Little Angel

CHAPTER 7

Remus waited outside the courtroom at exactly 7:30 in the morning watching the witches and wizards of the jury in their plum-colored robes enter the room.

There was a buzz of conversion in the room and none of them could stop from whispering the things they had heard to each other even though they were supposed to be completely impartial.

The news of Peter Pettigrew being alive had somehow reached the press in the past hours and now there was a huge crowd of witches and wizards outside the judicial wing of the ministry waiting to get more information about the case.

Remus sat there with all eyes on her pretending that she didn't hear the things they were saying about her. The wildest rumor she heard till now was that she and Peter were lovers and that she was ratting him out because she became too selfish. These people really did have some rather creative minds.

The room quietened as the judge walked in surrounded by some people, including Dumbledore and Crouch. They take their seats and the proceeding begins.

Remus freezes as a fully conscious Peter Pettigrew is brought into the room by moody. His head is hung down as he is placed on the stand and Remus almost doesn't hear the judge speaking.

"The accuse, Mr. Pettigrew will be subject to Veritism as this trial is highly sensitive," he said and Remus heard an audible gasp go through the room. Veritism trials were very rare and reserved for only the worst of the worst cases.

A wizard in black robes came with a pitcher in his hand, moody held Peter's head upright as the drink was forced down his throat and Remus closed her eyes.

The moment the drink went down his throat the judge cleared his throat.

" Please state your full name," he said.

"Peter Pettigrew" came Peter's dazed answer.

"Do you know what you are here for"

"Yes"

"Are you an unregistered animagus"

"Yes"

"What is your aminal form"

"A rat"

"Were you present when thirteen muggles were killed by a spell in the middle of the street in London"

"Yes"

"What were you doing there"

"I-- Sirius found me, he was going to kill me"

"Who cast the spell that killed the muggles"

"I did" there was an audible gasp.

"Did you cast the spell as a self-defense against Mr. Black"

"Yes"

"Were you unharmed in the explosion"

"Yes"

"Did you escape the scene immediately"

"Yes"

"How"

"I transformed and slipped away"

"Did you know at that time that Sirius Black would be imprisoned for your crimes"

"I hoped so"

"And why is that"

"Remus, she was in America, no one else knew, no one knew that he didn't do it. He is a Black, he would have betrayed us anyway, it was easy to believe"

"Do you plead guilty to murdering all those muggles in order to frame Mr. Black for it"

"Yes I do"

"Ok. Mr. Peter, now let's discuss the first part of your case"