> I have a question about that curse.  If it was powerful enough to kill 12
> muggles at a fair distance, why weren't Pettigrew and Black killed by it.
> Was it a curse that would only kill muggles?  Even if it was directed away
> from them, you would think something with that much energy would impact the
> people closest to the origin of the curse.  I always got the impression that
> Black and Pettigrew were standing rather close to one another at that point.
> I guess Pettigrew blocked the curse from impacting Black, as the curse was
> thrown behind Pettigrew's back, but  he  would have had to transform at the
> moment the curse was uttered in order to prevent it from harming
> himself...hmmmm. Any ideas?

Just to clear this up, Peter shouted to teh whole street the lies about Sirius being the one to betray Lily and James then, when Sirius is telling the story in PoA, Peter put his wand behind his BACK and blasted the street BEHIND him.  I'm sure Peter and Sirius were knocked off their feet then Peter cut his finger and turned into a rat to escape.  I can't tell you what exact page this is all on but I'm positive that's what happened (i have read/listened to all the books over and over and over and....).  Anyways, hope that clears any confusion up and I'm hope I'm not repeating what anyone else has said that i haven't read yet.
~Star~


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