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At the foot of Ron Weasley's bed, a fat gray rat that looked to be losing its hairs as it slept soundly, half its body hidden among the thick crimson blankets. He made sure that his footsteps were light enough so as not to wake his prey, Harry closed the distance between them and pointed his wand straight at the rat.
"Stupefy."
The rat bounced from the bed from the power of the stunning curse and fell on the floor head first. Not taking any chances, Harry stunned it again as he was instructed repeatedly by both Julian and Nicholas and grabbed the rat by its tail.
"Incarcerous."
The thick ropes that flew from the tip of Harry's wand wasn't not effective as they loosely wrapped themselves around the small form of Wormtail. Julian said that stunning the rat twice was enough to transport it home, but Harry wanted to tie it securely, his experience with catching small bugs, frogs and critters to sell to his old schoolmates telling him that an animal with its legs tied up wouldn't get far in case it escaped during transport.
Obviously the Incarcerous spell wasn't applicable to small animals and Harry had to improvise. He dug into his pockets, looking for a rope or string to secure Wormtail, but he found something better.
Julian's study, Delacour Mansion
Fleur and Julian waited impatiently with Nicholas as the seconds ticked by. Harry estimated that the mission wouldn't take more than ten minutes, but it was already nearing half an hour. Something had to be wrong.
Fleur looked again at her watch, a gift from her betrothed and continued to pace the study, while her father and Nicholas sipped their drinks quietly. For once, her father was not drinking anything alcoholic, but strong black coffee. He wanted to be in his full mental health when dealing with a possible dark wizard being delivered to his home.
Nicholas and Julian agreed that it was better if Harry transported Wormtail directly into France, in case Harry was somehow detected, the British Ministry would have a harder time trying to trace back the culprit.
As an added precaution, Julian had brought a few of his friends along for backup, retired duelers that were now having a late breakfast in a nearby garden, and being entertained by his wife and his daughter Gabrielle.
Swish
Fleur felt something swipe the back of her long, silvery hair and she immediately turned around and saw Harry grinning at her.
"Harry!" Fleur hugged her betrothed while Julian and Nicholas stood up, anxious for news.
"Are you alright Harry?" Nicholas asked anxiously.
"How did it go?" Julian asked.
"I'm fine." Harry said while Fleur stood back and inspected him for signs of injuries. "I got him."
The three people in the room sighed with relief and waited for Harry to continue.
"I hit a few snags early in the mission but the rest went smoothly." Harry said.
"Is it secure?" Fleur asked.
"Very." Harry nodded and withdrew from the pocket of his robes a mass of grey fur and plastic.
"Merlin!" Nicholas gasped. "What in heaven's did you do to it?"
"I made sure it won't escape in case it woke up." Harry said, placing the rat on the desk.
"It certainly won't escape." Julian said. "You almost suffocated it to death."
"Like I said, I was just making sure." Harry crossed his arms. "The incarcerous spell won't work on the rat, so I had to improvise. And I avoided covering its mouth and nose."
"Well done Harry." Julian said. He looked at Nicholas. "The charm?"
Nicholas nodded and cast a charm on the animagus rat, making sure It wouldn't be able to see who it was talking to when it later transformed.
Julian was about to enervate the rat when the door to study burst open, and a tired looking Remus Lupin rushed in.
"Am I too late? How is Harry?" Remus asked immediately.
"Shouldn't you be in bed right now? I know Werewolf transformations are quite taxing on the body." Nicholas said.
"I want to be here for this." Remus said. He gave Harry a tired smile, and received a curt nod before the boy focused his attention again on the rat on the desk. Harry hadn't quite warmed up to the werewolf, preferring to consult and confide with the male figures in his life, Julian Delacour and Nicholas Flamel. But he did trust the old friend of his birth parents, to a point.
Remus gave a growl in his throat upon seeing the traitor responsible for the death of one his best friends, and the incarceration of the other.
"Calm yourself Remus." Nicholas warned, as Julian sent a strong enervate curse towards the animagus rat.
The rat immediately woke up and tried to struggle against its bindings, but due to the several wraps of scotch tape around its body, it only wiggled like a slug.
"You are caught, Peter Pettigrew." Julian said coldly. "We know the truth."
The rat squeaked and struggled harder, but a moment later it stilled, realizing its bindings were too tight and secure.
Julian petrified the rat except its head and spoke again. "Don't think of even trying to escape, I have placed wards around this room, and no one, man or beast, can leave without my permission. You cannot see them, but several wands are trained at you at the moment. I will remove your bindings, and once I remove the charm, you will transform back to or I can force you to."
The rat squeaked once, and Julian began to remove the vast rolls of scotch tape wrapped around Peter Pettigrew. A few minutes later, where Fleur kept giving Harry amused looks for his thoroughness at using so much tape, Julian finally removed most of the clear plastic adhesive aside from the ones directly in contact with the rat.
Without mercy, and perhaps without realizing it at first, Julian removed the tape wrapped around the lower body of the rat. Julian paused, hearing the rat squeak as if its hair were being pulled out at the same time. He looked at the adhesive side of the tape and realized that that is what just happened.
He heard someone clearing a throat and saw that Harry was smiling, staring at what Julian was doing.
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