Lily the popular girl

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 167924


> Bart:
> > Once he was exposed, what were his options? His ONLY hope was that 
> Voldemort could gain a position to protect him, therefore, he went to 
> Voldy. Voldy coming back to power was his only chance.
> 
> Julie now:
> Here I agree. Peter did have an option to disappear into a
> sewer as a rat, or find a Muggle household where he could
> feed off scraps.

Pippin:
Do we know that Peter can make himself unplottable? I don't
think so. If not, it  would explain why he was safe as a rat
only as long as Sirius was in jail and everyone else thought 
he was dead. Otherwise, IMO, he could escape detection only
while he was at Hogwarts, or under the protection and 
concealment of a more powerful wizard such as Voldemort, or 
Snape.

It would also explain how Sirius could be sure he had escaped 
and not blown himself up. 

I don't think that Peter could have bargained for Lily's life.
He doesn't have the power -- Voldemort could get whatever
he wanted out of Peter with intimidation and threats. 
Voldemort bargains only with those, like the Gurg of the
Giants, who have a powerbase of their own.  If there was
a bargain it was probably with someone  with connections 
to one of the power groups Voldemort was wooing. The
only one of the Marauders that would fit is Lupin.

Pippin