Who was in the house?

[impherring13]

No: HPFGUIDX 115455


As we all know, Yahoo's group search engine isn't exactly the best, so
I don't know if this has been proposed already.

  During PA, Harry begins to regain memories of the night his parents
were killed.  He hears his mother (or the person we are almost
positive is his Lily), and his father (or the person we are not so
positive is James).  Really all we know for sure is what is spoken
between them.  We hear the male voice saying that Voldemort is there
and that he will hold him off.  We do not learn the outcome of this
"duel".  The scene moves on to Voldemort killing Lily.  What I propose
is that the male voice is not James, but Peter Pettigrew.  In the wand
order we are given in GF, we are told that Voldemort killed James,
then Lily with no intervening spells.  

  This is my idea of the sequence of events:
    Voldemort (or one of his Death Eaters) kills James while he is on
an Order of the Pheonix mission shortly before Voldemort arrives in
Godric's Hollow.  Peter, who as secret keeper has been staying with
the Potters meets Voldemort at the door.  He lies to Lily, saying that
Voldemort is there and he will hold him off.  He actually Brings
Voldemort to Lily.  After Voldemort's failed attempt to kill Harry,
Peter takes Voldemort's wand and runs off.  
  This tells us why Remus is surprised to hear that James was in the
house.  We must remember that at this point Remus still believes Peter
is innocent, therefore there is no reason to mention to Harry who was
really there.  This also clears up how Peter came to have Voldemort's
wand.  Tell me what you think.

                          -SD