"You don't understand." None of the venom had left Sirius's voice. "It was my idea. It was all my idea. James wanted it to be me. He wanted me to be Secret Keeper and I would have done it. I would have done anything for him but I thought- I thought if Peter was the one they would go after me, kill me, and have no idea that Peter..." He'd thought it was Remus but he couldn't be more wrong. How could he be so blind?

"And then when I finally cornered him he was too fast. Blew up the whole street." He still remembered that moment. Surrounded by pieces of bodies, Peter's laughter still ringing in his ears (or was that his imagination?), realizing what had happened and...