“Sirius, Sirius, what could I have done? The Dark Lord…you have no idea…he has weapons you can’t imagine….I was scared, Sirius, I was never brave like you and Remus and James. I never meant it to happen….He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named forced me—”
“DON’T LIE!” bellowed Black. “YOU’D BEEN PASSING INFORMATION TO HIM FOR A YEAR BEFORE LILY AND JAMES DIED! YOU WERE HIS SPY!“
"You don’t understand!” whined Pettigrew. “He would have killed me, Sirius!”