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She was nothing but a cheap fortune-teller, a simple housewife who made a few extra pounds by telling people nice stories. Eva dealt in dreams, not witchcraft. But then a chubby boy named Peter entered her tent.

How could it have come to this? How did we fall so far? It is the day after Christmas, and while the rest of the world is returning to normalcy after the holiday, one man isn't feeling very cheerful. The holidays have only allowed him to remember the pain and loss of the previous year, though he tries desperately to forget those memories. But as a fresh blanket of snow has covered the ground, he decides to take a walk to clear his mind, and at the same time, he decides to take a chance; he allows himself to just remember.

Peter's thoughts at the moment of ultimate betrayal.

She came in the dark and begged for his help: to protect the Light in a time of Darkness. A speculation of the devastating move that put our hero Harry in jeopardy.

We all know that Sirius is a klutz...why would James ever ask him to be best man at a wedding?

Rather too many stained glass windows.

Peter has been convinced it is important to join.

Have you ever wondered how MWPP came up with the idea for the Marauder's Map? And what's that got to do with the secret passage on the fourth floor?

A letter, from Peter to Sirius, written just after James' death and Sirius' capture. Peter is trying to explain some things he have done, and is at the same time saying good bye to his younger self and his previous life.

It's the Halloween Boogie, a dance only seventh-years are allowed to attend. So what happens when you throw the Marauders in there?

Your body gives but then holds back``The sun is bright ``The sky is black``Can only be another sign``I cannot keep what isn’t mine`` ``How can I tell if you mean what you say?``You say it so loud``But you sound far away``Maybe I had just a glimpse of your soul``Was that your shadow I saw on the wall?`` ``I’m watching you disappear``But you``you ``were``never``here...

What does it mean to forget? What does it mean to be forgotten? Is oblivion akin to forgiveness? Peter Pettigrew reflects on the irreversibility of one's deeds and the inescapability of life.

This is from the point of view of Peter and Sirius on the night James and Lily are murdered.

Exams are over, but school isn't out yet. The Marauders decide to take adavantage of the free time and make this day one to remember

Most people have heard of the man in the moon. Many have wished for him to help them in their times of trouble. Few know of his pet, a calico cat that only shows herself once every fifteen years, just before a full moon. She has the true power to grant wishes. As the saying goes, "Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it." Harry's last week with his parents.

Eighteen-year-old Peter Pettigrew is invited to take afternoon tea with the Malfoys.

Werewolves don't have guardian angels. But sometimes, when Remus really needs it, someone does come to take care of him... someone who may not be quite as much of an hallucination as Remus would like.

Peter Pettigrew has a bad day.

Lily brings James home on Christmas day and his friends tag along. Petunia isn't pleased.

James has some news for the other Marauders that has Sirius a little uncomfortable.

Chock full of angst, this recounts James's death and the reaction of him and his betrayer - or is it lover? Warning: Slash.

December, 1980. Voldemort is reaching the height of his power and Peter Pettigrew has turned traitor. Spend a night with him and his conscience as he contemplates the role he has in the war.

Crookshanks--half cat, half kneazle--is the most respected beast in the Magical Menagerie, blessed with insight and intelligence that has never been matched by any other creature. So when an Animagus in the form of a beaten-up old rat appears in his beloved stronghold and threatens the peace therein, he has no choice but to attack, even if it means jeopardizing the redheaded little boy who carries said Animagus. He allows himself to be adopted by a young witch who seems to have realized his intelligence and matches it with her own, only to keep an eye on this rat. He feels finally accepted and loved at Hogwarts, but will not let that deter him from his original goal. After all, things are not always what they seem…

Peter Judas Pettigrew remembers the events which led him to join the Dark Lord, the night he betrayed James as he lives up to his namesakes. Contains slash.

Remus doesn't remember how it started, how he met the other Maruaders, how they became friends, how his confused emotions one day turned to love. All he knows is that it happened, and he is always destined to be a Follower.

Sometimes James hated Peter.

One night will always be remembered in the world of Harry Potter. There was one night that started it all --- a Dark Lord was defeated, a friendship was broken, and a child was left an orphan, yet hailed as a hero at the same time. The night of All Hallow's Eve is recounted once again in this tale.

We all know (or should know) that Peter told You Know Who where Lily and James and Harry were hiding. But, have we ever heard the whole story? Peter saved his own life rather than protecting others, but learn what transpired between You Know Who and Peter that night.

There must have been a reason. Peter Pettigrew was not always a traitor. Something made him that way...

Peter is flung into the future and decides that he doesn't want to become Wormtail. He's disgusted and decides to find him so justice can be served.

"Everything they ever did was funny... Except for the things that weren't." [One-Shot] [MWPP-era]

Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. [KJV, Matthew 26:34]

Peter thinks about the events that led him to join Voldemort and betray his friends.

Peter thinks back upon his horrible childhood, his time at Hogwarts, and why he became a servant of Voldemort. Contains abuse and squicky things, including slash.

A songfic to Metallica's song "Sad But True". Peter Pettigrew's PoV shortly after Sirius's death.

Choices were made in the past that can never be forgiven. A lifetime of loneliness and regret forms barriers between him and the world. Friends once lost will be regained even if only as memories surfacing in the mind. A lack of oxygen forces three characters to face the past and attempt to find a way to move on. Post-OotP

... if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember... the power of one... Neville Longbottom was just like his Uncle Peter, nothing special, until he too was faced with a choice...

Look into the mind of Lily: tormented by James and just wanting some peace and quiet. And how does Peter Pan fit in with all of this?

AU fic... Prequel to Daddy's Girl. Sirius Black has a son named Ash. Sirius Black does not want his only son dating a Snape heiress. Will she be able to earn Sirius’ trust or will she die in an attempt to win Sirius?

As the war between Voldemort and the wizarding world rages on, Peter Pettigrew has finally shown his true colours. Not very long after declaring his support for Voldemort, he was captured and arrested. He now lies in Azkaban, awaiting his sentence to be carried out, and these are his deranged last thoughts.

Peter's got a secret, and it's got something to do with why he joined the Dark Side.

The tale of Peter Pettigrew's betrayal and escape from certain death.

How did Peter Pettigrew come to be in Gryffindor?

Peter and Alice are on an Order mission, but will the memory of their night together ruin it all?

This was actually a paper for my Creative Writing class. It's from ``the points of view of four different characters thinking about the ``Potters' deaths. The points of view skip around a bit, ranging from ``the night of the Potters' deaths to the day after the end of the ``Triwizard tournament. It's based on Avril Levigne's

A look into the mind of Sirius on the night before the Fidelius Charm is cast. What would make him, a very talented and very proud wizard, decide to take the fate of the Potters out of his own hands and place it into the hands of someone else, even he is a fellow Marauder? Must be something drastic. I've never been real happy with the explanation given in the books. It seemed too easy, too neat. I always thought there must have been more to the tale. We know Sirius was a reckless man, not gifted with a calculating or subtle mind. I can't believe he made a decision of such enormity based solely on strategy. There had to be more. This is my crack at what may have transpired. It is a touch brutal and gorey, the R rating is not a light one.

The Cruciatus Curse causes physical pain. Voldemort tests a new spell, one which causes mental/emotional pain, on his own personal lab rat: Peter Pettigrew.

Fifteen years after he thought he'd left it behind him forever, Remus Lupin is back at Hogwarts. It is all much as he'd left it in 1978, with one notable exception: where once he'd roamed the corridors of the castle alongside Sirius Black, now he hunts him down. And try as he might, he just can't stop thinking about the events that led up to this change.

The story of Peter Pettigrew. Peter contemplates.

This is a fun J/L story that starts in First Year. Sarcastic, witty, and humorous, "Reflections" is told form Lily's PoV as she looks back on her memories.

Peter Pettigrew, after his betrayal of Lily and James. Reflections on why he did what he did, why he regrets it, and why it will be the greatest thing he has ever done.

A muggle-raised witch with a shadowy past unknown to her, and a snobby, predjudiced Pureblood girl- they were the last people you would expect to become friends, but on the eve of Voldemort's second rise, they will be thrown together in a desperate, bloody war.

"Which ever man said that hell was all flames and fire must have been highly delusional. I repeat,

Peter never thought of himself as brave. It took someone else to point out to him that there is more than one kind of hero....

A songfiction based on the events of ORDER OF THE PHOENIX and the lyrics to Garth Brooks' song, STANDING OUTSIDE THE FIRE. Harry reflects on the Mauraders after one of their deaths. SPOILERS

All that remained was a box full of memories. (Remus/Sirius)

The Potters were the only family Sirius ever cared about. Last night they were killed along with Voldemort and he is the only one who knows who was responsible. This is Sirius' version of the events that end with him going to prison and Peter getting away.

Peter Pettigrew is forced into a role he does not believe in. But how is one supposed to decide when the lives of your friends are weighed against thousands of innocents? There's a fate worse than death.

Wormtail returns to Godric's Hollow.

Sirius hasn't seen the Potters since they were placed under the Fidelius Charm... it's Halloween, 1981, and what he does not know is he will lose three friends... two by death, and one by betrayal.

[One shot. Peter centric] There are two choices that can be made, and both basically amount to 'lose everything'. What do you do; save your own life, or die to protect your friends? Either way, you know you're condemned. This is a version of Peter Pettigrew's joining the Dark Lord - what would make a loyal fellow to betray his friends? He was a Marauder; he must have been decent before his crimes soured everybody's memories of him. He must have had a motivation, and here's an idea of what it could have been.

I can hear people outside. Their footsteps and voices, screams, it all echoes off the wall. And inside my head. I can still remember his manic laughter. That horrible cackle. He thinks I’m dead.

A one-shot song fic to "The Lucky One" by Alison Krauss. Peter had never been lukcy. He always needed help. He never had good grades, never got the girls... unlike Sirius. Sirius has always been the lucky one... and to Peter, he always will be.

But there is a bit of a catch for, you see, neither is anything without the others. The individual will starve in the woods while the collective survives. They are the four proverbial pieces to the proverbial puzzle, differently shaped but equal to the others in every way. There is no keystone for they are all keystones.

James is confused. Remus is upset. Sirius is oblivious.``And Peter? Peter understands them all.

The war ended once and for all on October the thirty-first, 1985. An AU exploration of what might have happened if Peter had not turned traitor.

Peter Pettigrew reflects on his life - from the decision that led to his betrayal of his closest friends to the choice that he's left with seventeen years later.

A single scene, set a few weeks before James and Lily are killed: Remus and Sirius have been living as flatmates for quite sometime, but lately things are amiss. Voldemort is rising in power and Sirius has concerns over whether Remus is really trustworthy after all.

In December 1978 celebrating solstice according to Lily’s idea means waiting for the sunrise and more.

A game of truth or dare with a twist. Things are not as they seem. MWPP-era. (Peter/Sirius)

Things that are broken can be mended but the cracks will always remain. What will the pressures of war have on the relationship between Remus and Sirius?

What was Peter Pettigrew thinking as he planned the murders of some of his best friends? Why did he become a Death Eater? How long did he hate the other Marauders? Or was he just scared? Find out the importance of friendship... and what the lack of it can do to a person.

AU. When an illness sweeps the entire world, Sirius must fight to protect the people he cares about as the dead begin to rise. Remus is on the other side of the continent, working desperately to develop a means to put the dead back where they belong. Sirius is trapped in the heart of London with a widower and a group of frightened children. Can they survive until they find one another?

One-shot. Wormtail loved his friends. He didn't want to hurt them. And when the pain had subsided, he was only vaguely aware of the Dark Mark burned into his skin...

Summer 1980. Two young men meet in a pub in Knockturn Alley. For ten days, their lives are entwined. But when the Dark Mark burns, no one can fight the summons. Regulus/Peter.

"She is my heart's desire and she will realise that I am hers." A JamesLily ficlet from someone else's perspective. Oneshot.

There is a motive behind every action, no matter how big or small. What was Peter Pettigrew's the night he betrayed the Potters?

Peter's naive view of the world leads to trouble when he betrays the people he loves. Lucius shows him the price he must pay for his actions.

Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs growing up through the eyes of an outsider.

An insane Peter sets out to find the cure for Voldemort's mysterious illness.

James, Sirius, Peter, and Remus make and complete their invention - the Marauder's Map.

A rat seeks refuge.

It's harder to kill with Avada Kedavra than one might think.

Peter thinks about what he expected and what he got. Two very different things indeed.

Short ficlet, where we find out why Peter 'Wormtail' Pettigrew really did those nasty nasty things to poor old Lily and James.

A fanfic chapter of Book 7. Voldemort captures Ron and, for cruelty's sake, commands Wormtail to kill his kindly former master.

Peter believes that his best friend knows everything about him, even his darkest secrets. Some Peter/James

A take on what was going on inside Peter's head right before he escaped the first time round and left his old friends behind. (Oneshot)

He knows nothing but the sound of his feet on the pavement and the thousand curses on the tip of his tongue. All for his Judas. November 1, 1981.

It’s 1977, and Hogwarts is putting on Hamlet. Cue rehearsals, romance, pranks, and maybe (with some luck) a successful production. (Version with images and fan art is being uploaded simultaneously on carmenblackfic.tumblr.com.)

Right after Voldemort comes back into power, he must get all the help he can get. Including Dementors. But what do they think about it all?

Peter Pettigrew considers the choices he has made in his past.

If Peter Pettigrew's learned one important lesson in his life, it's that home is where the heart is. Every year, on or around his birthday, he makes a trek to his mother's house and ruminates about earlier, more innocent times.

There was a time when I loved them. There was a time when they were my world. But now I realize that I could scream to the skies that I hated them all and they would not pay me any mind. So this is hell. A look into Peter Pettigrew's mind.

The untold story of Harry's godmother - her hardships growing up, her relationships with Harry's parents and their friends, her qualms with her relationship with Harry once he joins the wizarding world and her ultimate role (or lack thereof) in his life.

Peter wants to be one of the Marauders. One-shot, gen.

This is the story of how a Hogwarts toilet and one particularly soggy pumpkin pastry changed the world.

Sirius Black was entangled in more secrets and lies than anybody had a right to be. It wasn't like his Light friends and Dark family had left him any choice, with their utterly opposite expectations of him. All Sirius could do was try to finish Hogwarts without everything crashing down around him first, but he was pretty sure his heart and the brewing war had made that impossible.

James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter. Four boys who formed one of the greatest friendships the world has ever seen. Join them on the beautiful and tragic paths set before them and discover important moments in their lives, told through shades of color.

Meet Sirius - an out-going, seventh year marauder. Meet Adelaide - the new, strong-willed French girl in class. Now what happens when they meet each other? Watch as Sirius puts himself in embarrassing situations for this girl. Find out what happens in this romantic comedy.