Chapter 7

Peter was at the Malfoy's.

"Lucius we have to do something, we have the boy in our grasp. Think how the master will reward both me and you when he finds we have him."

Malfoy looked at Peter. He had to admit this was the best chance he had had in years. All he had to do was find his master.

"Keep laying low," said Lucius to him, "come back in a month. I will have news for you."

"But Lucius-"

"Go worm tail." said Lucius

-

It was a rainy march up in Scotland and Hogwarts was nothing different. Harry looked out the window miserably.

"I hate the rain dad." he said to Hagrid. It meant he was unable to go out side and run about and have fun/ "Oh come on Harry it aint dat bad lad.." he said as he went over to where his son was sitting.

"But it is." he said to him. The boy had been so indulged by the out doors that he hated it when he was unable to go out in it.

"It'll be dry by tomorrow lad." said his feather to him.

Harry nodded. Hopefully…getting up from the chair he decided to go in to his room and do some reading. Walking across the room he was happy till one of his foot steeps dropped and he heard an almighty squeak.

"Scabbers, I'm so sorry." he said as he as he gently picked him up.

"Harry what have I told you about keeping 'im in his box." Hagrid said to him.

Stroking him gently Harry's face screwed up in displeasure as he listened to the squeals. He felt awful.

One month on.,.

"Good news!" came a booming voice.

Harry was at the Weasley's. Smiling at the boys and Ginny he wanted as his uncle walk in with a smile on his face.

"Well my dear don't keep us in suspense." said his wife.

"I have been promoted!" he smiled and Molly let out a squealed of delight.

Six year old Ginny was confused though.

"Daddy what does promotion mean?" she asked as she went over to him.

"Well my love." he said as he swept her off her feet "it means that we are going to have a bit more money for starters." he said and Molly grinned even more.

She had been waiting for that news for quiet some time,

"I am very proud of you." she said to him, as she went and gave him a kiss. It was good news indeed. Ever since the down fall of the Dark Lord seven years back nothing to bad seemed to go wrong for them any longer. But in a few months she was going tt regret that thinking that thought..

-

Peter had got news from Malfoy and he had gone to the council of his only ally.

"I have made contact with our master Wormtail." he said to him and Peter smirked. That had been the news he had been waiting for. "We can bring him back if we put our minds to it, but we can not do it alone he says. The master wants us to try and start some up risings. A bit of mischief, whilst he works on getting the others out of Azkaban." Peter was told.

"Not to hard, I am sure Mr Malfoy.!

-

"Dad! Where's scabbers?"

"Harry lad, don't tell me yer have lost him again." said Hagrid to the boy. He thought he had raised Harry to be careful with his pets, not lose them every five seconds. He shook his head as he watched Spike go to comfort the uptight boy.

"I'll have a look round for him, you take Fang and Spike go down to the lake. " Hagrid sighed.

But Harry was sure it wasn't him. He had put his rat back in hiss box when he had finished playing with him. He was sure of it. Her always did.

Peter kept escaping though. He had to get practiced at it.

He had to be ready when the time came. And that was not so far off now when his master was ready to come back.

-

Harry sat by the lake withheld boar hounds his head spinning. He was sure he put Scabbers away. And he had because he had made special care of it, he was sure.

Scabbers had got out so much lately. He had been careful to make sure too.

Charlie who had seen Harry looking so down walked over to him.

"You alright mate?" he asked.

"Yeah." Harry replied.

"Then why do you look so down ?" asked Charlie.

"I think I might be annoying me dad at the moment." he said to him.

"Well, when you live out of each others pockets I guess that is bound to happen," he said gently. "Don't worry mate. I know yer dad. He can't stay mad at you for long." he promised.

-

Peter braced him self. This was it. The great escape. But it wasn't as easy as he thought it was going to be.

He had to get Harry to follow him in to forest, where Lucius was going to be waiting for the two of them and then they were going to have him.

Leaving the box in which the son of the game keeper sons kept him he squeaked as loud as he could, trying to get Harry's attention which was easy.

He knew he had been getting out by himself thought Harry as he went after the rat.

Peter went out of the front door which was open as Hagrid had just gone out for a second and went as fast as he could.

"Stop!" said Harry to him. But he paid no hid to him as he ran on. Peter had to admit he felt a bit guilty. He had destroyed the boy's parents. And now he was doing the same to him. And he and Hagrid had been so kind to him.

Harry ran on in to the trees to get to the rat that he had got when he had been young. Such a love the young boy felt for all animals that hew as willing to go any where to get him back.

Harry's innocent had been his greatest fall. And now that he was in the forest alone. He had no one, not even his dad to protect him.

A/n: sorry it took so long guys.