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maraudereestauderelb · 16 days ago

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What if Sirius found out about Peter being the traitor sooner?

I asked myself this question and the result is this chapter.

18+ (includes violence and insults etc.)

What if Sirius Black found out about Peter being the traitor sooner and there wasn't anyone around to stop him, the way Harry did in PoA? Rather he is with his girlfriend, who is as hurt as he is...

Let me know what you think about it! :)

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Her entire body was shaking. She wasn’t sure if her unsteadiness was due to rage or fear. It was completely out of question if her suspicion was wrong. She was right and she knew it. Of course, it had come as a surprize when she had first put one and one together and had come to the conclusion but it made perfect sense now. They had known that there had to be a traitor. Most of the members of the order had suspected her but of course she herself had known this wasn’t true. Neither was it possible in general. She had never possessed all of the knowledge their enemies had collected about them.

But she understood that it had been easier to assume that a pure blood was ratting them out. Y/N herself never would have expected one of her friends to be the traitor either. Now she knew. The traitor had been one of her friends the entire time. Peter.

It had been hard to accept at first. But when her younger sister, who was still close with Regulus, had told her about the nameless traitor’s efforts to get Y/N to switch sides she had remembered her last conversation with Peter and how nervous he had been, when he had asked her awkward questions about her intentions and her decision to abandon her pure blood family, the way Sirius had abandoned his, to help the order. It made perfect sense how weird he had been acting the past couple of times they had met. The traitor had always been right in front of her nose.

And Peter knew who the members of the Order of the Pheonix were. And now Frank and Alice were gone. Captured by the Death Eaters. Most likely they were being tortured to get information by the Death Eaters. Their Enemies. Her Enemies. And Alice was her best friend.

The thought that Peter, her friend, had stabbed all of them in the back numbed her, but the thought of Alice and Frank probably struggling for life kept her going. It sent shivers down her spine and forced her to do something and now finally she wasn’t helpless anymore. She knew where to go to, she knew who would help her find her, voluntarily or not. She’d force him to help her if he didn’t cooperate right away. They didn’t have time. Frank and Alice needed their help now. Each and every minute, second, counted.

They couldn’t even be sure if they were still alive. But Y/N couldn’t let this thought get too close to her. They were alive. She needed to believe that.

At least Sirius trusted her and would help her to get the information they needed in order to find and save their friends. They’d find her.

“Are you ready?”, Sirius asked when he stepped behind her and placed his palm on her shoulder. “I am”, she nodded and turned around to face him. His dark grey eyes were filled with anger, a rage she had rarely seen, but they suited his appearance. His fierce look with the dark jeans and black leather jacket. His black hair was wild and dishevelled. Sirius looked threatening.

“We’ll get this bastard and then we’ll find them. And if that’s the last thing I’ll do”, he said through gritted teeth as he grabbed for her arm so they could apparate together.

When the world around them came to a hold they found themselves standing in front of the entrance door to Peter’s apartment. They knew Peter would open the door for them, after all he still assumed they were friends. The plan was to disapparate with him right away to a place far away. A place where nobody would hear his screams.

“Sirius, Y/N what are you doing-“, but the rat didn’t even get to end his sentence before all three disappeared again.

Tall, dark brick walls enclosed the big basement in which they had appeared. Sirius had chosen their location. He knew the basement belonged to his family and was well hidden somewhere in the Catacombs underneath Paris and hadn’t been used for several lifetimes. Back when he had been a child and had been hungry for secrets he had found out about its existence.

They were several meters underneath the earth and nobody would be able to hear what they were doing no matter what they were doing.

Sirius, who had been holding Peter in his neck, quickly threw him to the ground before said had even been able to understand what was going on. “Sirius, what-“ “Incarcerous”, Y/N said keeping a completely straight face and within the blink of an eye Peter was cuffed to a chair in the middle of the basement.

“What has gotten into you? What are you doing?”, Peter cried out helplessly and tried to free himself -of course without any success. He had opened his door for them without carrying his wand. What a mistake. Didn’t he expect them to ever find out? To find out he was their enemy?

“Shut up, Peter”, Sirius screamed at his former friend. The former Gryffindor’s voice was trembling with rage and so was his hand which he used to force Peter to look up to him. Peter seemed frightened to death as if he was already on the verge of tears. But he wasn’t the victim in this story!

“No, what are you-“

“I SAID SHUT UP!”

Peter bit both off his lips to press them together to a shaking line.

“Where are Frank and Alice?”, the young woman now stepped next to Sirius.

“Frank and Alice? H-how would I kn-now?”

“Don’t try to fool us Peter. Where are they?”

“I don’t know! Why would I? Are you mental?” His eyes had grown wide and he gave his best to sound innocent but he only sounded one thing: scared for his life.

“We know you’re the traitor. Don’t try to fool us any longer. We don’t have time for that.”

How was it possible that she still appeared this calm?

“I’m not”, he shook his head vehemently: “I would never betray my friends”, he turned his head to Sirius: “You know I would never, Padfoot. I’m your friend.”

“How dare you call yourself a friend?! Where are they, Peter?”

“I don’t k-“, but his voice died out of a sudden when he felt the tip of Sirius’ wand against his throat.

“You’re disgusting me, you pathetic little piece of shit.”

Peter had always know Sirius was powerful, he looked up to him and he admired him, but he had never before been afraid of him in his life until this very moment. His grey eyes were determined and crazy, the mind behind them out of control and capable of everything. He seemed more as a Black than ever.

“Did- did she tell you this, Sirius?”, the comparably small wizard stuttered: “Did she tell you I’m the traitor? I’m not, Sirius. You have to trust me. I’m your friend. We know everything about each other. If she told you I’m the traitor then only because it’s her. You know the Death Eaters want her. They always wanted her and you know she has friends and her sister among them. She has poisoned your mind.”

“Sirius…”, Y/N whispered her voice worried because he wasn’t saying anything. He was listening to every single word Peter said. Words which could easily be her demise. “She has never been one of us! We’re brothers, Sirius!”

“Don’t tell me you’re really listening to his shit, Sirius!”, his girlfriend exclaimed shocked. “We don’t have time for this! He is lying to you, just like he’s been this entire time!”

“She’s a snake! Playing with your mind!”

“Shut up, Pete!”, Y/N forced Sirius to the side who seemed lost in his thoughts.

“Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Where are the Longbottoms?!”

“You’re crazy, Y/N!”, Peter shouted back at her.

“Where are the Longbottoms?!”, she repeated again.

“I don’t kn-“

“Abscido”, the young witch whispered and Peter immediately felt how the air inside his body left his lungs, it felt like all the oxygen was pulled from his lungs. A spell she had invented herself. His entire body was screaming, crying for air. But nobody helped him. Sirius just stood there and watched them.

The crux with the spell was that it could only be used with the intention of avenge. But Lily was right when she had told her, there’s a small line between revenge and avenge.

Right before Peter passed out Y/N loosened the spell again so he was able to gasp for air, his gasp ringing in her ears.

“Now let me ask you again. Where is she?”

He couldn’t answer right away. The marauder just shook his head and fought for words, which wouldn’t leave his mouth due to the lack of oxygen. Y/N sighed. This wasn’t fast enough! And Sirius wasn’t helping at all! Was he really doubting her? After all this time?

“Sirius, get your fucking shit together and help me! He’s lying to you! I am not the traitor!”

“No? Then tell me why the Death Eaters never came for you after you had almost killed two of them to protect Lily shortly after you left your family? It was a trick, right? A plan. So we would trust you.”

What? Y/N looked at him shocked. He was lying! Every word leaving his mouth was a completely lie! The attack on Lily had never been part of a plan! She had just wanted to protect her! Like she wanted to protect the members of the order now. The Death Eaters hadn’t come for her because Rabastan and Regulus had told them it would be better if they found a way to make her join instead of killing her off.

“What are you talking about?”, Sirius asked confused knitting his eyebrows.

“When two Death Eaters attacked Lily in a dark alley and Y/N showed up to save her in the very last second! Sounds like a big coincidence to me!”, Peter went on his voice still being weak and rough.

“Yes but”, Sirius started pensively: “None of us every knew it was Y/N who protected Lily. Lily told us she wasn’t able to identify her protector.”

And it was this very moment in which every single bit of colour left Peter’s face, his eyes widened and his heart stopped beating for the blink of an eye. He knew he had messed up. He knew it.

“Sirius, n-no, Lily told me-”, the small boy made a pathetic last try to talk himself out of the obvious but his former friend didn’t let him finish.

“SHUT IT!”, Sirius screamed and walked up to him with two quick steps and pushed his girlfriend to the side. He was towering over Peter like an eagle ready to attack his helpless prey.

“You tried to play me against her! Don’t you ever dare to get between us again, you disgusting bastard! You betrayed me. You betrayed us! All of us Peter! We were your friends! We were like brothers to each other!”

“Sirius, you have no idea what he is capable of. I had no choice!”, Peter started crying hysterically.

“You always have a fucking choice, Peter! You could have talked to us! To Remus, James or to me! We would have helped you! We would’ve died for you! Instead, you decided to stab us in the back! And now Frank and Alice might be dead!”

“They’re alive”, he whispered and didn’t dare to look up to Sirius, instead he tried to slide down as far as possible in his chair. His words made Y/N gasp. “Then tell us where they are, Peter!”, Sirius demanded.

“I don’t know”, he whined.

“Liar!”, Y/N stepped next to Sirius again.

“It’s the truth!”

“And why should we believe you?”, Sirius asked but all he got as an answer was a numbing scream.

Peter felt as if a thousand needles forced their way into his skin, as if his blood was brewing and destroying his body from the inside out. He had never felt such pain before. But as soon as the pain had come it disappeared again the second Y/N lowered her wand again.

“You betrayed us because you were afraid of what they would do to you, Peter? You have no idea what I’m capable of! But I swear you’ll find it out if you don’t tell me where they hold them hostage.”

Y/N wasn’t screaming. Her voice was calm which made her threat even more intimidating. Peter knew what she had just done and it was just a taste of what was to come, of what she was able to do.

“Now tell me where they are.” She felt a sudden rush of power running through her veins. It was intoxicating her and pushing her more and more.

“I promise, I don’t know!”

“Like you promised you aren’t the traitor?”, Sirius snapped: “But it turns out you are.”

“I don’t know where they are! I’ll tell you everything I know, I swear! Sirius, please! I swear! We’re brothers…”

The sound of the chair shattering on the floor after Sirius had forcefully kicked Peter over echoed through the entire basement. Peter hit the floor with the back of his head and started bleeding immediately but it wasn’t bad enough for him to pass out.

“You’re calling yourself my brother?! You’re the reason our friends could die any second! You’re the reason Nevielle could lose his parents! We’ve talked about which one of us Dumbledore should choose to be James and Lily’s secret keeper! Would you have ratted them out as well?!”

“I’m sorry��, Peter wheezed with tears: “I’m so sorry!”

“You will be sorry if you don’t tell us where they are! Stupefy!”, he shouted and hit the spot right next to Peter’s head, leaving a black mark on the brick floor.

“I don’t know where they are! But they're alive! I’d know if they weren’t.”

“Levicorpus!” Sirius moved his wand and let Peter tangle up in the air with his feet up for a moment before he crashed him down to the ground again. The cracking in his body sounding like Peter had just broken multiple bones, while Y/N did nothing but watch.

“I’m sorry, Sirius! I didn’t have a choice!”

“You had a choice and you made it, like each one of us!”, Sirius shouted before pointing at Peter again with his wand and added: “Sectumsempra!”

Blood rushed out of Peter’s body as if he was cut open by an invisible sword. Blood, more blood than Y/N had ever seen. Sirius’ curse had hit him right at his heart and had ripped the boy’s entire chest open. He coughed blood. His heart kept on pumping blood right out of his body. Blood. Everywhere blood.

“Peter…”, Sirius mumbled his voice shaking. “Fuck!”, he exclaimed and rushed down to the floor next to Peter. “Shit, shit , shit.” Sirius took off his jacket and helplessly tried to cover Peter’s wounds with it. “I’ll fix this Peter, you won’t die. I didn’t want this to happen!” He panicked while Peter was barely conscious.

“Y/N?!”, Sirius suddenly cried out for her which made her lose her state of shock.

“I didn’t want this to happen! You need to make it stop!”, he pleaded her once Y/N had kneeled down next to him and forced Sirius’ blood-covered hands away from Peter. There was nothing they could do. Nothing she could think of.

“It’s over Sirius”, she whispered.

“No, no, it can’t be-“, but she tried to ignore his words and instead leaned over Peter’s face.

His eyes captured hers immediately and he tried his best to get out some words with the last bit of strength he possessed and Y/N listened.

“I…”, he coughed even more blood: “S-sorry.”

“Sh…it’s okay”, she whispered gently and grabbed one of his hands, bringing it up to his chest, held by hers. Peter knew it. He knew he was dying. She could read it in his eyes.

“Everything is going to be okay.”

“Don’t know where Alice-“

“It’s fine. Shh…” Her voice was calm and comforting, her face soft. “Shh…”, she whispered again and again while she looked into Peter’s eyes until the last bit of light left them, while Sirius was a total mess next to her.

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