A few months later the four of them where heading to check on Hagrid having finally gotten told he'd received information about Buckbeak "Beautiful day" Hermione spoke as they walked out into the courtyard.
"Gorgeous! Unless you've been ripped to pieces!" Ronald sneered at the Muggleborn girl.
Harry startled from where he walked beside Lyra behind the two quarrelling teens "Ripped to pieces? What are you talking about?" Lyra snickered as Hermione huffed.
"Ronald has lost his rat"
"I haven't lost anything, your cat killed him!" Ron sped up to keep walking beside Hermione as they argued, Lyra watched as two girls giggled as Harry passed them, both blushed when he sent them a tight lipped polite smile back. He'd filled out a lot more mostly thanks to puberty and constant quidditch training but a lot of girls had started to notice, was hard not too seeing as he was handsome in an effortless way.
"Harry you've seen the way that bloodthirsty beast of hers is always lurking about and Scabbers is gone" Ron broke her out of her thoughts making Lyra blush before she shook it off quickly.
"Maybe you should take better care of your pets" Hermione shot back and the pair kept their back and forth arguing until they found Hagrid by the waters edge of the black lake. Harry moved to perch on a large rock, Hermione and Ron stayed standing while Lyra removed her shoes and socks as she sat by the water with her toes lightly splashing in it. "How did the hearing go Hagrid?" Hermione asked gently as they watched the half giant skipping rocks.
"Well first of all the committee members took turns talking about why we were there. Then i got up and did my piece, said how Buckbeak was a good hippogriff always cleaned his feathers and then Lucius Malfoy got up...Well you can imagine, he said Buckbeak was a deadly and dangerous creature who would kill ya as soon as he looked at ya" Hagrid kept skipping rocks and Lyra cringed, it wasn't great but it's not like Lucius was completely wrong. Buckbeak had attacked Draco, yes Draco was in the wrong for not following instructions but Buckbeak was still a wild creature which was rated a XXX Creature by the ministry themselves.
"And then?"
"Then he asked for the worst, he did" Hagrid answered Hermione solemnly.
"They're not sacking you!" Ron called out.
"No i'm not sacked...Buckbeaks been sentenced to death!" Hagrid's voice quaked as he threw a rock but instead of skipping through the waters it hit the surface with a loud splash, Harry stood and walked closer to the water coming to a stop beside where Lyra sat.
~~~
Lyra was sat in the Gryffindor common room with Seamus and Dean, she had received her annual polaroid for her birthday. It was a photo of her mother reading her to sleep, not a lot was happening in the photo but the calmness of it was calming to her even now, she looked up when Hermione stormed in and flopped down onto the couch beside her, both boys snickered at her face but left when Lyra glared at them "What's wrong Mi?"
"Trelawney is barmy! Absolutely mental" Hermione hissed glared harshly at the fire.
"What did she say?"
"She said my soul was as dry as the book i cleave" Hermione wiggled her fingers in a mocking magical way and Lyra chuckled.
"Crazy bat" she nodded and Hermione couldn't stop the smile that erupted, the pair sat together finishing their homework with Ron who'd joined them a while later but the peaceful atmosphere was interrupted when Harry came flying in very similar to how Hermione did but with more of an air of panic.
"Lyra!" he ran to the couch "You said Trelawney did have real sights didn't you?"
"Yes a few why?"
"She gave me one..." he did not look steady.
"Well...What was it?"
"He will return tonight, tonight he who betrayed his friends, who's heart rots with murder shall break free...Innocent blood shall be split and servant and master shall be reunited once more... Unless a star shoots fast then there may be a wish granted after all " Harry answered "But her voice was all rough and she had this far away look in her eyes as she spoke and last night..."
"Last night what?" she frowned, that last bit was not at all original to either the books or films.
"Last night i saw Pettigrews name on the map" the moment the words left him she stood and ran to her room grabbing the cage she'd been preparing, she'd recalled the spell Hermione had casted on the jar she's set to make in fourth year and had spelled a small cage big enough for a certain rat.
When she shrunk it and placed it into her pocket she ran back down the steps "We need to go!" the trio followed her out without a word or objection as she ran towards Hagrids hut, they passed the executioner on the way.
"I can't believe they're going to kill Buckbeak it's just too horrible" Hermione frowned deeply.
Ron frowned seeing Malfoy with Crabbe and Nott "It just got worse!"
"Look who's here" Crabbe taunted with a vicious smirk.
"Ah come to see the show?" Draco asked with his own smirk.
Hermione rushed forward "You! You foul, loathsome, evil little cockroach!" she held him at wand point.
"Hermione no! He's not worth it!" Ron called softly as Lyra shifted as she was put in a weird situation, she didn't agree with Draco at all but seeing him with his eyes clenched shut in fear didn't feel good at all.
When Hermione dropped her wand Draco snickered but then grunted as Hermione's fist made contact with his nose, Theo and Vincent helped Draco up and the three ran off "That felt good" Hermione looked at them all sheepishly.
"Not good, brilliant" Ron smirked while Harry chuckled.
"Sorry" Hermione looked at Lyra, a flash of fear raced through her eyes knowing how close Lyra and Draco were but the girl merely shrugged.
"He deserved that one, come it's almost time" they all ran the rest of the way to Hagrid's seeing Buckbeak chained in the pumpkin patch, Hagrid let them in and made them some tea.
"Look at him, he loves the smell of the trees when the wind blows through them" Hagrid stood at the window just staring at Buckbeak.
"Why don't we just set him free?" Harry moved to look at the beast.
Hagrid sighed "They'd know it was me and then Dumbledore would get into trouble, he's coming down you know, Dumbledore. Says he wants to be with me when they...When it happens, great man Dumbledore"
"We'll stay with you too Hagrid" Hermione nodded having already decided.
"You will do no such thing! Think i want you seeing something like that? No, you just drink your tea and be off. Oh before you do Ron..." he opened a tin and pulled out a familiar creature.
Ron grinned "Scabbers!"
"Keep a closer eye on your pet" Hagrid scolded Ron gently and he handed the rat over.
"I think that means you owe someone an apology" Hermione glared as she stood.
"Right! Next time i see Crookshanks i'll let him know"
"I meant me" just as Hermione snarl the words a jar next to her broke as something hit it, Lyra forced herself not to look at the window.
"Blimey! What was that?" Hagrid looked at the damage, Hermione picked up a dark solid sounding thing just as Harry jolted.
"OW!" his hand flew to his head he turned to look out the window but paused "Hagrid?"
The half giant looked and saw Dumbledore walking with the minister and the executioner "It's getting dark you shouldn't be here, someone sees you outside the castle this late you'll be in trouble, big trouble particularly you Harry" a knock at the door sounded "With you in a moment" he covered a creature Lyra didn't even know the name of and ushered them out the other door.
They all hovered by the door trying not to be seen as Hagrid opened the front door, when they entered the hut the four of them made a run for the pumpkin stack to hide behind. A twig snapped somewhere behind them while they waited and unable to help herself she snapped her head around gripping her wand by her side, she saw brown curls but ignored it quickly.
"What?" Harry whispered and Lyra turned seeing Hermione also looking into the woods.
"I thought i just saw--"
"There's nothing there, come on" Lyra cut her off and they all run back up to the castle but at the top they all paused and looked back over to the pumpkin patch, they all saw the executioner walk out into the patch and raise his scythe. Hermione already started to sob as they waited, he brought it down and crows fled the patch as they all crowed loudly.
Hermione wrapped her arms around Ron's neck hiding her face there as well as she cried, Harry shuffled closer and pulled Lyra with him. He wrapped one arm around Hermione and Ron while the other held Lyra to his side but they all separated when Ron gasped and backed away.
"He bit me! Scabbers!" Ron chased after the rat.
"Ron? Ron!" Hermione yelled but he kept running so they chased after him.
"Wait!" Harry yelled after his best friend but it was no good, they all froze at the top of the hill when they saw where Ron caught his rat.
Hermione gasped in fear "Harry, you do know what tree this is?"
"That's not good, Ron run!" he yelled out and Ron looked up at the three of them.
But he paled "Harry! Hermione! Lyra run! It's the Grim!" he yelled pointed behind them all three turned and saw a snarling animal behind them, she recognised it immediately and she was happy it had filled out a lot thanks to her broths although now it was eating more solids.
It snarled and leaped over them heading right to Ronald, it had taken a hold of his leg and started dragging Ron towards the Whomping Willow "Harry!" Ronald screamed and they all started to run after their friend but they missed him by a inch.
All three were slapped away by a tree branch and landed a few feet away but when Ron's screams rang through the air once more Harry grabbed both of their hands "Come on" with that they started running dodging Willow branches as they tried to hit them and stop their approach. However they were all separated, Harry was lunched a few feet to the right of her while Hermione somehow managed to end up on a branch in the air but Lyra saw an opening and took it.
With a running start she started sprinting to the opening in the tree and threw herself at it, Lyra felt a branch brush against her back having missed her by a hair she fell down into the tree. Not wanting to be squashed by the others she got up and started to move up the corridor which lead to a hatch in the ceiling, once inside it was obviously the Shrieking Shack, she could hear Harry and Hermione calling for her so she waited for them to catch up.
"You guys alright?" she asked when she saw them both climb into the Shack, both nodded but any response was cut off by Ron's whimpers.
"Come on" Harry took the lead and lead them up the stairs "Ron!" they all rushed into the room seeing Ron sat there still holding Scabbers "The dog where is it?"
"He's the dog! He's an Animagus! He bit me!" Ron pointed shakily to the door where they saw someone hiding, the door closed and they all froze seeing Sirius Black in human form. Hermione was on edge, she'd been researching the effects of being around Dementors and 12 years was a very long time, they had no idea of his mental state and after biting Ron she was going to guess it wasn't as stable as she had first hoped so she moved in front of Lyra and in turn Harry.
"If you plan on hurting Harry you'll have to kill us first" she hoped he would wave her fears off and give over a reasonable reason as to why he bit Ronald.
"No. Only one will die tonight" Sirius answered which did nothing to relieve her fears.
"No" Lyra finally found her voice his statement sending a cold feeling over the warmth of finally seeing him again, she had a job to do and if she was distracted it meant he'd be on the run, Cedric would probably die, as would her father and a whole lot of shit would happen so she occulmented tightly.
His eyes locked on hers "You don't understand" Sirius shook his head as his heart broke seeing his daughter look at him blankly, nothing like the warm smile she had for Padfoot.
"No, you mustn't"
Sirius took a single step forward "I have too" Harry moved beside her and raised his wand, not to attack him but in defence as this greeting hadn't gone as he'd planned and he was now on edge but before anything could be said or done the door burst open and his wand went flying into another's hand.
"Well well Sirius, looking rather ragged aren't we?" Remus walked towards him "Finally the flesh reflects the madness within"
"Well you'd know all about the madness within, wouldn't you Remus?" Sirius snickered weakly and when Remus lowered his wand the two of them embraced like two friends who'd not seen the other in a very long time "I found him!"
"I know" Remus soothed her father who was close to whimpering.
"It's him"
"I know"
"Let's kill him!" Sirius hissed.
"No! What are you doing?" Hermione yelled looking back at her friends "He's a werewolf, that's why he's been missing classes"
"How long have you known?" Remus studied the four teens.
"Since Professor Snape set the essay"
"Well, well, well Hermione you really are the brightest witch of your age" Remus chuckled before turning to Lyra "And you?"
"I didn't know" she lied.
"There are many things that come with being a wolf you know? Heightened sight, hearing...Smell" he paused "I smelt your scent on the baskets you'd leave me every month so i will ask you once more but this time i want you to answer truthfully alright? How long have you known?"
"Since the beginning" she answered sincerely.
"Of the year?" Remus cocked his head but she shook her own.
"Since i was born, it's one of the first visions i had...I'm a seer"
"That's why...Of course! It all makes sense now!" Sirius' head snapped up "Your dislike to Peter was more then what a child should have, it was fear! The night i took you to the Weasleys you demanded i didn't go...You knew"
"I tried to warn you all but seeing things and speaking as a one year old were very different, i didn't even fully understand i just knew the feelings i got from what i was shown...I'm truly sorry"
"Then you know why i must kill him! You've seen what he did first hand!"
Lyra shook her head "I know why you want to kill him but i also know why you shouldn't kill him"
"Why! I've done my waiting! 12 years of it! In Azkaban!" her father hollered.
"For me! For Harry! You're all he has left! All i have left! We deserve more then a few letters while you run from the ministry because you killed the only proof they'll listen too!" she screeched matching his raised voice, the two last named Blacks going head to head.
"You know?" Remus asked trying to calm the room.
"We all know why!" Harry moved to stand by her side in support "He betrayed my parents, he's the reason they're dead"
"Not him someone else" Remus added.
"I know who! It was Peter Pettigrew!" Harry rolled his eyes as he spat the name out making both adults pause before turning to Lyra who shrugged.
"He deserved to know"
"Yeah well he's in this very room right now!" Sirius threw his arms out "Come out, come out Peter. Come out and play!"
"Expelliarmus!" Snape entered the room taking the wand out of Sirius' hand "Vengeance is sweet, how i hoped i'd be the one to find you"
"Severus" Remus tried to explain but Snape turned the wand to him instead cutting him off.
"I told Dumbledore you were helping an old friend into the castle and here's the proof"
"Brilliant Snape, once again you put your keen and penetrating mind to the task and as usual come to the wrong conclusion. Now if you excuse us Remus and i have some unfinished business to attend" Sirius approached Snape who held him at wand point.
"Give me a reason, i beg you"
"Don't be a fool" Remus warned him.
"He can't help it. It's habit" Sirius taunted Snape making Remus tut.
"Sirius be quiet"
"Be quiet yourself Remus!" her father snapped back, Lyra felt Harry's hand sneaking into her robe pocket towards her wand.
"Look at you two quarrelling like an old married couple" Snape taunted viciously, Remus had started to pace slightly being the pair while her father stood toe to toe with Snape not caring for the wand under his chin.
"Why don't you run along and play with your chemistry set" Snape dug the wand further into Sirius' throat as he saw red.
"I could do it you know but why deny the dementors, they're so longing to see you...Do i detect a small flicker of fear? Oh yes a dementors kiss. One can only imagine what that must be like to endure. It's said to be nearly unbearable to witness, but i'll do my best" Snape sneered and with that Harry took her wand.
"Expelliarmus!" Snape went flying backwards hitting the old dusty bed which broke upon impact.
Ronald gasped clutching Scabbers to his chest "Harry! What did you do!"
"You attacked a teacher" Hermione looked appalled but didn't make a motion to move.
"Tell us about Peter Pettigrew"
"He went to school with us, we thought he was our friend" Remus moved to stand next to Sirius after sending a glace at Snape.
"People think he's dead"
"Well he's not, he's alive and he's right there" Sirius cut Harry off to point at Ron.
Ron spluttered "ME? You're mental!"
"Not you, your rat!"
"Scabbers? He's been in my family for--"
"Twelve years? Curiously long life for a common garden rat, he's missing a toe isn't he?" Sirius slowly stalked forward towards Ron.
"So what?" the red head trying to wave off the fact that the rat in his hands pressed against his chest could be a middle aged man.
Lyra turned to Ron and looked at the rat "All they could find of Pettigrew was he's--"
"Finger" her father finished "The dirty coward cut it off so everyone would think he was dead and then he transformed into a rat"
"Show us" Harry demanded and Sirius glanced up at Lyra who nodded, he grabbed the rodent from the ginger boy who fought him off weakly "Give it to him Ron"
"What are you going to do to him! Scabbers! Leave him alone" Ron yelled watching as Sirius backed up with a screeching rat in his hand. When he was put down the rat tried to run but after a few mis directs Sirius' spell clipped it and the rodent quickly turned into a human man, Ronald quickly shut up as he turned pale while they all stared at the man.
Peter had clearly not turned into human form for a very long time seeing as he held a lot of his animal traits, his hands were up and curled like they were paws, he sniffled like he had a rats nose. His two front teeth were bucked, both yellowed and sharp like real rats teeth.
"Remus? Sirius? My old friends!" he snivelled before he tried to make a run for it but the two men he'd named shoved him backwards making him look for another way out, just like a rodent cornered.
"Harry!" Peter gaped "Look at you, you look so much like your father, like James...We were best friends" he moved closer only to be sent stumbling back when a small fist swung at his face, Lyra's fist connected with his face and he spat out the blood that filled his mouth when his sharp teeth cut his lip.
"Keep your distance Rodent" she hissed glaring at him.
"How dare you speak to Harry!" her father rushed forward but even he couldn't hide the look of pride and satisfaction in his eyes before it became rage "How dare you talk about James in front of him!"
Sirius and Remus chased Peter until they cornered him either side of the old piano which had no business being in there "You sold James and Lily out to Voldemort"
"I didn't mean to! The Dark Lord, you have no idea the weapons he possesses! Ask yourself Sirius, what would you have done?"
"I would have died! I would have died rather then betray my friends!" her father yelled and Peter crawled under the table moving towards the door but Harry stepped into the way causing Peter to grab his shoulders.
"Harry! James wouldn't have wanted me killed, your dad...Your dad would have spared me! He would have shown me mercy!"
Remus and Sirius ran forward dislodging the man from the boy "Should have realised Peter, if Voldemort didn't kill you, we would, together!" Sirius yelled but he noticed Lyra move to Harrys side and whisper frantically into his ear.
"Wait!" Harry yelled.
Remus sighed "Harry, this man--"
"I know what he is" Harry snarled "But we'll take him to the castle"
"Bless you boy! Bless you!" Peter fell to his knees as he sobbed, he reached for Harrys feet but Lyra having taken her wand back stuck in his face with a sneer making him pause in his endeavour to touch the Potter boy.
"I said we'd take you to the castle, after that the dementors can have you" Harry just stared at the man who pretty much single handedly ruined his life.
Lyra who was stood beside Harry with her wand raised smirked "But there's something we need from you first" Peter started to cry, it was pathetic, he was shaking and snooting all over himself "Get to your feet" He shakily stood while pleading with her with his eyes, she felt for the cage in her pocket and took a deep breath, she had to get this right.
Everything depended on this moment.
"Sorry about the bite, i reckon that twinges a bit" Sirius apologised loosely to Ron as he helped Harry carry him down the steps.
Ron spluttered "A bit? A bit? You almost tore my leg off!"
"I was going for the rat. Normally i have a very sweet disposition as a dog, in fact more then once James suggested that i make the change permanent. The tail i could live with, but the fleas, they're murder" Harry snickered at his joke, glancing back he saw Hermione walking right behind them while Lyra stood glaring at Peter who was being held at wand point by both her and Remus.
He wondered how she felt right then, if it was him he didn't think he could leave his father side but Lyra was distant in that moment, focused even. They got outside of the willow, Sirius had pressed a knot on it and the tree settled remarkably, they moved Ron to sit on a rock by the tree to rest as he was whimpering in pain.
Harry watched Sirius walk off slightly staring at the castle, he couldn't help but follow "Beautiful isn't it? I'll never forget the first time i walked through those doors" Sirius whispered "It will be nice to do it again as a free man...That was a noble thing you did back there, he doesn't deserve it"
"I didn't think my dad would want his two best friends to become killers besides it wasn't all me...In that moment i wanted you to but Lyra told me something" Harry took in the castle as trying to see it from Sirius' point of view.
Sirius glanced at Harry "And what was that?"
"She said if he died, the truth dies with him...Alive, you're free" Harry noticed Sirius looking back to the willow just as Lyra walked out, the girl didn't cast a single glance their way instead she was laser focused on Peter Pettigrew.
"She seems smart"
"Scary so...She does love you, wholeheartedly" Harry locked eyes with the man "She just knows things that shouldn't be possible, she can get distracted sometimes"
Sirius shook his head "She should be furious, should hate me"
"Why would she do that?"
"Because of who my actions put her with, my mother was a vicious beast"
Harry paused "Lyra lives with the Malfoys now, they treat her well if that's what your worried about"
Their heartfelt conversation was disrupted by Peters begging "Turn me into a flobberworm, anything but the Dementors! Ron! Haven't i been a good pet? You won't let them give me to the Dementors will you? I was your rat!"
Getting nothing from Ron, Peter looked to Hermione "Sweet girl, clever girl! Surely you won't--" he went to touch her face but not only did Lyra step forward Remus grabbed his arm ripping the man from the two girls.
"Get away from her!" Remus growled, eyes flashing an bright amber colour however no one but Lyra noticed.
"I don't know if you know Harry but when you were born James and Lily made me your godfather" Sirius chuckled seeing Remus protect the teens.
"I know"
Sirius visibly hesitated "I can understand if you choose to stay with your aunt and uncle but if you ever wanted a different home..."
"What like come and live with you?"
"Well, it's just a thought. I can understand if you don't want to..." Sirius stuttered slightly the thought of being rejected by his godson and daughter was hurtful but if he didn't at least try...
"Harry!" they both turned at Hermione's yell, she pointed to the moon which was full and bright in the night sky.
"Remus, my old friend. Have you taken your potion tonight?" Sirius ran to his friend seeing his eyes were flashing between green and amber "You know the man you truly are Remus! This heart is where you truly live! Here!"
Remus dropped his wand as he tried to fight the turn but they all knew it was inevitable "Expelliarmus!" she glared watching the wand Peter had just picked up fly from his grasp.
The man grinned and started his transition, the rat ran both Lyra and Harry started after him "Harry!" Hermione grabbed the boy seeing as he was within reach and he stopped "Lyra stop!" she yelled but it was too late, her best friend was gone.
The call of his daughters name made Sirius turn his head and he caught a glimpse of black curls racing into the forest chasing something. Something in him broke, he wanted to chase after her but he also knew he needed to stay, that decision hurt to make.
"Remus! Remus!" he begged eyes trying to see where his daughter ran to but the trees were too dense "Remus please!"
In the forest Lyra had hit Peter with a tracking spell and she followed the light blue marks he left behind as she sprinted through the trees, she couldn't lose him, wouldn't lose him! As she was running she heard a wolfs howl echo through the dark space, it sounded way too close for comfort and the worst part? It was Hermione, she knew it was which meant Remus was about to come charging this way.
"Come on" she growled and kept following the faint blue tracks, spelling a scent blocker on herself she ignored the certain peril she was in.
Lyra saw a rat's tail and she threw herself at it, she managed to grab the rat around his fat body, the thing screeched in her hand and bit into her hand trying to get her to drop him but she stuffed Peter into the cage and spelled the cage so he couldn't transform or break out of it.
She grinned at him as she panted "I fucking got you!" she shook the cage aggressively making him slip around as he squawked "You are going to rot in Azkaban"
A growl made her fall silent, she cast a silencing spell added with a notice me not she pressed herself into the bushes, she heard something pass by but she didn't dare move, let alone breathe.
She heard screaming, Harry's to be exact and she knew roughly what was happening but whatever was around her was near. She couldn't move, she didn't know how or what it was was but it was trying to track her, it was circling where her scent dropped.
Lyra knew Remus wasn't the only werewolf out here tonight, and werewolves were not the only thing here.
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"Harry?" Harry came too groggily to Hermione's voice.
"I saw my dad"
"What?" the girl frowned as she leant over him.
"He sent the Dementors away, i saw him across the lake"
Hermione shook her head "Listen Harry, they've captured Sirius. Any minute the dementors are gonna perform the kiss"
"They're gonna kill him?" Harry jumped out of bed.
"No. It's worse, much worse, they're going to suck out his soul" Hermione frowned as the doors to the infirmary opened showing Dumbledore "Headmaster, you've got to stop them, they've got the wrong man"
"It's true sir. Sirius is innocent!" Harry nodded.
"It's Scabbers who did it" Ron piped in from the hospital bed.
They all faced him but it was Dumbledore who spoke "Scabbers?
"He's my rat sir, he's not really a rat. He was a rat. he was my brother Percy's rat...But then they gave him an owl--"
Hermione spun to face Dumbledore "Point is, we know the truth, please believe us"
"I do Miss Granger but i'm afraid the word of three 13 year old wizards will convince few others" Dumbledore shook his head.
"Three?" Harry frowned "You mean four, Hermione, Ron, Lyra and I all saw it"
Dumbledore tilted his head "I'm afraid Lyra is no where to be found Mr Potter, but we are still looking for her"
"What!" both Harry and Hermione tensed up.
The head master hummed "A child's voice, however honest and true is meaningless to those who have forgotten how to listen" the bell tower started to ring "Mysterious thing, time. Powerful...And when meddled with, dangerous. Sirius Black is in the topmost cell of the dark tower, you know the laws Miss Granger and you must not be seen and you would do well, i feel, to return before this last chime...If not the consequences are too ghastly to discuss. If you succeed tonight, more then one innocent life may be spared...Three turns should do it i think" with that he turned and started to walk away just before the infirmary door shut he stopped them "Oh by the way, i find retracing my steps to be a wise place to begin, good luck"
He shut the doors and Hermione turned to Harry "What the bloody hell was that about?" Ron shook his head staring at where the head master had left.
"Sorry Ron but seeing as you can't walk..." she pulled the time turner out from under her shirt and placed it over Harry's head as well, she started to spin it slapping Harrys hand away when he reach to look at it.
When it stopped spinning she unhooked it from around Harry's neck and slipped it back under her shirt "What just happened? Where's Ron?" Harry demanded seeing as it was now day but he'd also seen the world move around him.
"7:30, Where were we at 7:30?"
"I don't know, going to Hagrid's?" Harry frowned at the odd question, two of their friends were now missing as she was asking about what they did in the morning?
"Come on, and we can't be seen" she grabbed his arm and they started running, to where Harry wasn't sure, that made it through the courtyard and over the wooden bridge.
"Hermione! Hermione wait, will you please tell me what it is we're doing?" he begged as she came to a stop.
"Come to see the show?" Harry frowned hearing Malfoys voice.
"You! You foul, loathsome, evil little cockroach!"
Harry stared at the group on the grounds "That's us..." he saw Hermione with her wand to Draco's face, Ron was talking her out of it and he saw himself and Lyra stood side by side "This is not normal"
He grunted when Hermione shoved him against the stone wall "This is a time turner Harry, McGonagall gave it to me first term. This is how i've been getting to my lessons all year"
"You mean we've gone back in time?" he asked and Hermione nodded.
"Yes, Dumbledore obviously wanted us to return to this moment, clearly something happen he wants us to change" they went back to watching themselves in time to see Hermione hit Malfoy.
"Good punch"
Hermione chuckled "Thanks...Malfoy's coming" he pushed Harry back so they could hide, they shifted so they could see themselves.
"He deserved that one" Lyra shrugged at Hermione "Come it's almost time" Hermione and Harry watched themselves run towards Hagrid' hut they gave it a moment before following.
"Look, Buckbeaks still alive" Harry smiled at the beast.
"Of course, remember what Dumbledore said? If we succeed, more then one innocent life could be spared, let's go" they ran down and were quick to hide behind the pumpkins on the grounds.
"Here they come, i'd better hurry" Harry caught sight of Dumbledore, Fudge and the executioner, he went to move to grab Buckbeak but Hermione stopped him.
"Fudge has to see Buckbeak before we steal him, otherwise he'll think Hagrid set him free" Hermione turned to look back at the window of Hagrid's hut.
Harry saw Hagrid hand 'Scabbers' to Ronald "That's Pettigrew"
"Harry you can't" she stopped him once more when he went to stand.
"Hermione, he betrayed my parents, he got away you don't expect me to just sit here"
"Yes, and you must! Harry you're in Hagrid's hut now, if you just go bursting in you'll think you've gone mad! Awful things happen to wizards who meddle with time Harry, we can't be seen"
They both looked up hearing Fudge's voice "Fudge is coming" Hermione turned back to the hut and frowned "And we aren't leaving...Why aren't we leaving?" she looked down and saw a small shell like thing that she recognised almost immediately.
She picked it up, cocked her arm back and launched it towards the window, she hid when she heard something smash "Are you mad?" Harry hissed at her. Without answering she grabbed another and threw it again, this time it made contact with the back of Harrys head making both set of boys grab the back of their head. One was in pain then and the other was simply reminiscing the pain he felt "That hurt!"
"Sorry" Hermione turned watching Dumbledore bang on the wooden door, she watched the back door open and they past selves were waiting "We're coming out the back door, go!" Hermione grabbed Harrys hand and they ran for cover in the trees.
They watched their past selves hide just where they'd been moments ago "Is that really what my hair looks like from the back?" Hermione frowned, she accidentally stepped of a twig and it snapped making their past selves look back.
Harry saw Lyra look right at them with her wand raised, he saw the moment of recognition flash in her silver eyes and he felt his heart race thinking they'd failed "What?" he heard himself from the past ask the Black heir.
But it was Hermione who spoke "I thought i saw..."
"There's nothing there, come on" Lyra cut the girl off and they watched their past selves run off.
"She knew, she saw us" Harry whispered.
"She saw the time turner but she knows the laws that's why she kept it quiet, we need to go, grab Buckbeak" Hermione waved Harry off who moved towards Buckbeak.
She watched Harry unhook Buckbeak but the hippogriff wouldn't move, she knew time was running out so she ran and grabbed the dead ferrets hanging "Come on Buckbeak, come on! Come and get the nice dead ferret" she shook one at him and the hippogriff stood quickly.
Hermione threw it into the air and he caught it "Come on! Its here, come on Beaky" he started to follow but they froze when the head master walked out but as if it was fate they all came out with their backs to them.
"Come on Buckbeak!" Hermione whispered and they ran into the woods with a hippogriff on their tails as he wanted another ferret.
They ran further into the forest "Now what?" Harry panted when they came to a stop.
"We save Sirius"
"How?"
"No idea" Hermione shook her head running until they could see the willow "Look, it's Lupin" they watched their teacher enter the willow "And Snape's coming"
"And now we wait?" Harry stared at the tree.
Hermione nodded "And now we wait" she sat down and Harry followed "At least someone's enjoying themselves" Hermione smiled gently at Buckbeak who was catching bats.
"Hermione?" the girl hummed "Before, down at the lake, when i was with Sirius...I did see someone, that someone made the Dementors go away"
"With a Patronus, i heard Snape telling Dumbledore, according to him only a really powerful wizard could have conjured it"
Harry smiled "It was my dad...It was my dad who conjured the Patronus"
"But Harry, your dad's--"
"Dead. I know! I'm just telling you what i saw, it was a stag Hermione. The same as his Animagus form"
"Here we come" Hermione broke the small section of silence and he looked up seeing his past self help Ron to sit down.
"You see Sirius talking to me there?" Harry nodded and Hermione hummed once more "He's asking me to come live with him"
"That's great"
"When we free him, i'll never have to go back to the Dursleys', it will just be me, Lyra and Sirius...We could live in the country, some place you can see the sky. I think he'll like that after all those years in Azkaban" But the feel good moment came to an end when they heard Remus turning "Pettigrew has gotten away!" Harry pointed to where he saw Lyra sprinting after something "We have to help her"
"But Harry, the lake!"
"I told you my father saves us, we'll be fine but Lyra--"
"Can handle it herself, she said something about catching Pettigrew remember, said it would sort itself out. You have to trust her Harry" They watched as Harry's past self throws something at Remus who turned and started towards the boy, panicking Hermione lifts her hands to her face and howled loudly.
Harry grabbed her hands cutting it off "What are you doing?"
"Saving your life" she quickly shook him off and howled again.
"Thanks...Great now he's coming for us" Harry watched Remus come looping towards them.
"Yeah, i didn't think about that, run!"
The pair tried hiding from the werewolf but he found them, turning from the wolf they braced themselves but it was pointless because Buckbeak flew in and scared Remus off. Harry saw Remus run, freeze with his snout in the air where the wolf took several deep breaths before he whined and ran off after something but Harry didn't know what.
"That was really scary" Hermione whispered.
"Poor professor Lupin is having a really tough night" the pair just stood trying to calm their breathing but then they saw the huge pack of Dementors fly over head "Sirius, come on!" At the lake they stopped just before the trees thinned out watching as the Dementors attacked Sirius and Harrys past self.
"This is horrible" Hermione frowned watching the pair suffer while she could do nothing filled her with despair.
"Don't worry, my dad will come. He'll conjure the Patronus" they kept watching "Any minute now, right there you'll see" Harry pointed to the strip by the water where he swore he saw his father.
"Harry listen to me, no one is coming"
"Don't worry, he will. He will come"
Hermione gasped softly as she watched "You're dying...Both of you"
Harry startled at the thought and ran forward, his memory changed it was no longer the memory he used before, this one was of Sirius asking him to live with him, the made up dream he'd had when he passed out hours prior of himself, Lyra and Sirius living together.
"Expecto Patronum!"
Harry watched as the light he conjured took shape of a male stag, it chased off the Dementors while he kept a shield around himself.
It had been him all along.
Together Harry and Hermione rode Buckbeak to the top of the dark tower where they knew Sirius was, making it Hermione ran forward seeing the lock of the cell "Bombarda!" The cell door was blasted off of the cell sending rubble and dust flying "Quickly! We need to go!" Harry helped Sirius mount Buckbeak at Hermione's orders and the three of them flew away from the dark tower towards the courtyard.
When they landed Sirius helped Hermione down when her knees buckled "You alright?" the girl nodded "I'll be forever grateful for this...To the both of you"
Harry walked forward "I want to go with you"
"One day perhaps"
"When we find Lyra we'll make plans and we'll have you exonerated of the crimes" Hermione tried to comfort both the men but this appeared to be the worst thing to say because Sirius turned to her.
She'd never seen a look so frightening in ones eyes before "What do you mean, find Lyra?"
"Dumbledore said they hadn't found her yet" She whispered not sure why she was so fearful.
"Did she come out of the forest?" he demanded and both teens couldn't answer because they didn't know "Alright, go, go back to the castle, i will go into the forest...No one will be out there looking know that Remus is out there tonight"
Hermione shook her head "If you get caught" she knew Lyra would be furious if they did all of that for her father to be shipped back off to Azkaban, especially because they were looking for her.
"If i get caught then so be it, go on now, quickly" Sirius kissed Harry on the top of his head and moved towards Buckbeak, he mounted the beast "I'll be seeing you soon" With that he coaxed the hippogriff into the sky towards the forest, he landed the beast and slid off "Come on, where are you..." he shifted into Padfoot and started searching for his daughter by scent.
He found faded traces before it suddenly stopped, clever girl, he thought but that's when he picked up another's scent, Moony's scent. It overlapped hers, and it was strong in the place hers cut out, like he'd been pacing back and forth trying to find where it picked back up.
He was searching for her, but why?
Padfoot whined and kept looking in the forest, not knowing he'd passed his daughter more then once but the girl had fallen asleep tucked up in the bushes, the cage beside her spelled against practically everything was stilling holding a very angry, very panicked rat.
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The next morning Lyra woke and was briefly confused before she remembered everything "Can't believe i missed out on time travelling" she shook her head and looked at the cage which housed a rat that was glaring at her "Good morning ugly, ready for your new life?" she snickered shaking the cage once more just because she could.
When she stepped out of the bushes she made in not even 50 feet before she almost tripped over an unconscious Remus Lupin. Lyra blushed a deep red when she realised he was naked "Good god" she whispered grabbing a stick she transfigured it into a blanket and laid it over the sleeping man without looking.
She sat on the ground beside him and gently started to run her hands through his hair pulling out any leaves or twigs stuck there, after about an hour he started to stir. Remus groaned in pain before he registered someone was touching him, his eyes snapped open and he saw Lyra saw beside him with her hand in his hair "No" he whispered "No, no, no...Did i hurt you?"
"Now why would you go and think that? Moony, you didn't hurt anyone last night, not a single soul" she soothed him "I'll walk back there and give you some privacy, i didn't have anything so i just transfigured you some clothes" she nodded to the clothes that were folded up next to them.
Remus' cheeks coloured when he noticed the blanket covering his body "I'm sorry"
"It's alright" she waved him off "Just call when you're done" she moved back and out of eye sight only moving when he called out to her "Let's get you back" she moved to his side taking one of his hands.
"I'm sorry" the man whispered again looking ashamed of himself.
"I don't know why your apologising but it's not your apology i want..."
The werewolf frowned looking down at the girl, she was dirty, leaves peaked from her curls, her clothes were ruffled and covered in dried dirt "What do you want then?"
"I want my godfather back in my life, not a card for my birthday anymore, i want to see you. Spend time with you"
"You knew?"
"Since the first card, i just didn't know how to get in contact with you, then imagine my luck when the last person i had that had a connection to my mother and father shows up on the train? Only for him to keep his distance over the school year, you've been practically frigid cold with me and i couldn't understand why...I thought it was because of the whole wolf thing so i left it but now i know you're still trying to create distance"
"I..." Remus felt ashamed "I'm sorry Lyra, i thought...I thought you'd be better without me"
The girl hummed "Was that before or after Walburga died?" she saw him flinch at the name and he stopped them turning to take her shoulders in his hands he studied her.
"I am so sorry" he whispered.
"You keep saying that but i don't want nor need your apologies! Just say you'll be there from now on and mean it!"
"I'll be there Lyra, i'm here now and nothing will change that"
"My fathers going to need you, more now then ever. Can you be there?" Remus nodded "Good, swear it"
"What?"
"Swear it, swear you'll be here for good"
"I swear it" he spoke and she nodded drawing herself up, he saw the change in her and he frowned. It was well practiced, like muscle memory "Lyra? What happened with Walburga"
"Don't torment yourself like that Remus, what happened, happened. She's dead now, she can no longer hurt anyone" he stayed silent, Remus recalled on his time at school when Sirius would come back to Hogwarts after the summer. The boy would practically drag his heels when it was time to go back.
Then there was that time where he showed up at the Potter Manor close to death because of Walburga, he never went back and the Blacks never sought him out again "Did she..." he swallowed the vomit that was trying to work it's way up his throat.
"She is dead and has been for practically seven years, leave it at that Moony" she whispered patting his hand, she lead them from the forest towards the castle where there seemed to be a gathering of teachers in the courtyard.
"Miss Black!" she heard McGonagall's voice call out and everyone turned seeing the pair "Do you have any idea the panic you caused? Disappearing like that?"
Lyra just stared at the woman before laughing "The panic? What similar to having Dementors on school grounds? Having them attack students not once but repeatedly?" she scoffed "I apologise if i panicked any here but you see catching the man who ruined the lives of many seemed a bigger priority at the time"
"What do you mean?" Snape's long drawl cut McGonagall off from where she was going to scold the girl.
"While i appreciate the hierarchy here, this should be spoken about in front of the Minister and several witnesses, i will not be waved on like a naïve schoolgirl nor will i have this dismissed to stop panic"
"Miss Black i am sure--"
"Forgive me Head master but i'm pretty sure i made my demands clear, this is ministry level, it's about a marked death eater and if you do not listen to me it should be noted as to why...I may only be fourteen but people will listen to what i have to say" she raised her chin as taught and the teachers paused.
Dumbledore paused "I shall contact the minister to arrive here"
"No, there is no need" she shook her head "We shall go to him, Remus?" she turned to the man who hummed "Please contact my guardians the Malfoys, they would like to know my whereabouts. If you could tell them what my visit to the ministry consists of that would be great" the man nodded and walked off with an amused grin.
She was strong and he thought they just might be able to help Sirius after all.