"Crazy! Crazy! They're all crazy!"
The young man with these words constantly echoing in his mind is not tall, short and chubby. He has shiny and smooth hair, small eyes and a pointed nose. This configuration of appearance and figure always gives people A feeling of 'this guy is very timid and easy to bully'.
However, this evaluation is indeed very realistic. If it weren't for the three big guys in the school who took care of him, this man named Peter Pettigrew would probably have been the best doormat of Hogwarts for seven consecutive years. title.
But who was so lucky for him? When he first came to Hogwarts, he was assigned to Gryffindor, which has the most reckless people and is known as the most loyal. Not long after the school started, he encountered the campus bully whom he loved to see. He was so overwhelmed that someone held his hand righteously, and Peter, who naturally became the savior, hugged the big brother's thigh tightly.
The seven years in school were probably the most glorious moments of Peter's life. With the support of his loyal boss, he not only became a member of the "Predator" team, but also participated in many particularly exciting and interesting (referring to violating school rules) activities, and even successfully learned how to become an Animagus with the help of the team leader, James Potter, known as the Little Prince of Transfiguration.
This is an amazing achievement. He has mastered the advanced transformation technique that ordinary wizards cannot touch in their lifetime. Although there are many accidents and luck in it, no matter what, he did it and he became a rare anima. Guts the shapeshifter.
Peter, who has been hiding behind the big boss, has almost had a smooth journey in school. Relying on his moderate skills in flattery and his willingness to be shameless, his little life is quite smooth. If possible, he hopes to live in this life for the rest of his life. Under the care of three "good friends", it is his blessing to be the younger brother of a capable elder brother, a blessing that no one else can ask for.
Peter once thought he was a Lucky Boy, but what he never expected was that after graduation, his world would suddenly change. It would become full of dangers and thrills, and he would be at risk of being killed anytime and anywhere.
The big guys who led him all the way joined an organization called the Order of the Phoenix after graduation. This is a private organization established in the name of Dumbledore. Their goal and purpose is only one, and that is to fight with Voldemort and him. The Death Eaters confront and fight.
"Shouldn't these things be done by Aurors? Why should we."
"Come on, Peter."
A strong hand slapped his shoulder violently, and the person who spoke was a handsome black-haired young man, "The last thing in the world you can count on is the fools in the Ministry of Magic. Although some Aurors dare to take responsibility, most of them can't." Most guys are a bunch. What's that word, James?"
"Social beast." Another young man with black hair spoke, with a faint smile on his lips, a sarcastic smile.
"Yes, that's the word. They obey the orders given by those fat-headed fools in the Ministry of Magic, and are ordered around like animals, like flies flying around dog shit, with annoying buzzing sounds. The sound conceals the mediocrity and incompetence behind their busyness.”
Sirius made no secret of his contempt for the Ministry of Magic, and his words were sharp and merciless.
"Isn't that a bit harsh, Sirius?"
The fourth young man who had been sitting quietly on one side was a little pale. He seemed to be in poor health and looked sickly. But judging from his expression and tone, he was the gentlest among the four. .
"Aurors have done a lot of things. The stability of the magic world is inseparable from their busy work."
"Frank and Alice did a good job, didn't they? They helped you resolve some minor misunderstandings a while ago, otherwise those fools at the Ministry of Magic would really have caught you and punished you severely."
"Ah, yes, they are eager to do this." Sirius waved his hand irritably, "My dear mother has long wanted to send me to Azkaban to calm down. Maybe she thought that letting the dementors put me in my head After all the happiness is drained, I will change my mind and embrace that shit-like pure-blood glory."
"I should thank Frank, otherwise those paid bastards will definitely satisfy all the wishes of my dear mother."
"It's time for the world to change." Sirius said fiercely, "We'd better talk about that guy. They plan to attack the Higgins family and prepare to kidnap and coerce them into taking control of the wizard radio station. Although I don't know Who got this information, but this guy is really capable."
The three people who began to discuss their first action after joining the Order of the Phoenix were very interested. The three people who had an adventurous spirit in their hearts took this mission very seriously, but as usual, the three of them subconsciously ignored it. Peter was hiding and shivering.
Peter, who was taken care of as a follower, would not take the initiative to join the discussion of several people if it was not necessary. Unlike the three people who were thinking about how to deal with the Death Eaters, he had already been told by "My life is not long", "Today next year" "It's the anniversary of my death" filled Peter. At this moment, all he could think about was how to escape from this devil's cave.
The reason why he got involved in this group was just because he wanted to rely on his legs to live a stable life without being bullied. When such days seemed to be coming to an end, the fear and anxiety in his heart made him panic all day long.
But no matter how he thinks about it, there are some things he must face.
When they arrived at the appointed time, the members of the Order of the Phoenix prepared an ambush based on the information from the informant. The battle surrounding the Higgins family was more intense than expected, and the members of the Order of the Phoenix and the Death Eaters almost went crazy. And many dark creatures were killed inextricably. Peter, who only wanted to take advantage of the opportunity and escape, slowly moved away from the battlefield. But what he didn't expect was that he thought he had left the central vortex and was drawn into a larger one. A more terrifying whirlpool.
Controlling the wizard radio station was an important step in Voldemort's plan. Voldemort, who had been waiting for a long time but only waited for information about the stalemate in the war, came in person in anger, and Peter, who was running away, happened to bump into Voldemort.
Peter, who was easily caught in Voldemort's hand, had almost no hesitation. He immediately said that he was forced and did not really want to fight the great Dark Lord. When he met a thigh that was even thicker than before, he said nothing. Said he chose to surrender.
It was a pity that Peter, who had just joined the Order of the Phoenix, could not provide effective information, and he did not have enough weight. This kind of indifferent flag would not catch Voldemort's eyes at all.
However, his desire to survive made him endure the pain of being tortured by the Cruciatus Curse, and he used the flattering skills he had developed over the past seven years to the fullest. Under constant begging and swearing, he was lucky enough to survive.
And he gloriously became an insignificant pawn placed by Voldemort in the Order of the Phoenix. Voldemort didn't even reward him with the Dark Mark, but after receiving the 'protection' of this adult, he had already decided on his future. Peter once again strengthened his determination as to how the road would go.
He can be weak on other things, but only in cherishing his own life, Peter has a strong obsession. For this reason, he can give up all unnecessary things, whether it is loyalty or self-esteem, as long as he can live, even like a mouse He was willing to continue living in hiding.
Once his identity as a traitor to the Order of the Phoenix is revealed, the first ones to kill him will definitely be his former 'good friends', James, Sirius and Lupin. The three of them cannot tolerate such a despicable betrayal. Once discovered, he will surely die.
Only sincerely surrendering to Voldemort is the only way for Peter to survive. As long as he can obtain the protection of the Dark Lord's master, even if his good friends want to kill him, this is absolutely impossible.
Peter knew very well that the Dark Lord was not a big shot that the three young people who had just graduated could challenge. The only way to go against the Dark Lord was to die.
Although no one was whipping him behind his back, Peter had an amazing passion for betrayal.
He knew very well that if he just passed on some irrelevant information, Voldemort would not pay attention to it. As a marginal figure who had just joined the Order of the Phoenix, he could not get any core information. The only thing he could do was to keep waiting. , waiting for the opportunity to come.
He knew who Voldemort was afraid of. Compared with the Death Eaters from the hostile camp, hiding in the Order of the Phoenix and with three good friends as shields, he was able to get a lot of inside information, such as the secrets of Dumbledore, who had been hiding all this time. information.
In Peter's eyes, the elderly Dumbledore is not as good as Voldemort, who is decades younger than him. How can a ninety-year-old man fight against a fifty-year-old Dark Lord who is at the peak of his wizarding power? Dumbledore's hiding was considered by Peter as a sign of weakness. Because he couldn't be defeated, he would hide. This was the truest thought in Peter's heart. People are always used to judge others by themselves.
Taking advantage of his Animagus form, Peter overheard many useful clues. He quietly transformed and sneaked into Hogsmeade, and successfully overheard important news that he thought he could turn over - a piece about Voldemort. prophecy.
After he excitedly sent out the information, the expected gift did not appear. Voldemort, who was very disdainful, simply ignored the prophecy at the beginning, which made Peter a little frustrated.
However, as time passed, Voldemort suddenly became interested in this prophecy. He was personally ordered by Voldemort to find out the 'protagonist' of the prophecy. This made Peter extremely excited. He was only one step away from being protected by a real strong man. One step away!
As the third person to hear the entire prophecy, Peter knew very well what kind of guy Voldemort's enemy was described in the prophecy. He spent almost no time deciding on the candidate, and the guy who met the prophecy's description was right in front of him!
That was James Potter and his wife Lily Evans, who had taken care of him for seven years at Hogwarts and given him great help.
Peter had a slight hesitation at that time. No matter what, James had taken care of and sheltered him for seven years. Even if he didn't want to admit it, he had to admit that James had indeed not treated him badly, even though his position in his heart was impossible. Compared with Sirius, who is like a brother, he cannot be compared with Lupine, but at least James trusts him. He regards him as his elder brother, and James also regards him as his younger brother.
As for Lily, Peter also had a very good impression of her.
Peter, who is quite sensitive in his heart, is always keenly aware of the way others look at him. Because of his appearance and other reasons, many people looked down on him, including his three good friends, at least at the beginning. When they get help, they do it out of 'pity'. It is not so much help as it is a kind of 'charity' from the strong to the weak.
But Lily was different. Peter got to know her very late. He didn't really meet Lily until he was in sixth grade. The feeling Lily gave Peter was completely different from other people. There was no trace of discrimination in her eyes when she looked at him. Not because of his status as James' friend, that gentle gaze seemed to heal Peter's sensitive and fragile heart.
When she and James got married, Peter's blessing to her was sincere. He was very happy to see this good girl get married to the person he liked. He sincerely hoped that James would be good to this girl for the rest of his life. I hope she lives happily and peacefully until she grows old.
For this reason, Peter did not tell Voldemort or his master the news as soon as he discovered the target. He even wanted to save Lily's life and found a second person who matched the description of the prophecy - Frank and Alice and his wife.
Because of the unstable social environment at that time, James and Lily's wedding was almost held together with Frank and Alice's wedding. Members of the Order of the Phoenix took time to attend the wedding of the four of them and sent their blessings together. .
Their children were also born at the end of July, with a difference of only ten hours.
The Longbottoms became the answers Peter wanted to give to Voldemort. After finding a suitable reason to leave the Order of the Phoenix, the Dark Lord's loyal servants sent information about the prophecy, but what Peter never expected was Voldemort. Scarier than he thought.
Voldemort, who easily noticed that Peter was hiding something, forcibly read his memory and dug out the person in his heart that he wanted to hide and protect.
When Lily's information was exposed, Peter's heart became gloomy. He could already predict how cruelly the furious Voldemort would torture and kill him. He began to regret his kindness. At that time, he finally understood, Kindness to others is cruelty to yourself.
But it was too late for any regrets. Voldemort would not let him go.
The heartbroken Peter cried in pain. He hated his weakness, his kindness, and the mistakes he had made.
But the expected thunderous rage did not appear. After mustering up the courage to raise his head tremblingly, he saw a sneer on his face. Voldemort seemed to enjoy this kind of thing, and enjoyed Peter's collapse at the moment.
So he got a new task - the task of bringing James Potter and Lily Potter to him.
Peter, who came back to life, cheered up again. He cried bitterly and thanked his master for his kindness, and praised the great Dark Lord with great excitement.
He was given a mark of glory - the Death Eater's Dark Mark. The black-green skull branded on his left arm made it impossible for him to betray Voldemort again, and also allowed him to completely cut off from the Order of the Phoenix and everything in the past. Lost contact.
After returning to the Order of the Phoenix, Peter began to plot a conspiracy about Lily and James, but not long after, he received an unbelievable piece of information that almost broke his heart.
The informant who once delivered news about the Higgins incident to the Order of the Phoenix returned clues that Voldemort wanted to kill Lily and James. Lily and James immediately took precautions after receiving the news.
Peter knew that he was completely screwed now.
He heard the news that James planned to use the Fidelity Loyalty Curse. This curse is a esoteric contract magic with extremely high 'authority restraint' power in the magical world. As long as the person who serves as the secret keeper does not take the initiative to inform, then No matter what means are used, no one can obtain the secrets hidden in the Keeper's heart.
If Lily and James use the Fidelity Charm, even if there are hundreds of Death Eaters outside their house with their eyes pressed against the glass and looking into the house, then they will never see the shadows of Lily and James, or even Lily. He and James were standing on the lawn outside their house, mowing the grass leisurely. The Death Eaters across the fence couldn't see them at all, and would even ignore everything that was happening.
Magic with idealistic power is sometimes completely unreasonable.
Peter knew very well that the person James trusted the most was not him. Sirius, who was almost a brother to him, was the person James trusted the most. The secret keeper had nothing to do with him.
Because of this, he completely lost the possibility of completing his master's mission.
Now Peter can no longer describe everything he has done as regret.
His heart was filled with despair, but he had been branded with the Dark Mark. He could not even escape. The Dark Mark would make it easy for Voldemort to find him, kill him, and deprive him of everything.
"Why are you so nervous, Peter?"
Sirius patted Peter's shoulder carelessly, almost making him sit on the ground in shock.
"Look at you." Sirius, who was about to say something, paused. He picked up Peter, who was a little limp, and pulled him back to the chair. "I understand your feelings. After all, James was Voldemort is on his sights, and this is a very troublesome matter."
"Trouble," Peter said tremblingly, his voice almost out of tune.
"What are you afraid of!"
Sirius slapped Peter on the back fiercely, "I'm glad to see you are so worried about him, but you don't have to worry about Voldemort coming to you, his target is James and Lily, you are safe. "
"The safest one." Sirius squinted his eyes and added, "Who will come to trouble you, right?"
"Yes, yes, ha. ha."
Peter spoke dryly, as if he still hadn't come to his senses.
"Stop being depressed, you have to cheer up and come with me! James and I need to talk to you about something."
Sirius, who worked vigorously and resolutely, grabbed Peter's arm and led him out of the house to a familiar place, James and Lily's home in Godric's Hollow.
This is not the old house of the Potter family. Although the old house is much larger than this, James doesn't like the empty and inhumane old house. The Potter family is not prosperous. When James was studying, he His parents died one after another due to accidents in the experiment. The Potter family always has extraordinary talents when it comes to seeking death.
"You will be the secret keeper, Peter." Sirius suddenly dropped a breaking piece of news.
"No one would have thought that you would be my secret keeper." James also said.
"You are the safest, aren't you?" Sirius folded his arms and said, grinning and showing a helpless smile, "Everyone will think that I am the first choice, although I am very sure that I will never Say, but we need to be cautious when it comes to Voldemort."
After joining the Order of the Phoenix and experiencing many dangerous battles, the originally young Sirius seemed to have grown a little, but this definitely did not include his brain.
"We don't know if he has any dark means that we don't know about. It would be terrible if he forcibly dug something out of my mind."
"Sirius and I both want to believe you, Peter."
James patted Peter's shoulder and encouraged Peter, who was trembling slightly. He knew that being his secret keeper required courage, and Peter had never been very courageous.
But what he never expected was that the trembling on Peter's body was not because of fear and nervousness, but because of excitement.
The two seemingly smart but silly fools encouraged the 'trembling' man. When the Loyalty Charm was completed, the unbelievable Peter left Godric's Hollow in a daze.
This is like a roller coaster. No! The ups and downs, which were ten thousand times more exciting than a roller coaster, made him so excited that he almost went into shock!
The last trace of 'goodwill and conscience' he once had towards Lily had long been wiped away by the terror of Voldemort's death. Peter did not hesitate at this moment. He secretly left the Order of the Phoenix and came to his loyal master to tell his story. All in all.
"That's a wonderful thing, Wormtail."
Peter, who didn't dare to look up, couldn't see the expression on Voldemort's face.
"The world is such a wonderful place, isn't it?"
"Hehehehe."
"Hahahahaha"
"How amazing, isn't it?"
The figure in black robe slowly left, never to return.
"Yes, this world really likes to make such nasty jokes."
A soft voice echoed in the empty underground chamber, and Harry, who had no label on his face, slowly spoke.
A suffocating darkness also began to spread at this moment.
"Last question, Voldemort."
Harry raised his head and looked calmly at the broken face with his emerald green eyes.
"Tell me, where is Peter? He helped you sneak into Hogwarts, right? Tell me where he is, now! Now!"
The words at the end of the words were accompanied by the terrifying chaotic evil rising up. The twisted darkness was almost being shaped at this moment. The indescribable dark giant rose behind Harry, but after seeing this indescribable horror, At this moment, Voldemort was startled.
A trace of astonishment appeared in his eyes. He looked at Harry in disbelief and murmured in disbelief.
"It shouldn't be like this! It shouldn't be like this!"
Voldemort, with a twisted and ferocious expression, seemed to have realized something!
"How could you! How could you possibly--"
"Tell! Tell! Me! Where! He! Is!"
The heavy heartbeat like a drum shook Harry's eardrums. The crazy beating of the magic heart at this moment pushed the flow rate of magic in his body to a limit that was once unreachable!
The completely solidified twisted darkness was shaped into the terrifying black demon. At the moment when the chaotic distortion was given a form, a human figure with a face exactly like Harry stood behind him like a guardian spirit.
"How dare you lie to me! How dare you lie to me!"
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!!!"
The furious Voldemort finally realized that Harry was not the kind of person he imagined at all. Even though he had this dark power that was deeper than darkness, he did not step into the path of darkness!
What kind of bullshit fellow travelers, this is all my own wishful thinking!
From the beginning, he was played by Harry, and he was like a clown doing ridiculous performances in front of him!
"You didn't say it, did you?!"
Harry, who had completely lost his patience, raised the ebony and white ivory in his hands.
"Then I will open your mouth and let you speak clearly word for word!"
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Three in one, 6600 words, I tried my best. It’s 4:50 now, go to bed, and I’ve made up for the last update I owed.
Some people wanted to read some 'history' supplements before, so I changed the writing of this chapter slightly. Regarding the past of Snape and James, I will also find a suitable time to write about it, so as to complete the world view?
(End of chapter)
