The Marauders' Map and Pettigrew

[Grey Wolf]

No: HPFGUIDX 45116

Cyndy wrote:
> 
> > I would like to know why Snape didn't realize Peter was on the map, 
> > and why he didn't believe the kids when they told him -- or tried 
> > to tell him -- Peter was Scabbers.

Marina wrote:
> By the time Snape saw the map, Peter was no longer on it -- the map
> only shows what's going on in Hogwarts, and Peter was in the
> Shrieking Shack by then.
> 
> Marina

Another possible explanation (in league with the thoughts of MAGIC 
DISHWASHER) is that Snape knew all along that Scabbers was, in fact, 
Peter Pettigrew, but had been ordered by Dumbledore to help him escape 
so he could help Voldemort to resurrect (and, as a minor by-product, 
make him mortal enough to be killed). This scenatio is much easier is 
Snape *looks* as if he doesn't know that the rat is important (or else 
hew would have to do something about it). Read's Pip's starting post of 
MAGIC DISHWASHER (39662, at that point called the spy game) to see the 
original thoery.

Also, IIRC, it was later modified to say that Snape had been ordered to 
let "a Voldemort follower" escape, and at that point, for Snape, it 
meant any of the three surviving marauders (in fact, the three of them 
manage to escape during the next few chapters: Peter runs away, Black 
gets a handy hippogrif and Lupin leaves the school after careful 
rumours planted by -who else!- Snape. Although many evidence point 
towards Dumbledore being sure of Black's loyalty, he didn't want to 
risk it. In MAGIC DISHWASHER theory it's important that the follower 
that offered flesh for the resurrection had a life-debt with Harry, and 
both Sirius and Peter have it).

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf