Why Peter was at Hagrid's (was Dishwashers , Puppy hunts , etc.)

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 39898

Pippin wrote:

>Probably the only reason Pettigrew remained
>hiding in Hagrid's hut after faking his death again was that he
>couldn't  get past the Dementors or didn't dare to try.  Being an
>animagus was no protection from them, since they can drain the
>magic from a wizard if there are enough of them. It only works for
>Sirius because he knows, with doggish purity of heart, that he is
>innocent. Pettigrew knows no such thing. But all Pettigrew has to
>do is wait until Harry goes home again and the Dementor
>guards will leave. He came within a week  of succeeding. He
>was discovered only by accident, when Hermione broke the jug.

A problem with this solution is that Peter knows how to get past the 
Whomping Willow.  He could easily evade the Dementors entirely, escape to 
Hogsmeade through the Shrieking Shack, and ingratiate himself into a family 
there, or for that matter go on to any place he likes.  Hmmm . . . how's 
this?  He's been hanging around the general Hogwarts/Hogsmeade area for the 
same reason he worm(tail)ed his way into the Weasley family:  to keep an ear 
out for doings in the WW.  When he hears about a meeting between Fudge and 
Dumbledore such as is going to occur that night, he wants to listen in.  
It's just the kind of conversation where (he imagines, possibly wrongly) 
he's likely to hear any scuttlebutt about Voldemort and, more importantly at 
the moment, Sirius.

I also don't think there is any reason to imagine that Peter has been at 
Hagrid's for months.  More likely, he has been skulking around the Forest, 
but invading Hagrid's for the same reason a regular rat would:  human 
habitation is where the food is.  He knows that it's a place Ron & Co. visit 
often, but he had every reason to think he was safe from them in the 
evening.  (When they come to Hagrid's that time, they're out of bounds.)

Amy Z

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