❝my papa always told me that you can't trust anybody, no matter what.❞
❝why would he say that?❞
❝his own love betrayed their best friends and the family they shared❞
HOPE JAMES LUPIN-BLACK
+ GEORGE FABIAN WEASLEY
AN UNEXPECTED LOVE STORY
◎ book one...
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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
❛Ready, 'Mione?❜
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Peter Pettigrew stood in front of the five students along with Remus Lupin. Sirius Black stood behind his former lover, giving his former friend a deathly glare. The man wasn't very tall and held a look of guilt on his face.
"Sirius? Remus?" he squeaked out, his eyes darting to the door. "My friends, my old friends--"
Sirius lunged forward but Remus held him back with one arm, shooting him a look that told him to stop. Hope and Alfie shared a small look of confusion as Remus continued to speak.
"We've been having a little chat, Peter." Remus spoke casually, not showing any physical signs of anger. "About what truly happened the night Lily and James died. You might have missed the finer points while you were speaking around down there on the bed."
"Remus," gasped Peter, sweat running down his pale face. "You don't believe him, do you? He tried to kill me, Remus--"
Remus rolled his green eyes and his voice became much colder. "So we've heard. I'd like to clear up one or two little matters with you, Peter. If you'll be so--"
"He's come to try and kill me again!" cried out the Pettigrew man, pointing his middle-finger towards Sirius. "He killed Lily and James, and now he's going to kill me too! You've got to help me, Remus--"
Hope raised her eyebrows and let out a chuckle, leaning in towards her older brother. "Just remember, this is the man you're named after
"Don't remind me."
Remus took many steps towards Peter, as Sirius stared at him with fury in his eyes. "No one's going to kill you until we've sorted a few things out."
"Sorted things out?" the man squeaked once more, the look of fear on his face. "I knew he'd come after me! I knew he'd come back for me! I've been waiting for this for twelve years!"
"You knew Sirius was out of Azkaban?" questioned Remus, his eyebrows furrowed. "When nobody had done it before?"
Peter began to shout loudly, hands raised. "He's got dark powers the rest of us can only dream of! How else did he get out of there? I suppose He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named taught him a few tricks!"
