Sirius Black's retrial

// THIS IS AN OLD CHAPTER. THE NEW CHAPTERS ARE IN VOLUME 2. YOU CAN READ THESE CHAPTERS IF YOU WANT SOME INSIGHT ON WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN LATER BUT SOME EVENTS CAN BE DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE OLD AND NEW CHAPTERS.

Hagrid joins me directly after finishing his call. During this time, I took the opportunity to force Sirius and Peter to return to their normal appearances before tying them up with a rope that was hanging against the wall of Hagrid's hut.

"Sean are you alight? What happened."

"I found a criminal while walking and another fell on me right after, it's crazy how these things multiply quickly when you're not looking." Hagrid obviously doesn't want to laugh, especially when he recognizes Peter.

Dumbledore arrives shortly after accompanied by all the teachers. I can see Snape's smirk when he sees Black.

"Sean, what happened?" Dumbledore looks at the two men tied at my feet.

"Well, I was walking near Hagrid's hut when I heard a rat nibbling on a pumpkin, I grabbed it and knocked it out and then Black in his dog form attacked me. I managed to defeat him, and I transformed him back. Then I noticed that the rat was missing a finger and Sirius seemed to be staring at him. I remembered reading in a file in my aunt's office that we only found one finger from Peter Pettigrew, and I tried to transform the rat back to see if it would work. And you know the rest. " All the teachers look at me like I've become a chrome unicorn vomiting rainbows. Their mouths are so wide open that I can see a big cavity on one of Professor Sprout's teeth.

"Minerva, contact the ministry right away, tell them we've captured Black."

"No need professor, I already took care of it, my aunt should be here any seconds."

A few seconds later, several aurors run in our direction wand in hand. They position themselves all around Sirius and Peter lying still unconscious on the floor.

The morning classes are canceled, the teachers are held up to testify about what they have seen. My aunt asks me what happened herself and I give her the same story I gave to Dumbledore. She frowns when she hears that I've been rummaging through her files even though in real life I haven't done anything and it's only a cover.

My aunt finally let me go after making me sign a statement. I went back to bed to take a well-deserved nap, but when I woke up the rumors of Sirius Black's capture had already been around the castle and the information had also leaked outside. Many journalists from the Daily Prophet gathered in front of the castle gates, the only thing preventing them from entering was Filch armed with a lantern which he waved like a club in front of him to make reporters back off. The castle has been placed under close surveillance by aurors while we wait for the transfers of Sirius and Peter to the Ministry for questioning.

My social status at school had just changed from pariah to hero in less time than it takes to say dementor. My new nickname that is circulating throughout the school is the black prince, I already imagine the girls who draw all these stories about me in the toilets having fun.

It will take less than two days to set up a trial for Black and Pettigrew. My aunt requested that I witness at the stand to relate my capture of the two wizards. The Wizengamot was assembled in haste to decide on the guilt of the two accused men. Lilly and James Potter are the first to speak, recounting once again the events that took place twelve years ago including the arrival of Black in the house where they had been hiding and the crazy look he had when he had started hunting down Peter. Then came my turn explaining the events that took place some days earlier, my side of the story is fully confirmed by Hagrid who spoke right after me. Dumbledore was next to recount his side of the story from the moment Hagrid called him as he walked into the Great Hall for breakfast. And finally came the person who was in charge of the interrogation who came with Peter's full confession on Veritaserum for the murder of twelve Muggles and the conspiracy for the death of the Potter family with as a mitigating circumstance the intense fear he has of Voldemort.

However, this was not enough to convince the jurors who needed a harsh retribution to make people forget all the tortures Sirius had endured during those twelve years in Azkaban. They declared Sirius innocent of all charges against him and condemn Peter Pettigrew to suffer the Dementor's Kiss.

The execution date is also extremely quick as it was set one week after the trial date. The execution will be behind closed doors with only my aunt, Fudge and a few Aurors to ensure safety.

The events reported in the press are rather flattering to me, and there is even talk of making me Order of Merlin first class for the capture of the only fugitive to ever run away from Azkaban and the revelation on the survival and the guilt of Peter Pettigrew.

With the capture of Sirius Black, the ministry has finally decided to recall its dementors. I think the rest of the year is finally going to be peaceful.