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"Cornelius Fudge visited Azkaban last summer, and stopped by my cell. I saw that he had the paper with him, and asked if I could have it to do the Crossword. He gave it to me, and I saw that the Weasley family had won a drawing for a trip to Egypt. I had poured over that paper for hours, having nothing else to keep me occupied in my cell when I noticed that the rat looked incredibly familiar. I had seen that rat before, given it was Peter Pettigrew's animagus form. If he was still out there, and was the pet of someone Harry's age, then Harry was in danger, and as his godfather, I was sworn to protect him. So I escaped to track down Pettigrew and either kill him or deliver him to justice. Whatever was needed." Sirius said.
"You claim that Peter Pettigrew is an animagus? There haven't been any animagus registered in years." said a voice from the Wizengamot stands.
"Yes, James, Peter, and I had all become Animagus while we were in school. We were originally going to register once we graduated, as we had wanted to use our firms for some schoolyard mischief. We entered the war as soon as we graduated though, so we held onto that secret for a bit longer, as a trump card in case we were captured or cornered. The plan had then been to register once the war was over. Unfortunately, we never got the chance." Sirius said. "My form was a large black dog known as a Grim. Peter was a rat, and James was a Stag."
"Are there any further questions from the esteemed members of the Wizengamot?" Amos Diggory asked, looking towards the gathered assembly. When no further questions presented themselves, he turned to Amelia. "Madam Bones, if you would please return Mr. Black to the holding area and bring out Mr. Pettigrew for statement and questioning?"
Amelia nodded and gave the order to the two aurors, who walked Sirius back before returning a few moments later with Peter Pettigrew. The man was clean, although his thin hair still seemed to have a layer of grime to it, and where Sirius walked with confidence, Pettigrew scuttled in fear.
"Mr. Pettigrew, you are allowed a statement by which to defend yourself before we open the floor to questioning." Amos Diggory said.
"Y-yes. Well, on the night of Halloween in 1981, I was simply minding my own business when Sirius Black came and attacked me. He claimed to have killed the Potters, and that I was next on his list. I attempted to fight back, but he was a superior duelist and bested me. He then blew up a street, killing several muggles. I transformed into my rat form and ran away from the scene, where I hid until he found me in June." Pettigrew said.
"So you deny working with He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named?" Came the voice of Lucius Malfoy.
"Yes, I was very active in the war against him. Despite my pure-blooded upbringing I believed his cause wasn't just." Pettigrew said, latching onto the words.
"If I may interject, I worked closely with James, Lily, Sirius, and Remus during the war. We would have happily accepted Peter to work with us should he have chosen to take an active role in fighting against the You-Know-Who's forces. He had elected not to join us however. I would think if one were going to join in fighting a war, they would want to do so alongside friends." Dumbledore stated.
Pettigrew's face fell at that, before he spoke up. "Yes, I wasn't ready to join at that time, but I eventually came around."
"And you didn't inform Mr. Potter, Mr. Black, or Mr. Lupin, your lifelong friends because..?" Cyrus Greengrass asked. Harry was a bit surprised that Mr. Greengrass was being so active in this case. Daphne had told him that he is normally fairly reserved when it comes to these proceedings. Harry wondered if he had something in particular to gain from these events.
"I didn't want to worry them." Pettigrew said. It fell flat though, it was obvious that even Peter didn't believe that statement.
"Why did you hide for all of those years?" Another voice from the forum asked.
"I feared for my life! Sirius Black could have still been after me." Pettigrew said, quaking in fear.
"Why didn't you come out of hiding once it was known that Black was imprisoned?" Xenophilius Lovegood asked.
"Even if Black couldn't get to me, some of the Dark Lord's allies could have!" Pettigrew said.
"So you… fought against the You-Know-Who through the height of the war, until you were defeated in a duel by your childhood friend. Hid as a rat so he couldn't get you; and then even when you knew he was imprisoned continued to hide as that rat for another 12 years, ingratiating yourself as a housepet to the Weasley family." Another voice Harry didn't recognize said.
"Yes." Peter said.
"Were you the secret keeper for the Potter family?" Mr. Lovegood asked.
"No, of course not. That was Sirius Black." Pettigrew said.
There was a prolonged silence after that as people processed what had just happened. "Are there any other questions for Mr. Pettigrew?" Amos Diggory asked. When no more questions presented themselves, Mr. Pettigrew was escorted out of the room.
"I now open the floor to discussion in regards to the facts of the case at hand. Please raise your wands and I will call upon you one at a time to give your statements." Amos Diggory said. A few wands shot up. "Cyrus Greengrass, you have the floor."
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