Pettigrew/Wormtail (was Transitions, etc Will the Real...)

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No: HPFGUIDX 167851

> JW:
> While we do not know how WT first became a DE/servant, in PoA WT 
tells 
> Sirius that he gave the Potters hideout info to LV under extreme 
threat.
> To paraphrase:
> WT: You do not know what LV is capable of.  What was I to do?
> Sirius: You were supposed to die, as we would have done for you.  
But 
> you spied for LV for a year before you gave the Potters to LV.
> 

zgirnius:
It is not quite that simple. According to Sirius, Peter spied for 
Voldemort for about a year.

> Sirius, PoA:
> "DON'T LIE!" bellowed Black. "YOU'D BEEN PASSING INFORMATION TO HIM 
FOR A YEAR BEFORE LILY AND JAMES DIED! YOU WERE HIS SPY!"

zgirnius:
I could see Peter getting forced into spying by Voldemort. But if he 
was doing it against his will, why on earth did he agree to be James 
and Lily's Secret Keeper? And why did he never seek help, over the 
course of that year? Simple and immediate fear for his life does not 
explain it.