The Last of the Blacks

Chapter 6: Freedom

As a proud teacher, Kol looked at Cassiopea Black as she pointed her wand at Peter Pettigrew. Harry Potter turned to her, clearly surprised. "W-what are you doing here?" the Boy who lived asked her. "They... They..."

"Shut up," Daphne said. Kol knew that her wand was already in her hand, pointing at the Rat man. "Can we go now? I want it all to be over now."

"Yes," said another voice and Cassiopeia slowly went to the Slytherins. "Me too." Professor McGonagall came into the light. "Good evening, Mister Pettigrew."

"P-P-Professor McGonagall?!" he asked surprised. "Remus?" he turned his head to the other professor. Kol squeezed Cassie's wrist, feeling how tense she had been. "Is that Sirius?"

The Golden trio couldn't understand what was going on, why the Head of the Gryffindor house was ready to fight with Sirius Black against Peter Pettigrew, who was supposed to be dead.

Peter turned to Potter. "Is-is that Harry?" then he looked at Cassie. "And Cassie ?" Kol hadn't realized when Cassie had taken off her wand, staring at the man in front of her. Peter tried to take a step forward, but Sirius jumped at Peter. He grabbed it and rested it on the nearest tree, resting Remus's magic wand on the rat's neck.

"Don't. You. Dare. To. Toch. MY DAUGHTER!" his last word echoed in the Forbidden Forest. Kol was sure that whatever there was in this woods Sirius had just woken it. "Nor touch Harry." But there was not as much anger and hatred in those words as there was in the previous ones.

"Sirius Orion Black!" professor McGonagall hissed. "Don't forget that we have to bring him to Dumbledore..."

"Let me get my revenge," Sirius begged. "Because of him my wife, my brother and my brother's wife were killed! Because of him my daughter wasn't raised from me, but from Remus! Because of him Harry is treated like shit 12 years!"

Minerva McGonagall finally understood what Kol already knew and had told Daphne and Cassie. As long as Peter was alive Sirius Black wouldn't be calm enough to start his new life with his daughter.

"And," Sirius went on, "because of this fucking man I have been in Azkaban!"

"Sirius, wait!" Remus said.

"I did my waiting!" Sirius shouted dramatically. "12 years of it! In Azkaban!"

Cassie and Kol rolled their eyes. The Slytherin leaned toward Cassiopeia's ear. "Your father is quite ... Dramatic." She smiled and didn't answer. Daphne shot them a deadly look, making them focus on the scene in front of them.

Cassie looked at the Golden trio. Harry's eyes found hers as the other two were watching how Sirius was getting ready to kill Wormtail. It looked like the Boy who lived was going to apologize, but Kol knew it wouldn't happen. He was too proud to apologize. So Cassie turned her head to her father.

"Dad. Let's go to Professor Dumbledore's office. He will call the Minister and..."

"ARE YOU GOING TO ALLOW THIS, MY LORD!" Peter Pettigrew cried out. "I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN YOUR FAITHFUL SERVANT!"

Kol looked away, unable to say a word. Although no one but Daphne knew who his father really was, he felt ashamed, even dirty.

"Let's go back to the castle," Remus said. "Harry, Ron, Hermione. I want you to run as fast as you can to Dumbledore's office and tell his to call the Minister."

The Golden trio nodded and looked at the Head of the Gryffindor house as they were waiting for permission. She waved contemptuously at them, pointing her wand at Peter.

"Cassiopea, Kol, Daphne, go forward. And if you see dementors, I want you to think of your happiest memory, focus on them and say 'Expecto Patronum'," professor McGonagall said. "Off you go... Oh, Sirius return the wand to Remus and go with them."