Rat's Eye

by Ceara Ivory

Peter finally gets to tell his side of the story. Why he joined up with Voldemort. What made him do it. If he'd do it again.

1. Prologue

Rat's Eye

written by Chibikan

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, or any of the songs. Now, I am NOT putting this on EVERY chapter because it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that if I do not own Harry Potter or any of the songs in the first chapter, then I don't own them in later chapters.

Summary: Peter Pettigrew, Wormtail, servant of the Dark Lord, betrayed his best friends to pretty much, Death itself. But why? He said in PoA that it was because the Dark Lord was powerful and would have killed him. Sirius and Remus said it was because the boy was hungry for power, that he had his own agenda. But was there more to it? Will he ever get to tell his side to it, the full story? Now he will? Set M.W.P.P. era. Rating: Pg 13

Prologue: As I Lay Me Down To Sleep

Nighttime in Albania, in the home of his master, a man with failing blonde-gray hairs had just finished milking a giant cobra so that his maser could eat. This man was Peter Pettigrew. He was a short, pudgy, middle-aged man. But the past few years had made him look much older. He wore a black cloak, and underneath an old pinstripe suit. He was weary of the day's chores and ready for bed. As he lay into his bed however, he was bombarded with memories. These memories attacked every single night as he readied himself for sleep. Nightmares filled his mind of the things he'd done in his youth. He practically saw his former best friend, standing before him in his room, James Potter. He could hear him.

"Peter, Wormtail... why did you betray me..." said the Memory, in his mind.

"Please, Prongs, I... I didn't want to... I didn't want you to die..." He begged that which wasn't there.

"Betrayed me... betrayed Lilly, betrayed the Marauder name...why?" Came the attack again upon his psyche.

"I didn't want him to kill you... I didn't...but..."

"Betrayed us..."

The attack persisted and he wondered, as he did every night, why. Why DID he betray his friends. But then he always remembered... because they weren't good friends at all. They had betrayed him... back in their days at school...