A good Beginning (Harry Potter)

Chapter 13: Pettigrew!

Harry walked into the great hall, he looked over to a red head, but was disappointed when it wasn't Fred or George.

'Alright Harry!'

'We just'

'Wanted to congratulate'

'You for scaring' 

'The crap out of Flint' 

'With your epic seeker skills!' Harry turned around and grinned as he saw the twins approach him. 

'I need to talk to the 2 of you now. Can we go to the 7th floor?' Harry asked. The twins seemed very curious but agreed and walked with him to the seventh floor. They stopped outside of a wall and Harry began to talk.

'Gred, Feorge, the reason I have asked you here today is began I need something which kind of belongs to me. You two are notorious for your pranks', both the twins grinned, 'and so was my father and my two uncles and one other guy who we don't tend to talk to. They called themselves the Marauders.' Harry was about to continue and tell them about the map, but the twins began to squeal.

'Your father is one of the marauders! You want the map don't you! It is your birth right great noble one' they both chorused.

'You know about the map? I broke into Filch's office looking for it but I couldn't find anything!' Harry exclaimed.

'You broke'

'Into Filch's office?'

'Oh my Feorge'

'I think we found someone worthy of the map Gred!'

They handed over the map to a grinning Harry.

'In exchange I will give you two things', Harry announced, 'firstly, Ron has told me that you're staying at Hogwarts for Christmas, don't bother. Come spend Christmas at mine and meet Moony, Padfoot and Prongs.' the twins were now jumping.

'Whats the second thing' Fred asked.

'I want you to two to imagine a room of your design, then walk and past this wall three times, and see what happens' Harry said; the twins eagerly followed his instructions and were shell shocked to see a door appear. When the twins walked into the room, they saw many supplies for their pranks.

Harry unlocked the map and looked at his dorm, only to find Peter Pettigrew's name floating on a bubble, scampering around the room. The boy grinned and ran to the owlry to write a note to his family; it read: 

Got the map, suspicions confirmed, come to Dumbledore office.

Harry tied the note to a school owl and ran back to the dorm; when he arrived he was the only boy there. He saw Pettigrew and held up his hands claiming that Ron told him to feed him. Harry mentally transfigured a pillow into a jar and placed the rat in it; he then placed an unbreakable charm on it and ran to Dumbledore's office.

Pettigrew was squirming ferociously in the jar when Harry arrived at the gargoyle.

'Lemon drop, liquorice wand, chocolate frog, Berty botts' the gargoyle spun open at the final sweet and Harry ran upstairs. He knocked on the door.

'Come in' Dumbledore's voice rang out, whilst Harry burst through the door to see his parents, Sirius, Remus and Dumbledore. Harry emptied the jar on the desk and placed the leg lockers charm on the rat.

'I think we ought to call the minister, professor' Harry said; Dumbledore nodded and half a minute later, Cornelius Fudge walked through green emerald flames in the fire pit of Dumbledore's office.

'What is the meaning of this all of this about Albus', the man said before eyeing the rat and Harry, 'Merlin's beard, Harry Potter, pleasure to meet you!'. The man shook Harry's hand vigorously, Harry was about to reply, but before he could James walked forward and raised his wand at the rat. The creature suddenly turned into a plump man with silvery balding hair

'Peter Pettigrew!' Everyone spat in unison; the man was quivering and was chewing on his nails like an actual rat.

'James, Sirius, Remus! My old friends!' Pettigrew stammered; he was biting his nails just like any real rat would and e was quivering very fiercely. Sirius stomped up to him and began to yell at the pathetic man.

'Why did you give them away, did their friendship really mean that much to you, was it just something you could give away that easily!' Sirius boomed in a thunderous voice.

'Y-you d-don't understand. He threa-t-tend to kill me!' Pettigrew replied

'I would rather die than sell them out!'. James and Lily grinned at the clear loyalty being shown by their best friends.

'Sometimes I forget why you're my godfather and then there are times like this when I'm proud that you are' Harry muttered; Sirius turned around and smiled warmly at the child. Fudge now walked forward and began to talk in a very serious tone.

'Mr.Pettigrew you are going to Azkaban for 5 years, breaking the trust as a secret keeper is usually just a year and a half, but because of how significant this act was, we will extend it' the plump man with the green bowler hat said.

'Wait!', Harry commanded, 'does he have the mark?'. Remus grabbed Peter's arm and pulled up his left sleeve; embedded on his arm was a black skull and snake tattoo. Everyone in the room held a look of disgust.

'That will be a life sentence mister Pettigrew! Being a death eater is not tolerated! There will also be a trial, we will use veritaserum as a safe measure' Fudge said whilst Peter continued to whimper on the desk.

'I've always wondered why you were ever put in Gryffindor, Peter. You were never brave and you still aren't, switching to whichever side offered the most protection! I think the sorting hat took pity one you because you would only snake into your Slytherin role later on in life' Remus remarked whilst James gave somewhat of an evil chuckle.

Peter Pettigrew had betrayed the trust of his friends, his house and the order; Fudge sent word to the Daily Prophet and used this capture as a boost of his reputation.