Scabbers at Hogwarts

[jodel at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 46619

Sudden thought;

Do we have ANY canon evidence that says Percy did NOT also take Scabbers to 
Hogwarts? Any at all?

He did not take him *Ron's* first year, since he had just gotten a new owl as 
a perk for being chosen as a Prefect. (I also interpret the cat OR owl OR 
toad line as simply meaning that a child may bring only ONE pet.)

Because Ron's phrasing certainly makes him sound like anoither piece of 
second-hand school equipment along with Bill's old robes and Charlie's old 
wand. And if this is the case, Ron was only just was given responsibility for 
Scabbers. Up to that summer he was Percy's pet. If he was giving sleep 
training to anyone it would have been Percy.

I also believe that Pettigrew deliberately chose to batten on the Weasleys 
since Arthur's Ministry job and tendency to discuss everything with Molly 
would give him a link to all the news. If circumstances had ever indicated 
that it was safe to break cover and take up a new life under an assumed name, 
he would have been out of there. But unless it was a sure thing, he wasn't 
budging. And he was fairly comfortable as a rat, so long as he avioded the 
twins.

And he certainly knew Percy well enough to be of help in misleading him with 
bogus Crouch instructions.

-JOdel