Looking at the serious faces of Arthur and Kingsley, Ronan was inwardly pleased. But he maintained a serious look from the outside.

“Wait,” Kingsley said, “You told us that you met Tonks before the school year,”

Ronan sighed, “I lied. The day she was attacked, she came to my house. I just never opened the door, and she left after banging on it for 20 minutes or so. I really dont have anything to do with her attack, I just lied because I didnt want to spread rumors about me… I have a product that is going to be launched soon. And I didi…”

Kingsley then cut him off, “A product! You lied in front of the Head of Aurors! And that too for a deal? This was supposed to be a life-threatening situation for a woman. And you didnt think to tell us about it?”

“Woah!” Ronan exclaimed, “Cool it. She came to my house, and when I saw her from the peephole, she seemed fine at that time. And I didnt think that this information could have helped you guys in any way,”

Arthur then spoke, “But that doesn't change the fact that you lied Ronan. You lied in front of everyone,”

“I am sorry,” Ronan said, “I might have lied, but there was no harm done, right? Like, even if I would have told you guys, what would have happened next? It was not like Moody and Scrimegeour wouldn't have drilled me if I had revealed the truth. It was a little piece of insignificant information anyway,”

“I need a drink,” Kingsley said, and then Arthur added, “Me too,”

“Dont,” Ronan said, “I have to unravel a lot of things. And it would be better for all of us, if you guys stay sober,” Arthur and Kingsley looked at each other, puzzled once again.

Ronan then proceeded to tell them how the Occlumency shields work. And what happens when some sort of mental attack like the Imperious Curse or Legilimecny attack is done on the user of the shields, “… And so, I never suspected that I was attacked. Because my shield was intact. But this slip.. It proves that I went to this restaurant. So I started remembering that day, and I realized that there was a good amount of hours missing from my memory,”

“What does this mean?” Arthur asked.

“It means that someone used an alternative method to get him under their control. Probably used Hugroes,” Kingsley said, “It is a potion which is also called Liquid Imperius. When drank, the drinker becomes loyal to the first person that they come across.”

Ronan nodded, “Yeah. I also think that might be it. Hugroes is known to only work for an hour or so before its effect wears off. This would fit well with my case,”

Kingsley then said, “Probably around the time you were under the other guy’s control, Tonks would have been attacked. She was keeping an eye on you. She wouldn't have got fooled with you not coming out,”

Ronan shrugged, “Dont know about that.”

Arthur sighed, “But why? Why would someone want to attack Ronan? Did they take anything from you?”

Ronan shook his head, “Nothing was stolen from me. Which is why, it took me so long to detect the attack,”

“But why would anyone attack you? Tonks I can get, she is an auror. Some low life wanted some revenge on the system. But what about you?” Kingsley asked.

“That.. I think I know why..” Ronan said with uncertainty, “But I cannot say for sure. I do have something.. That might blow the minds of everyone in the magical community,”

“What that might be?” Arthur asked.

“Uh…” Ronan then paused, “I have the killer of James and Lily Potter in my custody,” Both Kingsley and Arthur opened their mouth in shock, and he couldnt blame them.

“You are telling me…” Kingsley slowly said, “You have Sirius Black.. In your custody,”

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Ronan nodded, “Yeah. And I have the killer of James and Lily Potter in custody as well,”

“Ronan,” Arthur said, “Sirius killed Harry’s parents,”

Ronan shook his head, “No he didnt… You can ask him yourself… you will see,”

Kingsley then asked, “Where is Sirius?”

“Hogwarts.” Both Kingsley and Arthur looked at each other.

“We. Are. Going. There. Right now.” Kingsley said and then got up. With a flick of his wand, an astral beaver appeared and went outside the bar.

“What was that?” he asked.

“A message for Professor McGonagall to meet us at the school gate. While you will tell us everything,” Ronan nodded and then took his cylinder back…

While marching towards the school, Ronan then told them about everything. Including that Marauder’s map. He told them how he saw Peter Pettigrew as one of the people present in the dorm of Harry and Neville. And how he came across a dog that doesn't wagged its tail. He then connected the dots and realized that he might be onto something. So he put up the trap of chicken and was able to catch Sirius with it.

By the time they got to the castle, they saw Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape along Tonks standing outside the castle with two lamps in their hands.

“Mr. Johanson!” Professor McGonagall was infuriated. And this time, Snape looked rather pissed as well. But when Kingsley told them about everything, they became more angry for some reason.

“So you are keeping a murderer in the castle? Along with all these students!” Professor McGonagall yelled.

“Professor McGonagall,” Kingsley said, “Wouldn't it be better if we just secure the prisoner first?” She nodded and they started heading towards his club room. Just as Ronan expected.

As far as Professor Dumbledore was concerned, the old man was not in the castle that night. Apparently, he had to visit France for some reason. And Ronan got the information from an elf. Apparently, those little guys are not very good at Legilimency Probes.

While they were climbing the stairs, he turned towards Tonks. “Didnt I say that meet me at the bar? What were you doing here in the first place,”

Tonks didnt say anything, and just huffed in anger. When they got to his clubhouse, he opened the door and let them in. It was then they came across a cage, in which a middle-aged man with messy hair and dirty clothes was sitting. “Right, the effect of a stunning spell dont last long,” he said.

Sirius looked to be intently looking at the other end of the room, where Peter kept. “The mouse… Is it still there? Is it really there? He didnt take it, did he?” The mouse started making noises from the other end of the room. And Ronan nodded, “Yup. The same one,”

Kingsley and everyone took their wand and pointed at Sirius. While Ronan went to the mouse’s cage and took it out with his telekinesis. While the rat was hanging in the air, he took his wand and cast a simple spell, “Revilio”

The mouse started growing bigger and bigger and soon turned into a fat and short middled aged man. Ronan let go of the man, and he fell on the floor with a thump. With another flick of the wand, the rat was tied up. Sirius started rattling his cage, “LET ME OUT! I WILL KILL THAT MAN! LET ME OUT!”

While Peter started crying, “I AM SORRY. I MADE A MISTAKE. HE WOULD HAVE KILLED ME IF I HADN'T FLIPPED.”

While Snape and McGonagall were left speechless, “It is… Peter,” McGonagal said.

“Of course it is,” Ronan said. “After all, I caught the man,”

“LET ME OUT!” Sirius rattled the cage once again.

“This is going to give a headache,” Kingsley said.

Ronan chuckled, “Well talk about yourself. You will be taking the headache off me,” He then looked at Tonks, “Hey Nymphadoora! Dont just grab anything you like!”

Some of them turned towards her, she was holding two small cylinders in both of her hands. “Wait. Is that…” Ronan said, “A grenade?”

Tonks then tossed both the grenades in the air, they both burst blinding them all…

***

Kingsley when saw the mouse turned into a wizard, he thought that the night could not get any weirder. He thought that every weird thing had happened, and everything was over. But then Tonks threw two cylinders in the air, when they burst, Kingsley lost his ability to see. His ear started ringing loudly, making it very hard for him to hear anything.

He grabbed his head, trying to shake off the feeling. When the ringing did dampen a little bit, he heard, “HE IS RUNNING!” it was Ronan’s voice.

In his blurry vision, he saw the boy stumbling and running out. Kingsley had his wand with him, so he ran after the boy. As he got to the door, his vision started getting better and saw Tonks running, behind whom was Ronan. He immediately started chasing them.

By the time he got to the stairs, he started hearing explosions. They were fighting.

Following the explosions and fighting he eventually came downstairs. At the edge of the stairs, he saw Tonks, stunned and lying on the floor. But he could still hear explosions and fighting. Immediately he ran after the noise. When he got outside the castle, through the outback, he saw the Ronan lying on the floor, stunned. And there was a man standing in front of Kingsley.

Before he could cast any magic, he found himself caught in some sort of trap. Out of nowhere the vines of a tree nearby started grabbing his hand and legs, making him immobile. With anger he looked at the man, only to get confused with what he was seeing.

He didnt notice it at first, but the person before him was wearing a mask. It was a white mask, depicting a man’s smiling face. The mask is a thin goatee and a thing mustache around the lips. The man before him had long black hair and was wearing a black color combat suit.

“Gentlemen,” the man said, his voice sounding deep, as if talking to a middle-aged man. Then the man got onto his broom, with Peter in his hands, and flew away…