Where is Pettigrew?

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 91877


> > > Ravenclaw Bookworm:
> > 
> > Why the old Black mansion is a lovely place to hide and wait! Who 
> > would know better how to find his best friend's house and even sneak 
> > in.  After all, there was no need for a secret keeper until the Order 
> > moved in.
<snip>
> > 
> > "Harry heard something scuttling behind the baseboards" (US ed 61)


> Carol:
> Isn't the house hidden now that it's the Order's headquarters? So even
> if he (like the former Black sisters) knows where it used to be, he
> couldn't see it or enter it now? We haven't really finished exploring
> the possibilities and impossibilities involved there, but I don't
> think he'd be able to see it or enter it. Still, though, that
> "scuttling" quotation is suggestive.

Annemehr:
It depends on the timing, maybe.  At the end of GoF, Dumbledore told
Sirius to alert the "old crowd" and then lie low at Lupin's for a
while.  How long is a while?  Not long, probably, judging by OoP, but
probably long enough for Wormtail to get into the Black house before
the Order moved in.

Suppose Wormtail had got in first.  Would he then be able to get in
and out even after the Fidelius charm was cast?  Or is he stuck there
because once out, he couldn't find it again?  Kreacher gets in and
out; does anyone think Dumbledore *told* him the secret?  I doubt it.

The idea that Wormtail is what Harry heard scuttling behind the
baseboards is deliciously chilling!

Annemehr
who's now wondering if Crookshanks will catch his rat after all