Scabbers at Hagrid's: (was Finding Voldemort)

[davewitley]

No: HPFGUIDX 40406

Elkins wrote:

> I have always believed that, no matter what Sirius implies in the 
> Shrieking Shack, Pettigrew would never have returned to Voldemort 
had 
> his masquerade not been uncovered in PoA.  He returns only because 
he 
> believes that he is now a hunted rat, and that Voldemort's 
protection 
> is therefore likely his only chance for survival or safety.

Me too, and this reminds me: we had a thread a few days ago asking 
why Pettigrew hid in Hagrid's hut, and I meant to contribute.  
Somebody pointed out that it's a dead spot on the Marauder's Map, so 
the only issue is, why hang around at Hogwarts?

I had always assumed that at this point all PP is trying to do is get 
away from Sirius.  He is hoping - expecting? - that the MOM will 
catch up with Sirius and he will be Kissed.  Then he can miraculously 
have survived, and go back to Ron.  Crookshanks is still a problem 
but in fact PP never really seems to have had any difficulty evading 
him.

Once he is exposed, as Elkins says, everything changes.  He is a 
target for both sides.  Of the DEs, only Voldemort himself knows that 
his defeat is not Pettigrew's fault.
> 

> But how did he manage to find Voldemort so quickly?
> 
> David touched on this issue a few days ago, when he wrote (in 
regard 
> to the Spying Game Theory's claim that a number of the DEs really 
are 
> loyal to Voldemort):
> 
MAGIC DISHWASHERS all gone a bit quiet, hm?

David, who agrees with Elkins that public expressions of loyalty, 
however futile, are way more important to Voldemort than winning the 
war