Tales > Sirius's Stand

“Sirius” Hagrid nodded to the handsome man in front of him. “Hagrid” Sirius spoke as tears filled his eyes.

“I’m sorr’y fer yer los’,” Hagrid spoke putting his massive hand on Sirius’s shoulder. “I can’t believe he would do this!” Sirius spoke as a tear dropped to the ground. “ e’s done it befer, theres nuffin yer can der,” Sirius looked up to the sky. “I’ll kill him!” He shouted.

“Now yer talk’n rubbish!” Hagrid said very sternly. “ Not even yer could take on You-know-who! And ev’n so, yer best friends son defeat’d ‘im ‘n hour ago. Which brings meh ter what I came fer,” Hagrid walked towards the pile of rubble that once was a house. He bent down over a cradle and picked up a small baby boy. Then returned to Sirius.

“Hagrid, I’ve been meaning to ask you something,” Sirius spoke trying to hold back tears.

“What is that?” Hagrid replied. “Well, Harry is my godson, James would want me to take care of him, could I possibly?” Sirius said this with somewhat a grin on his face, with some hope left in him.

“I’m truly sorr’y Sirius, but i’s Dumbledore’s orders,”

“I see,” Sirius replied, tears once again filling his eyes.

“Sirius, Harry is going to be just fine. He is living with blood relatives, and they are muggles. He will be safe,” Hagrid said trying to cheer up Sirius. “I’ve got ter get movin’,” Hagrid ended.

“Take my motorcycle, I won’t need it any more, it is much faster than walking” Sirius said. “Why thank ya” Hagrid said and he got on the motorcycle and took off.

Sirius looked up and said “Sorry I cant be with your son Prongs, but I promise that I would sacrifice myself for him. I truly miss you Prongs, but we’ll see each other someday,” Sirius knew what he had to do. He took a deep breath, wiped the tears from his eyes and took out a piece of parchment. With his wand he wrote:

Dear Moony, I am sorry to inform you that James and Lily are….. gone. Young Harry however, survived Voldemort’s curse, somehow it reflected upon the originator, Voldemort is no more. I will be blamed for the following events, but I wish to tell you to take care of Harry for me. Thank you. Padfoot

Sirius wiped his hand over the parchment and spoke “Moony”. The message disappeared. Sirius heaved another great sigh, and apperated.

He was now at a small beaten up cabin in the middle of a forest. The walls were dirty, and had stains on them. There were six windows, and 5 of them were broken. Sirius reached into his pocked and pulled out his wand. “lumos maximus” he muttered. An amazingly bright light lit the ground around him. “Wormtail!!!” he bellowed. “I know you’re here wormtail!!” He yelled even louder.

“Sirius? Padfoot! Is that you!?” A rather small man emerged from the cabin. He was slighty chunky, and was balding. “oh! Why have you come here so late my good friend?” he asked, there was deffinatly panic in his voice.

“YOU KNOW WHY IM HERE!” Sirius roared. “HOW DARE YOU BETRAY YOUR BEST FRIENDS!” tears were coming down Sirius’s cheek.

“What are… What are you talking about?” Peter said, now cowering in fear.

“DON’T PLAY GAMES WITH ME PETER!” The light from Sirius’s wand was growing larger. “You will pay Pettigrew! Sirius said now sobbing. Sirius’s light disappeared, and a bright flash of yellow crossed the darkness.

The voice of Pettigrew screamed in agony. “How do you like that peter!? That is only a taste of what Im going to do to you!” Sirius’s voice rang out through the darkness. “Crucio Maximus!” he yelled. A great flash of yellow light illuminated Peter squirming on the ground in pain. “You cant defeat me!” screamed Pettigrew, sobbing on the ground. There was a loud CRACK!, and peter was gone, but so was Sirius.

Another CRACK! “LET GO OF ME!” Peter screamed as he and Sirius reappeared on an empty street. “Never! How could you betray James and Lily!” Sirius roared as a jet of red light hit peter square in the chest blasting him back twenty feet.

Peter got up slowly, and as he did so, a jet of green light shot from his wand directly for Sirius’s heart. Sirius dodged just in time, the blast flew past him and hit a car, which exploded, at this a few lights came on in some houses.

“James, Remus, and I have been the best friends you could ask for! AND YOU BETRAY US!” Peter’s legs flew out from underneath him, forcing him to fall flat on his face. At this point about twenty muggles stood on the sidewalk as the two men fought.

This time it took a few seconds for Peter to regain his feet. His nose, lip, and forehead were all bleeding. “You should have joined me!” Peter shouted. “As long as you serve him you are safe!” Peter said satisfactorily. “Your master is gone, so are his followers, and so will you be!” Sirius countered.

“I don’t know Sirius! No one will believe you! I will escape you and someday return to my master!” Peter said with a very evil note in his voice.

A tremor suddenly crossed under Sirius’s feet. The street exploded with the force of a small bomb. There was a very loud scream coming from where peter had stood a second before, only a rat, a finger and a wand remained. The rat took off like a bat out of hell down a sewer, and that was all there was left of Peter Pettigrew.

Sirius looked around, twelve muggles lay dead on the street. He began to laugh, laugh like mad. He couldn’t stop laughing, try as he might he couldn’t stop, Pettigrew cursed him!

The aurors arrived and slowly inched their way towards Sirius. Sirius dropped to his knees, dropped his wand, and fought the laughing long enough to say: “James I am so sorry, Lily I am so sorry, Harry I am so sorry!”

He then broke down into tears, all the while laughing like mad. He gave himself up to the Aurors, who would soon transport him to his new home. All the while Sirius wept for that he could not do anything for his godson.

The message Sirius sent to Remus was never received. It is believed that Peter had stolen Moony’s end of the Parchment, and knew that Sirius was coming for him… he had plenty of preparation time, and planning time.

Dedicated to the lost soul of Sirius Black.