Reality Bites Harry Potter

I'm gonna show you crazy

I knew telling Harry was the right thing to do, but right now I was really doubting my methods. We'd been trying all week to catch Harry alone, and it just wasn't happening. I was tired of trying, so I pulled a proper Shayla mood and just blurted it out in front of Ron and Hermione. "Sirius isn't the bad guy you need to watch out for. Peter Pettigrew is" I say, and all 3 of them look at me like I've grown another head. "Peter Pettigrew is dead" I hear a voice behind me say, and I turn around seeing Professor Lupin behind us. I groan, rolling my eyes. "Professor, I know you want to help, but right now I really need Harry to believe me. So, if you could just trust me this once and let me handle this, I'd appreciate it" I say, and he raises a brow at me. "This is a situation that 100% involves me so no, I will not be letting you handle this alone. Has Sirius Black contacted you?" he asks, and I panic internally. "What? No, of course not! Why would you even think that?" I ask, voice going higher as I try to find a way out of the situation. Lupin gives me a worried look, and I sigh. "Look, Harry. You don't have to believe me, but if you look at the map you'll see, Pettigrew is closer than you think" I say, and Ron laughs. "She's completely gone mad" he mumbles, and I glare at him. "You want to see crazy, Ron? I can show you crazy" I snap, and Lupin gets between us. "Oh my god, I'm not going to hurt him" I yell, and I suddenly feel a burning pain in my back. "What the bloody hell is that?" Ron yells, and I see Lupin look at me worriedly. "I don't know but I think miss Harper needs to go to the nurse's wing" he says, and I glare at him. "I'm not a danger to anyone! I'm just tired of nobody listening to me" I snap, and Lupin clears his throat.  "You have... wings?... coming out of your back" he says calmly if a little confused, and I sigh. "For fuck's sake, why do I have wings?" I yell, starting to storm off to the nurse's wing. I get there and Madam Pomfrey looks me over. "Were you cursed?" she asks, and I shake my head. "I was angry. I'm getting really tired of everyone calling me crazy, so I was more angry than I think I've ever been when going here, and they just appeared. My back felt like it was burning, but once they came out I don't feel them now. It feels just like normal, no extra weight or anything" I say and she nods. "Probably because they aren't very big, though I'm not sure why they are there. Try to calm down for me" she says and I start taking deep breaths, feeling my eyes water. "I just want to be normal, why can't I be normal?" I whisper, and I notice Minnie come into the room. "Oh, my dear. Come here" she says, pulling me close to her and gently playing with my hair reassuringly. "I don't know what is going on or why this is happening but I do know that normal is not something to strive for" she says, and I nod, trying to stop crying. I manage to calm down and just as quickly as the wings had appeared they disappeared again. "I could run some tests if you want" Madam Pomfrey offers and Minnie shakes her head. "I think the last thing she needs today is to be poked with needles or experimented on. If it becomes a problem later we will figure it out" Minnie says, before taking me back to my dorms. I knew I needed to talk to Pyper, let her know that once again I'd failed at a plan. I just hated disappointing her, especially when I knew she would be worried when she found out the full extent of why I'd failed. I see Hannah in our dorm and immediately get in her bed. "I need snuggles please. It's been a long day" I mumble and she pulls me close, rubbing my back. "Do you wanna talk about it?" she asks and I shake my head. "I'll talk about it tomorrow, I'm going to have a small meeting in the ROR with the people I trust and explain everything but tonight I just need sleep and don't want to be alone" I say softly. She nods, keeping me close and when Susan comes in she climbs in bed with us. "We haven't done this since first year, I missed it" she says softly. We fall asleep and when we wake up the next day I head to the great hall. "I need everyone to meet me in the ROR after breakfast" I say and Fred and Pyper both look at me curiously but I don't say anything else about it. "Is it about what Ron saw?" Fred asks softly and I glare at him. "I don't want to talk about this right now. Everyone can hear" I whisper and he nods, looking down. "I just worry" he says and Pyper looks even more confused. "Why are you worried? What did Ron see?" she asks and I groan. "Can we please wait until after breakfast to discuss this?! I need at least a handful of people to still think I'm normal" I gripe. I eat and then quickly go to the Room of Requirement and try to calm down. I didn't need a repeat of yesterday. Everyone starts showing up and I take a deep breath before starting to explain. "As a few of you know Sirius Black has been falsely imprisoned for murder when actually Peter Pettigrew the little slime ball is still alive and in hiding. I tried to tell Harry yesterday because I have reason to believe Peter is in the castle and he didn't believe me. I was getting very angry and then Ron called me mental and suddenly I had wings sprouting out of my back. I don't know why, all I know is as soon as I calmed down they went away. And yes, the golden trio still thinks I'm a fucking psychopath so they won't be listening to me any time soon" I sigh. "You're not a psychopath. Sure, you're a little different but honestly it's why we love you" Fred says and Pyper rolls her eyes. "You're only as crazy as I am so you're fine I promise" she says, hugging me. Honestly, I loved my friends and couldn't believe how lucky I was. Now to come up with a new plan to tell Harry.