The intended murder of Pettigrew and moral corruption (Was; Vengeance on Sna

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 116398


Eggplant:

> One of the things Sirius was convicted of 12 years ago was the 
> murder of Peter, the Ministry would have trouble explaining the 
> existence of the body of Peter Pettigrew that had only been dead for 
> a few hours. But what the idiot Ministry thinks or does not think is 
> not the important point; without Peter's help Voldemort would never 
> have been able to rise again and he would have remained an 
> insubstantial specter, a danger only to rats and snakes in the 
> forests of Albania. This is why stopping Sirius and Lupin from 
> killing Wormtail was the biggest mistake in Harry's entire life.

Finwitch:

We can't know that! It's like that old story -good thing, bad thing,
who can say...

So... Harry saved the rat's life. He's *very* happy as Sirius, now
believing he'll be free, offers Harry a home. The rat escapes. Still,
just a bit later, the thought of *going to live with Sirius* gives him
just enough time to realise it was *him* saving them from the
Dementors, barely saving himself from the KISS. (I doubt Harry could
have done that if PP *had* been killed there!) Then the rat helps
Voldemort make the potion - which does two things: Gives Voldy a body
AND makes him mortal.

We have yet to see where this leads. Still, without the hope of
getting to live with Sirius(who wouldn't have been thinking himself as
a free man with the rat dead) and with the guilt over Pettigrew's
death - Harry wouldn't have been able to save himself, Hermione, Ron,
Snape and Sirius from Dementors, and at least Harry would have lost
his soul, ending up like Crouch Jr.

Voldemort could have gained another servant (Crouch Jr for instance),
and getting blood from Kissed!Harry would be all TOO easy, I think.

Shudder to think that ever happening, but that IS what I see as a
result if Harry had permitted Sirius&Lupin to kill the rat...

Finwitch