That Rat Worth Keeling - a Harry Potter Musical

That Rat Worth Keeling

A musical by R.J. Lupin based on Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Once More With Feeling by Joss Whedon.

A story of what happened to the Marauders and Lily after they left Hogwarts.

She'll Never Tell
The Graduation
I've Fallen For You
Celebration Dance/Oh Yeah
The Engagement
Going to Get Married
What You Need
I've Got a Theory/Remus/Werewolves Are Bad
Wish They Would
Wish Things Would Change
Do They Even Notice?
The Secret Keeper
Killing the Potters
What Have I Done?
The Framing
Track You Down
How Did We End Up Here?

Copyright 2005 by R.J. Lupin


She'll Never Tell

To the tune of I'll Never Tell

SCENE: It's the year 1976 at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. JAMES POTTER sits with his friends under their favorite beech tree. Suddenly, he spots his favorite red-head LILY EVANS walking across the grounds. LILY notices JAMES staring at her, and immediately goes over and sits under another tree, putting a book up in front of her face. She catches herself slowly peeking over it to check on JAMES, and sighs.

LILY:
This is the guy that I try not to ask why
He is a jerk
I walk on by, head up high, don't reply but
It doesn't work!
And then I give a sigh
Because I know I must defy
The feeling that I, well
I'll never tell

JAMES:
She is the girl who can make my heart whirl
And giddily twirl
She can just say and then I will obey for
She is my pearl
And one day I could see
She really has a thing for me
The only thing is, well
She'll never tell
LILY:
'Cause there's nothing to tell

JAMES walks over to LILY and throws a charming grin at her. Nevertheless, the normal rountine of LILY insulting him begins.

LILY:
Your hair!
JAMES:
It's windswept
LILY:
I don't know what's gone on there!
JAMES:
Well you attempt to comb it
But it stays unkempt

LILY:
You're so arrogant
JAMES:
I'll take that as compliment
LILY:
The intent was that you think you're too cool for school!

LILY and JAMES:
The school
Thinks you're/we're the rulers
JAMES:
But you think we're all idiots
LILY:
Yes I do, but not much Remus
JAMES:
But I know that when you see us
You think I'm very swell!
LILY:
I said there's nothing to tell!

JAMES gets out a Snitch and starts casually playing with it, but just enough to be showing off. This sets LILY off again.

LILY:
You and your Quidditch
And showing off with that Snitch
Because of your dumb broomstick
You think you're a hero

JAMES:
I train
In the rain
The sun, and I don't complain
And then I-

LILY attemps to take the Snitch away from JAMES

LILY:
That drives me insane!
JAMES:
This is my Snitch, hello?
You-

LILY grabs the snitch when he isn't paying attention, and imitates him.

LILY: (spoken, as JAMES)
Look at me, I'm showing off again!

She runs off with it around the grounds, occasionally hiding behind a bush or suddenly running the othe way. JAMES proceeds to chase her, and then finally gets his Snitch back.

LILY and JAMES:
You know
JAMES:
You're really charming
LILY:
This is alarming
JAMES:
With your bright eyes of em'rald green
And your red hair of lustrous sheen
You are the prettiest girl I've seen

LILY:
I find
JAMES:
A good sign?
LILY:
That sometimes you're sort of kind
JAMES:
I'll be more, if you don't mind
'Cause for you I pine

LILY:
What's next?
A shrine?
Then I'd have to draw the line
It's bad enough how often that you go and hex!

LILY and JAMES:
It's bad
But you/I think it's fun
How had
You always/never hexed ev'ryone/anyone?
JAMES:
It's addicting to hex Snivellus!
LILY:
I'm predicting there's no dates for us!

JAMES:
Although it may sound kind of strange
For you I am willing to change
LILY:
If you ever get that arranged
I would think you'd gotten deranged
JAMES:
I'll be mature!
LILY:
Are you so sure?
JAMES:
I'll get my bad habits a cure!

LILY and JAMES:
But you're really turning this all into a living hell!
'Cause I know I'll/you'll never tell!
I'm sure that I'll/you'll never tell!

JAMES:
How 'bout a date?
LILY:
Dream on and wait
JAMES:
One day you'll see
How you love me
LILY:
I'll never
Tell!

The Graduation

To the tune of Something To Sing About

SCENE: It is now 1977, and best friends JAMES, SIRIUS BLACK, REMUS LUPIN, and PETER PETTIGREW have just graduated their last year at Hogwarts. As the carriages get ready to take the students to the train, the four friends stand and stare back at the castle, remembering all the good times they had.

JAMES:
Didn't think
We'd graduate so fast
It felt like it would last
But we blast from the past

PETER:
Who'd have thought
The things that we have got?
We're really learned a lot
There's so much we were taught

JAMES, SIRIUS, REMUS, and PETER:
All the days
And nights
All the plays
And fights
The full moons
We're goons
The spiffy
Mischief
We created

REMUS:
Wouldn't believe we'd come
Meet each other and become like one
Had so much fun
Since we begun

Won't we be friends for forever?

JAMES, SIRIUS, and PETER sing the 'Ahh's in the background

I know I'll always remember

JAMES, SIRIUS, and PETER sing the 'Ahh's again.

SIRIUS:
Here we are
And we've all gotten out
So we can go about
And do what we'll about

PETER:
Still I see
JAMES:
How much it means to me
SIRIUS:
And how I'll long to be
REMUS:
There for eternity

JAMES, SIRIUS, REMUS, and PETER:
All the time
We've spent
Trying things
That went
To our own
Extent
And the things
We've sent
We've left our mark

And those to come will hark
To the tales of our great embarks
But now's the time
To say goodbye

PETER quietly walks away a bit from his friends, and they do not notice. He is in his own thoughts.

PETER:
But still those three
Sometimes would trail
And forget Wormtail
Forget me
But I've heard it said
A Lord will come
To take chosen some
To power
I heard he'll show them power

JAMES, SIRIUS, and REMUS sing on, without realizing PETER isn't singing as well.

JAMES, SIRIUS, and REMUS:
The great Marauders will still stay on!
Yes
We will stay strong!

The carriages are almost ready to leave, so the four of them quickly find an empty one to go into. SIRIUS is the last to go in, and hesitates before he does.

SIRIUS:
We said we'd stay
But for some days
It's a strange way
We're living

Something's astray
But don't worry now
You'll find it somehow
They're waiting
We made it through the school years
So we'll be celebrating.

SIRIUS gets into the carriage, and the carriages start riding toward the trains.

I've Fallen For You

To the tune of Under Your Spell

SCENE: Three years later, JAMES has taken LILY out on a fancy date at a restaurant in order to propose to her. Near the end of the meal, he nervously begins his plans

JAMES (spoken):
Lily...will you come with me for a minute?

LILY (spoken):
Okay.

He leads her out to the restaurant's balcony. The sky is a deep purple, with a silver waxing crescent moon and stars suspended like diamonds in the sky. LILY leans against the balcony, looking out.

LILY (spoken):
Oh, James, it's beautiful.

JAMES (spoken):
Yeah...

As LILY is looking away, JAMES nervously fumbles with the pocket of his jacket, then goes down on one knee and opens a small box

JAMES (spoken):
Lily Evans...

LILY: (spoken, turning to face James)
Yes?

JAMES (spoken):
...Will you marry me?

LILY smiles at him, but does not say anything. She looks out at the sky again and starts singing, and during the song, alternates between looking at JAMES and the sky.

LILY:
I met you first in Hogwarts
Really thought you were a git
You thought so much of yourself
Carried off by your own wit
But how could I see
What you would do to me?

I've fallen for you
So what can I do?
'Cause I know it must be true
It's what I can't deny
Countless times I've tried
To make the feeling go hide

I acted like I hated
You so that you'd never guess
But I appreciated
When you were a big shot less
Like your broom I soared
You just couldn't be ignored

I've fallen for you
So what can I do?
'Cause I know it must be true
It's what I can't deny
Countless times I've tried
To make the feeling go hide
But I'm mystified

Swore I'd never tell
That I'm under your spell

I've fallen for you
What else can I say?
I was thinking 'bout this day
And now I know it's true
Hard to understand
But ev'rything's turned so grand
You've opened my heart

And I'll say "I do"
So I'll be with you
'Til death do us part.

Celebration Dance/Oh Yeah

To the tune of 'Broom Dance/Grr Aargh

JAMES is surprised.

JAMES (spoken):
So...you mean you'll marry me?

LILY (spoken):
Yes.

JAMES (spoken):
Really?

LILY: spoken, laughs
Yes.

JAMES (spoken):
I've, uh... got to go to the bathroom. I'll be right back. Don't go anywhere.

LILY (spoken):
I won't.

JAMES walks away back into the restaurant calmly, but once he is out of LILY's sight, he spontaneously breaks out into a wild celebration dance, which includes randomly seizing random people and dancing with them for a second.

JAMES:
Oh yeah!

JAMES quickly sends an owl to SIRIUS, REMUS, and PETER, telling them what just happened.

The Engagement

To the tune of The Mustard

SCENE: Meanwhile, SIRIUS, REMUS, and PETER have all been gathered on a couch in REMUS' living room, right in front of the television. They sit there watching it, waiting for JAMES to send an owl of how his date will LILY went.

SIRIUS (spoken):
And we're watching what again?

PETER (spoken):
Jeopardy. This show is the best!

SIRIUS (spoken):
Yeah, but this song is going to be stuck in my head for at least a week.

He starts humming.

Du du du du, du du duuu, du du du du....

REMUS (spoken):
It's a very informative show, though.

SIRIUS (spoken):
'Course it is, Moony. Except for the part where I don't know the answers to any of these questions and I doubt I ever will. I don't really need to know the history of the Muggle world. It has nothing to do with me.

REMUS (spoken):
You pose somewhat of a fair point, Padfoot. Though, actually, Jeopardy tells you the answer, and you have to figure out what the question is.

SIRIUS (spoken):
Same difference.

REMUS (spoken):
Um, not really.

SIRIUS (spoken):
Shut up.

PETER: (spoken, answering the question)
"What is Asia?"

REMUS (spoken):
No, I think the answer is "What is Russia?"

PETER: spoken as the answer is revealed
Oh, darn, you're right.

PETER and REMUS continue watching the show and speaking out their answers during the next few minutes. SIRIUS stares at them. Obviously, he is not a fan of Jeopardy.

SIRIUS (spoken):
Okay... so this is fun...

He drums his fingers on the sofa and sighs loudly. An owls screech is heard. REMUS and PETER are so absorbed in the show that they don't hear it.

SIRIUS (spoken):
Mail! I'll get it!

He jumps off the sofa, bounds over to the owl, and starts opening a very messy letter from JAMES. Reading it quickly, he runs back to his friends.

SIRIUS (spoken):
Guys! Guess what?

He sings

They fin'lly got engaged!

REMUS and PETER:
They fin'lly got engaged!

SIRIUS breaks out the Firewhisky he brought with him, and the three boys celebrate what they've been waiting to happen since LILY and JAMES started dating.

Going to Get Married

To the tune of Going Through the Motions

SCENE: It is the day of LILY and JAMES'S wedding. During the overture, we can see guesting filling in the rows. We see SIRIUS, REMUS and PETER all together talking quietly. In a room, we can see the shadow of LILY fixing her hair and applying some makeup. In another room, however, we see JAMES. He is very nervous, and he continues to pace around the room, making several attempts to not rumple his hair.

JAMES:
Ever since I met
Her in the first year
I thought she must be the one
So I had my fun
But she would just sneer
So I had to get
Her and win her yet

Long I had to wait until a date
And slowly things turned great
And now we're going to get married
Become man and wife
I'll love her for the rest of my life

I was always proud
And so confident
But right now I'm not so loud
I feel kind of stressed
And rather silent
Just a bit nervous
'Bout the two of us
'Least I look my best

What if she will go and then say "no"
And leave my head held low?
Though she accepted my proposal
I still know her kind
Since that time she might have changed her mind...

What if I just can't go through it?
What if she won't want to do it?
What if something's wrong-
I blew it?
Way to screw it up

When you're getting married
It's a bit scary
So just don't worry
And soon then I will see
With whom I'm meant to be:
Lily.

JAMES goes off to the ceremony, and a while later, he and LILY become Mr. and Mrs. James Potter.

What You Need

To the tune of What You Feel

SCENE: PETER randomly decides to take a walk on the streets during the night. He walks along, the cold wind blowing through his hair, until he is suddenly pulled into an alley. There in the shadows is LORD VOLDEMORT. PETER can see, and smiles nervously.

PETER (spoken): Umm...hi. Uh... how are you, fine sir?

VOLDEMORT laughs.

VOLDEMORT:
Hello, Pettigrew
How nice to see you
You're looking really blue
But I know just what you should do
Things that you want just don't go your way
So come and listen 'cause you're stuck in the bay
So what do you say?
Why don't we talk today?

I'm Lord Voldemort
Ruler of this court
When things get contort
I know what to do to sort
You tell me things are misbehavin'
I can give you the things you have been cravin'
You like the appeal?
Why don't we make it real?

'Cause I know what you need, boy
I know just what you need, boy

All your little friends
We know they don't care
They don't think of you
Do they know you're even there?
I'll tell you what you should do, Peter
You'll fit in so nice with my Death Eaters
So now don't you see
That you should come join me?

Let's roll the dice
And add some spice
So accept or you die
'Cause I'm so nice
We can add to this price
That you will be my spy
'Cause I know what you need, boy

PETER:
Well, I find
That's so kind
Are you sure that you don't mind?

VOLDEMORT:
Show what you need, boy
PETER:
Well, there's some
Think I'm dumb
And I want to be someone

VOLDEMORT:
Ev'ryone will soon understand
That I will soon reign this land oh so grand

PETER:
Well, that's cool
How you'll rule
But would my friends all be fooled?

VOLDEMORT:
What will you gain
If you refuse me?
I think it's plain that you'll have to choose me

PETER:
Well, I would
If I could
But I'm not sure if it's good

VOLDEMORT gives another laugh, and leans down very close to PETER's face.

VOLDEMORT:
There's no good or bad
There only is power.

I've Got a Theory/Remus/Werewolves Are Bad

To the tune of I've Got a Theory/Bunnies/If We're Together

SCENE: All five of the friends are now in the Order of the Phoenix. LILY and JAMES have invited REMUS, SIRIUS, and PETER to their house so they can discuss who might be this 'spy' that Dumbledore has told them about. PETER and SIRIUS show up, but REMUS does not.

JAMES (spoken):
Hey, where's Remus?

SIRIUS: (spoken):
He's sick. He told me to tell you guys that he really wishes he could have come, but he's got a very bad headache and some other flu sort of things so he decided it was best if he just stayed home and rested.

Nobody notices PETER make furrow his brow and do some thinking. Since PETER is the spy, after all, he can't let his friends figure it out. He came here today to blame it on someone else. And now he's getting ideas on just who to do that on.

LILY: (spoken):
Oh, poor Remus. Isn't the full moon more than two weeks away, though?

JAMES: (spoken):
Yeah. He's usually feeling his best around now, so it's too bad he had to get sick at this time.

LILY: (spoken):
We should go visit him when we're done. See how he's doing.

SIRIUS: (spoken):
He'd probably like that. Just depends if he's feeling all moody.

LILY: (spoken):
Oh, believe me, Sirius. I know how that is.

They all laugh, and PETER realizing he hasn't been in the conversation, quickly joins in the laughter.

JAMES: (spoken):
Right. So anyway, we're here to discuss theories on who spy for Voldemort is. Whoever it is, I say we find out and kill them.

PETER gives a tiny gulp, unnoticed by anyone. LILY looks at JAMES and scowls.

JAMES (spoken):
I mean, not kill, dear, I meant... umm...

LILY: (spoken):
Well first, I say we gather ideas on who it could be, and then we decide our course of action.

SIRIUS: (spoken):
Well I've got an idea, all right...

PETER: (spoken):
What's that?

SIRIUS:
I've got a theory
The spy's Regulus
He's a Death Eater and, well, I really hate him

LILY:
I've got a theory
The spy is Lucius
He's such a piece of crud who only accepts purebloods

SIRIUS, LILY and JAMES:
I've got a theory
We better find out
Or else they clearly will be bringing
All havoc about

JAMES:
It's prob'ly Sev'rus
Yes, it's Snivellus!
And it's so obvious
'Cause you should know why
He would lie, that
Creepy guy must
Be the spy plus
He skulks right by
And I wish he would die

LILY casts a disapproving look at JAMES because he's sounding just as he did in his 5th year.

PETER:
I've got a theory
The spy is Remus

SIRIUS:
You're crazy-

PETER cuts him off in order to carry on with his lie about REMUS. He's excited to make it sound convincing and put the suspicion of himself as far away as possible.

PETER:
Remus is a werewolf, which is a dark dark creature!
He just wants us to think that he's a lovely preacher!
But he's a wolf on the prowl!
What do you think that he is really doing now?
Remus!
Remus!
The spy is Remus!
Come on, it make sense!

LILY:
I don't know where you'd
Get such an idea
He is our friend and
He'd always be loyal to us here

PETER:
But you're not thinking
About the scene clear
Sure he's all 'nice' when the days go through
But full moons, who knows what he can do
And he's one with
Madness within
To make it stop
He could give in

And JAMES and SIRIUS have been convinced.

PETER, JAMES, and SIRIUS:
If offered help with his condition
Remus could go join that dark mission
Werewolves' been bad
For centuries
No good they've had
SIRIUS:
He gave me fleas!

PETER, JAMES, and SIRIUS:
Plus he's so strange
He could be the spy
Might be arrange-
-Ing how we will die
It just might be Remus

LILY: I can't believe this.

PETER (spoken): What? What don't you believe?!

LILY (spoken): You lot! Honestly, Remus the spy? I really doubt it! He could never do that sort of thing, never! I can't believe you all! In fact, I'm even going to visit him right now!

JAMES (spoken): Be my guest, dear.

LILY hesitates.

LILY (spoken): Um, well, maybe a while from now. You know. He might be all moody.

Wish They Would

To the tune of Standing

SCENE: REMUS sits on his couch in his home a week later. Lately, his friends have been acting kind of strange around him. In fact, they rarely bother with him, and when they do, it's never very long. Tired of this behavior, REMUS gets up and starts pacing, wondering what to do about his friends.

REMUS:
Always thought we were the best of friends
And never thought that it might start to end
'Cause we were careless and together anywhere
But now...

They don't talk to me
That much anymore
They'll talk a minute
Then they're out the door
And why's the reason?
Well, I'm not too sure
But I...

I wish they would talk around me
Without those shifty eyes
Wish they would walk to see me
And not ignore my cries
Wish they would stay
Instead of their goodbyes
I don't want this to last

It must have something all to do with me
They must have changed and can't bear to be
Around a person who's such a monstrousity
Like me...

I wish they would care to listen
Right when I need them most
'Cause I've been there to listen
When they needed a boast
And tell me where
Are days when we were close?
'Cause I don't want this to last
I'm just living in the past.

Wish Things Would Change

To the tune ofUnder Your Spell/Standing Reprise

The doorbell rings. REMUS goes to answer it, and is quite shocked to see LILY at the door.

REMUS (spoken):
Um, hi, Lily.

LILY (spoken):
Hi, Remus

pause

Is this a bad time?

REMUS (spoken):
Oh, no, no, I've been doing nothing of anyone's particular interest. Come in.

LILY walks in.

REMUS (spoken):
Do you want a cup of tea or anything?

LILY (spoken):
No. Actually, I came to talk to you about something.

REMUS (spoken):
What?

LILY (spoken):
Well...it involves Voldemort... and Harry.

REMUS (spoken):
Oh, no, Lily, I- what's happening?

LILY:
He's after my son
God, how can this be
That he's after my Harry
'Cause he's the power to
Defeat You-Know-Who
James and I've defied him too
But what do we do?

REMUS:
Well, do we know the reason why
REMUS and LILY:
That people live and that people will die?
And I can't lie

REMUS: (simultaneously with LILY)
Wish I could say the right words
To repay all you've done
Wish I could make things okay
For you, Harry, and James

LILY: (simultaneously with REMUS)
Wish Harry could grow up just happily
And without the threat of death
Wish the Lord won't show up, just leave us be
And I just

REMUS and LILY:
Wish things would change
Wish things would change
Wish things would change
Wish things would change.

REMUS (spoken):
I can't believe this...Lily, I'm so sorry.

LILY (spoken):
I wish all of this wasn't going on.

REMUS (spoken):
So that's what you came to tell me?

LILY (spoken):
Yes. Just thought you should know...

REMUS (spoken):
...considering I barely get to know anything anymore.

There is awkward silence between REMUS and LILY.

REMUS (spoken):
So... how's Harry doing lately? And James and Sirius and Peter?

LILY (spoken):
Fine. Well, actually, I haven't seen Peter too often.

REMUS (spoken):
Hmm....

There is more awkward silence between the two.

REMUS (spoken):
Anyway, you should probably be going. I doubt James wanted you to come here.

LILY (spoken):
Honestly, no. But I did anyway. I can't stand how they've behaving. It's just-

LILY stops speaking abruptly.

REMUS (spoken):
Yes?

LILY: (spoken with not too much confidence)
Nothing. Never mind.

REMUS: (spoken):
No. It is something. Lily, please, what's going on?

LILY (spoken):
I... no... look, I have to go home and take care of Harry. I'll see you some other time, Remus. Bye.

LILY exits the house. REMUS continues to stare at the door long after it has been closed, his brow furrowed.

Do They Even Notice?

To the tune of Dawn's Lament

SCENE: A few weeks later, it is another full moon night, and REMUS has not heard much from any of his friends lately. As well, they normally come over and hang around with him before his transformation, but for the past three days, he has not heard or seen any of them at all. He sighs, and watches the sun set out the window as it steadily turns darker and later into the night.

REMUS:
Do any of them even notice?
Do any of them even care?

The full moon rises, and REMUS begins to transform.

The Secret Keeper

To the tune of Walk Through the Fire

SCENE: It is the night that LILY and JAMES die. Before that moment, however, they are in their house, watching over HARRY, worried, but not expecting anything. PETER has now been made Secret Keeper, but since he is also VOLDEMORT'S spy, he wonders whether or not he should tell VOLDEMORT the location of the POTTERS. Meanwhile, SIRIUS decides he should go check on PETER and see how he's doing. REMUS is alone, again, and now that LILY doesn't really talk with him either, he is convinced that he has no friends anymore.

LILY:
I look at Harry and I smile at him
But I wish things weren't this way
With no death plots, he'd be a normal tot
Happy fam'ly we'd stay

JAMES:
Now for my wife and son I hope
That ev'rything turns out alright
From Voldemort we're stuck with a resort
To hide all day and night

LILY and JAMES:
But we have our Secret Keeper
He wouldn't betray us
He is our Secret Keeper
He wouldn't...

SIRIUS:
I gave my duty to Peter
'Cause ev'rything's strange and grim
The perfect bluff
But still, I've had enough
I should go check on him...

'Cause he is the Secret Keeper
LILY and JAMES:
He wouldn't...
SIRIUS:
Shouldn't
LILY and JAMES, SIRIUS:
Betray us/them
Yes, he is the Secret Keeper
He couldn't...

PETER:
Will I tell of the location?
Or keep it closed information?
Is there one where I will never lose?
Should I be loyal to my friends?
Or just tell or else my life ends?
My future depends on what I choose
So much power
It's a decision that towers
'Cause I am the Secret Keeper

REMUS:
So one by one they turned from me
I guess my "friends" won't trust a beast
LILY:
Who can we trust...
REMUS:
And I've learned fast
That nothing happy lasts
LILY:
Is there anyone?...
REMUS:
Don't live in lies that ceased

In the following section, the JAMES-LILY-SIRIUS-REMUS group sings simultaneously with PETER.

JAMES:
More and more we're feeling safeless
SIRIUS:
He's so weak, Voldemort won't guess
REMUS:
Ev'rything is turning out so dark
LILY:
Will it all just pass by?
SIRIUS:
It should turn out like I worked out
LILY:
Harry, baby, please do not cry
REMUS:
How much longer will I stand alone?
JAMES:
I'll give a fight
If I die, I will be upright

PETER: (simultaneously with JAMES-LILY-SIRIUS-REMUS section)
The time ticks on
Through right and wrong
And my mind's leaning toward a side
Friends think of me
As nothing much, really
It'll prove my friends wrong well
I know I
Will tell...

JAMES, LILY, SIRIUS, and REMUS:
But there is the Secret Keeper
And he knows what to do
So as he's the Secret Keeper
He'll help us/them through
Help us/them through
And stay true
He'll stay true.

PETER slowly walks out of his house and sets out to find VOLDEMORT.

Killing the Potters

To the tune of What You Feel Reprise

SCENE: In a dark alley, PETER finds VOLDEMORT

PETER (spoken):
Hello, my Lord.

VOLDEMORT (spoken):
Hello, Pettigrew. How's the spying going? Have you anymore information?

PETER (spoken):
Yes, I do.

VOLDEMORT (spoken):
Well? What is it?!

PETER hesitates, then speaks with confidence

PETER (spoken):
You can find the Potters at Number 16 Godric's Hollow.

An evil grin passes through VOLDEMORT's face.

VOLDEMORT:
Thank you, Pettigrew
Such a nice thing to do
Telling me just where
Your friends are, I'll stop them there
I will follow this so we'll accord
Soon ev'ryone will
Bow to their Dark Lord
I will rule ahead
Once Harry
Is dead!

VOLDEMORT laughs, then sets out for Godric's Hollow.

What Have I Done?

To the tune of Coda

SCENE: SIRIUS goes to check on PETER, only to find that PETER is gone, and there is no sign of struggle. Immediately, he goes to Godric's Hollow, and sees that LILY and JAMES are dead, their bodies lifeless on the floor.

SIRIUS & LILY and JAMES
I'm at the Potter's and their lives are gone We died
House and bodies destroyed, it's wrong Not very long ago
Just want to run
Oh, God, what have I done? Didn't see it come...

SIRIUS, LILY and JAMES:
How did we end up here?

The Framing

To the tune of The Parking Ticket

SCENE: SIRIUS's next instinct is to go find PETER. He finds him on a busy Muggle street.

SIRIUS (spoken): YOU!!! How DARE you!! How COULD you?!?!

PETER:
Well, well, Sirius, here we meet
On this crowded, Muggle filled, long street
And how could you betray
You dear best friends Lily and James?
I'm shocked and don't know what to say!
Except I'm giving you a frame...
I mean, uh, well, kaboom!

PETER puts his wand behind his back and blows up the street.

My finger and the street are ruined!

He pulls out a pocket knife and cuts off his index finger.

I think I'll run now while I can|
Oh, and have fun in Azkaban...

PETER gives an evil smile, transforms into a rat, and speeds down the sewer. SIRIUS' jaw drops in a mix of frustration and shock. Not long after, wizards from the Magical Law Enforcement Squad arrive.

MUGGLE (spoken):
That's right. That man right there. He blew up the street and killed all those people.

MAGICAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SQUAD WIZARD (spoken):
That's all we need to hear.

Many Magical Law Enforcment Squad wizards go and grab SIRIUS.

MAGICAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SQUAD WIZARD (spoken):
We're taking you down to Azkaban.

SIRIUS begins laughing, unable to believe that he's really going to Azkaban because he's just been framed by PETER, something he never would have believed PETER capable of.

SIRIUS (spoken):
Really?

MAGICAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SQUAD WIZARD (spoken):
Yes.

SIRIUS (spoken):
Are you serious?!?

MAGICAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SQUAD WIZARD (spoken):
Yes.

SIRIUS is taken down to Azkaban, laughing all the way there.

Track You Down

To the tune of Rest In Peace

SCENE: SIRIUS sits in his prison cell uncontently. He stares at the dirty brick wall thinking about the events that went on recently, and is still unable to believe that LILY and JAMES are dead and he's been framed and in Azkaban because PETER betrayed them all, which was because SIRIUS gave PETER the role of Secret Keeper. He vows to himself that he will find PETER and kill him

SIRIUS:
They died
Not all that long ago
And I still can't believe
So it's hard to grieve
And I'm just in a total shock
'Cause I wouldn't think so
Mmm-nnn..

. And you
Were not much of a threat
We all thought you were powerless
So how could we expect
You to fake and make me make
A really big mistake

I thought It was the perfect plan
And nobody would mess it up
'Cause nobody can
But who could see the way you'd be
And mess things all around
So I will track you down

I will track you down
Won't stop 'til I've found
The one who gave me his ruddy blame
And then he got me framed
Think you'll get far 'cause you've lied
But there's nowhere for you to hide
'Cause I will track you down

You know
You are such a rat
And when we got animal forms
Why couldn't I see that?
But now I do, I know what's true
And I'll follow this through
That I will track you down

I wish
I could say
To Remus that I
Didn't make them die
'Cause it all was you
You were the spy
Bet he thinks of me
As a murdrin' guy
And I want so much
Just to explain why
That I thought he
Was the baddie
And so I sigh

And I will track you down
Won't stop 'til I've found
The one who gave me his ruddy blame
And then he got me framed
Think you'll get far 'cause you've lied
But there's nowhere for you to hide
I will track you down
I'll get out
I will track you down.

How Did We End Up Here?

To the tune of Where Do We Go From Here?

SCENE: Fourteen years from SIRIUS' first year in prison, all four of the MARAUDERS suddenly start reflecting about how everything changed within their friendship that resulted in where they are. JAMES is dead. PETER is a Death Eater. REMUS is an ex-professor and fighter in the Order of the Phoenix. SIRIUS is... somewhere.

REMUS and PETER:
How did we end up here?
SIRIUS and JAMES:
How did we end up here?
REMUS, PETER, SIRIUS, and JAMES:
And in our year
When we had no fear
Could we guess it'd soon appear?
How did we end up here?

REMUS, PETER, and SIRIUS:
James, our leader, is dead
There's son, Harry, instead
REMUS, PETER, and JAMES:
Sirius, he's our bright dog star
But we don't know where you are
REMUS:
Tell me
REMUS, PETER, SIRIUS, and JAMES:
Why did we end up here?

PETER, SIRIUS, and JAMES:
Remus went on to teach
But has no job to keep
REMUS, SIRIUS, and JAMES:
And Peter spied, lied, became Death Eater
And he brought us our defeat
He's why we ended here

PETER:
I'm why we ended here...

REMUS, PETER, SIRIUS, and JAMES:
That's how we ended here.


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