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Innocent

Sirius Black is Innocent?

Ministry Official Kingsley Shacklebolt has recently reopened the closed Potter case. The entire wizarding world is abuzz with renewed interest in the infamous case of Sirius Black. Black was convicted of the second-degree murder of his best friend James and his wife Lily as well as the first-degree murder of many muggles, his other friend Peter Pettigrew, and his long-time love Renee Potter. The Ministry is not giving quotes right now but someone claimed to have witnessed Renee Potter visit the Auror Department not too long before the case was reopened. Nobody has claimed whether or not she was an apparition. Could it be that she has returned from the beyond to reunite with her lost love?

Rita Skeeter

Renee couldn't help but burst into laughter. The sound was raw and uninhibited, a stark contrast to the solemnity that had hung over them for the past twelve years. Remus enjoyed it immensely. She slid the Daily Prophet across the table to her friend and dabbed at the tears in her eyes. As Sirius read the article, a similar outburst of laughter overcame him, piquing Remus' interest in the sensationalist piece of news that had made its way into that week's edition of the Daily Prophet. "Well, well, a ghost, huh? That's quite a surprise," Remus remarked, his disbelief evident in his tone.

"Merlin this woman. I haven't read many of her articles but I see she likes to run a narrative." Ren sipped her coffee while Sirius agreed.

"What was all the noise?" The bespeckled teen asked as he bounded into the room.

"Nothing important, Sirius you've got to get dressed. We are meeting Kingsley in fifteen minutes. Wear something appropriate." Renee looked over his choice of pyjamas, she's pretty sure he's been taking clothes from her dresser.

"Something appropriate? Guess I can't wear my corset and fishnet stockings then." He bit back at her, eyeing the leather jacket she slipped on.

"I think the skirt that goes with the rest of that outfit would be fine." She replied, now quickly plating Harry's breakfast. She missed cooking a lot. Other than her family and friends that was definitely the worst part about being an owl for twelve years.

"Do they do this often?" Harry asked as he sat in the spot his aunt had just made up for him.

"Unfortunately, but you get good at tuning them out," Remus stated reading his copy of The Quibbler, a much more reliable resource than The Daily Prophet.

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"I know I told you at dinner the other night the necessities I have to take with this official statement. But I just want to make sure you understand." Kingsley Shacklebolt stated as he sat in the chair across from Renee. She nodded slowly, biting her cheek.

"I do understand. I am perfectly aware that giving my account of what happened that night could have some incriminating details about myself and my comrades." Kingsley nodded and gestured for her to start. "That night I was at home, Remus was away for Order business and Peter was going to check in with me. We didn't know that Sirius had traded being secret keeper with him. Peter showed up at my house in distress. He claimed that Sirius had turned in James and Lily."

"I don't mean to stop you but can you include their last names as well? You don't have to repeat everything just state who is Peter, Remus, Sirius, James and Lily."

"Peter Pettigrew, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, my brother James Potter and his wife Lily Potter." He nodded, writing on parchment with a quill. "I began to rush off after Pettigrew told me that Sirius Black had betrayed us. I turned into my animagus form," she could almost feel the betrayal she had when Peter came to her that day.

"Which is what, Miss Potter?" Renee couldn't back out of this now. Sirius was also telling his assigned Auror about being an unregistered anigmagus.

"A Snowy Owl. Anyway, I transformed and Pettigrew stunned me, placed a bracelet around my talon with an unbreakable charm on it and locked me in a cage. He then apparated with me to my brother's home where he left me without a wand, staring at my brother's dead face until their bodies were found and removed."

"Just out of curiosity, what did you do after?"

"I went to find Harry, I flew all the way to Scotland. Only to find out that not only could I not transform back but he was already being placed with Lily's nasty sister Petunia. I stayed close to them until Harry was old enough to go to Hogwarts. Then I got caught and brought to the Owl Emporium and became Harry's pet the next day." Renee tried to stifle her sniffles as she sat, nervously picking at her fingernails. Going over everything again and again was taking its toll on her. The memory of the night they died kept playing over and over in her head, like a broken record that she couldn't turn off.

"When did you find out that Sirius Black was innocent?" Kingsley lifted the quill from his notes and gave an encouraging smile.

"When he told me that Pettigrew had been hiding as Ron Weasley's rat for twelve years. That's Peter's animagus form." He nodded in understanding and wrote more down. This seemed unnecessary, they could've looked at her memories instead of talking through it. Renee and Sirius could've been home by now. They could've been enjoying the summer air with Harry.

"When did you become an animagus?"

"James helped me during Hogwarts, I think Year 6. But it could've been Year 7. Or even 5. Merlin time just blurs together. I'm sure if you wanted to know for certain you could extract the memory." With a shake of his head, Kingsley stood.

"Expect an owl from us, Miss Potter. We will have to go over your statement in court, as well as Mister Black's."

"Thank you, Kingsley. I look forward to it." She met Sirius in the hall and he gave her a small nod.

"I better not see you causing any trouble, Black."

"Moody!" Ren greeted her old teacher and stared in shock at what was left of the man. "How have you been?" She trailed off, not taking her eyes off of his partial nose.

"Get out of here, both of you!" He growled and shooed them into the elevator.

"That's rough," Renee stated as they entered the streets of London.

"Yeah can't imagine Mad-Eye's getting much action." She quickly whacked the man.

"Quite a lot like you Mister Black."