Scabbers

[Melissa Smith]

No: HPFGUIDX 19794

Well, this is my first post, and I may have this
theory totally wrong, but I think I have an idea as
how the twins overlooked Peter on the map.

When we see that Ron has Scabbers, it doesn't say that
he JUST got him- I assumed he had owned him for a
while. So picture Percy owning the rat, he gives him
to Ron sometime before Fred and George get to
Hogwarts.  The two of them find the map, figue out how
to use it, and memorize the passageways.  They don't
really care about the fact that it can locate people,
otherwise, they wouldn't have given it to Harry.  By
the time Ron gets to school with Scabbers, the twins
are barely using the map, and if they do, they
probably don't look at where Ron is- he barely knows
his way around as a first year.  Map is given to
Harry, but Harry has never heard of Peter and just
assumes it is a student.  Remember, he only used the
map a few times, mostly at night.  Before he can
notice anything suspicious about Moody, it gets taken
away.

I think that explains a lot, even if it doesn't, it
was an idea that I had floating around.

Melissa


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