𝐀𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬 | ʜᴀʀʀʏ ᴘᴏᴛᴛᴇʀ

✧. * 025. Moony, Worm​tail, Pad​foot and Prongs ✧. *

M O O N Y, W O R M T A I L, P A D F O O T, A N D P R O N G S

"I doubt whether any Hog​warts stu​dents ev​er found out more about the Hog​warts grounds and Hogsmeade than we did ..."

IT TOOK A FEW sec​onds for the ab​sur​di​ty of this state​ment to sink in. Scabbers wasn't a rat. He was a human...it explained why he looked so old and lasted this long. Ron then voiced what he was think​ing.
"You're both men​tal."

"Ridicu​lous!" Hermione said faint​ly.

"Pe​ter Pet​ti​grew's dead!" Har​ry said. "He killed him twelve years ago!"

It was Aurora and Atlas who didn't say anything.
Harry point​ed at Black, whose face twitched convulsive​ly.

"I meant to," he growled, his yel​low teeth bared, "but lit​tle Pe​ter got the bet​ter of me ... not this time, though!"

And Crook​shanks was thrown to the floor as Black lunged at Scab​bers; Ron yelled with pain as
Black's weight fell on his bro​ken leg.

"Sir​ius, NO!" Lupin yelled, launch​ing him​self forwards and drag​ging Black away from Ron again,
"WAIT! You can't do it just like that – they need to un​der​stand – we've got to ex​plain –"

"We can ex​plain af​ter​wards!" Black snarled, try​ing to throw Lupin off, one hand still claw​ing the air as it tried to reach Scab​bers, who was squeal​ing like a piglet, scratch​ing Ron's face and neck as
he tried to es​cape.

"They've – got – a – right – to – know – ev​ery​thing!" Lupin pant​ed, still try​ing to re​strain Black.
"Ron's kept him as a pet! There are parts of it even I don't un​der​stand! And Aurora, Atlas...Harry– you owe them the truth, Sir​ius!"

Black stopped strug​gling, though his hol​lowed eyes were still fixed on Scab​bers, who was clamped tight​ly un​der Ron's bit​ten, scratched and bleed​ing hands.

"All right, then," Black said, with​out tak​ing his eyes off the rat. "Tell them what​ev​er you like. But make it quick, Re​mus. I want to com​mit the mur​der I was impris​oned for ..."

"You're nut​ters, both of you," Ron said shak​ily, looking round at them for sup​port. "I've had enough of this. I'm off."

He tried to heave him​self up on his good leg, but Lupin raised his wand again, point​ing it at Scab​bers.
"You're go​ing to hear me out, Ron," he said qui​et​ly. "Just keep a tight hold on Pe​ter while you lis​ten."

"HE'S NOT PE​TER, HE'S SCAB​BERS!" Ron yelled, try​ing to force the rat back in​to his front pock​et, but Scab​bers was fight​ing too hard; Ron swayed and over​bal​anced, and Har​ry caught him and pushed him back down to the bed. Then, ig​nor​ing Black, they turned to Lupin.