Scabbers at Hagrid's

[Cindy C.]

No: HPFGUIDX 29074

Megan wrote:

>Why couldn't [Scabbers] hide in Hogwarts kitchens (much closer, less
> risk because now he wouldn't have to cross the lawn to Hagrid's,
> avoiding predator owls?

Being in the house kitchens sounds like a dangerous place to hide.  
The house elves are magical creatures.  They probably have the power 
to dispose of pests like rats with the wave of a hand.

Hagrid's house, on the other hand, doesn't sound like the kind of 
place that gets a thorough scrubbing very often and has lots of 
places to lurk. 


Meagan again:

>Does this imply
> that Pettigrew knows secret ratly passages through & out of Hogwarts
> no one else knows about?).


Probably not.  He can probably just skulk around like rats do.  Also, 
we know from GoF that Peter can communicate with his little rat 
buddies, so they probably tipped him off on the safest passage from 
the castle to Hagrid's hut.
 
> -Megan, wondering if anyone else was annoyed as she when all of
> sudden, in GOF, they start using "Wormtail" instead of Pettigrew.

Oh, no.  I like the fact that Wormtail/Pettigrew/Scabbers has so many 
identities.  First, if anyone overhears a DE refer to "Wormtail", 
they won't necessarily learn that Peter is still alive.  Also, it 
seems logical that Voldemort would call him Wormtail, which is a 
rather nasty name.

Cindy