[HPforGrownups] Re: More on Snape, Pettigrew and Spying (post-Voldy)

[ksnidget at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 42311

Inge owled to the list

>Its not that I wish to stand out as the fool here - but I STILL don't 
>understand why Pettigrew would have reason to fear the DE's.
>
>Jodel explained:
>
>--- In HPforGrownups at y..., jodel at a... wrote:
>
><<<Pettigrew was on the run from both sides once it turned out that 
>he had led 
>Voldemort into a trap. (The DE's do not tolerate mistakes which 
>"inconvenience" them.)>>>
>
>What trap? Pettigrew had no way of knowing that Voldemort would fail 
>that night. The DE's must have known that it wasn't Pettigrew's fault 
>that things went wrong. Why would they be after him instead of help 
>hide and protect him after Sirius was sent to Azkaban?
>
>Well - maybe it's just me - but I just don't get it.

Perhaps the only person who *knew* what the info Peter gave
Voldemort was Peter and Voldemort.

It wouldn't surprise me if the DE's either knew or suspected that
they had a spy in the ranks.  After all they would put someone in
close to Dumbledore to spy on him and his people...surely they
suspected the reverse could be true.

Now imagine youre a suspicious type.  Someone who should have
some loyalty to the other side turns traitor for your side.  Someone
you haven't felt all that eager to trust, yet or if ever.

He gives info to your side, info that leads to the downfall of
the supposedly invincible leader.   A downfall that doesn't
let you talk to the leader to find out if he was double-crossed,
or if it was an unfortunate accident.  Something that there
was no way your little spy could have known or prevented.

No one really knew what happened there.  It makes some 
sense for the DE's to wonder if Peter led Voldemort into
a trap.

Heck, Peter being a rat may have gone to one of the DE's houses
snuck in (he's supposed to be dead after all) and overhears
them talking about him.  About how they are glad the little
so and so got himself offed by Sirius.  Saves them the hassle
of tracking him down and forcing a confession out of him to 
decide whether to kill him or not.

Or just as likely them being put out that Sirius killed him before
they got a chance to torture whatever truth they wanted out of
him.  

Realizing that they A) aren't going to hide him B) will probably
torture him.  After all, if he is the only witness they have to 
Voldemort's downfall I doubt they would ask him for details politely
over tea and cake.  No he was gonna have to tell them what
happened from the wrong end of a wand, painfully.  Probably
even if they thought he didn't do anything wrong.  We *are* talking
about Death Eaters here and who thinks that they would handle
their grieving process in a healthy and non-violent way.


Ksnidget