Some Thoughts On Some Stuff, etc.

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 45881

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., jodel at a... wrote:

> 
> I think that James and his friends went back far enough and 
were such a  closely-knit group that, at the time, it didn't occur to 
either James or  Lupin that the spy was one of themselves. I 
think that they were more inclined to suspect other members of 
Dumbledore's organization, with whom  they worked closely. 
Sirius, however, later admits that he had suspected 
> Lupin. <<<

I think, from Snape's reaction to the Marauder's Map, that Snape 
knew  and had reported to Dumbledore that Voldemort had an 
agent he called "Wormtail" as he does in the graveyard scene. It 
would be just like Peter to engage in a double-bluff, using his 
own secret name as a disguise. 

If  Dumbledore shared this information with James, it could 
account for James' certainty that one of his close friends was  
working for Voldemort. In my unpopular opinion <g>, James had 
perfectly valid reasons for suspecting Lupin. His mistake lay in 
thinking that Voldemort had corrupted only one of his old pals. 

Either Pettigrew or possibly Lupin (if Lupin secretly took his 
potion) could have sicced the Dementors on Sirius the night of 
the Shrieking Shack. It seems likely that skilled wizards can 
communicate with the Dementors telepathically, as the 
Dementors must communicate this way among themselves. In 
that case either Peter or Evil!Lupin  could have told them where 
Sirius was without assuming a human form.  

Pippin