Pettigrew's debt to Harry

dembeldei ajl at hanson.net
Thu Aug 1 02:58:54 UTC 2002


No: HPFGUIDX 41964

Monica said: "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."


I've always surmised that it might be key that Voldemort was 
resurrected from the combination of Harry's blood and Peter's flesh, 
not realizing that Peter was in debt to Harry! 
I am interested in seeing how this plays out (will V. or his magic 
self combust when it hits this paradox, etc.?)

Dembeldei






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