Direction of Pettigrew's spell

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 10900

Monika Zaboklicka wrote:

> That's what I see in the eyes of my weird imgaination:
> Sirius notices Peter in a crowded street when they are some 20 meters from
> each other and calls him. Pettigrew turns round, recognizes Sirius, turns
> white and shouts that Black betrayed the Potters. Sirius, blind with fury,
> reaches for his wand but his hands tremble with anger so much that he can't
> take it out of his pocket. Petigrew casts his spell - not Avada Kevadra,
> some other spell - huge ball of orange light moves torwards Sirius, it tears
> the street open like an eartquake, killing people and speading havoc.
> Pettigrew turns into a rat immediately after casting the spell and escapes,
> Sirius manages to take his wand out of his pocket at last and anihilates the
> ball of light when it's just a couple of feet away from him.

But didn't it say someplace that Pettigrew cast the spell behind him, so it
would look like it came from Sirius' wand? Anyone behind him who saw this would
have been killed, and the witnesses on other sides would think Sirius did it. So
he didn't cast anything toward Sirius at all. He was trying for cover, not to
get Sirius.

--Amanda