Second Wandsman was Cedric and Pettigrew (was Re: Faking Sirius' Death?)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 91778

Kneasy:
> OK, lets recap a few salient points, with questions.
> 
> 1. House at Godrics Hollow wrecked in an explosion.
> Explosion? From an AK? How did this happen?
> 

Pippin:
That's explained in OOP, where Voldemort fires a bunch of AK's 
at Harry and Dumbledore. The first one bounces off a golden 
statue, the second one sets a desk on fire, the third blasts a 
statue into a hundred pieces. We can surmise that if AK hits 
something that can't be killed the results are often violent. The 
AK that was aimed at Harry bounced off, leaving a wound and a 
psychic connection, hit Voldemort, who also  couldn't be killed, 
vaporized his body and destroyed the house. 

Kneasy:
> 2. Somebody informs the interested parties, which probably 
means DD and the Order, but let's not forget that the rest of the 
WW heard almost as quickly. Who? Who was there and got the 
word out?<

Pippin:
What if it was Voldemort?  Fudge implies there was a 
declaration, which seems to have timed for the moment of the 
Potters' deaths, announcing that Sirius was a supporter of 
You-Know-Who. Well, if it was timed for the moment of the 
Potters' deaths it must have been prepared beforehand. What if  
Voldemort also sent  owls to the offices of the Daily Prophet, and 
to Dumbledore himself, timed to arrive at the moment of the 
attack, announcing that he'd killed the Potters  and their infant 
son at Godric's. At the same time another Owl arrives at  the 
Ministry, announcing that Sirius Black is a DE, mwahahaha. But, 
the MOM being what it is, this one sits around for a few hours 
before anybody reads it.

Naturally the Daily Prophet notifies  the Ministry. The news 
spreads like wildfire. Reporters and ministry wizards converge 
on GH . Harry is found alive, and this is duly reported to 
Dumbledore as well, who immediately sends Hagrid to fetch 
him. (I don't know why they don't  portkey back, but since each 
individual has to hold on, it might be dangerous if the infant let 
go.) In all the confusion Sirius, or somebody who looks like him, 
shows up with the motorcycle and tries to get Hagrid to give 
Harry to him.

The very mention that the Potters are at GH tells Dumbledore 
that SK has been breached, but not how. He doesn't know about 
the announcement about Sirius till after he's sent Hagrid. And he 
knows Voldemort has framed people before, so he's cagey and 
doesn't question Hagrid about seeing Sirius in front of 
McGonagall, who wasn't an Order member at that time.

Kneasy:
>> 3. So far as we know, Hagrid (sent by DD?) is first on the 
scene. Why Hagrid? Wouldn't an Auror be more logical given that 
the Potters were a  known target of Voldy and his DEs?<<

Pippin:
See above. Hagrid is undoubtedly loyal and highly magic 
resistant.

Kneasy: 
> 4. Sirius arrives. He later states that he went to check up on 
Peter and found him gone, so he then went to the Potter house, 
saw the wreckage and their  bodies.
> 
> 5. He immediately suspects Peter - *but tells no-one!*
> Come on! Pull the other one, it's got bells on.

Pippin:
*Did* Hagrid meet Sirius at Godric's Hollow? Or was it a DE 
disguised by polyjuice or metamorphmagic? Sirius never says 
anything about meeting Hagrid, you'll note.

IMO, the real Sirius arrived at Godric's Hollow after Harry and 
Hagrid were gone, saw James and Lily's bodies, then took off in 
pursuit of Peter. He wasn't  thinking very clearly, and he didn't 
know yet that he'd supposedly declared himself  Voldemort's 
second in command. Nobody did, or he'd have been 
apprehended on the spot.

Kneasy: 
> >6. At the Shrieking Shack Sirius tells us that the DEs in 
Azkaban accept  that Peter betrayed the Potters. The DEs also 
assumed that Peter betrayed Voldy, but was now presumed to 
be dead. So how come it was a secret to the rest of the WW? 
Why would the DEs hide his role in the affair?<<

Pippin:
The DEs in Azkaban are assumed to be nutcases. DE's outside 
Azkaban are in hiding. 

Kneasy: 
> 7. Peter is well aware that Sirius knows the truth and that he, 
and anyone he told will be after him for explanations. He fakes 
his own death and kills others in addition.

> I've always had trouble with this; it doesn't seem to match what 
we know about the AK curse. All other examples are aimed at 
single, targeted individuals and we have been told that you have 
to really  mean it. Howcan Peter, not the sharpest chisel in the 
set, kill 13 people at random tha> he's not even looking at? Talk 
about weapons of mass destruction! But wait a moment! Sirius 
doesn't mention an AK. What he says is "...he blew apart  the 
street with the wand behind his back..." Blew apart; remind you of  
something? Godrics Hollow. <<

Pippin:
Exactly! Peter's just had a lively demonstration of what a missed 
AK can do. So when he's cornered, and the second wandsman 
is about to strike, Peter crosses his remaining fingers, and turns 
himself into a rat, just as the fatal words are being uttered. 
Maybe the curse will get him anyway. Maybe it will bounce 
harmlessly off the pavement, and  wandsman will try again. But 
Peter gets lucky. The street explodes. Maybe the curse really did 
hit a gas main. 

The wandsman will know that the AK didn't hit its target. So 
maybe he frets a bit, but once the Ministry finds Peter's finger he 
relaxes. Talentless, luckless Peter, who didn't even have enough 
magic in him to protect him from an exploding gas main, got 
blown to bits..or so it appears. 

Pippin
who really likes the idea that the wandsman is ESE!Lupin, but 
hasn't much proof that he was