Daughter of Padfoot

CHAPTER XVI

Fleur and I took Remus and dad back up to the castle on our horses. Then we had to sneak dad up to the hospital wing.

"What's he been doing now?" asked Madam Pomfrey laying him on a bed.

"Fighting death eaters." Said Remus softly. "We caught him Poppy."

"Caught who?" Madam Pomfrey started to try to revive dad.

"The rat."

Madam Pomfrey chose not to dive into the subject, and continued her work. I ran to get Harry, Ron and Hermione, and bought them to the wing. When I bought them back Dumbledore was already there, and Remus was holding up a squirming rat by the tail. Dad was awake and had this deadened look in his eye, I knew he wanted to kill the rat right then and there.

"I'll alert the ministry right away." Dumbledore was saying. "They'll of course want to know about this."

Remus looked very happy. Just then Callisto rushed in along with Maxis, and Saraan.

"I just heard. You got him." Maxis looked close to tears.

"Thank god." Said Callisto "heaven knows I've worried about you Sirius."

"I'm fine," insisted dad "just glad we got him. Voldemort taught him a lot."

"I 'ought you 'ere looking for 'agrid and Madam Olympia." Said Fleur.

"We were," explained Remus "but we detected Wormtail traveling just ahead. We couldn't let him get away, but he almost killed Sirius."

"Did not," said dad "I was fine. He was using dark magic that was the problem. Didn't want to fight fair."

At the word fight the rat squirmed violently trying to escape.

"Nope," muttered Remus "not like the last time. You're staying right here."

Dumbledore walked over to the fire, and through some powder in.

"Minister Fudge!" he said sharply. In a few second the minister's head appeared in the fire. I jumped a bit.

"Ah, Dumbledore. How nice to see you." Fudge seemed quite cheerful for a man that had so many problems on his hands.

"You'll want to come here right away." Said Dumbledore. His normal smile was not on his face. His face now said 'I dare you to disobey me.'

"Ah, but for what?" asked Fudge. I could tell he was slightly afraid.

"The faster you appear here that faster you can have your explanations."

"Of course," murmured Fudge "I shall Apparate to Hogsmead right away. Expect me at the school in about twenty minutes."

"Good." Said Dumbledore and then he extinguished the fire. "Remus please give me Peter." Dumbledore asked Remus. Remus handed him the rat carefully so that it could not escape. Dumbledore seemed to be concentrating on something, and the there was a bright flash of light, and a fat man with a metal arm appeared in front of us. He said nothing, and was tied up immediately, so he could say, or do nothing.