Chapter One Hundred Ten
Revealing Escapes
Silence just keeps screaming back at me
The ones I love are lost in memories
And I wish that I could take back what was done
You can only change the person you've become
(Crash and Burn - Lifehouse)June 9th, 1994When Sirius woke up, he was poorly bandaged and sitting in a room. No, he
thought, a cell. He straightened up and tried to move, wincing as pain shot through his
muscles. He groaned as he tried to force himself to stand. "H-Harry.. ."
"Harry is being well cared for in the hospital wing."
Sirius turned to the door to see twinkling blue eyes looking through the bars back
at him. "Dumbledore," he whispered. "Professor, Albus, Harry's in danger." He winced
again as he finally stood, limping over to the door and pressing his hands against the bars.
"You have to protect him."
"From what or whom, Sirius?" Dumbledore asked. "You? Remus?"
"Remus had nothing to do with anything," Sirius growled defensively, doing what
he could now to make up for the fact that he had broken his promise to Mia fourteen years
ago and mistrusted their friend. "He's innocent. It's... It's Peter. Pettigrew. He's alive and
has been hiding in Hogwarts." He coughed, suddenly aware that one of his ribs was
obviously broken. "He's been... been hiding as a rat; he's an Animagus."
"Well," Dumbledore reacted thoughtfully. "I have to admit, I didn't expect that. So,
you claim that not only is Peter Pettigrew alive and not dead at your own hands, but that
he is, in fact, an unregistered Animagus?"
"Yes!" Sirius barked. "As am I! There, now I'm properly implicated, what reason
would I have to lie about Peter being an Animagus? He's the one, Albus. James and Lily
changed Secret-Keepers. He's the one. He did it."
There was a brief change in Dumbledore's eyes as though he were suddenly aware,
his mind coming to the conclusion that what Sirius was saying was the truth.