Pettigrew WAS: Harry/Voldemort showdown in 2 years

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Donna" <deemarie1a at y...> 
wrote:
> Pettegrew was not 
> particularly talented.  Witness how he had to work harder to 
become an animagus.

In re-reading the scene in the Shrieking Shack (PoA, chapters 17-19) 
I noticed something odd about Pettigrew.  According to Lupin and 
Sirius, Pettigrew was not as strong a wizard as themselves and 
James.  Sirius tried to bluff Voldemort by making Pettigrew the 
Secret-Keeper because he "would never dream they'd use a weak, 
talentless think like you..." (p369, US).

Earlier (p363), Sirius told Lupin and HRH that he cornered Pettigrew 
on the street, where Pettigrew accused Sirius of betraying Lily and 
James.  "Then, before I could curse him, he blew apart the street 
with the wand behind his back".  

Wouldn't he have needed to point his wand for that strong an attack, 
especially if he was not a strong wizard?  

Ravenclaw Bookworm