《THE DARK ENIGMA • TOM RIDDLE》LI. Mistakes In The Shrieking Shack

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I watch from atop the hill the executioner bring the axe down atop the hippogriffs head.

Hermione grabs her hand in mine as she looks away, not wanting to see the sight.

Suddenly the rat in my other hand bites my finger as I wince and drop it.

"Wormtail!" I snap at the rat I quickly follow it over to the whomping willow.

I trip and grab the rat as Hermione pauses, I quickly glance up and notice the whomping willow I get up only to see sirius behind Hermione.

Sirius growls at the rat as Hermione quickly looks back and see the shaggy black dog.

Sirius jumps over the girl as he snatches the rat and runs down under the whomping willow.

"Padfoot!" I mutter in slight suprise as I quickly follow him down, not noticing hermione following me.

I follow sirius through the tunnel as we end up in what I presume to be the shrieking shack.

"What are we going to do? Can we force him to transform back?" I ask sirus as he transforms back into a human after handing me Peter.

"We ca—" he was cut off when we here a voice yelling.

"Weasley...? What is he—" I was cut off when he barged into the room, knocking me over and taking the rat.

I cough as I look up at the red head who stood, holding the rat as he glared at the two of us.

"You've been working with sirius black the whole time?!" Ron yells at me as i scoff and get up with the help of sirius.

"Listen weasel-bee, im not going to bother explaining the situation to you, just give me the rat." I threaten as I glare at the male.

"As if!" He yells as I hear another two voices going through the tunnel, sirius hides behind the door as two more people run in.

"Y/n!" Hermione yells as she walks up to me, Harry glancing between me and Ron as Ron glares at me.

"Ron, what happend?" Harry asks as Ron's glare at me hardens.

"Harry, it's a trap! He's the dog! He's an animagus!" Ron yells as he points towards where sirius stood.

Sirius pushed the door shut as a glare towards the rat remained on his face.

"Sirius black..!" Harry mutters as I glance between the two nervously.

"If you want to kill y/n and Harry you'll have to kill me too!" Hermione yells as she steps infront of me.

"No. Only one will die tonight." Sirius says as Harry scowls at him.

"Then It'll be you!" Harry yells as he tackled sirius to the ground.

"Harry wait!" I exclaim as Harry takes his wand out and points it at Sirius's throat.

"Are you going to kill me, Harry?" Sirius laughs before suddenly the door slams open and Lupin points his wand at Harry.

"Expelliarmus!" Lupin yells as the wand flies out of Harry's hand.

Lupin tilts his head, gesturing Harry to get off, Harry quickly does as I remain next to sirius, wand gripped tightly in my hand.

"Well, well, sirius... looking rather ragged, aren't we? Finally the flesh reflects the madness within." Lupin says as he remains pointing his wand at sirius.

"Well, you'd know all about the madness within, wouldn't you, moony?" Sirius grins at him as Lupin sighs and puts his wand down.

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A small grin makes its way onto lupins face as he helps sirius up.

The two hug as an excited grin makes its way onto Sirius's face.

"I found him..! He's here!" Sirius says as Remus rolls his eyes with a small smile.

"I understand..." Remus mutters as sirius kisses his forehead with a grin.

"What?! all this time... y-you've been his friend!" Hermione snaps at the two men as they glance at her.

"He's a werewolf! That's why he's been missing classes." Hermione says as Remus falters as he looks at her.

"How long have you known?" Remus asks as Hermione glares at him.

"Since Professor snape set the essay." Hermione answers as Remus sighs.

"Well, well, well, Hermione. you really are the brightest witch of your age I've ever met." Remus says as sirius scowls.

"Enough talk, Remus! Come on, let's kill him!" Sirius snaps excitedly as Remus turns towards him.

"Wait!" Remus exclaims as sirius scowls at him, annoyed.

"I did my waiting! Twelve years of it... in Azkaban!" Sirius snaps as Remus looks at him in concern before turning towards us.

"Very well... kill him. But wait one more minute. They have the right to know why." Remus says as sirius scowls but nods.

"I know why! You betrayed my parents! You're the reason they're dead!" Harry exclaims in a shaky voice as I sigh.

"Harry it wasn't him." I state as he turns towards me with a surprised look on his face.

"What she's saying is true, it wasn't him. Somebody did betray your parents, but it was somebody who, until quite recently, I believed to be dead!" Remus explains as I nod towards Hermione who had a confused look on her face, confirming what he was saying was true.

"Who was it then?!" Harry snaps as Remus scowls at the rat.

"Peter pettigrew! And he's in this room! Right now!" Sirius exclaims with an insane grin on his face as he laughs. "Come out, come out, Peter! Come out, come out and play!"

"Expelliarmus!" A voice says as I turn towards the door and see snape.

"Ah. Vengeance is sweet. How I hoped I'd be the one to catch you." Snape says as he points his wand as sirius.

"Severus, it..." he stops as the wand was pointed at him. I glare at snape who seemed focused on remus.

"I told dumbledore you were helping an old friend into the castle, and now here's the proof." Snape says with a scowl at the two.

"Brilliant, snape. Once again, you put your keen and penetrating mind to the task, and as usual, come to the wrong conclusion!" Sirius says as i laugh at the confused expression on snapes face.

"Now, if you'll excuse us, moony and I have some unfinished business to attend to." Sirius says joyfully as he walks towards snape but was met with a wand against his throat threateningly.

"Give me a reason. I beg you." Snape says ever so monotonously as I glare at the man.

"Severus, don't be a fool." Remus says as sirius laughs mockingly.

"He can't help it, it's a habit by now." Sirius says mocking as Remus sighs.

"Sirius be quiet." Remus says as sirius scowls.

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"Oh, quiet yourself, moony!" Sirius snaps as Remus sighs as looks away disappointedly.

"Oh, listen to you two, quarreling like an old married couple." Snape mocks as a slight blush covers Remus's face but quickly disappears.

"Why don't you run along and play with your chemistry set?" Sirius mocks as i scowl at the grown men.

"Oh will you all shut up! You're all being more childish then us!" I snap at the grown men as sirius laughs.

"Yeah Severus, why don't you grow u—" he was cut off by a wand being pushed against his throat harder.

"I could do it, you know. But why deny the dementors? They're so longing to see you." Snape threats as sirius pauses, a look at fear crossing his face.

"Do I detect a flicker of fear? Oh, yes. A dementors kiss. One can only imagine what that must be like to endure. It's said to be nearly unbearable to witness, but I'll do my best." Snape threats as I quickly grab my wand.

"Severus, please." Remus mutters as Snape simply glares at the man.

"After you." Snape says as I approach the two men with my wand out.

"Expelliarmus!" I yell as the spell pushes Snape crashing into some furniture.

"You stupid Slytherin, what did you just do?!" Ron snaps at me as Hermione looks at me worriedly.

"Explain the situation to them." I tell sirius as he grins at me proudly.

"Pettigrew is the reason your parents are dead, Harry." Remus says as Harry quickly walks infront of me, hermiones wand in hand.

"No! Pettigrews dead!" Harry yells as he points his wand at sirius, "you killed him!"

"No! I thought so too until your sister mentioned seeing pettigrew on the map." Remus explains as he steps infront of sirius.

"The map was lying then!" Harry explains as Remus sighs.

"The map never lies! Pettigrews alive!" Sirius exclaims as he scowls at the rat.

"And he's right there!" Sirius yells again as he points at the rat, which makes it seem like he's pointing at Ron.

"Me, he's mental! I—" Ron was cut off by sirius scoffing.

"Not you, you idiot boy! Your rat!" Sirius yells as Ron gasps.

"Scabbers has been in my family for—" Ron tries to deny but was cut off again by sirius.

"Twelve years?! A curiously long life for a common garden rat! He's missing a toe, isn't he?!" Sirius says as he approached the rat.

"So what?!" Ron yells back as sirius rolls his eyes.

"All they could find of pettigrew was his fi-" Harry starts but was cut off by sirius.

"Finger! The dirty coward cut it off so that everyone would think he was dead! And then he transformed into a rat!" Sirius snaps as he glares down at the rat, Ron turns away, clutching the rat tightly.

"Show him." I say to Sirius as he nods and tries to grab the rat.

Ron shakes his head as he tries to protect the rat.

"Give him the rat, Ron." Harry demands as Weasley doesn't give up the rat.

"What are you trying to do to him?!" Ron yells before the rat was forcibly taken by sirius.

"Scabbers! Leave him alone!" Weasley yells as sirius grabs the rat and throws him on the piano.

The rat almost made it away before the spell finally hit him and he turned back into a man, which got him stuck in a wall.

Remus and Sirius grab the man and throw him back as the man grunts and glares at them.

"Remus..? Is-is this sirius? My old friends!" Peter laughs before trying to run out the door again, but was stopped by the two.

The man grunts before he looks around, gaze landing on Harry and I.

"Harry, y/n, look at you! You both look so much like your parents, like James and lily, we were the best of friends—" he man says as he approaches us but was shoved back by sirius.

"How dare you speak to them!" Sirius says as nyx hisses at the rat-like man threateningly.

"How dare you talk about James and lily infront of them!" Sirius snaps as Peter hisses and tries to run away but was cornered by Remus and Sirius.

"You sold James and lily to Voldemort, didn't you?!" Remus snaps as Peter looks at the two nervously.

"I didn't mean to!" Peter sobs as I glare at the man.

"The dark lord— you have no idea the weapons he possesses!" Petter says as he turns towards sirius, "ask yourself, sirius! What would you have done? What would you have done?!"

"I would have died!" Sirius snaps as Peter ducks under the piano.

"I would have died rather than betray my friends!" Sirius yells as Peter pants and crawls under the piano.

I stand infront of the door as petter tries to make a run for it.

"Y/n, James wouldn't have wanted me killed!—" he goes to speak but was cut off by my snickering, he backs away slightly as he stares at me in shock.

"Oh trust me, I don't want you dead either." I whisper with an innocent smile as petter sighs in relief.

"I want you tortured, in so much pain that you won't even know who you are anymore." I add on with a grin as Peter staggers back in fear.

*What a coward!* Nyx hisses as the man as I grin at the snake.

"Y-your mother would have spared me! She wouldve shown me mercy!!!" Peter yells before being dragged back by sirius and Remus.

"You should've realized, Peter, that if Voldemort didn't kill you, then we would, together!" Sirius snaps as Peter cowardly backs away.

"No." I state as Remus and peter turn towards me.

"Y/n, this man is—" Remus was cut off by me.

"I know what he is. I don't want him to have an easy escape from his actions. He doesnt deserve to simply die, I want him to suffer, just like they did. For now, let's take him to the castle." I reply as Remus sighs, petter drops to his knees as I walk towards him.

"Oh bless you, girl! Bless you!" He says as he tries to grab onto my leg.

"Get off!" I snap at the man with a kick to his face as he lays on the ground, sobbing and whimpering as I look at him disgusted.

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