Traitorous-Friend-Indeed (IV) [Chapter 295]

“Harry, you can’t be serious!! If you do this then the ICW would be forced to get off their laurels and finally do something about you. Not that they would be able to do anything, but that's beside the point, isn’t it?” Sirius raged, looking frustrated. He couldn’t believe that his Godson was already planning to start another War and this time on a much bigger scale.

“Of course, not. I am Harry, you are Sirius” Harry retorted with a grin. The older man froze before he groaned in annoyance. “You said it yourself that they won’t be able to do anything, so why are you getting your panties in a twist?” Harry asked with a roll of his eyes. Sometimes, his Godfather could be really annoying.

“I probably deserved that” Sirius mumbled under his breath with a sulking look on his face. “The effectiveness of ICW is beside the point like I said, I am more worried about the precedent you are setting with your actions” Sirius explained with a frown. “Look, it is not going to help you in the future if you decide to turn the whole world into your enemy” Sirius barely restrained himself from screaming as he paced in front of Harry.

“Sirius, you are overthinking”  Harry pointed out, but his words were promptly ignored as Sirius was busy pacing around, looking extremely annoyed and frustrated.

“Look, you need to start making allies instead of enemies all over the world. You already have SHIELD and MI6 wanting a piece of you. The ICW has been sitting at the sidelines for all this time even though you have spurned Grindelwald and his lackeys, but if you do this then they are going to come down on you like a ton of bricks!” Sirius finished with an angry scowl.

“Then let’s not forget about the goblins. They would be frothing in the mouth to gut you” Sirius finished, looking concerned and worried.

Harry simply rolled his eyes at the man and decided to let the man continue his rant, but when it seemed that Sirius was finally starting to calm down, Harry decided to speak up. “Are you done?” Harry asked with an impatient look on his face. He could understand why the man was worried, but he genuinely believed that the man was simply overreacting.

Sirius opened his mouth to say something, but after a moment, he closed his mouth, his shoulders slumping down in defeat. “Yeah… I am done” Sirius mumbled before he plopped down in front of Harry, looking tired and haggard. He was planning to enjoy the day with his Godson since it was the first day of the year… Maybe, take him for an outing, but now his day was ruined.

“Good” Harry nodded his head, looking somewhat pleased. “Yes, I am indeed going to make new enemies, but are they going to matter? No. However, they are going to be annoying. Though, you shouldn’t worry too much. You see, the Goblins aren’t liked much by anyone and the only reason the ICW is going to take their side at first is because they can hold our economy hostage-” Harry paused and gave Sirius a meaningful look.

“-Alas, that situation isn’t going to last for long… As soon as the ICW realizes their mistake, they will cut off their losses and join me” Harry finished with a self-assured look on his face. Sirius didn’t know what to think, but he didn’t think that it was going to be that simple. “You are worrying too much. You just need to relax and enjoy the show” Harry finished calmly.

Once again, Sirius thought that Harry was being too lax about starting a War with the Goblins, but he didn’t know what else to say. He was feeling angry and frustrated at the inability to dissuade his Godson from this course of action, but it was pretty obvious that Harry had already made up his mind. Once again, Sirius started to wonder if Harry would have turned out any different if Harry had been raised by him.

“By the way, there is something I have to show you. Come, follow me” Harry said as he stood. Sirius gave him a confused look but followed his Godson out of the room.

Harry led the man to the basement where the dungeons were located and Sirius followed him wordlessly with a confused look on his face. He started to wonder if Harry was taking him to meet the Vampires, or maybe Dumbledore. However, Harry walked past all of their cells and stopped in front of a cell, which was supposed to be empty as far as Sirius was aware.

Harry tapped the steel door with his finger and several runes on the door lit up before disappearing. The door unlocked with a clang, revealing a figure strapped to an uncomfortable-looking wooden chair… Sirius squinted his eyes to take a good look at the figure before his eyes grew wide when he finally recognized the man. He snarled in fury and lunged forward to beat the man to death, only to be stopped by Harry.

“Pettigrew, you bastard!! Let me go! Let me go!” Sirius started to flail around, trying to escape Harry’s grip, but no matter how much he tried, Harry’s grip remained firm. Pettigrew, who was sound asleep, jerked awake due to the sudden noise and he immediately shrunk back into the chair, looking extremely afraid. He started to scream and struggle, but he was tied to the chair with barbed wires, so he started to scream even harder.

“Sirius, you need to calm the fuck down” Harry said in a firm tone as he jerked the man. “He isn’t going anywhere, is he?” Harry asked with a malicious grin on his face and Sirius finally started to calm down. Harry finally let him go when the man was calm enough and entered the cell with Sirius following him. Pettigrew was gagged so all of his screams were muffled and the man was staring at Harry and Sirius with clear fear in his eyes.

“Where did you find him?” Sirius asked while gritting his teeth in anger. He really wanted to tear the bound man in front of him into shreds, but he was going to hold his horses for the time being.

“I found him inside the Shrieking Shack. He was ordered by Voldemort to grab something important from Hogwarts” Harry answered and Sirius seemed to be elated.

“Good. Good… I can already guess that this year is going to be the best year for me” Sirius started to grin cruelly and Petterigrew whimpered at those words…