AN: Two years later and I'm finally updating.

Disclaimer: Don't even ask if I own it (I don't know).

Death Before Dinner: With the Rats

Danielle inhaled sharply and deeply after the compression of Apparition. She blinked and looked around as Sirius released her arm. "Where is he?" Sirius muttered, moving his feet, walking slowly forward, very conscious of his surroundings.

"Peter?" said Danielle. If she could find Peter and talk to him before Sirius did, she would figure out what this was all about. On the other hand, with the way Sirius was acting, she was not sure she wanted to know what was going on. If she reacted the same way Sirius had, Peter was in deep trouble.

"Peter!" Sirius shouted. Peter turned. His hair was mousey and unruly as always. He looked nervous and twitchy, which was not too far out of the ordinary for him.

"S-Sirius. D-Danielle. Wh-what's happened? What's the matter?"

"You're what's the matter Peter," said Sirius, completely disregarding the Muggles standing all around them.

"Sirius what are you going on about? What's he done that's so wrong?"

"He gave them up!" Sirius whirled around to face Danielle, looking very different than she had ever seen him.

"He can't have!" she said, looking at Sirius. "You Sirius, you were their…no, no you didn't." But he must have. Even as she tried to deny it to herself, it all made perfect sense. If Sirius had been Lily and James's Secret Keeper, and Voldemort had found them, then he must have been the one who told him. Sirius had come with Danielle outside.

"Danielle it isn't like that," said Sirius, approaching her.

"Don't!" she yelled, putting her hands up in defense.

"You have to -," he began, but she wouldn't hear it. He put his hands on her shoulders trying to stop her from backing further away.

"Back up!" said Danielle, now starting to sound hysterical, even to herself. She put both her hands on one of his arms and pushed him away. Even as she did it, her hands burnt his jacket. He stepped back with a yell, alarmed and in pain. People were staring, and had probably been for the last minute or so. "You gave them up! You led him to Lily and James."

"You've got it wrong," Sirius told her, his hand on his arm where he had been burnt.

"SHUT UP!" she said, "It's your fault and you're trying to pin it on Peter! You're trying to save yourself."

"Would you listen to yourself? Why would I have done that? We switched at the last moment Danielle. You can't believe I would give them up like that." She just looked at him. "Check." She knew what he meant, and before she did anything serious that she would regret, she decided to make sure.

Most of the Order knew Occlumency, which was very useful, and if Sirius was trying to get her to 'check' his honesty, she assumed he wouldn't use it. If he did, she would be able to tell, which would prove there was something to hide. Dumbledore had taught her, upon her request, how to perform Occlumency's reverse, Legilemency, and she was good at it.

She did check, saw a blur of shapes, Sirius, his mother, his little brother, James, Lily, herself, and then Peter. It had been a shock to him to find out about Lily and James, though it had only happened an hour ago. He couldn't have known about it. "Sirius," her voice was barely a whisper. She was so guilty, so shocked that Peter could have done what she knew he must have. "Wow," again a whisper then "Peter!" nearly a shout as she remembered he was there.

She could see a small shiny something in his hand. "Peter don't." she said, knowing what he was going to do. He ignored her and she heard his scream as she watched him draw his wand, and put it behind his back. "No Peter!" He was going to fake it, she could tell…

BANG!

A huge blast went off behind Peter, tearing the street apart for fifty feet in all directions of him. Danielle and Sirius saw him transform and he scurried underground with the rats.

AN: I don't know if you guys like it or what. I guess I think it's ok…again I don't know. My only thing is that I know I ramble on too much and I think it's annoying but as I say I can't really judge my own writing.

I don't really know if this is considered complete. As of right now it is, but I could have it go on to follow Sirius and Danielle after this whole business, like her visiting him and stuff…shut up brain shut up!. Tell me what you guys think or want or whatever…

(Do excuse any typos, I can fix those but for now, my fingers are stupid and I can barely read my screen…hehe.)

Also one last thing Legilemency and Occlumency, I'm not too sure if those are spelled right and I don't feel like checking my book to find out so if someone awesome wants to check and tell me I'm right or wrong then that person would be awesome….