Chapter 13: The truth ✔✔

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I saw Harry's arm raised next to mine and I turned to look up at him.

"Harry, Aura, what did you just do?" Ron called out in shock.

"You attacked a teacher!" Hermione gasped, starring wide eyed at Snape's unconscious form.

"Prove it." I shrugged before turning to my dad and Remus, who stood watching Harry, who's wand was raised at them.

"Tell me about Peter Pettigrew." Harry demanded.

"He was at school with us, we thought he was our friend."

"No, Pettigrew's dead, you killed him." Harry argues, pointing the wand at my dad who didn't even flinch, however Remus still moved to protect him.

"No, Harry, I thought so too, until you mentioned seeing Pettigrew on the map." Remus argued, desperately trying to make Harry see the truth..or at least what I hoped was the truth.

"The map was lying then." Harry shrugged as if it was the obvious explanation.

"The map doesn't lie Harry, if you saw Peter on the map, he has to be alive."  I spoke up stepping to Harry, placing a hand on his shoulder.

"Of course he's alive..." my dad snapped irritantly. "He's right there."

I followed his finger to see he was pointing at Ron...or rather, Ron's rat.

"Me?" Ron asked shocked, "he's mental."

"Not you Ron, your rat." I muttered in shock, my eyes locked to the rodent struggling nervously in Ron's hands.

"What, but Scabbers had been in my family for..." Ron began but was cut off by my dad.

"Twelve years?" Dad spoke, stepping forward. "Curiously long life for a common garden rat. He's missing a toe isn't he?"

"So what?" Ron snapped back, holding the rat closer to him.

"All they could find of Pettigrew was..." Harry began, lowering his wand, but was cut off by my dad.

"His finger. The dirty coward cut it off, so everyone would think he was dead." He explained, looking over at Harry and I. "Then he transformed into the rat."

"Show me." Harry called, looking from my dad to the rat.

Dad looked at me and I nodded, eagerly before he turned and pull ed the red from Ron's arms, who protested loudly.

As Ron continued to shout and scream for his rat, Remus and Dad picked up the wands and pointed then at Scabbers who, after a few attempts, turned into a short, pudgy, dirty man, just as he reached the door.

"He...he..." I began to stutter, not really believing what I had just witnessed.

Dad and Remus ran over and pulled the rat man out of the door as he struggled and twitched before turning to the two men.

"Remus...Sirius, my old friends!" He smiled and moved his arms as if to embrace them, but the two just glared, quickly moving as Peter made a run for it.

They pushed him back into the room and he began looking around, as if searching. His eyes landed on Harry and I before he began moving forward.

"Harry! Look at you, you look so much like your father, like James...and Aurora, so beautiful, you looked like you mother, Melissa. "

"How dare you speak to my daughter!" My dad yelled as he rushed over and pushed Pettigrew away while Reums stood behind me, his wand raised above my head, while Harry grabbed my hand and pulled me behind him.

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