Blood Protection/Dumbledore and Harry

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 158784

> a_svirn wrote:
> > I am not talking about the fact of the attack here. The ministry 
> > would have found bodies and wreckage, but how could they learn about 
> > that rebounded AK? There had been no precedents. Even if the Aurors 
> > suspected that the scar was from some curse they wouldn't have known 
> > for sure and certainly the sheer speed the boy-who-lived story took 
> > root with makes the involvement of the ministry officials doubtful. 
> > The person who started the rumour *knew* what happened, told part of 
> > the story and left some important details out. 
> > 
> > As for anxious fellow death eaters it's possible that if the traitor 
> > was there he could share the information. But it wouldn't have been 
> > the same version that, say, Dedalus Diggle and other celebrating 
> > learned. <snip>
> 
> Carol responds:
> It's almost certain that Peter Pettigrew was present at Godric's
> Hollow. Maybe he waited around long enough (in rat form) to see Hagrid
> find Harry and Black give him his motorcycle. then he could reverse
> the story--he realized that Black was missing, hurried to godric's
> Hollow to prevent catastrophe, and arrived too late to save the
> Potters. He could mention the scar and say that Black tried to take
> the baby away but Hagrid was taking him to Dumbledore. <snip>

a_svirn:
I'd say it's possible, even probable that Pettigrew was at GH when the
Potters were murdered. However, I can't see him rushing with a report
to the Ministry. For one thing as a member of OOP he would have to
come to Dunbledore first. Between Dumbledore and the Ministry a
prudent wizard would rather annoy the latter. And Pettigrew was
nothing if not prudent. (And *if* he reported to Dumbledore first, any
version he gave to the Ministry would have been edited by Dumbledore.)

More importantly, I just not see how Pettigrew could possibly explain
to either of them his presence at GH at the time without disclosing
his role as a secret keeper. And he would have to explain how it came
about that he lived to tell the tale. He could hardly disclose his
animagus ability. All in all, the best course of action for him was
exactly the one he took – laid low and when it didn't work faked his
own death.