Nearly everyone in the ministry had heard of the island, but none of them knew where it was. It seemed that the Fidelius Charm that had been designed to hide Lily and James was keeping the whole island secret, and that meant that only one person knew where it was: Peter Pettigrew. Without the map that McGonagall had received from him years ago, she would have been unable to tell them herself, even if they knew she had once held the secret through the map.
Luckily, Pettigrew had been unable to escape the cages of the Order, meaning that Arthur knew exactly where to go to find him.
Now all he had to do was find Minerva McGonagall.
~*~
It took almost four hours, but Arthur Weasley finally found himself on his way from Hogwarts, having finally tracked the new Headmistress to a small cottage near Loch Ness. She was one of the few magical people who lived around the loch.
Arthur Apparated on the doorstep of McGonagall's cottage and knocked. Tonks and Kingsley appeared behind him as the door opened.
Minerva was dressed in a pair of tartan robes charmed against the chill.
"Yes, Arthur?"
"We need to talk to Pettigrew," Kingsley said, smiling at her. "You know where he is?"
"Of course. Come in." McGonagall let the three into the small, modest cottage and shut the door behind him. "Would you like some tea?"
"Please." Tonks smiled at McGonagall's pursed lips.
"Have a seat," the crisp professor said, pointing them towards the living room. Three armchairs sat in front of a fire, all looking quite comfortable.
After a few minutes, McGonagall returned with four cups of tea and a tray of biscuits.
"When you've finished your tea, I'll take you down to where Remus and Mad-Eye placed him. We didn't tell you we'd caught Pettigrew because we were waiting for the next meeting to tell everyone." McGonagall sat down in the last seat and looked at Arthur, who was still standing. "Feel free to conjure another chair if you wish, Arthur," she said, then took a sip of tea.
Arthur smiled and pulled out his wand.
~*~
Professor McGonagall opened a door in the wall that hadn't been there before. She held her wand aloft and muttered something that no one else caught. The passageway lit up and revealed seemingly endless stairs.
"Follow me."
McGonagall started off down the stairs, the other three following her.
~*~
It took almost a quarter of an hour to reach the bottom. When they finally stepped off the stairs, the room they entered was flooded with light. In the very centre, enclosed by a magical warding cage, Pettigrew laid, staring at the ceiling. He didn't even twitch when the light flared.
"Pettigrew," Arthur called, and Wormtail's head rolled around to look at him, then up at the ceiling.
"If you tell me where Godric's Hollow is, we'll let you go."
McGonagall twitched. "You most certainly will not! He is a prisoner, and will be kept as such!"
Wormtail was looking between Arthur and McGonagall. "Why do you want to know?"
"Harry has gone missing. We think he's going to Godric's Hollow and we need to know where he is."
Wormtail looked back at the ceiling. "I don't believe you."
"That we'll let you go, or that Harry's missing?" Arthur conjured a chair and sat down, while Tonks and Kingsley spread out around the room.
"Potter could be missing," Wormtail muttered, "but I don't believe you'd let me go. Make the Unbreakable Vow and I'll tell you."
Arthur pushed his glasses up his nose. "I can't do that. If I make the Unbreakable Vow, saying I'd let you go, I'd have to let you go every time we meet. That wouldn't be very wise when we cross paths on the battlefield."
Wormtail chewed his lip. "Fine. Let me go and I'll tell you where Godric's Hollow is."
Arthur nodded to Tonks. Tonks Stunned McGonagall and Levitated the professor into the stairwell, out of harm's way. Kingsley collapsed the cage around Pettigrew.
"Tell me where Godric's Hollow is," Arthur said, staring at Wormtail.
Wormtail looked around the room at Kingsley and Tonks, then transformed into a rat, and ran for the stairs.
Arthur, Tonks and Kingsley smiled and watched Wormtail run for the only exit. There was a soft thud as Wormtail ran into the anti-Animagus wards. The rat fell to the ground, stunned by the blow. Arthur pointed his wand at Pettigrew as the man was lying there, staring at the ceiling again.
"That must have hurt. Tell us where Godric's Hollow is, and we'll collapse those wards, too." Kingsley handed Arthur his wand and crouched beside Pettigrew.
Pettigrew whimpered something. Kingsley smiled.
"Good man."
Kingsley clapped Wormtail on the shoulder and stood up. He retrieved his wand from Arthur and cast Ennervate at McGonagall. The Professor sat up and rubbed the back of her head where it had hit the wall.
"Did it work?"
"Apparently," Arthur said, then he looked at Kingsley. "What did he tell you?"
"South of Dublin, an hour's boat ride."
Arthur smiled at Wormtail, who whimpered, "You said you'd let me go!"
"We will. Eventually." Tonks pointed her wand at him.
Wormtail flew into the centre of the room, to be enclosed in a box of wards again. He simply sat and glared at the four of them as they climbed the stairs and the lights went out.
~*~
Up on the surface, back in McGonagall's cottage, the four sat around, drinking another round of tea.
"How much should we trust Wormtail?" Tonks asked, looking at Kingsley.
"He was too stunned to lie. I used Legimency to see into his mind. He was telling the truth." Kingsley took a sip of tea and put the cup down. "I think we should go."
Arthur nodded. "Are you alright, Minerva?"
McGonagall rubbed her head, but smiled at Arthur. "Just fine, Arthur."
Arthur stood and put his cup down. "Thank you for the tea and the consult, Minerva."