Releasing The Rat-iii (end)

Molly started waking up early in the last few years, as she was head of management at the company. All other departments come under her department, and she was the head of that department!

It was a glorious job with great honor and especially work for renowned wizard Harvey. A lot of people were envious of her job and tried to snatch her job, but all of them left in defeat, as she shows everyone what she is made of!

There were three wizard families near Weasely's, and all the ladies looked up to Molly.

Molly took pride in working for Harvey's company and being useful to him.

She would tell anyone who listens to her to come to the company and help great wizard Harvey. That is how much she adored that man. Everyone knew about that. They thought it was because the potion allowed her cousin to turn into wizards, hence she was grateful.

Well, that was the initial reason, but it changed when she worked hard and received her first ever "best employee of the year" award. That feeling, of receiving the "special reward," craved "deep" inside her. So, she worked even harder to get that "special reward", and after that, she always won the award, leaving everyone in the dust.

Everyone was curious about the prize, as all the prizes were secret and especially curious about the first prize, which Molly always wins, and never talked about it to anyone, not even her husband, even asking for many times. Was that a joke? How could she talk about "that", to anyone, and especially when it felt so, so good. She didn't want to share that with anyone from the company, hence working harder.

She was rather envious of that woman —Sara, who could stay with Harvey and get that daily as rewarded.

Molly sighs again. only if Harvey had met her early, so she would be like that Sara too, but now, she had many children and a good family, so she had to do it secretly, as it was normal in the wizarding world. She even talked about leaving her family for him, when she was receiving one of her rewards, but he declined, and said that it was more adventurous and exciting, and Molly had to admit that she was thrilled like this!

Today was the same day, as usual, she woke up early. The first thing she did was to prepare breakfast for the family because she didn't want to be sweaty when going to the company.

The breakfast was prepared and then so was she, but she took more time to prepare herself, and when she was getting ready to leave, the newspaper came, delivered by an owl.

She checked the time, which was an hour earlier than the starting time of the company, as she liked to be the first to arrive, so she took the newspaper, expecting everything usual.

She was momentarily stunned by the photo being shown on the first page!

He was a war hero in the first war in a not-so-good condition and in the next moment, he turned into Rat!

He was clearly Animagi!

But, he, being alive is more shocking!

He was supposed to be dead, no, killed by that damn Sirius Black.

When she finally accepted that he was alive, she looked at the heading of the article. It was written by Rita Skeeter. She was famous and now respected or her the last few years' good articles.

Molly nodded her head, as she believed if it was written by Rita, then it must be true.

It stated: INNOCENT BLACK!?

She wrote that someone had placed the photo and the memory orb outside of her house. She also said that both were checked by anonymous patrons from the Ministry for authenticity. She also apologized for not contacting the ministry, as it was night time, and she didn't want to cause them trouble, so she will go this morning, at a normal time.

"Hahaha..." Molly started laughing for Rita's sly comment. Even Molly didn't know the full details, she could tell that Rita was being sarcastic. "That side of Rita didn't change." Molly murmured.

Molly didn't know what to think of this, if Rita claimed the so-called hero was false, then it must be true, otherwise, she would face serious consequences.

Molly thought if the news was true, then the Ministry must release the Black. Actually, she knew him, as both of them were part of the order.

Molly didn't know what to think of this anymore. She sighed and placed the newspaper on the table. It wasn't her place to judge anyone, and most importantly, the annual award is coming soon, so she must do her 120%, and win that "special award" again.

She left the home, and appeared outside of the leaky cauldron, as it was the place where one can teleport from, to the company. She greeted Thea, who was Harvey's maid, as well as a guardian and attendant at the door and teleportation. Molly forgot all about Rat and Black, as she had only one goal in her mind now — win the upcoming award!

But others weren't like that. The whole wizarding world was in an uproar, as the so-called hero turned out to be a traitor, and the backstabber —Black— was innocent!

There were many theories about how it happened, but everyone was paying close attention to the Ministry.

They were also waiting to see if Peter was also placed near Rita's home, in the coming days.

At the same time, all of them were expecting answers and explanations from the Ministry, as Rita had written everything in detail, so they left with no loophole.

The whole wizarding world was in an uproar, but there was one man in particular who just smiled and nodded his head in satisfaction to see his plan come true.

Harry just checked the newspaper casually and placed it aside, as part of the mission was successful. He expected the release of Sirius in one day, at most two.

There was a plan within the plan, in the release of Black!

Harry was hunting for Horcruxes, and one of them was inside Black's house, and it couldn't be open other than their family. Harry could use raw magical power and some tricks to go inside, but it was risky, also in process, he might just blow the whole house. Harry wanted to keep that house as it is, so if there was war, once again, they could make it a safe house. Besides, he wanted to meet his Godfather, and hear the stories of his parents.

Harry was just playing around with his new broomstick —Thunderbolt — when the letter came, and it was delivered by Little Black from the owl.

It was surprisingly from his lovely professor, Minerva!

It was an actual formal letter, a proxy for the head master, as she was vice headmaster, requesting to wait until someone from school comes to protect him, while he buys his things for school.

Harry was shocked, but he chuckled soon after, as Albus was taking his hint very seriously. Harry left a hint in the memory orb that Voldemort might be alive, and no doubt that Albus found it, and also came to the conclusion that Harry needs protection.

Harry wrote back that he would wait until someone came to take him shopping.

Harry was actually glad to wait, as he was 90% sure who would come to protect him, so there would be a good chance for his next plan to execute. He had already made plans for the first year and how to tackle Voldemort, so this part was important for his plan.

Harry smiled in anticipation, as his next plan would soon start!