Chapter 62 - Christmas gifts from friends (1/2)

Amelia Bones was just as serious about her work and just as impartial as she was in the movies.

This gave his some form of comfort. Pity that she would die in the future at Voldemort's hands. Maybe he would save her?

Yes. Saving her seems like a right decision. Because after that she would owe him a life debt and having a capable woman like her owing him a life debt would be of great help to him in the future.

Though he was still unsure if rescuing Sirius was a good thing.

After all, Sirius might have been of great help to the original Harry with all his love and support but having an ȧduŀt in his life who tries to get close to him at all cost would be annoying.

Plus, having a godfather who wants to compensate for the lost decade by coddling him and keeping him safe would also hinder his plans.

So once Sirius is out of Azkaban, he would have to find a way to deal with the overly emotional dog animagus and tell him to mind his own business and not get in his way.

Having a godfather would get Dumbledore off his back as well. So that was perhaps one of the few benefits he would get from this situation.

Amelia Bones had come with three aurors. Nympadora Tonks, Kingsley Shaklebolt and a third one he didn't recognize.

Talking with Amilia was a simple affair. She did not ask unnecessary information or any unnecessary question so the whole story was explained to her quite quickly.

But when she asked him how he knew all that, he of course couldn't tell her that he'd seen it in a movie.

So he told her the second best thing instead.

”I got it from interrogating the death eater known as Peter Pettegrew.”

The shock in their faces was a sight to see.

Which he did.

The rat animagus was stuffed in a cage and presented to them without any further ado.

The third unknown auror scoffed at him and mumurred something about delusional boys and wasted time while Amilia's gaze turned even more stern.

”I don't like being made fun of Mr Potter. And I don't like to have my time wasted. If you have Peter Pettegrew then please bring him to us so that we could take him into custody. My patience is running thin as it is.”

Harry gave her an amused glance before he looked at Nymphedora and asked her to perform the spell which turns an animagus back to it's human form.

After all, he couldn't very well use underage magic in front of Ministry workers could he.

Nymphedora glanced at Amelia who gave her a nod before performing the spell.

And boy they were in for a shock when they found Peter Pettegrew, the person whom everyone had thought to be dead for the last decade in front of them.

”How did you find him Mr. Potter? I find it unlikely that you would be able to capture an ȧduŀt wizard on your own.” Amelia asked and he gave her a shrug in return.

If she didn't wanted to believe that he would be able to capture a death eater on his own then that was even better for him.

He guessed that Susan Bones had not written to her about the troll incident.

Because if she did then Amelia would not underestimate him so much.

But then again. What kind of sensible person would believe in such a rumor?

”The answer is simple. I didn't capture him. He came to me on his own.”

”What do you mean Mr Potter?” Amelia asked.

”He felt guilty.” He replied ”He might have become a death eater and betrayed my parents and framed Sirius but the never forgot that they were his good friends once. Nor did he forgot how he left me an orphan. So when I joined Hogwarts, he came to me and confessed his guilt and told me to do with him as he liked.”

The story was not a solid one but he had done some serious work for it.

Creating a memory in Peter's mind where came to him and confessed his guilt had been one of the hardest task he had ever done in his and even the end result was not a very good either but it'll hold under any Veriteserum that they might use on Peter so essentially, there was nothing for him to fear.

He never told them that Peter was once a rat of the Weasleys. There was no point in giving away useless information which might hurt innocent people. Not that he cared much about innocent people but Hermione did and he rather not do something that would cause her to look down upon him, even though she didn't knew what he was doing right now.

Then just as he had predicted, Amelia used Veriteserum on Peter to be sure of his identity and asked him a few questions that sealed the rat animagi's fate and gave credit to his words.

In the end, Amelia looked horrified at the thought that the letter wrote to her was the truth and that they had sent an innocent man to Azkaban for the last decade.

The ramifications of such an injustice happening to the lord of the noble and ancient house of Black would definitely hit the ministry hard.

But Amelia was one to seek justice no matter the ramifications and she would not changes her ideals no matter what.

So with a last few words, they took put Peter into chains and apparated out of the place.

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