"

There was a brief silence. All eyes were on Lupin, who looked surprisingly calm, despite the circumstances.

"Not up to your usual standard, Hermione," he said. "Only one out of three, I'm afraid. I have not been helping Sirius or Steven get into the castle and I certainly don't want Harry dead. But I won't deny that I'm a werewolf."

There was another brief silence until my Dad spoke up.

"Excuse me." He got Hermione's attention. "How long have you known about Remus?"

"Ages." Hermione whispered. "Since me and Y/N did Professor Snape's essay."

"He'll be delighted." Lupin said happily. "He assigned that essay hoping someone would realize what my symptoms meant....Did you check the lunar chart and realize that I was always ill at the full moon? Or did you realize the Boggart changed into the moon when it saw me?"

"Both." I said quietly.

"You both are clearly the brightest witch and wizard I've ever met." Lupin laughed as the others nodded.

"You really have your Mothers brains." My Dad smiled.

"If I'd been a lot cleverer, I'd have told everyone what you are!"

"But they already know." Lupin said. "At least, the staff do."

"Dumbledore hired you when he knew you were a werewolf." Ron gasped. "Is he mad?"

"Some of the staff would agree with that Ron." Lupin said. "He had to work very hard to convince certain teachers that I'm trustworthy—"

"AND HE WAS WRONG!" Harry yelled. "YOU'VE BEEN HELPING HIM ALL THIS TIME!"

"I have not been helping Sirius." Lupin said. "Same with Steven."

"If you give us a chance, we will explain everything." Dad said. "And look, well even do this."

He signaled for the others to put their wands away, while throwing our own wands back.

"There." He said. "We're unarmed. Now will you listen?"

As reluctant as I was to listen to them, I decided to do so.

"Ok." I said. "How did this all start, Dad?"

"Sirius came by my house." Dad said. "Brewed his own truth potion and spilled his guts."

"And I had your map, Harry." Lupin said. "The Marauders Map. I was in my office examining it—"

"You know how to work it?" Harry asked suspiciously.

"Why yes." Lupin replied, after all I'm one of the few who've made this map. "I'm Moony. That was my friends nickname for me at school."

"You wrote—"

"The point is." Lupin continued. "I was watching it carefully this evening because I had an idea that you, Y/N, Hermione, and Ron might try to sneak out of the castle to visit Hagrid before his Hippogriff was executed. And I was right wasn't I?"

There was a brief moment of silence before my Dad spoke up.

"Were you wearing your fathers old cloak?" He asked Harry.

"How'd you know about the cloak?"

"The number of times I saw James disappearing under it." Dad said.

"The point is." Lupin continued impatiently. "Even if you are wearing an Invisibility Cloak, you still show up on the Marauders Map. I watched you cross the grounds and enter Hagrids Hut. Twenty minutes later, you left Hagrid and set off towards the castle. But you were now accompanied by someone else."

"What?" Harry exclaimed. "No, we weren't!"

"I couldn't believe my eyes." Lupin said while pacing around the room. "I thought the map was malfunctioning. How could he be with you?"

"Nobody was with us!" I said.

"And then I saw another dot." Lupin ignored Harry's response. "Moving fast towards you, labeled Sirius Black...I saw him collide with you; I watched as he pulled two of you into the Whomping Willow—"

"One of us!" Ron said angrily.

"No, Ron." Lupin said. "Two of you."

He then stopped his pacing, his eyes moving towards Ron.

"Do you think I could have a look at that rat?" Lupin asked.

"What?" Ron said. "What's Scabbers got to do with this?"

"Everything." Dad replied. "Can we just see him please?"

Ron put a hand in his robes hesitantly, pulling Scabbers out by the hand. As he emerged, Scabbers wiggled furiously, like he was trying to escape.

"What's my rat got to do with anything." Ron asked.

"That's not a rat." Sirius croaked.

"It's a wizard." Dad continued.

"An Animagus." Lupin said. "By the name of Peter Pettigrew."

"You're all mental." Ron said.

"Ridiculous." Hermione said faintly.

"Peter Pettigrew's dead!" Harry exclaimed while pointing at Sirius. "He killed him twelve years ago!"

"And I meant to." Sirius growled. "But little Peter got the best of me....not this time though!"

Sirius lunged toward Scabbers, until Dad held him back.

"Easy, mate, easy!" He said. "They need to understand—we've got to explain."

"We can explained afterwards!" Black snarled while trying to struggle past Lupin and Dad.

"They've-got-a-right-to-know-everything!" Lupin breathed heavily while trying to restrain Sirius.

Sirius stopped struggling and calmed down eventually.

"All right, then." Sirius said, without taking his eyes off the rat. "But make it quick. I want to commit the murder I was imprisoned for."

"And I don't blame you one bit." Dad said angrily while looking at the rat.

"Everyone thought Sirius killed Peter." Lupin said. "I believed it myself even, that is until I saw the map tonight. Because the Marauders Map never lies...Peters alive. Ron is holding him."

"That's impossible." I said while Hermione clutched onto my arm with her lips trembling.

"But Professor Lupin...Scabbers can't be Pettigrew...it just can't be true, you know it can't."

"And why's that?" Lupin asked calmly.

"Because....because people would know if Peter Pettigrew had been an animagus. We did Animagi in class with Professor McGonagall. And I looked them up when I did my homework— the Ministry of Magic keeps tabs on witches and wizards who can become animals; there's a register showing what animal they become, their markings and everything....and when I looked Professor McGonagall up on the register, there have been only eight Animagi this century, and Pettigrews name wasn't on the list."

"That's correct Hermione!" Lupin beamed. "But the Ministry never knew about four unregistered Animagi running around Hogwarts."

"If you're going to tell them the story, get a move on." Black said while keeping a close eye on Scabbers. "I've waited twelve years for this."

"All right...but you'll need to help, Sirius." Lupin said. "Now, how it all began—"

Lupin broke off after a large creak came from behind him. The door had opened on its own accord.

"There nobody there."

"This place is haunted!" Ron exclaimed.

"It's not." Lupin said while looking at the door in bewilderment. "The Shrieking Shack was never haunted..The screams and howls of the villagers were from me."

"Because you're a werewolf." I said, catching on to what he was saying.

"That's correct." Lupin nodded. "I was a very small boy when I received the bite. My parents had tried everything, but in those days there was no cure. The potion that Professor Snape had been making me is a recent discovery-"

"Hold on." Dad interrupted. "Snivellus is a Professor?" He asked as we all nodded.

"Didn't see that coming, carry on, Remus."

"As I was saying." Lupin continued. "As long as I take that potion within the week preceding the full moon, I keep my mind when I transform...I'm able to curl up in my office, a harmless wolf, and wait for the moon to wane again."

"Before the Wolfsbane Potion was discovered, however, I became a full fledged monster once a month. It seemed impossible that I would be able to come to Hogwarts. Other parents wouldn't want their children exposed to me."

"But then Dumbledore became Headmaster, and he was very sympathetic. He said as long as we took the necessary precautions, there was no reason that I shouldn't come to school..." Lupin said as he turned to Harry. "I told you two months ago that the Whomping Willow was planted the year I came to Hogwarts. The truth is, that it was planted because I came to Hogwarts. This house—" Lupin looked around sadly. "And the tunnel that leads to it—they were built for my use. Once a month, I was smuggled out of the castle, into this place, to transform. The tree was placed at the tunnel mouth to stop anyone coming across me while I was dangerous."

"My transformations in those days were terrible, to say the least." Lupin continued.

"It is very painful to turn into a werewolf. I was separated from humans to bite, so I bit and scratched myself instead. Some of the villagers heard the noise and the screaming and thought they were hearing particularly violent spirits. Dumbledore encouraged the rumor...Even now, when the house has been silent for years, the villagers don't dare approach it."

"Apart from that, I was happier than I had ever been in my life. For the first time ever. I had friends, four great friends. Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, Steven L/N, and of course your father, Harry—James Potter."

"Now, my four friends could hardly fail to notice that I disappeared once a month. I made up all sorts of stories. I told them my Mother was ill, and that I had to go home and see her..I was terrified they would desert me the moment they found out who I was. But of course, they, like you Hermione, worked out the truth..."

"And they didn't desert me at all. Instead they did something for me that would make my transformations not only bearable but the best times of my life. They became Animagi."

"You too?" I asked my Dad as he nodded.

"And my dad too?" Harry asked.

"Yes, indeed." Lupin said. "It took them the best part of three years to work out how to do it. Your Fathers and Sirius were the cleverest students in the school, and lucky they were, because the Animagus transformations can go horribly wrong—one reason the Ministry keeps a close watch on those attempting to do so. Peter needed all the help he could get from Steven, James, and Sirius. Finally in our fifth year, they managed to do it. They could turn themselves into a different animal at will."

"How exactly did that help you?" I asked.

"They couldn't keep me company as humans, so they kept me company as animals." Lupin said. "A werewolf is a danger to people. The snuck out of the castle every month under James invisibility Cloak, and the transformed. Peter, being the smallest, could slip underneath the Willows attacking branches and touch the knot that freezes it. They would then slip down the tunnel and join me. Under their influence, I became less dangerous. My body was still wolffish, but my mind seemed to become less so I was with them."

"Hurry up, Remus." Black snarled, still watching Scabbers.

"I agree." Dad replied. "I won't be able to hold him much longer."

"I'm getting there." Remus replied. "Highly exciting possibilities were open to us now that we could transform. Soon, we were leaving the Shrieking Shack and roaming the school grounds and the village by night. Sirius and James were able to transform into large animals, and were able to keep a werewolf in check. Steven would take to the skies, and follow behind. I doubt whether any Hogwarts students ever found out more about the Hogwarts grounds and Hogsmeade than we did...And that's how we came to write the Marauders Map, and sign it with our nicknames. Sirius is Padfoot, Peter is Wormtail, Steven is Aquila, and James is Prongs."

"Well that was still really dangerous!" Hermione exclaimed. "Running around in the dark with a werewolf?! What if you'd given the others the slip, and bitten somebody?"

"A thought that still haunts me." Lupin said heavily. "And there were some near misses mind you, many of them we had a good laugh afterwards. We were young, thoughtless—carried away our own cleverness."

Lupin than continued his story, until the topic turned to Professor Snape.

"Snape was very interested in where I went every month." He said.

"Nosy little bastard." Dad muttered.

"We were in the same year, you know, and we—er—didn't like each other very much. He especially disliked Steven and James."

"The feeling was quite mutual." Dad remarked.

"One day, Sirius thought it be—er—amusing, to tell Snape all he had to do was prod the knot in the tree trunk with a long stick, and he'd be able to get in after me. Well of course, Snape tried it—if he'd have gotten as far as this house, he'd have met a fully grown werewolf—but your father, who'd heard what Sirius had done, went after Snape and pulled him back, at great risk to his life..Snape glimpsed me, though, at the end of the tunnel. He was forbidden to tell anybody, but from that moment on, he knew what I was.."

"So that's why Snape doesn't like you." Harry replied. "Because he thought you were in on the joke."

"Precisely." A voice sneered from behind us. Revealing itself to be Professor Snape, taking off the Invisibility Cloak and pointing his wand at Lupin.

Hermione squealed as she grabbed my hand tightly.

"I found this at the base of the Whomping Willow." Snape said as he dropped the Cloak onto the floor. "Very useful, Potter, I thank you."

"You're wondering, perhaps, how I knew you were here?" Snape sneered. "I've just been to your office, Lupin. You forgot to take your potion tonight, so I took a gobletful along. And very lucky I did.....lucky for me at least. Lying on your desk was a certain map. One glance at it told me all I needed to know. I saw you running along this passageway and out of sight."

"Severus—" Lupin began.

"I've told the Headmaster again and again that you're helping your old friend Black into the castle, Lupin, and here's the proof. Not even I dreamed you would have to use this old place as your hideout—"

Snape turned and faced my Dad, who had a huge smirk on his face.

"You're alive." Snape gasped.

"Miss me, Snivellus?" Dad smirked. "Now if you'll excuse us, we have some business to attend to. Go play with your chemistry set or something."

Snape then pointed his wand towards Dad and Sirius.

"Give me a reason, I beg you."

"Don't be a fool." Lupin said.

"He can't help himself, it's a habit of his."

"Sirius, you're making this worse."

"Be quiet."

"Be quiet yourself."

"You know, I could do it." Snape sneered. "But why dent the dementors? They're so longing to see you. Do I detect a flicker of fear?"

"Professor Snape-it wouldn't hurt to hear what they've got to say." Hermione asked. "W-would it?"

"Miss Granger, you are already facing suspension from this school." Snape spat. "You, Potter, Weasley, and L/N are out of bounds, in the company of a convicted murderer and his accomplish, and a werewolf. For once in your life, hold your tongue."

"But if-if there was a mistake-"

"BE QUIET YOU STUPID GIRL!" Snape yelled. "DON'T TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!"

"What the hell?" Dad yelled back. "That was uncalled for!"

"What the fuck did you say?!" I shouted, getting very agitated.

"Don't you even dare, L/N." Snape said to him. "You too are facing suspension."

"I don't think you heard me clearly." I gritted my teeth. "What. The. Fuck. Did. You. Say. To. Her!? You greasy bastard!!"

I stormed my way towards Snape and grabbed him by the collar.

"That is no way to talk to a Professor, L/N." Snape hissed.

"Maybe that's why Lily never loved you." Dad said. "You seem to be a bigger bully than I ever was. Clearly you can't treat women nicely."

"Shut up L/N, or I'll have your son join you with the dementors!"

"YOU'RE PATHETIC!" Harry yelled. "JUST BECAUSE THEY MADE A FOOL OF YOU AT SCHOOL YOU WONT EVEN LISTEN-"

"SILENCE! I WILL NOT BE SPOKEN TO LIKE THAT!" Snape shouted. He was pissed. "Like father, like son, Potter! I have just saved your neck; you should be thanking me on vended knee! You would have been well served if he'd killed you! You'd have died like your father, too arrogant to believe you might be mistaken in Black— now get out of the way, or I will make you!"

Hermione then boldly got in front of Snape, who grabbed her by the shoulder harshly.

"Out of my way, you stupid girl!" He sneered.

And then, I snapped.

"Flipendo!" I shouted, knocking him backwards towards a wall and knocking him out.

"Wow." Sirius said. "But you shouldn't have done that. You should have left him to me."

"And let you have all the fun?" I said. "Nobody talks to Hermione like that and gets away with it."

"Well, damn." Dad remarked. "He really is my son."

"He's a complete badass." Sirius said.

"We attacked a teacher....we attacked a teacher." Hermione said. "Oh, we're going to be in so much trouble—"

"I'm still not saying I believe you." Harry said to Sirius, Dad, and Lupin.

"Why don't we prove it?" Lupin said. "You, Ron—give me Peter, please. Now."

However, Ron wouldn't let go of Scabbers. "Come off it." He said. "Are you saying he broke out of Azkaban just to get his hands on Scabbers?" He looked at the three of us. "Okay, say Pettigrew could turn into a rat — there are millions of rats — how's he supposed to know which one he is after if he was kicked in Azkaban?"

"You know, that's a very good point." Lupin said as he turned to Sirius. "How did you find out where he was?"

Sirius then pulled a piece of paper, which was the Daily Prophet article of the Weasleys in Egypt.

"How did you get this?" Lupin asked, shocked.

"Fudge." He replied. "When he came to Azkaban last year, he gave me this. And there was Peter, on the front page of this boys shoulder. I knew him at once...how many times have I seen him transform? And the caption said the boy would be going back to Hogwarts...to where Harry was."

I immediately caught on to the conversation. "Somebody did mention that the only bit left of Pettigrew was his finger."

Scabbers paw was missing a toe.

"Of course." Dad gasped. "So simple, yet so brilliant...he cut it off by himself?"

"Just before he transformed." Sirius said. "When I cornered him, he yelled for the whol street to hear that I betrayed Lily and James. Then, before I could curse him, he blew apart the street with the wand behind his back, killed everyone within twenty feet of himself — and sped down the sewer with the other rats."

"Look, Scabbers probably had a run in with another rat or something." Ron said. "He's been in my family for ages!"

"Twelve years, in fact." Lupin interrupted. "Didn't you ever wonder why he was living so long?"

"We've been taking good care of him!" Ron exclaimed.

"Ron, that rat has been sick ever since the beginning of term." I said. "Just because you take good care of him, won't mean that he lives longer."

"He's scared of those mad cats again!" Ron exclaimed.

"These cats aren't mad." Sirius said as he stroked Gracies fur. "They're the most intelligent of their kind I've ever met. They recognized Peter for what he was straight away. And when they met me and Steven, they knew we weren't ordinary animals."

"Took them awhile to trust us." Dad continued. But we managed to communicate with them, and since then, they've been helping us."

"What do you mean?" Hermione asked.

"They tried to bring Peter to me, but couldn't, so this cat, Gracie is it?" Dad asked my cat who gave a small hint of a nod.

"Brilliant, she brought me the passwords into Gryffindor Tower for me...As I understand it, she took them from a boys bedside table."

"Peter got wind of what was going on and ran for it." Sirius said. "The cats told me Peter had left blood on the sheets...I suppose he bit himself...Well, faking his own death had worked once. This one, Crookshanks, saw him running through the halls down the castle."

"And why did he fake his own death?" Harry snarled. "Because he knew you were about to kill him like you killed my parents!"

"No Harry-"

"And now you've come to finish him off!"

"Oh yes." Sirius replied while glaring at Scabbers.

"Harry." Lupin said. "Don't you see? All this time we've thought Sirius betrayed your parents, and Peter tracked him down—but it was the other way around, don't you see? Peter betrayed your Mother and Father—Sirius tracked Peter down—"

"THATS NOT TRUE!" Harry shouted. "HE WAS THEIR SECRET KEEPER! HE SAID SO BEFORE YOU TURNED UP! HE SAID HE KILLED THEM!"

"Harry...I as good as killed them." Sirius croaked. "I persuaded Lily and James to change Peter at the last moment, persuaded them to use him as secret keeper instead of me.... I'm to blame, I know it...The night they died, I'd arranged myself to check on Peter, make sure he was still safe, but when I arrived to his hiding place, he'd gone. Yet there was no sign of a struggle. It didn't feel right. I was scared. I set out for your parents house straight away. And when I saw their house, destroyed, and their bodies...I realized what Peter must've done....what I'd done.."

"Oh enough of this shit!" My dad said impatiently. "Just give me the rat, Weasley!"

"What are you going to do to him?" Ron said as he gave Scabbers to Dad.

"Force him to show himself." Lupin said. "If he really is a rat, it won't hurt him. Steven, hold him still."

"You got it."

Dad held out his arm as Sirius and Lupin aimed their wands at the rat.

"Together?" Sirius asked.

"I think so." Lupin responded. "On the count of three..."

"One-Two-Three!"

Their wands erupted with a blinding white light as Scabbers froze in Dads hand. He let go, keeping Scabbers in mid air.

The rat fell down and contorted his shape. Turning into a short, bald man who was very obese.

"Hello, Peter." Lupin said to the man. "It's been a long time."

"S-Sirius...S-Steven....R-Remus.." The man squeaked. "My friends....my old friends.."

Black held his wand towards Pettigrew, but Lupin stopped him.

"You see, we've been having a little chat Peter, about what happened the night Lily and James died. You must have missed the finer points while you were squeaking on the bed over there."

"Remus." He said again. "You don't believe him, do you? He tried to kill me, Remus."

"So we've heard." Lupin said in a cold voice.

"Now listen carefully, Peter." Dad continued. "We'd like to clear up a few small details with you, if you could be so kindly as to—"

"He's come to kill me again!" Pettigrew shouted. "He killed Lily, James, and Emily and now he's going to kill me too..you got to help me, guys!"

"Nobody's going to kill you Peter." Lupin said. "We just want to sort things out."

"Sort things out?" Pettigrew said while looking for any escape he could find. "I knew he'd come after me! I knew he'd be back for me! I've been waiting for this for twelve years!"

"So you knew Sirius would break out of Azkaban?" Dad questioned. "When no-one else has done it before?"

"He's got dark powers the rest of us can dream of!" Pettigrew said. "How else did he get out of there? I suppose He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named taught him a few tricks!"

"Wow." Dad snickered. "You are such a dumbass."

He then took out a picture from his pocket, and in that picture was my parents, Lily, James, Sirius and Professor Lupin.

"If it was really Sirius that worked for Voldemort, then where the hell are you?" He said.

Pettigrew flinched as he heard the word "Voldemort."

"To scared to say your masters name?" Sirius asked. "Couldn't blame you, his lot aren't happy with you these days, aren't they?"

"I don't know what you're talking about." Pettigrew said.

"You haven't been hiding from me for twelve years." Sirius continued. You've been hiding from Voldemort's old supporters. I've heard things in Azkaban, Peter...they all think you're dead, or you'd have to answer to them...I've heard them screaming all sorts of things in their sleep. Sounds like they think the double-crosser double-crossed them. Voldemort went to the Potters on your information...and it's where Voldemort met his downfall. And not all of Voldemort's supporters ended up in Azkaban did theu? There are still plenty out there, pretending to see the error of their ways..."

"It would be quite a shame if they ever got wind that you were alive, Peter." Dad smirked.

"I don't know...what you're talking about..." Pettigrew stuttered. "You don't believe this — this madness, Remus."

"I have to admit, Peter, I have difficulty in understanding why an innocent man would want to spend twelve years as a rat." Lupin said.

"Innocent, but scared!" Pettigrew cried. "If Voldemort's supporters were after me, it would be because I put their best man in Azkaban — the spy, Sirius Black!"

"How dare you!" Sirius snarled. "I, a spy for Voldemort? When did I ever sneak around people who were stronger and more powerful than myself? But you, Peter — I'll never understand why I didn't see you were a spy from the start. You always liked big friends who can look after you, right? It used to be us...me and Remus.....and James.....and Steven..."

"Me? A spy?" Pettigrew answered. "You must be out of your mind..."

"If you don't mind." Dad said. "I suggest we kill him now."

He then walked over to Pettigrew and kicked him straight in the face, sending him backwards.

Pettigrew stumbled up and crawled over to Sirius.

"Sirius—it's me!" Pettigrew cried. "It's Peter...your friend...you wouldn't..."

Black walked away from him and recoiled his touch.

"Enough filth without you touching them." He said coldly.

"Steven!" Pettigrew cried again. "You have to believe me!"

"Because of you, and because of your master." Dad said coldly. "My wife is dead."

"Shall we kill him now?" Sirius asked the two men.

"I say we shall."

"Yes, I think so."

"You wouldn't...you won't..." Pettigrew said as he looked to Ron. "Ron...haven't I been a good friend? A good pet? You won't let them kill me, Ron, will you? You're on my side aren't you?"

"I let you sleep in my bed!" Ron exclaimed, looking disgusted.

"Kind boy.....kind master....." He continued to beg at Ron's feet. "You won't let them do it, Ron, will you? I was your rat....I was a good pet."

"Are you really boasting about how much of a better rat you were than a human?" Dad laughed. "You're a joke."

Pettigrew stammered than walked up to Hermione. "Sweet girl....clever girl.....you won't let them....Help me..."

"Stay away from me!" Hermione said as she kicked him in the face.

That's my girl.

Pettigrew than made his way to Harry, and me. "Harry...Harry....you look just like your father. Just like him. And Y/N, you look just like your parents, if you are smart like Emily was, you won't let them do this to me..."

Is this guy being serious?

"HOW DARE YOU SPEAK TO THEM!" Sirius yelled. "HOW DARE TOU FACE THEM! HOW DARE TOU TALK ABOUT JAMES AND EMILY IN FRONT OF THEM!!"

"They wouldn't want me killed...they would have shown me mercy." He said to them.

"You're the reason they're dead!" Dad yelled.

"You sold them all to Voldemort." Sirius said. "Do you deny it?"

"Sirius, Sirius l, what could I have done? The Dark Lord...you have no idea....he has weapons you can't imagine....I was scared, Sirius, I was never brave like you lot. I never meant it to happen...He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named forced me—-"

"Don't lie!" Sirius yelled. "You were passing information to him for a year before they died! You were his spy!"

"He was taking over everywhere! What was there to be gained by refusing him? He would have killed me!"

"THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED!" Sirius yelled once more. "DIED RATHER THAN BETRAY YOUR FRIENDS, AS WE WOULD HAVE DONE FOR YOU!"

Dad then raised his wand along with the others. "You should have realized, if Voldemort didn't kill you, we would, Goodbye, Peter."

And just as they were about to kill him,

"NO!" Harry yelled. "You can't kill him. You can't!"

"Harry, this piece of vermin is the reason you have no parents and why Y/N doesn't have a mother." Black said. "This cringing piece of filth would have seen the both of you die too, without turning a hair. You heard him. His own damn skin meant more to him than James, Lily, and Emily."

"I know." Harry said. "We'll take him up to the castle. Well hand him over to the Dementors.... He can go to Azkaban...but don't kill him."

"Harry!" Pettigrew gasped. "You—thank you—it's more than I deserve—thank you—"

"Get off me." Harry growled. "I'm not doing this for you, I'm doing this because I don't reckon my Dad or Y/Ns Mum would've wanted them to become killers—just for you."

"You two are the only people who have the right to decide." Sirius said while lowering his wand. "But think....think about what he did.."

"He can go to Azkaban." Harry said. "If anyone deserves that place, he does."

"Maybe he can join his Death Eater friends." I said. "I'm sure they'll be happy to see him."

"I hate to admit it, but they're right." Dad smiled. "Let's tie him up."

Sirius and Lupin tied Pettigrew up while Dad muttered "Mobilicorpus." to Snape's body, bringing it forward and out of the shack.

"But if you transform, Peter." Black warned. "We will kill you. Is that alright Harry, Y/N?"

"Do what you must." I nodded.

As we walked out of the shack, my Dad called me over to the side.

"All right if we talk for a moment?" He asked.

I nodded my head and followed him to the side.

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"I assume." He began. "That you have a lot of questions."

I nodded. "I've been given the assumption that you've been dead for years." I said. "Where have you been all this time."

"Around the time your Mother died." He started. "Voldemort had sent some Death Eaters to kidnap all of us, including you. Emily ended up escaping after I told her to take you and run. After that, I was put under endless torture. I'm not sure how long it was but it felt never ending. A Death Eater named Rosier did the honors, I've never felt more agony then I did while hearing his laugh, and being tortured at the same time."

"How did you escape?" I asked.

"After a while, I managed to figure out a plan to escape. But when I did, I heard about your Mother. Then I started to worry about your whereabouts until I got word that your Uncle had you under protection. I then fled and went into hiding for years, in Austria believe it or not."

"Why didn't you ever come back?" I asked.

"I was too ashamed." He said sadly. "I couldn't save your Mother, and that reason alone drive me to guilt. So I fled."

I started to feel bad for him, even though he has been absent my entire life, hearing how much he lost in just a short amount of time did it for me."

"I'm sorry, Dad." I said.

"After Sirius broke out of Azkaban, he found me somehow, and from there, we went to Hogwarts with an intent to kill Peter." He said. "Because of him, my best friends, and Emily are gone."

There was a brief moment of silence before he continued.

"I don't expect you to forgive me for not being there for you." He said. "In fact, I deserve all the scolding I can get for being scared."

"Well that's too bad." I said. "Because I forgive you, and I'm still a little pissed about you not being there, but I'm sure we can work on it."

He smiled and nodded as we started to make our way back to the others.

"So am I coming to live with you then?" I asked. "After the school year ends?"

"If you want to." He said. "I'll have to give my brother the surprising news that I'm alive first."

We laughed at that before he brought up something I wish he never did.

"So." He nodded in Hermione's direction. "Who's the girlfriend?"

"She's not my girlfriend." I said while blushing. "She's just my friend."

"That's what I said before I started dating your Mother." He said. "You seemed to be really close in the Shack."

"Well, I really like her, a lot actually." I said. "Ever since second year. I think I'm going to tell her how I feel eventually."

"Well you better do it quick." He smirked. "Or else somebody might beat you to the punch."

"Noted, Dad." We laughed as we walked back to the others.

Hermione's POV

After Y/N went to go talk to his Dad, me and the others walked alongside Sirius.

"You know what this means right?" He asked Harry. "Turning Pettigrew in."

"You're free." Harry said.

"Yes..." Sirius said. "But I'm also —- I don't know if anyone has ever told you —- I'm your godfather."

"Yeah, I knew that." Harry said.

"Of course I'm not pressuring you." Sirius said. "But once my name is cleared, if you wanted a different home...but of course you could stay with your Uncle and Aunts, but just in case..."

"Live with you?" Harry's voice cracked. "Leave the Dursley's?"

"Of course, I thought you wouldn't want to. I understand, I just thought you'd—"

"Are you insane?" Harry joked. "I'd love to leave the Dursley's! When can I move in? Do we have a house?"

Sirius beamed. "You want to? You mean it?"

"Yes I mean it!"

Y/N and his Dad joined us a few seconds later.

"Y/N!" Harry exclaimed. "I'm going to live with Sirius!"

"Leaving the Dursley's?" Y/N asked as Harry nodded. "That's amazing mate!"

As we were out, Snape had woken up and froze before us. Lupin had also done the same. But what was going on?

Oh no.

He forgot to take his potion.

"He didn't take his potion!" Steven yelled. He's not safe!"

Lupin slowly turned into a werewolf as we all froze in fear.

"Leave it to me!" Sirius shouted. "Run!"

"Need any help?" Steven yelled.

"I'll take it from here." Sirius responded. "Thank you for the help old friend!"

Steven nodded and turned towards Y/N.

"I'll see you at the end of the year." He said as Y/N nodded.

Steven then turned into an eagle and flew away into the distance.

As Lupin dropped his wand, Pettigrew reached out to grab it, he didn't have it for long as Harry disarmed him, but it didn't matter, because Pettigrew turned into a rat and scurried off to Merlin knows where.

"Run!" Sirius shouted as he transformed into a dog, but only for Lupin to complete his transformation and throw Sirius off the side of a cliff.

I was now facing Professor Lupin, I inched closer and stuck my hand out.

"Professor?" I asked. "Professor Lupin?"

"Hermione don't!" Y/N shouted.

Lupin let out a big howl and ran towards me, as he came closer and closer, I closed my eyes waiting for an impact.

But that impact never came, instead I heard a bird cry out.

Because right in front of me, a golden eagle was battling Lupin. I looked behind me to see if Y/N was still there, but he wasn't.

So does that mean?

"Y/N?" I asked as the eagle turned towards me and gave a slight hint of a wink.

Wow, even as an animal he still causes me to blush.

Y/N continued to battle Lupin in his eagle form, using his talons to grab Lupin and throw him to the side, before attacking him again with his beak.

Suddenly, Sirius jumped up from the side of the cliff and proceeded to help Y/N fight Lupin.

Sirius bit Lupins leg hard, but Lupin was stronger and threw Sirius away before scratching Y/N on the chest, sending him falling to the ground.

"Y/N!" I yelled running towards him. Lupin had chased Sirius into the woods and Harry followed behind quickly.

Y/N had reverted back to his normal self, but he was laying there with a giant scar on his chest and he looked like he was in a lot of pain.

"Jesus Christ." He groaned. "What happened?"

"You're an Animagus?" I asked.

"Is that what happened?" He smiled faintly. "Brilliant."

"You absolute idiot!" I cried. "You could have been killed!"

"I'm sorry Mione." He said quietly. "It's just a habit."

"You're always saving me." I said softly.

"Well somebody's got to." He replied.

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Y/Ns POV

I laid on the ground looking at Hermione and into her beautiful brown eyes.

Wow, she is so pretty.

"Hermione, I-"

And before I could say anything else, I fell down again, and passed out.

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"Shocking business....shocking....miracle none of them died...never heard the like....by thunder, it was lucky you were there Snape."

"Thank you, Minister."

"Order of Merlin, Second Class, I'd say. First Class, if I can wrangle it."

"Thank you very much, Minister."

I opened my eyes to find myself in the hospital wing. I was laying down in a bed with Hermione facing me. I guess Harry and Ron were also here as well.

I turned my head to see two people who I despise completely, Cornelius Fudge and Snape.

I guess Fudge is buying all the bullshit that Snape was telling him.

"Nasty cut you've got there." Fudge said. "Blacks work I presume?"

"As a matter of fact, it was the work of Y/N L/N, Minister.."

"Oh that is some god damn bullshit." I said while rising from my bed.

"Y/N!" Fudge exclaimed. "Your Uncle will be very happy to see you up!"

"Yeah, yeah." I said. "Where's Professor Dumbledore?"

"That won't be necessary, L/N." Snape spat. "Let me take you to Professor Dumbledore, Minister."

He then left the room with Fudge.

"What happened." A voice came from next to me. It was Hermione. "How did we get here?"

"I don't remember, honestly." I replied. "Honestly, I don't recall much. Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." She smiled. "Thank you for saving me."

"Always." I smiled as I heard another groan from Harry come from around the room as Madam Pomfrey came with a quite enormous bar of chocolate.

"Oh, you're awake!" Madam Pomfrey said as she broke the chocolate with a hammer.

"How's Ron?" Harry asked.

"He will live." Madam Pomfrey said as she continued to hammer the chocolate. "As for you three, you'll be staying here until I'm satisfied you're—Potter, what do you think you're doing?"

"Harry sat up and grabbed his glasses from the table next to him. "I need to see the Headmaster." He said.

"Potter, it's all right." Madam Pomfrey said. "They've got Black, he's locked away upstairs. The Dementors will perform the kiss at any moment."

"WHAT!" Harry yelled as he jumped out of bed.

"WHAT THE HELL?" I yelled.

Fudge and Snape came back into the wing with Dumbledore alongside them.

"Minister, listen!" Harry said. "Sirius Blacks innocent! Peter Pettigrew fakes his own death! We saw him tonight! You can't let the Dementors do that to Sirius, he's-"

"Harry, Harry, you're very confused, you've been through a dreadful ordeal, lie back down, we have everything under control..."

"YOU HAVEN'T!" Harry yelled. "YOU'VE GOT THE WRONG MAN!"

"You don't have anything under control." I growled. "You just care about your own self image."

"Minister, please, listen." Hermione said. "I saw him too. It was Ron's rat, he's an Animagus, Pettigrew, I mean, and—"

"You see, Minister." Snape said. "Confounded, all of them...Blacks done a very good job on them. Now I'd like to talk to you about other individual I saw tonight—"

"WERE NOT CONFOUNDED!" Harry yelled.

"Minister, Professors!" Madam Pomfrey shouted. "I must insist that you leave. They are my patients, and they should not be distressed!"

"We're not distressed." I said. "We're trying to tell them what happened, if they could just listen—"

Before I could say anything else, Madam Pomfrey shoved a large chunk of chocolate down my throat.

"Now please, Minister, these children need care. Please leave."

"Professor Dumbledore, Sirius Black-"

"My apologies, Poppy, but I need to have a word with Mr. Potter, Mr. L/N, and Miss Granger." Professor Dumbledore said very calmly.

A/N: And I can't stress this enough, it was VERY calmly

"I have just been talking to Sirius Black—"

"I suppose he's told you the same fairy tail he's planted in their minds?" Snape spat. "Something about a rat l, and Pettigrew being alive—"

"That is indeed, Blacks story."

"And does my evidence count for nothing? Peter Pettigrew was not in the Shrieking Shack, nor did I see any signs of him on the grounds."

"That's because you were knocked out." Hermione said. "You didn't arrive in time to hear."

"Miss Granger, HOLD YOUR TONGUE!" Snape yelled as I began to stand up from my bed.

"Now, Snape." Fudge startled. "The young lady is disturbed in her mind, we must not make allowances—"

"The only one disturbed in the mind is you Fudge." I said angrily.

"Excuse me, I am the Minister of Magic." Fudge said sternly. "How dare you talk to me like that."

"A pretty poor excuse for the Minister of Magic if you ask me." I said.

"And you think you can do better?"

"One thousand times better."

"I would like to speak to Harry, Y/N, and Hermione alone." Dumbledore interrupted. "Cornelius, Severus, Poppy—please leave us."

"Headmaster!" Madam Pomfrey spluttered in disbelief. "These children need treatment, they need rest—"

"This cannot wait." said Dumbledore. "I must insist."

Madam Pomfrey pursed her lips and strode into her office at the end of the ward, slamming the door behind her.

"What was it you wanted to tell me, Severus?" Fudge asked. But before he could respond, he pulled out a gold pocket watch from inside his jacket.

"Oh it probably doesn't matter, the Dementors should have arrived by now." He said. "I'll go and meet them. Dumbledore, I'll see you upstairs."

He then left to go greet them.

"You surely don't believe a word of Blacks story?" Snape whispered with his eyes fixated on Dumbledores face.

"I wish to speak to them alone." Dumbledore said calmly. But instead, Snape took a step forward.

"Sirius Black showed he was capable of committing murder at the age of sixteen." He snarled. "You haven't forgotten that Headmaster? you haven't forgotten he once tried to kill me?"

"My memory is as good as ever Severus." Dumbledore replied. "Now please leave."

Snape growled silently and left the room. Dumbledore than turned to us, where he was bombarded with the sounds of our voices.

"he's a rat!"

"Pettigrew cut his hand off!"

"Pettigrew attacked Ron, it wasn't Sirius!"

"Snape is full of sh—"

Dumbledore than raised his hand, signaling us to stop talking.

"There is not a shred of proof to support Blacks story, except the word of three teenage wizard." He said. "A street full of eyewitnesses swore they saw Sirius murder Pettigrew. I myself gave evidence that Sirius had been the Potters secret keeper."

"Professor Lupin-" Hermione started.

"Professor Lupin is currently deep in the forest, unable to tell anyone anything. By the time he is human again, it will be too late, Sirius will be worse than dead. I must also add that werewolves are so distrusted by most of our kind that his support will count for very little and the fact that he and Sirius are old friends—"

"Listen to me, Harry." He continued. "It is too late, you understand me? You must see that Professor Snape's version of events is far more convincing than yours."

"He hates Sirius." Hermione said. "All because of one stupid prank."

"Sirius has not acted like an innocent man. The attack on the Fat Lady, entering Gryffindor Tower with a knife and an accomplish, attacking Mr. L/N-"

"Which was an accident." I interjected.

"Point being, without Pettigrew, alive or dead, we have no chance of overturning Sirius's sentence."

We were all very confused.

"But you believe us?" I asked.

"Oh yes I do." He said to us. "But I have no power to see the truth, or to overrule the Ministry of Magic...but what we need....is some more time."

He looked at me and Hermione.

It took me a second, but I got what he meant.

"But-" Hermione started before she realized. "Oh!"

"I see what you mean." I responded while Harry looked at me confused.

"Yes." Dumbledore said. "Now pay attention. Sirius is locked in Professor Flitwick's office on the seventh floor. 13th window from the right of the West Tower. If all goes well, you will be able to save more than one innocent life tonight. But remember this, all of you, you must not be seen. You know the law, Miss Granger and Mr. L/N, you know what is at stake...you-must-not-be-seen."

Me and Hermione nodded as Harry looked at us confused. Dumbledore turned his back and went to the doors. "I'm going to lock you in." He said. "It is five minutes to midnight. Three turns should do it. Use only two of them. Good luck."

He closed the door and locked it. "What is he on about?" Harry asked.

I didn't pay any attention as Hermione pulled the time turner out from her jumper.

"You got it?" I asked as she nodded. "Brilliant."

"Come over here, Harry." Hermione said as she wrapped the time turner around our necks and turned the ring three times.

"What are we doing?" Harry asked.

"Don't ask questions." I responded as everything went into reverse. Suddenly we came to the ground as Hermione put the time turner back into her jumper.

"Guys, what happened." Harry asked us.

"We've gone back in time." Hermione responded.

"Three hours back." I continued.

"How?" Harry asked.

"We used a Time Turner." Hermione said as she pulled it out once more. "Y/N and I have been using this since our first day back. It's how we've been getting to our classes all year."

"Mum made us swear we wouldn't tell anyone." I continued. "She had to write lots of letters to the Ministry so we can have one. They were about us being model students and me being taught by Dumbledore."

"And we had to promise that we wouldn't never, ever, use it for anything other than studies." Hermione said. "I may have broken that rule a few times, but it's fine."

"What exactly were you using it for?" I asked her.

"I-uh I-I." She stuttered and blushed. "That's not the point!

"Who are you and what have you done with Hermione Granger?" I joked as she giggled.

"What did Dumbledore mean when he said more than one innocent life would be saved?" Harry asked.

I thought about it for a bit, until me eyes landed on Buckbeak in Hagrids yard. This must be right before his execution.

Then it dawned on me.

"Buckbeak!" I exclaimed. "We're going to save Buckbeak as well."

"What?" Harry asked. "How is that going to help Sirius?"

"Dumbledore said where Sirius was located!" I said. "We save Buckbeak and he escapes with Sirius!"

"You are brilliant." Hermione smiled. "Did I ever tell you that?"

"More times than I can count." I joked. "And not as brilliant as you."

As we got ready to leave, we saw past us walking towards Malfoy, and in a few minutes, Hermione would punch him again.

"You!" Past Hermione shouted. "You foul, loathsome, evil little cockroach!"

"That's us!" Harry said.

"You don't say!" I said sarcastically.

Moments later, Hermione had smacked Malfoy in the face again. And i think it was more entertaining than the first time.

"Nice punch." I said to Hermione.

"Thanks." She smiled faintly.

"Malfoys coming!" Harry said. "Hide!"

Harry hid behind the pillars as me and Hermione hid behind him. We were so bunched up together that our faces were almost touching.

"I'm gonna get that Mudblood." Malfoy said. "I swear to Merlin."

"And I'll kill him if he does." I said as Hermione grabbed my hand.

When the Slytherins left the hallway, the three of us made our way to Hagrids Hut.

"Fudge has to see Buckbeak before we can get him." I said. "Or else, he'll think Hagrid set him free."

"This has to be the weirdest thing we've ever done." Harry remarked.

"We went to a party celebrating someone's death." I replied. "Doesn't get much weirder than that."

We kept watch for the right time.

"Now?" Harry asked.

"Gotta wait until he sees him outside." I repeated.

"Can't we grab Pettigrew at least?" Harry asked.

"You can't change time Harry." I said. "Nobody can."

"We'd only be seen by ourselves and Hagrid!"

"What do you think you would do if you saw yourself bursting in and grabbing Pettigrew?"

"I-I'd think I'd gone mad."

"Exactly."

"It was just an idea! I thought-"

"Wait." Hermione interrupted. "I have an idea."

She grabbed two rocks and chucked them. "That should work.

"Ow!" I shouted, putting my hand to my head as Harry did the same thing.

"Sorry." Hermione said in a soft voice.

"Don't worry about it."

"Their coming!" Harry said. And he was right, Fudge, Dumbledore, and the executioner were coming down.

"We're about to come out." I said.

We all ran over to Buckbeak, who chirped quietly as he saw me and Hermione come down. "Hey, Beaky." I said quietly. "Let's get you out of here, okay?"

Buckbeak nodded and started to follow up as we led him with dead animals.

"Come on, Buckbeak, okay?" Hermione said. "Come on, Buckbeak. Come get the nice dead ferret!"

"Let's get this over with, please." Fudge said in the distance as we tried to lead Buckbeak away.

"Shit! Come on, Beaky." I said softly while holding a dead ferret as Buckbeak came closer. Eventually, we led him away.

"All right." Dumbledore said as they came outside.

"But where is it?" Fudge said. "I saw the beast, just now! Not a moment ago!"

"How extraordinary." Dumbledore said.

"Hagrid?"

"Hagrid's been with us this whole time, there's no possible way he could have anything to do with this."

"Right. Well, Well. We must search the grounds."

"Well. Search the skies if you must, Minister. Meanwhile, I'd like a nice cup of tea or a large brandy."

"Oh, executioner." Dumbledore said. "Your services are no longer required."

We then heard the swing of the executioners axe, although this time, he didn't kill Buckbeak. He slashed a pumpkin in half.

We still had a lot of time to kill before our past selves were to walk into the Shack. To pass the time, me and Hermione talked while Harry laid down with Buckbeak, who joined us.

"Hey, Y/N?" Hermione asked me.

"Yeah, Mione." I said.

"I was wondering..and you don't have to if you don't want to...but would you like to come over to my house one day this summer?"

"I'd love to, Mione!" I exclaimed. "Maybe you could do the same when I go to live with my Dad."

"That would be great!" She replied. "I know my parents want to see you again, especially my Mum."

"I'd love to see your parents again." I said as she smiled next to me.

"Hey guys." Harry said to us. "In the forest, when I was with the Dementors, I saw a patroni, and I have an idea who conjured it."

"What did it look like?"

"To me, it looked like a stag. I think it was my Dad."

"But Harry, your Dads—"

"Dead. I know, I'm just telling you what I saw."

"All right."

Before we could divulge further into the conversation, I spotted our past selves walking into the Shack.

"Here we come!" Hermione said as we all stood up at once along with Buckbeak.

Instead of moving, Harry looked up at the moon.

"I know what you're thinking." I said to him. "And there's nothing we can do."

"So we just let Pettigrew escape again?"

"Yes, because there is nothing we can do." I said. "How the hell do you suppose we find a rat in the dark?"

"All right!, all right!"

From our view, I saw me and Dad catch up to the group when Lupin was beginning his transformation.

"There goes Lupin." I said. "He's transforming."

"We have to move!" Harry said.

"Mate, how many times do I have to say it—"

"Not to interfere! But Lupin is coming straight for us!"

And he was right, Lupin was charging directly at us. Well past us, but he was still coming near.

Shit.

Hermione then put her hands to her mouth and howled like a wolf, which seemed to get Lupins attention.

Which didn't help matters at all.

"What are you doing?" Harry asked.

"Saving our lives!" Hermione replied.

"Well now he's coming straight for us!"

"I don't think about that." She said. "Run!"

"Hold on!" I shouted. "I'll take care of Lupin, you guys meet me at the lake."

"No, I don't want to leave you!" Hermione cried.

"I'll be okay." I said. "Just trust me."

Hermione nodded hesitantly and ran with Harry. I went down to the ground and transformed into a golden eagle, attacking Lupin with my talons.

I started to distract Lupin by knocking him with my beak and clawing with my talons.

Unfortunately, he was very strong as a werewolf, he grabbed my leg and threw me right into a tree.

As I hit the ground, I turned back into my human form while Lupin walked towards me menacingly.

"Professor Lupin, it's me!" I shouted ina last minute attempt.

But it proved to be no use as he kept coming closer and closer, and just as he was about to scratch me,

Buckbeak ran into him and knocked him out cold.

I gathered my breathe and looked at Buckbeak.

"Thanks Beaky." I said. "I owe you one."

"Let's get to the lake."

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Moments later, I made it down to the lake. As I came down to join Harry and Hermione, she turned to look at me, running up and pulling me into a tight hug.

"Are you okay?" She asked frantically while checking for marks. "You're not hurt are you?"

"I've been through worse." I said. "What's happening now?

"Waiting for when I arrive." Harry said.

And soon enough, past Harry had arrived, along with a flock of Dementors.

The floated down towards Harry and Sirius.

"Just wait, my Dad will show up. Any minute now." Harry said.

But more time passed and nothing happened.

"Harry, nobody is coming." Hermione shouted.

"He will come!" Harry shouted.

More seconds went by, and there was still nothing.

"Harry, you and Sirius are dying!" I shouted.

"What do you suppose we do?"

"Patronus?"

"Ah, bloody hell, let's do it."

Harry walked up before me and shouted,

"EXPECTO PATRONUM!"

I walked behind and shouted,

"EXPECTO PATRONUM!"

I thought of some of the most happiest moments I've had in recent years

Meeting Hermione.

Meeting Harry and Ron.

Joining the Quidditch team.

Meeting Gracie and adopting her.

Winning the Quidditch Cup for Gryffindor.

And all the near kisses I've had with Hermione.

A stag floated out of Harry's wand first. And an eagle followed shortly after.

The Dementors fled away as our patronuses lingered for a bit.

"Wow." Hermione said. "You two pulled off really advanced magic, and you're only in third year!"

"We are pretty brilliant aren't we?" Harry smirked.

"Yeah, yeah."

We then followed Buckbeak to the right spot to go rescue Sirius.

"Time to fly?" I asked.

"I'm guessing your going to fly yourself?" Harry asked.

"There's no way in hell I'm missing the opportunity to ride a Hippogriff." I said.

"Y/N?" Hermione said as we climbed onto Buckbeak. "I'm afraid of heights."

"You can hold onto me if you'd like?" I asked.

That was good enough for her, as she wrapped her arms around my back as Harry climbed on after her.

"You guys ready?" I asked as they both nodded.

"Let's go!"

I nudged Buckbeak's sides as the Hippogriff took flight.

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Eventually, we landed at Flitwick's office. Me, Harry, and Hermione dismounted Buckbeak as we made our way to the cell Sirius was in, once he saw us, he asked, "what are you doing here?"

"Rescuing you of course." I responded. "Care to do the honors, Hermione?"

"As long as you do it with me."

"Oh, yes." I said as I withdrew my wand.

"Bombarda!"

The bars blew up and Sirius was now free from his cell. "Come on!" Harry said. "There's not much time. You've got to get out of here! The Dementors are coming—Macnair's gone to get them!"

We then flew up to the West Tower, the highest tower they can fly from.

"You better go, Sirius." I said. "The Dementors will reach this office at any moment."

"What happened to the other boy?" He asked. "Ron?"

"He's okay." Harry said. "Just go!"

"How can I ever thank-"

"JUST GO!" We shouted.

Black turned Buckbeak around, but still looked at us.

"We'll see each other again." He said. "You truly are your fathers son, Harry."

He then turned to me.

"Y/N, you are definitely your parents child, brilliant as ever like your Mother and as reckless as you Father."

"I'll take that as a compliment." I said as he laughed.

He positioned Buckbeak and his wings rose into the air, Buckbeak made a running start and flew off into the night sky.

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We dashed to the hospital wing, our past selves were getting ready to travel and Dumbledore locked us in. We made it just in time.

Dumbledore looked undaunted as he saw us outside. "Well?" He asked.

"He's free." Harry said. "We did it!"

"Did what?" Dumbledore asked before smiling and waving. "Good night."

Damn, that man is crazy. But we love it.

We entered through the doors where Ron was now there as he had seen us travel. "How did you get there?" He asked. "I just saw you three here....and now your there."

"What's he talking about guys?" Hermione asked.

"I don't know." Harry shrugged.

"Honestly Ron, how can someone be in two places at once." I said as we laughed.

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It's now the end of our third year. Lupin unfortunately had to resign since Snape revealed that he was a werewolf, parents would soon hear the news via owl about him teaching us. However, he told me he'll come over to see my Dad a lot more now, so I can expect to see him at some point soon.

I was walking into the Great Hall listening to my Walkman. I was playing Michael Jackson's "Human Nature."

Looking out, across the nighttime
The city winks a sleepless eye
Hear her voice, shake my window
Sweet seducing sighs
Get me out, into the nighttime
Four walls won't hold me tonight
If this town is just an apple
Then let me take a bite

If they say why (why?), why (why?)
Tell them that it's human nature
Why (why?), why (why?), does he do me that way?
If they say why (why?), why (why?)
Tell them that it's human nature
Why (why?), why (why?), does he do me that way?

Reaching out to touch a stranger
Electric eyes are everywhere
See that girl, she knows I'm watching
She likes the way I stare

I was in my own thoughts as I walked through the hallways, that was until one of my earphones was taken out of my ear.

"Mind if I listen with you?" Hermione asked with my earphone in hand.

"By all means." I smiled.

As me and Hermione walked to the Great Hall together, we noticed quite a bit of commotion coming from the Gryffindor table.

"Y/N! can i have a go on it!" Aidan Korff asked me.

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"Can I at least hold it Y/N?" Seamus shouted.

"What are you on mate?"

"Can I sleep with it Y/N?"

"What in the bloody hell?"

We walked over to the table where everyone was crowded around a parcel.

And inside the parcel?

Was a Firebolt.

Addressed to me.

"I told them not to unwrap it." Ron nodded towards the twins.

"Oh shut up, Billius." Fred and George said simultaneously.

"Who could have given me this?" I asked in awe as Hermione pulled out a feather from the wrapping.

Dad.

I pulled out the Firebolt from the parcel and inspected it.

"Ron." I said. "You can take my Nimbus."

"What? Like to borrow it?"

"No, it's yours." I replied.

"Really? He asked excitedly. "You mean it?'

"Don't really have a use for it anymore." I said while continuing to eye the broomstick.

"I say we race." Harry smirked. "That is, unless you're scared."

The other Gryffindors shouted excitedly.

"Oh you are so on." I replied as we went outside to the courtyard.

Harry grabbed his Firebolt as we made it outside. Most of our friends found out about my new gift and were excited to see the two Firebolts race.

Harry mounted his broom and before I could do the same, Hermione turned me around to face her, she stood on her toes, leaned in, and kissed the corner of my lips. Making me blush furiously.

"You know, for luck." She said.

"Now I know I'm going to win." I smirked as I mounted my broom.

Fred and George counted us off, and suddenly, me and Harry dashed into the air, zooming across the Black Lake and around the castle. Laughing and shouting as we raced each other in the sky.

Best. Year. Ever!

A/N: Holy shit, 10,000 words plus. My longest chapter ever. I really wanted to be done with POA.

Onwards to my favorite year in the franchise, Goblet of Fire!