Born From Madness (Harry Potter Fanfic)

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Peter glanced around, nipping at his bottom lip, before landing right on Remus and Sirius. 

"S--Sirius... R--Remus... my old friends..." Peter said before making a dash at the door, which was foolish since there were literally two werewolves standing right in his way. Fenrir had merely grabbed the color of Peter's worn-out suit then tossed him back onto the ground. 

"Remus.. you don't believe him, do you...? He tried to kill me, Remus..." Peter whined while crawling up to his feet, "He killed Lily and James and now he's going to kill me too.. you've got to help me, Remus..." 

"No one's going to kill you till we've sorted a few things out?" Lupin told him. 

"Sorted things out?" Peter mumbled, his eyes scanning for another way out of the room, "I knew he'd come after me! I knew he'd be back for me! I've been waiting for this for twelve years!" 

"Really," Fenrir spoke up, "You knew Black would break out of Azkaban? It has nothing to do with the price on your head?" 

Peter's mouth shot open but quickly shut when Fenrir close the gap in a few steps. 

"That right, Pettigrew. You have a hefty price on your head from all the Death Eaters, who haven't been caught yet. At first, I figured it's because you're an Order Member, but that's not it, isn't it? You haven't been hiding from Black for twelve years, it's Voldemort's old supporters you've been hiding from! And they're not entirely happy, they think you double-crossed them!" 

Peter flinched as though Fenrir had brandished a whip at him. 

"Don't know... what you're talking about...." Peter whimpered, "If Voldemort's supporters were after me, it was because I put one of their best men in Azkaban, the spy, Sirius Black!" 

Sirius jumped at Pettigrew, but was held back by Remus, as he began shouting things about how Peter had big friends, who'd look after him and about how Peter must have felt good telling Voldemort you could hand him the Potters. 

"Remus--- Please! I've-- I've been sleeping in Harry's Dormitory! For three years! If I was working for You-Know-Who, how come I've never tried to hurt Harry? Because why should I?" Peter stuttered to Remus. 

"Oh I can answer that one," Scabior blurted out, "You never do anything for anyone unless you could see what was in it for you. I've seen it every time the four of you would prank someone. You wouldn't come along less you knew you wouldn't get your ass caught." 

"Please-- Scabior--- you can't seriously be believing this-- we were friends--" Peter pleaded. Scabior's demeanor suddenly changed. His eyes were now enraged. 

"Friends? FRIENDS?!?!?!?! Last time we were in the same room, it was night I was on the run to get out of Hogwarts before I was committed to Azkaban! You called me a complete Slytherin nutter, who finally snapped, when I accidentally killed that annoying, ruthless Gryffindor student, who had tried to kill me in the first place!" Scabior shouted at Peter, who coward away from him. Hermione's eyes widened. 

"It was you? You were the one my Grandma Elka protected from being shipped off to Azkaban!" Hermione stated. Scabior chuckled. 

"She was the only nicest person to me. Everyone else mocked me, taunted me. All the Gryffindors, Ravenclaws, and Hufflepuffs hated me because I was Slytherin... and all of Slytherin hated me because my parents actually came in and demanded I get out of my house. They thought I was a snob and that I thought I was better than them. When in fact I didn't. Elka saw it though. She was there, keeping me company at my most lonesome times. Especially when I wanted to end it all." Scabior told her, tears began forming in his eyes. Hermione then turned her attention to Sirius. 

"If you don't mind, Mr. Black, how did you even get out of Azkaban?" she asked him. 

"Oh simple. I transformed into a dog. Dementors can't really sense animal emotions in there. So when they were giving me my food I slipped passed them as a dog then I swam up to the mainland... journeyed north then slipped into the Hogwarts grounds as a dog. I've been living in the forest ever since, except when I came to watch the Quidditch, of course." Sirius explained, "You fly as well as your father did, Harry... Believe me, Harry. I never betrayed James and Lily. I would have died before I betrayed them." 

"No!" Petter cried out, "You all don't seriously believe this... Remus! wouldn't Sirius have told you they'd changed the plan?" 

"Not if he thought I was the spay, Peter." Remus shot at him. 

"Forgive me, Moony," 

"As long as you forgive me, for believing you were the spy... oh! Merlin's Beard! I'll have to pay Elka ten Galleons for this!" Remus pouted. Peter fumbled over to Ron as he went ranting on about being a good pet and that he was on his side. However, Ron was looking at him with the upmost disgust. 

"I LET YOU SLEEP IN MY BED!" Ron said while he tried to get away from Peter. Then Peter moved towards Hermione and began to beg to her when Fenrir pressed his wand against his neck. 

"Don't... even... think... about... it." Fenrir growled before nudging Peter away from Hermione. Peter turned towards Harry. 

"Harry please! James wouldn't have wanted me killed... he would have understood... he would have shown me...." he whined before Fenrir threw a punch, hitting Peter square in the jaw, knocking him out completely. Fenrir glance over at everyone before shrugging. 

"What? He was getting really annoying," Fenrir stated to them. Everyone leaned over him, before Black tapped Peter's face with the tip of his foot. Peter groaned out in pain, but he didn't move. 

"Lets kill him now..." Sirius said, pointing his wand at Peter. 

"No, you can't!" Harry stated, "We'll take him up to the castle. We'll hand him over to the dementors... he can go to Azkaban..." 

"I'm sorry, 'we'?" Hermione shot up at Fenrir and Scabior, who looked wide eyed, "Oh, no it's got to be you guys. One look at us, and our asses are with his in Azkaban." 

Once they had bandaged Ron's leg up, found a way to levitate Snape off the ground then Ron and Lupin offered to chain themselves to Pettigrew to ensure he wouldn't escape and they made their way outside the Shrieking Shack.