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.

    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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