When the Impossible Becomes Possible By VisciousRos

Chapter 14 : Catching a Rat

It was a month later that I received a letter from the twins asking if I would like to come visit them before they left on their trip to Egypt that their father had planned with the money he had won and that they got their mothers permission for me to meet Remus at their house at the same time. Which was the perfect time to send a letter to Remus asking to meet and how I would be visiting the Weasley Household if he would like to meet there to get to know one another better.

Remus Lupin,

I don't know if you have been keeping tabs on me or not, but this is Hadrian James Potter. It was through some personal journals of my parents that I have recently learned who you were in accordance to me and that of my parents. As such I was wondering if we could possibly meet? If you agree to meet with me I will be staying with the Weasley family for the upcoming next week and they have agreed to allow you to come by to meet me if you so wish to while I will be staying there.

Hadrian J. Potter

Looking over the short and to the point letter I switched to Parseltongue to place a compulsion charm to meet with me on to the parchment. It was a good thing that all Parselmagic can't be traced by normal means. Shaking my head, I focused on writing two more letters but this time to Blaise and Neville to let them know the plan to capture the rat was in effect. Packing my trunk, the next day as I waited for the Weasley's to show up made me glad I had the forethought to have the Dursley's get a real fireplace instead of the fake gas one they were looking into getting.

"Heya Hadrian!" The Weasley twins shouted as they shot out of the fireplace a few hours later where I had been waiting for them with my things packed in my trunk and shrunken into my shoulder bag as I sent them a smirk and wave.

"Hey Fred and George." I answer back as they move to the side as their father came through next.

"Hello Mr. Potter! Are you ready to come over for the week?" Arthur Weasley asked as he moved to shake my hand while looking around him. It took a few minutes to get through greetings before we were able to leave and head to the Weasley's home. Looking around me as the twins dragged me through their home and up to their room where I would be staying for the duration of my visit, I couldn't help but be slightly impressed with how the house was still standing.

"So, were you able to get a hold of Lupin?" Fred asked as George moved to lean against the wall while sitting on his bed.

"Yes, and he agreed to meet with me tomorrow if that's alright?" I asked calmly which they easily agreed to. That night the twins and I spent it growing closer and I even added them to the contract Blaise and Neville had signed the previous year. My plan to capture the rat was going well since Neville was able to come by and help get the rat to run through the living room so my magic could paralyze it.

"AHH!" I screamed while my magic worked to do as I wished and freeze the rat as Remus shot up out of the seat he was in and spun around with his wand raised in the air and his nostrils flaring.

"You..." He snarled as he took in the all too familiar scent of a believed to be dead man. Watching as he forced the others to leave the room while leaving only the adults in there with us, he had tried to make me leave but I had refused since it was my magic keeping it frozen.

"What seems to be the problem?" Molly Weasley asked as she fretted over the children while glancing at her husband and Remus.

"How long have you had this rat?" Remus asked instead of answering her question as he tried to keep his anger in check as he sent a message patronus to Amelia Bones to have her come along with a few of her Auror's.

"We found him about eleven almost twelve years ago...?" Molly answered with it coming more across as a question in confusion.

"I'm sorry to inform you but this isn't a rat Molly." Remus answered before shooting off a spell to reverse the animal back into his true form. The chaos this caused was hilarious as Molly screamed and jumped away from the rat while a look of pure horror overtook her face.

"Who is this man Remus?" I pretended to be confused as I asked the question that everyone wanted to know.

"Someone who was thought to be dead. Peter Pettigrew!" Remus growled out his eyes shining molten gold in his fury over the injustice and for the questions filling his head.

"But wasn't he murdered by the man who betrayed my parents?" I asked again in confusion as an older woman appeared and held out her own wand to keep an eye on the now frozen man.

"I always found it odd how we only ever found a finger and not a body. I checked Sirius Black's case file before I came here and surprisingly, he doesn't have one, meaning he was never given a trial!" Amelia stated in fury as she placed magic nullifying cuffs onto Peter's wrist.

"Then with him here and being alive, does that mean Sirius could get a trial and that we can find out the truth of why Peter was hiding as a rat? I never believed Sirius to be guilty what with how my parents mentioned him in their journals, but I had no proof to say otherwise." I added in causing the adults to turn to me in surprise almost as if they forgot I was there.

"You are right young man. I will inform you when a trial has been set up if you wish to attend." Amelia said before gesturing to the two Auror's that had been waiting outside to grab Pettigrew and hold him a cell while she worked on fixing the blunder the council and magical minister seemed to have made. Later that night I couldn't keep the smile off my face as things went according to plan and how I now only had to wait for the trial and then work on having Sirius gain custody of me and I would be golden.