Pettigrew/random thoughts

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No: HPFGUIDX 10663

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Carole Estes" <lrcjestes at e...> 
.
> I have a question about that curse.  If it was powerful enough to 
kill 12
> muggles at a fair distance, why weren't Pettigrew and Black killed 
by it.
> Was it a curse that would only kill muggles?  Even if it was 
directed away
> from them, you would think something with that much energy would 
impact the
> people closest to the origin of the curse.  I always got the 
impression that
> Black and Pettigrew were standing rather close to one another at 
that point.
> I guess Pettigrew blocked the curse from impacting Black, as the 
curse was
> thrown behind Pettigrew's back, but  he  would have had to
transform 
at the
> moment the curse was uttered in order to prevent it from harming
> himself...hmmmm. Any ideas?

> Carole


>From what Sirius says in PoA, he and Peter are facing each other. 
Peter yells an accusation that Sirius killed James and Lily. Peter
had his wand pointing behind him and zapped those people. So the curse
was directed away from Peter and Sirius, but came from a direction 
that would really implicate Sirius.

People      <---A----  Peter          Sirius
                                <----B----

A = direction of Peter's wand during duel
B= direction of Sirius' wand during duel