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The debate goes;

>>jazmyn at pacificpuma.com writes:

One wonders if in fact, Peter needed help transforming back FROM a rat and 
got stuck for 14 years till Lupin and Sirius transformed him back?  Explains 
Treelawny's 'chained' prediction thing<<

>>Snuffles responds;

oooOOOOoooo...

this is an interesting thought....

But, if he could transform as he did after killing all those muggles, 
wouldn't he be able to transform back to human form??

I really likethe idea though, since he stayed all those years as a rat 
without once, to our knowledge transforming to human before Sirius and Lupin 
force the transformation.... >>

Pettigrew used his wand to blast the street open and kill the bystanders, 
then used it to transform and left it behind. Sirius can transform without a 
wand. Perhaps Peter can't. He didn't have a wand when Sirius and Remus 
changed him back. (He stole Remus's after Remus dropped it when he 
transformed and Sirius drove him into the forest.)

Plus, we haven't seen him take that form since. Not that that is conclusive 
evidence of anything. There hasn't exactly been a reason to, and with Nagini 
prowling about, he had good reason *not* to.

-JOdel