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Chapter 106: Deals and Secrets! Part-3

{Abandoned Classroom, 3rd Floor}

{18th Sep 1991}

{3rd Person POV}

"So let me get this straight. According to your 'speculations'..." George air-quoted as he looked at Rigel with a doubtful look, "Peter Pettigrew was the one who sold out Harry's family to Voldemort and killed the 12 muggles instead of Sirius Black. And for the past 17 years, Sirius Black has been wrongfully imprisoned in Azkaban?"

"Yup," Rigel nodded. The twins did not seem convinced, but it wasn't entirely necessary. He had Pettigrew imprisoned, so there was no need for him to do anything.

"You want to interrogate the rat?" Rigel asked, getting a hesitant nod from George and Fred. He wasn't planning to do anything like that in Hogwarts, but the circumstances had changed. Rigel got his wand ready before he opened Pandora's box. The rat was still knocked out unconscious at the moment, so at least he didn't need to go through the chase again.

Rigel grabbed onto Wormtail's tail and pulled him out of the box. After contemplating for a bit, he looked at Fred and George before placing the rat on the table. 

"Do any of you happen to know the charm that could reverse the animagus transformation?" Rigel asked.

"No-" "Nope"

With two negative responses, Rigel moved on to Plan B. Since he was going through this on the fly, the plan wasn't as foolproof as he would have liked, but three wands were better than one. He rolled Pettigrew's unconscious form onto his back so that both his hands and feet were sticking out above.

"Incarcerous," Rigel cast, and he focused on binding his limbs. The charm worked better than he had hoped, as ropes appeared out of thin air, binding his limbs together.

"Okay, that's a basic precaution taken for his rat form. I'm going to need your help with the rest..." Rigel spoke, getting two hesitant nods in return.

"When I persuade him to transform into his human form, I want one of you to dispel these ropes. We don't know how this spell would work, and I don't want his hands to snap like a twig. The other one will use the Rope Binding spell on him again when he is in his human form. Do you have any questions before I wake him up?" Rigel asked.

"What if he tries to run or attacks? If your theory is correct, he's a death eater, isn't he?" Fred asked. He looked a little concerned even though he was practically vibrating with excitement.

"The Incarcerous Spell will stop him from running in his rat form, and I will have a stunning spell ready if he shows any intent of running away." Rigel clarified, getting a nod from George and Fred.

"Ready?" Rigel asked one final time and then focused on Wormtail.

"Enervate~

The bright blue bolt of magic left Rigel's wand and sunk into Pettigrew's unconscious form. The rat twitched as he woke up slightly, and as it tried and failed to move, its beady eyes and neck looked from side to side in a very human-like motion as he surveyed his surroundings.

"Peter Pettigrew, welcome to the land of living," Rigel commented, and Pettigrew snapped his neck back to look at him.

"I'll speak, and you'll listen. Okay, there's no need to panic, as it won't help you much. I'll tell you about your situation, and I'll assure you that you have no way to escape for now. No, me and my friends here don't know the counter spell to reverse your animagus transformation. And as much as it would help learning that spell, I don't have the time right now." Rigel paused for a bit to make sure the rat understood everything.

"Now you have two options: you could refuse to reveal your real form, and I could simply stun you again and again and again. I have heard that repeated use of stunners on someone could be dangerous, but that's just a theory, right?" 

"Or, you could change back into your real form and tell us your story. Why are you creeping around the Weasley Family?... Wait, I just thought of a third option. I could hand you over to Dumbledore. He would know what to do, right?" 

Rigel saw the rat tremble slightly at Dumbledore's name, but the rat didn't respond even after the threat. Since he was likely contemplating an escape plan, Rigel decided to use the time crunch. Even though he was confident they had cornered Pettigrew, he wasn't going to take a chance.

"I don't have much time. You have three seconds to make a choice: either transform back, or I'm taking you to Dumbledore... 1 ... 2-" Rigel stopped as Pettigrew's form started shifting. George dismissed the ropes binding his arms as Rigel focused his intent.

The transformation was swift, as Pettigrew changed from a rat to a human in a second. Before he could twitch, Rigel fired a stunner at him, which the rat had no way to avoid.

"Stupefy~"

*Slam*

Pettigrew's head slammed on the desk as he flopped over. He was sprawled on the table on his back, his head lolling to the side. Rigel looked at Fred and George, who were looking at Pettigrew with wide eyes. Due to the sudden nature of the transformation, Fred had forgotten to use the Incarcerous Spell.

'In canon, he was able to escape even after he was caught by the Aurors. The last thing I'll do is give the rat a chance to escape.' 

"Why did you do that? How will he tell us his side of the story now?" Fred complained. He looked a little too excited for Rigel's liking. To him, this was an unforgettable adventure, and for Rigel, this was one of the key factors that led to Voldemort's early revival.

"We don't need him to talk, do we?" Rigel spoke, but upon getting two confused looks, he sighed and walked over to Pettigrew's fallen form. After confirming through his mana sense that the man was knocked out, he walked over and lifted the sleeve of the worn jacket covering his right hand.

The mark was faded, but it was still there. The skull with a snake coiling onto itself was unmistakable for anything else. Rigel was expecting the tattoo to be live, to move, and to indicate that it was magical in nature, but it didn't do anything of the sort. He was a little underwhelmed, but still, he had plenty of proof that his story had a plausible edge to it.

"So what do you guys think? The Dark Mark or a coincidental tattoo enthusiast?"

...

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AN - It's been a while! Hope you guys are doing well! The regular release schedule will begin from today

As always, 48 Extra chapters on P.atreon!


Chapter 107: Peter Pettigrew!

{Abandoned Classroom, 3rd Floor}

{18th Sep 1991}

{3rd Person POV}

"So what do you guys think? The Dark Mark, or he's just a coincidental tattoo enthusiast?" Rigel asked. Even though the Dark Mark was faded, Rigel could sense it was teeming with mana. The dark violet color was somewhat reminiscent of Harry's mana; the thought of Voldemort using the Dark Mark like Orochimaru's cursed seal was quickly pushed aside, though, as he didn't want to think along those lines.

'No, it is quite clear in canon that it is very difficult to fragment your soul. Voldemort can't have an insane amount of Horcruxes teeming along his follower's arms. No matter how disturbing and plausible it sounds...' Rigel suppressed a shudder at having to eliminate every Death Eater to truly eliminate Voldemort and focus on the man on the table.

Peter Pettigrew was a portly man, which was surprising because he had been slumming as a pet rat in the last couple of decades. Maybe Ron gave him too much to eat, but how the mass was conserved and converted from his animagus form to his human form didn't make much sense.

'Does he have a human's appetite in the rat form? Then he would have been starving, not thriving?' Rigel thought. Once again, the rules and laws of magic didn't make sense, but for now, he didn't worry about it. Now, he had to deal with forcing Pettigrew back to his rat form and confining him back to Pandora's box.

As Rigel considered using Dumbledore's threat again, he looked at George and Fred for any input. The two Gryffindors had disgusted expressions on their faces. Maybe it was from the foul smell coming from Pettigrew, but Rigel knew that it had to be something deeper.

"You guys okay?" Rigel asked, even though it was perfectly clear that George at least wasn't.

George quickly expressed his thoughts as his eyes stayed fixed on Pettigrew's fallen form: "We had a death eater living in our house." His tone was hollow as he looked at Rigel: " For seven years, he's been sleeping in the same house, with Mom... and Ginny, and Ron..."

'Hmm, 7, not 17... Did Pettigrew not immediately hide with the Weasley family after the supposed death of Voldemort?' Rigel thought. The timeline didn't make sense, and even his knowledge of canon has been occluded by the myriad of fanfiction he had read.

'I don't remember much about Pettigrew's time in the books, at least I think I don't...'

"How did the Weasley come into possession of... Scabbers?" Rigel asked, he didn't want to trigger the two Weasley but his information and from what he could deduce from George's words, there was a massive gap in his expectation and reality. A 10-year gap in which the Death Eater was AWOL.

"... Percy found him one day when we were Gnomes hunting in the garden. According to him, the fucking rat was a little too intelligent, like him..." Fred replied after waiting for a bit. He glared at Pettigrew's unconscious form after finishing the rest of his sentence.

"How did we not see this? He has always been unusual, even disappearing for days before reappearing," George spoke; he lifted his wand and pointed it at Peter. Rigel got his wand ready just in case the older twin lost it.

The twins likely noticed his movement and glared at him, "Why do you want to protect him?"

"Why would I want to protect him? I need him alive in order to clear my Uncle of his crimes. He has suffered enough, don't you think?" Rigel replied. His words did have some effect as George lowered his wand. Although he was still looking at Pettigrew with murder in his eyes, at least he was not acting up on it.

"If you want to cut off his two feet or something, then be my guest, but I need his right hand to remain intact... you know, for evidence's sake." Rigel offered. Fred and George finally broke their staring contest with the unconscious death eater and stared at Rigel with a 'What-The-Fuck' look.

"Hey, don't kill the messenger, but seriously, help me a little bit more. I need him unconscious and in the box. I need to keep him alive to gather some favors to make sure that a fair trial takes place." Rigel requested. Fred and George shared another look before they nodded at the same time.

"If you need anything-"

"-for the trial or anything-"

"Just tell us, we would have to talk to Dad-"

"-but I can promise the Weasley Family would help you."

Rigel breathed a sigh of relief as Fred and George returned to their dual speak. Rigel didn't understand how they managed to do it. Maybe they understood each other too well, but this at least indicated that they had come to a decision. Through his interactions with the twins, he figured out that George was the more vocal one and the one who made most of the decisions.

'Maybe Fred had a more creative spark or something?'

How they balanced their power dynamic was not in his business, so he turned to Pettigrew and drew his wand. 

"Incarcerous~"

Thick ropes coiled around Pettigrew's fallen form as they quickly bound his body like a zigsaw puzzle. After making sure everything was secure he turned to George and spoke, "Get a stunner and an Impedimenta Jinx ready, I won't lose him in the final stretch."

"What does the final stretch mean?" Fred asked as they both got ready.

"It's a muggle thing... get ready... Enervate~" Rigel casted. The bright blue light bolt of magic once again vanished into Pettigrew's form. This time, the rat took much longer to wake up, and his beady eyes slowly moved around, staring at the three wands pointed at him.

"Now, Mister Pettigrew, I thank you for listening to my demands. Now, you actually have no options. Turn back to your rat form and jump into the box. Or... you know what would happen, right?" Rigel spoke. His tone was neutral as he stared into Pettigrew's slightly clouded eyes.

"Rigel listen to me, you have got it all wrong. I have been running away, hiding from Sirius. He's a traitor, and he was going to kill me along with all those muggles. I barely surviv-" Pettigrew began pleading, but his voice cut off mid-sentence as Fred fired a Silencing charm at him.

Rigel turned to give Fred a side-eye, this was not the plan but the older Gryffindor just shrugged, Rigel sighed and looked back at Pettigrew's pleading expression.

'He's really crying, isn't he...' Rigel was a bit stunned.

"Alright, go into the box, or I'll stunning you again. I won't count down this time..." Rigel threatened, and Pettigrew's face stilled for a moment. He looked at Fred and George with pleading eyes, but seeing that there was no effect, his entire facade shifted, and his face became stoic. 

The transformation was as fast as last time, but this time, all three of them were ready. As soon as the ropes fell from his body, Wormtail tried to leap from the table, but he was unfortunately met with a stunner and the Impedimenta Jinx. His frozen body slowly jumped from the table, and Rigel quickly caught it and carefully put him into the box.

'Hopefully, he didn't go brain dead with all those concussions...'

After the whole drama, Rigel closed Pandora's box. He needed to put some food in later, but for now, this whole incident was behind him. As he wrapped the white bedsheet around the box once again, he looked at Fred and George and asked, "So, what do you know about the Bones family?"

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AN - Next Target Susan Bones. Susan is a romantic pairing for MC as well, so this seduction will take some time.

P.S- 47+ advanced chapters on P.atreon


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