They made their way into the passage, Lupin with his wand pointed at Pettigrew. Sirius and Harry supporting Ron. Hermione was making Snape hover behind them. They had all agreed not to revive him just yet.
“Sorry about the bite… I reckon it’s probably a bit uncomfortable…” Sirius apologised.
“A bit?! You almost tore my leg off!” Ron said.
“I was aiming for the rat… normally, I’m a really sweet dog. In fact, James sometimes said I should change permanently. The tail, I could live with. But the fleas… ugh, they’re murder.”
Megan, who was walking alongside him, grinned. Finally, they reached the outside. Hermione tended to Ron with Harry. Megan watched Sirius, glancing up at the castle in the distance.
“You did a very noble thing for Pettigrew.” He said. “He doesn’t deserve it.”
“I didn’t do it for him. I didn’t think my parents would have wanted their best friends to turn into killers.”
Sirius glanced at her in silence.
“I don’t know if you were told this, Megan, but… when you were born, your parents made me your godfather.”
“I know.” She said.
“Well… I mean, I’ll understand if you choose to stay with your aunt and uncle, but… if you ever wanted a different home…”
Megan stared at him, barely daring to believe it.
“… What… you mean, come and live with you?"
“.. I understand you wouldn’t want to…”
“No, I do.” She said immediately.
He looked at her.
“Really? You mean it?”
“Yeah, I mean it! I can’t stand being at the Dursleys.”
Sirius gave her the first true smile she saw. He looked more like the man in the photos than one who had been wrongly jailed for so long. Just then, Hermione yelled.
“Megan, the moon!”
She pointed to the sky. A cloud had shifted. And a silver, perfectly round moon appeared.
“Remus, did you take your potion?” Sirius asked, hurrying to his side.
But it was too late. Lupin had dropped his wand and was slowly turning into a brown haired beast. Cedric and Harry quickly pulled Ron to his feet and stepped back. Megan and Hermione backed away too.
“Remember who you are, Remus! This is where you truly live, who you are, this heart!”
But the transformation was too far under-way.
“Run!” Sirius yelled. “Get out of here! If he bites any of you it’ll make you a werewolf!”
He jumped back and turned into the big black dog Megan knew. Megan then saw Pettigrew reach for Lupin’s wand.
“Expelliarmus!” She shouted.
The wand flew out of his hand. But with a nasty grin, he disappeared and turned into a rat. Cedric and Harry were standing around Ron. Megan took Hermione’s arm and they stepped backwards. Just then, Snape appeared.
“There you are, Potter…"
Just then, Lupin’s snarls made him spin around. And to Megan’s astonishment, he threw out his arms in front of them. Sirius then bounded and caught Lupin’s arm before drawing him away.
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Megan Potter - A saga of the Heart - Book 3 - Past and Present
Fanfiction- Things are seldom what they appear - Megan was ready for yet another long, boring summer at the Dursleys. Little did she know that this summer would soon turn out even worse than the last. The reason? Her cousin's aunt Marge. And as if that wasn'...
