What if Sirius Black didn't die?

Chapter 5: Sirius's Redemption

DUMBLEDORE'S ARMY- Nicholas Hooper

SIRIUS POV:

"Then what IS the truth?" Yelled the Minister staring at all of us bewildered.

"Arthur." Said Snape beckoning him to get out. He spotted the open door and looked annoyed.

"It seems you have enough witnesses." He said eyeing me with a gleam of anger in his eyes.

"I'll leave you be." He said smugly. I opened my mouth to retort but Remus nudged me.

"I'll let you know if we need you, Professor." Said Remus diligently as he always would.

Snape looked at everyone in the room and exited, shutting the door behind him. "Minister," started Kingsley.

"You may remain if you wish, but this matter lies in the hands of Amelia Bones, head of Magical Law Enforcement." He said conjuring a Patronus.

That's how Snape got here! Dumbledore's Patronus. Of course. Did Dumbledore recruit Snape? Huh.

"Let's not start yet." Said Remus.

"Wait for Mrs. Bones." He said mostly to Ron and Hermione, but also me knowing my mouth.

I couldn't crack any jokes until my -situation- would be cleared up. In a few minutes, Amelia Bones showed up and instantly looked shocked by seeing my face.

"Wait," Kingsley exclaimed.

"He's innocent," Remus said calmly.

"We have overage and underage witnesses." He said pointing towards Ron and Hermione.

"Harry Potter himself knows the truth," Said Hermione wisely using Harry's fame platform.

Bones still looked shocked, so I once again unraveled my left sleeve and showed her my blank forearm. "Nothing to see here," I said innocently.

Remus gave me a look and soon turned his attention back to Kingsley. "Minister, Amelia," said Kingsley. "Have a seat," he said conjuring up two seats.

Ron pushed Hermione forward and I did the same thing with Remus. He looked at me and gave me a "shut up or you'll pay for it" look as he wondered where to start.

"This'll be fun." I thought. "How do they have anything to do with this situation?" Bones said as she pointed to Hermione and Ron.

"Ma'am." Said Hermione carefully. "May I?" She asked her.

Bones nodded. "You see madam, in our third year, when Mr. Black first escaped," she started. "we were afraid of him the entire semester, and one day, we-" she paused thinking of what to say, and Remus and I exchanged worried looks knowing full well, that I was an unregistered animagus which would cause even more trouble than what I already was in.

"I mean- Ron," she continued. "Ron's rat. Bit him one day as we were walking towards the castle. With Ronald being, well- Ronald, he chased him to the whomping willow, where they fell into a passageway, under the tree, that we felt tempted to explore once Harry and I followed him in." She said, looking at me.

It took all of my self-control to not give her a wink. Definitely the brightest witch of her age.

"When we entered," she continued. "We found Sirius Black, the man which we too, thought was a killer and had betrayed the Potters, but then- Professor Lupin?" She said looking towards him.

It took even more self-control to not mock Remus as soon as I heard "Professor Lupin."

"Thank you, Hermione." Said Remus. "I had seen the trio enter the passage that night, and I, as a professor, followed them for their safety." He added.

Nice one Remus.

"Inside I found Sirius Black and the three children. As Sirius used to be a colleague," he started as I smirked at his mention of "colleague."

"I listened to what he had to say and as did Harry when I instructed him to. Sirius- and do please refrain yourself- may you continue from here?" He asked me.

"Of course Remus," I said sweetly smiling at him.

"James Potter was my best friend- no offense, Remus." I mocked.

Remus just sighed and looked at me.

"and when they changed their secret keeper from me to Peter Pettigrew last minute, I trusted their judgment. When I heard about their deaths," I started.

This was a sensitive subject.

"I immediately knew who had betrayed them, so I went looking for Peter, to turn him in and expose him to everyone, for the traitor that he was," I said.

"But he turned- and listen closely- into a rat, but not before cutting his little finger off, and framing me for his so-called "death." I continued as dramatically as possible.

"He scurried off into the darkness and became the Weasley's pet rat for 12 whole years. Ronald? Care to go on?" I said asking for Ron to finish.

He cleared his throat and started speaking.

"Well ma'am," he started awkwardly.

"This rat was passed down in my family since I was born. He was my older brother's, and when I started school, he was then mine. I never noticed until Sirius pointed out," he stated.

"That he does indeed, have a missing toe." He said as dramatically as possible without sounding stupid.

At this, the minister and Madam Bones gasped lowly. I locked eyes with Hermione and she soon took Ron's place.

"Ahem. Professor Lupin and Mr. Black (once again all of my self-control to not laugh) soon turned him back from a rat into a wizard using the Animagus reversal spell, which indeed revealed a short little hairy man that was indeed missing a finger, and begging everyone in the room, even me, to let him go." She finished.

Remus nodded at her and she let him finish.

"Harry Potter knew that his father, though Peter betrayed him, would not want his two best friends to become killers," Probably, I thought.

"So he decided to give him to the dementors. Which was a very wise decision, if I do say so myself as Sirius and myself were acting on pure instinct of defending the Potters." He said, Madam Bones now putting the pieces together.

"So you see Madam," said Hermione starting to gain confidence. "There's no more explaining to do on this part, as he is not guilty." She finished smiling at me. But there was one more part, which I would explain momentarily.

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