Chapter 7
"So… does anyone know who this rando is?"
"A Professor, Ronald. So stop poking him." He froze and turned to face her.
"How do you know that?"
"It's written on his suitcase moron. Even Dumbass 1 and 2 noticed. And that's saying something." A chorus of affronted heys burst out.
"We aren't that dumb. We do notice things."
"You notice things. But then you don't do anything with those things you notice half the time." They both scowled, unable to say anything against that.
"Anyways. You guys have heard about Sirius Black right? What do you guys think?" Percy rolled his eyes while Harry shook his head.
"I'm starting to worry for adults in the wizarding world. Quite a few of them just seem so… Dumb."
"Yeah. As Ceus said, they really should start worrying about the lack of common sense in wizarding adults. I mean, really? Are you seriously going to believe the dead man who shouted out about a betrayal like he wanted everyone to hear and not even give the ‘guilty man’ a trial?’
“...Isn’t sending someone to prison without a trial illegal?”
"…"
“...We should probably do something about that shouldn’t we…”
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"Ow! What was that for!?"
"Shh… listen Mione, we got this map from Fred and George."
"They said that it was our legacy as the next generation of pranksters."
"Anyways, the point is, we saw Peter Pettigrew on the map."
"Right where scabbers is."
"And we thought the map made a mistake"
"But then we noticed he was missing a toe."
"A pinky toe."
“A front pinky toe.”
"Just like how the only thing they found of Pettigrew was his pinky."
“which if he was a rat, would be a front pinky toe.”
"And we thought, hey!"
"What if Pettigrew is an animagus!"
"Like Professor McGonagall!"
"And then we remembered that weird black dog"
"The one that showed up after Black escaped from Azkaban"
"Which keeps following Harry around."
"And all the deer references Lupin makes about our uncle"
"Lupin is a werewolf by the way"
"And wondered if James and all his friends"
"Except Lupin"
"Except Lupin became animagi"
"And it makes sense too!"
"Cause if they were animagi"
"They could help Lupin during the Full moon!"
Hermione stared at them, head spinning from the back and forth talking before processing what they said. A grin spread across her face.
"You two, are fucking geniuses"
"Thank you! We got it from our uncle!"
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"LET ME GO! LET ME KILL HIM!"
"Now, now Mr Black, that really isn't a good idea. If you kill Pettigrew there will be less evidence to prove you innocent."
"And you won't be innocent anymore."
"Right. That."
"...Huh?"
"Also, Professor Lupin, it's currently the full moon. Shouldn't you start heading back to your office to drink the wolfsbane potion and transform?"
"...Huh?"
"And Professor Snape, would you please stop hiding under the Cloak in the corner?"
"It's a little creepy to be honest."
"...Huh?"
"Now, Pettigrew." Two of the adults in the room turn to the third one, whom they just realized was there.
"...Huh?"
Snape sighed and turned to look at the group of you teens terrorizing Pettigrew.
"Don't ask how they figured it out. Nobody knows, and this happens every year." He glanced at Lupin. "I would take their advice about the wolfsbane Lupin."
"...Huh?"