Laughing Sirius/Peter's wand

[IAmLordCassandra at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 34374

In a message dated 1/31/2002 12:45:34 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
djdwjt at aol.com writes:


> > I never was quite sure -- maybe I missed the explanation in the 
> book -- why 
> > Sirius was laughing hysterically after Peter blew up the street 
> full of 
> > Muggles and turned into a rat. Anyone know?
> 
> 

Debbie: 

I've wondered that myself, didn't find any answer in the books 
(though that's no guarantee there's not one there) and concluded on 
my own that Pettigrew must have put an Imperius curse on him.  After 
all, if you're going to frame someone, why not pull out all the stops 
and make him appear really heinous?  Though he didn't have much time 
to (i) blow up the street, (ii) make Sirius laugh, (iii) say "Sirius, 
how could you?", (iv) cut off his finger, and (v) transform and 
escape.  Pettigrew seemed kind of slow to pull of all that off at 
once, or to have plotted it all out in advance.>>>

My first thought was that he put a Cheering Charm on Sirius. That would make 
anyone laugh ^^. Here's another question though: What happened to Pettigrew's 
wand after he transformed? I think that little rat would look suspicious 
dragging it down into the sewers. Did it float down there? Did someone pick 
it up? And where is it now? He certainly didn't have it when he was with the 
Weasleys.  

Whatever happened to it, I doubt the Ministry got hold of it. If they did, 
they could've just used that reverse spell spell and they'd know Peter blew 
up the street. Come to think of it, why didn't they do that to Sirius? Then 
again, they were pretty unfair to him...

~Cassie~ 


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