Ghost Hour at Hogwarts

Settling In and Studying

AN: A fair warning, this is a really long chapter, I didn't want to split it, so here you go. Enjoy!

When he woke up the next morning, Danny was pleasantly surprised to see Ron still asleep. He had nothing against the red head but he still noticed how cold Ron was toward him, as were the others. They weren't exactly ignoring him but they weren't accepting him either. Danny did notice that the twins- Fred and George- appeared to want to talk to him, probably because he was a twin himself but they didn't have the time yet and Danny would rather not be alone with them. The two downright smelled like mischief and pranks, especially after they managed to put something into Ron's plate yesterday, that had their younger brother sprout nasty looking pimples on his face. Molly hadn't been very amused, so yeah, he did not intend to become their next victim. 

He stood up begrudgingly and went to the bathroom, glad that barely anyone was up and he had enough time to take a shower and dress. Remembering that he'll have to study the whole day he chose to wear a simple white shirt and some casual sweatpants. Satisfied with his appearance and ignoring his untamed hair for once (he could swear it was getting worse everyday), he descended down the stairs and went to the kitchen. He doubted that anyone would be awake at 5 in the morning.

To his immense surprise he met Sirius and Remus, though while Sirius was casually sipping tea and winked at him upon noticing Danny, Remus used his shoulder to sleep. He had seemed a little tired yesterday, Danny thought. He was brought out of his musings when Sirius spoke up "Don't mind Moony, he needs his beauty sleep. Good morning by the way, what has bitten you to be up so early?"

The halfa shrugged and guessed "Same as you?". Sirius laughed at that "So you also have nightmares of the time you spent in a wizard prison for almost twelve years, all the while being innocent at that?" Danny was shocked, why would Sirius be sentenced to prison for something he didn't do? "What happened?" he asked carefully and took a seat opposite the man he barely knew. 

Sirius leaned back, carefully placing Remus' head onto his lap, so that the man could continue to sleep. He looked at his nephew? Somewhat-godson? God-nephew? Something like that. He contemplated what he could tell him, what he should tell him, after all, he is Lily's and James' son and deserves to know everything. Deserves to know about him, Remus and Pettigrew- that rat.

The escapee took a deep breath and began "You see, there are several possibilities on how wizards can hide from other wizards. To hide from Voldemort, Lily and James used such an option. It's the same as we used on this pretty house. For it to work, the owner needs someone they can absolutely trust with the secret of where the safe house is- a secret keeper. James chose me as his secret keeper but in the last moment Peter Pettigrew convinced me to let him become the keeper. I thought it was a great idea. Everyone would immediately think that I was the one chosen for the task- which I was- so no one would suspect Pettigrew. 

"What no-one knew was that our so called 'friend' was and still is a traitor. He sold out your parents' hideout and let Voldemort kill them, almost killing Harry in the process as well, as you probably know by now. So, while Voldemort's body was defeated by Lily's protection and sacrifice for your brother, Pettigrew ran away. I realized that he was the only one who could have betrayed my best friend and went after him. That little slug faked his own death, killing 12 innocent people in the process and blaming it on me. So when the ministry apprehended me, they just threw me into Azkaban without a trial and I've been stuck there until two years ago."

Sirius' face broke out into a crazed grin and Danny's eyebrows shot up, the older wizard leaned forward and said grinning "I am the only one who has successfully broken out of Azkaban, of course now I'm on the run and thus stuck in this hellhole. At least here I don't have dementors sucking at my soul trying to kiss me. I may not be interested in women but I'm definitely not interested in those beings." He involuntarily shuddered, remembering the time in the Forbidden Forest. Without Harry he would be very dead by now.