Lily and James' death

[Ellimist15 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 5343

(After zsenya's Priori Incantatem thread)

I've been thinking a lot about Lily and James' deaths recently, and I've come 
to a conclusion. Well, at least a conclusion that I'm satisfied with.

According to what we heard during our "Dealings with Dementors", James died 
trying to protect Harry and Lily. Why wouldn't his love for his family save 
them both? If Lily could save Harry by dying for him, wouldn't James' death 
have the same effect? Then I remembered the order of the "echoes" in the 
Priori Incantatem chapter, and my ideas of the timeline snapped into place.

1. James tries to save Lily and Harry, and is blasted out of the way by 
Voldemort. He isn't dead, but he isn't going anywhere, either.

2. Voldy curses Lily with Aveda Kedavra.

3. Voldy attempts to curse Harry, but fails. He becomes a bodyless evil 
spirit.

4. A death eater (probably Pettigrew) that happens to be hanging out with 
Voldy at the time finishes off James with Voldy's wand. 

5. Pettigrew gets control of Voldy's wand. He uses his own in the 
confrontation with Sirius, but takes Voldy's with him when he transforms. He 
leaves behind a finger and his robes.

6. Pettigrew briefly transforms back into human form to stash the wand 
somewhere -- probably at the Weasley's -- and steal some clothes. Again, 
probably Arthur's. Bill and Charlie were probably in their mid-teens at the 
time according to my messed-up timeline.

Years later...

7. Pettigrew is revealed to be an animagus. He escapes, infiltrates the 
Weasley home (while Harry isn't there, obviously), and gets Voldy's wand 
back. He goes off to Albania and meets up with Bertha, then takes her to 
Voldemort. The rest is history.

Any other ideas? Please let me know if you see any flaws in my reasoning! 

Ellie