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Disclaimer: The characters I use all belong to Miss J.K. Rowling herself. I don't make any money from writing this story.

AN: I got the idea to this story a long time ago. I needed to make some minor adjustments because I didn't have the books with me when I started writing the story. But now it should be as close as possible to the original. But then...this is fanfictin...not everything is perfect.

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Peter paced the length of his small flat.

'What shall I do?' , he thought, 'I must convince them to make me their Secret Keeper.'

He still paced.

Suddenly the fire sprung on, turned green and James Potter stepped through.

"Hi Peter. How are you?"

"I'm fine. Everything prepared for your departure?"

"Not really. Lily and I got a little problem. Sirius doesn't want to be our Secret Keeper. He said he would be instantly targeted by Lord Voldemort. He said you'd be the better choice."

Peter couldn't believe his luck. They wanted him! Him, the small, skinny boy with no remarkable skills other than turning into a rat. Ok, that could be helpful when you might need to flee.

Just then he remembered that he still hadn't given James an answer.

"Yeah, sure! I'd be honoured."

"Great.", James said with relief, "Could you come over to Godrics Hollow around 2 pm tomorrow?"

"Yes, no Problem."

'The Dark Lord will be so pleased. I need to go to him right now.', he thought just as James said his good-byes and left again by floo.

The second he left Peter let out a scream of joy.

"YES! I didn't even need to do anything. What to do now?...Tell him now or wait until they made me their Secret Keeper.", Peter said to himself.

"Better do it now. He doesn't want us to have any secrets."

With that said, he went to his wardrobe and opened a concealed compartment inside it. He took out his Death Eater garments and put them on. He then touched his wand to his left arm where the Dark Mark was.

He waited for the Dark Lord to notice his calling. As soon as he felt the first waves of pain he Apparated to the side of Lord Voldemort.

"Wormtail. Why did you call me? I hope you have good news."

"Yes, my Lord." , he said and bowed down kissing the hem of the Dark Lords' robes.

"They want me to be their Secret Keeper. The fool of a Black thought me to be the better choice."

He saw that his master was pleased by this.

" How come the fool accepted this?"

" I don't know, my Lord. But I think they thought me to be less targeted by you than Black. Because his brother used to be in your service. You remember Regulus Black?"

Voldemort looked at him in thought.

'Yes he remembered Regulus. He seemed promising, but then again he made that stupid attempt to quit.'

"Well, Wormtail. You pleased me. You may return now. But be prepared to come to me again when you are the Secret Keeper of the Potters."

"I will be, my Lord." , with that he Disapparated.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Peter looked at his watch. It was ten minutes to 2.

'Just a few minutes more.' , he thought. He Apparated to the outsides of Godric Hollow and began the short walk to Lily's and James' home. #Just as he opened the front gate of the garden fence, the door of the house opened and Sirius left the house.

" Hey Peter. Right on time. Go on in, they are already waiting for you."

He waved him through and shut the door after him.

Peter looked around the house. It was nicely decorated.

He then heard a voice calling him:" Peter? Is that you? Come on through to the study."

He followed the voice and entered the study. In it was a big fireplace and comfortable looking chairs and a couch.

On them sat Albus Dumbledore and Lily and James Potter.

Lily was holding Harry on her lap. The little boy was nearly one year old and wanted to find out about the world, or at least how the wand of his father felt.

"Peter! How are you?", Lily asked, " we haven't seen you for a while."

"Hello Lily. James, Professor Dumbledore. I'm fine. And I was working. I'm sorry I couldn't come over sooner. You look so happy."

"I am…We are."

She looked at James.

Then Albus rose from his chair and crossed the distance to Peter.

"You know what is needed from you. And if Tom ever finds out that you are their Secret Keeper your life will be in danger.", he said and looked Peter in the eyes.

"I know and I am prepared to bear this burden."

Dumbledore nodded and began to form intricate patterns with his wand and chanted low under his breath.

Peter, James and Lily watched him interested. They have never seen the rituals as there never was a need for it.

Dumbledore started to glow and the light enveloped Peter as well. He felt weightless and seemed to float inside the light. And suddenly he saw Godrics Hollow before his eyes. He saw James' and Lily's home and then he saw himself. His body seemed to suck him in and the ritual was over.

"Whoa! That was cool."

He took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his brow.

"I hope you know what now lies on your shoulders. Keep the secret with you until the thread of Lord Voldemort is over.", Dumbledore told him with hopeful eyes.

"Yes, of course I will. I will keep this secret. James and Lily are my friends."

'But Sirius isn't. And he has to suffer.', he thought with glee.

"And now, let's leave the happy couple. We don't know how long they will be alone and have some quality time."

Dumbledore's eyes twinkled when he said that.

He took Peter by the arm and together they went out the door.

"Goodbye Peter, goodbye Albus."

"Bye you two. Have fun.", Peter said an thought to himself 'because I will'.

He said his good byes to Dumbledore and Apparated to his home.

As soon as he touched down he began to dance around with glee and screamed out his joy.

"YES! I made it and nobody suspects me. Me, the little, nearly bald, skinny sidekick. But I will show you all what I can do. I will show you what I am capable of."

He cackled and hen started pacing. 'What shall I do now? I have to make the world believe that Sirius was the Secret Keeper.

Well, let's see to that later. First I need to see my master.'

And he donned his Death Eater garbs and called his master.

"Wormtail. Have you brought good news?"

Peter fell to his knees.

"Yes, master. I am the Secret Keeper of the Potters. I can tell you their hiding place."

He saw that again the Dark Lord was pleased by this.

"Very good, Wormtail. You pleased me very much. But I won't kill them right now. I need to plan their demise. But be prepared to be called Wormtail."

Voldemort began cackling and Peter Disapparated to this sound.

He was happy to be in his Lord's good graces.

It couldn't be long before Voldemort would have his plan and then, at last, he would have his revenge.