Pettigrews debt to Harry

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 41959

Monica wrote:

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "moviedrop1" <MovieDrop1 at a...> wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone else has wondered about how Pettigrew 
will 
> pay Harry back for Harry not letting Sirius and Lupin kill him. In 
the 
> Scholastic version pg. 427 Dumbledore says "This is magic at it's 
> deepest, its most impenetrable, Harry. But trust me... the time may 
> come when you will be very glad you saved Pettigrew's life." I 
think 
> this means that Pettigrew is going to save Harry's life, but I 
wonder 
> what will cause him to do this since he did nothing to help Harry 
when 
> they were in the grave yard. Do you think that Voldermort will get 
rid 
> of Pettigrew now that he is powerful again? I think what Dumbldore 
was 
> saying is a foreshadowing to Pettigrew repaying his debt to Harry 
and 
> maybe he will die trying. Anyone else have any thought on this? 
Maybe 
> this has been discussed before but I am new and did not see 
anything 
> else on this.
>                    -Monica
>              Happy Birthday Harry!



First, don't ever be afraid to bring up a topic because it may have 
been covered before. I for one would just give up if I believed every 
topic has been covered completely. You might spur a discussion that 
leads us to another direction, and hey, rehashing old stuff can be 
fun too.

OK, to your topic:

Debts are funny things. Let's take Snape.

His sense of honor, and I do believe he has one, whether I agree with 
it or not, insists to him that he try to protect Harry. This is 
blatant in SS/PS and even in PoA, you get the feeling he's still 
looking out for our little hero when he gripes at him for sneaking 
off to Hogsmeade.

But this debt does not extend to treating Harry with any respect or 
decency. 

It is possible that Pettigrew did try to save Harry. He tried to 
convince V-Mort to use another wizard for his resurrection ritual. He 
failed, but apparently V-Mort didn't grasp entirely what was behind 
Wormtail's reservations (I believe he'd have killed Wormtail on the 
spot had he figured it out.)

My guess is that Pettigrew will try to do something in the future, 
but I'm not sure it will be so dramatic as throwing himself in front 
of an AK blast. 

Or maybe it will. At this point, I have no clue how this series will 
end, and who will die and who will live. My heart tells me I want 
Harry to live but my brain tells me it would be a dynamite ending to 
a story to have -- and I can't take credit for this; a poster whose 
name I can't remember suggested it -- Hermione and Ron looking at the 
Mirror of Erised and seeing their lost friend Harry.

Darrin
-- If I knew the ending, I'd not buy the books.