How To Kill Peter

[dicentra_spectabilis_alba]

No: HPFGUIDX 35030

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "jklb66" <jklb66 at y...> wrote:
> 
> > Marina wrote (about Peter and Avada Kedavra):
> > 
> > > And while we're on that topic -- what were Lupin and Black 
> planning 
> > > to cast on Peter in the Shrieking Shack before Harry stopped 
> them?  
> > > Were they actually going to AK the guy, or are there some 
> > forgivable 
> > > killing curses out there?
> > > 
> 
> The AK is an unforgivable curse BECAUSE it kills someone, so no, they 
> aren't any "forgivable killing curses."  And yes, Remus and Sirius 
> were going to AK Peter.  Would they have faced life sentences in 
> Azkaban for doing it? Absolutely.  Did they care?  No.  Their hatred 
> of Peter was so great that it probably seemed a fair trade.  It makes 
> it all the more meaningful what Harry does then.  He stops them from 
> killing Peter, not to save Peter, but to save Remus and Sirius.
> 
> Even if there was some spell (other than AK) they could have used to 
> kill him, it would still be murder and I'm sure the MoM would treat 
> it the same.  Now, maybe the jury would refuse to convict (given the 
> circumstances) but that's another issue.
> 
> The real question is, how was Harry going to kill Sirius?  He doesn't 
> learn about AK until 4th year.

I think that accounts for Harry's hesitation, at least in part.  He
couldn't kill Sirius, but he could probably blast him good (although
which spell he was going to use I don't know. Maybe he didn't either).
 I'm guessing he cornered Sirius and pointed his wand at him more out
of rage than anything.  Probably hadn't thought it through, and when
Sirius says "So, you're going to kill me, are you Harry?" it occured
to him that he didn't exactly know how but he wasn't going to back
down so easily.

--Dicentra, who is glad Harry didn't have the guts/knowledge to kill him