Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban Book 3 - Chapter 18 Part 1

Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban Book 3 - Chapter 18 Part 1

It took a few seconds for the absurdity of this statement to sink in. Then Ron voiced what Harry was thinking. “You’re both mental.” “Ridiculous!” said Hermione faintly. “Peter Pettigrew’s  dead !” said Harry. “ He  killed him twelve years ago!” He pointed at Black, whose face twitched convulsively. “I meant to,” he growled, his yellow teeth bared, “but little Peter got the better of me … not this time, though!” And Crookshanks was thrown to the floor as Black lunged at Scabbers; Ron yelled with pain as Black’s weight fell on his broken leg. “Sirius, NO!” Lupin yelled, launching himself forwards and dragging Black away from Ron again, “WAIT! You can’t do it just like that — they need to understand — we’ve got to explain —” “We can explain afterwards!” snarled Black, trying to throw Lupin off. One hand was still clawing the air as it tried to reach Scabbers, who was squealing like a piglet, scratching Ron’s face and neck as he tried to escape. “They’ve — got — a — right — to — know — everything!” L…