Flashes from life
Repelling
Peter Pettigrew
It's a repelling thought to be a traitor, to betray his friends, all those people who trust him. He could still turn around, tell everything to Dumbledore and ask for protection. His friends would be disappointed (Peter can picture the look on Remus' face and Sirius' widening eyes, but somehow he can't even imagine James' reaction), but they would forgive him at some point. Maybe they could never forget this betrayal, but they would do their best.
Peter could be happy. Lily and James could ask him to be their third or fourth child's godfather. He could say yes, and then could spoil his godchild rotten. A hero could appear from nothing and save the world, end the war. All could be well.
Except it couldn't.
Dumbledore says no one can bring back dead people. He, the supposed enemy, claims he can do so, and Peter is ready to give everything, even his friends, for that little possibility.
Yes, it's repelling. But the right things to do aren't always beautiful. Sometimes they are ugly and repulsive and make him curl under his covers with distaste and hate, but they are right.
And this time he needs to do the right thing.
A/N: Two chapters to go! I decided about fifteen chapters ago who would be the last one. Do you have any guesses?