I've always wondered what really caused Wormtail's turn to "the Dark side". It's an interesting question... was there more than just a fear of Voldemort?
Disclaimer: JKR is not, as far as I am aware, Texan. So therefore, I am not JKR.
Misfit
Who was he? The misfit.
Who were they? The Marauders, the heroes of Gryffindor. James was the star Quidditch player, Sirius the handsome ladies man, Remus the witty model student. They were clever, funny, popular – the envy of the school.
The Marauders. The elite.
So elite, in fact, that his inclusion in their inner circle was absolutely baffling. This awkward and unremarkable boy, a Marauder? He lived perpetually overshadowed by the glory of his friends, the mediocre one, the unimportant one. The misfit. But not anymore.
Glory. Lord Voldemort promised him that. Finally, he would have glory of his own.
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