excepttheeyes:

“Harry…I as good as killed them,” he croaked. “I persuaded Lily and James to change to Peter at the last moment, persuaded them to use him as Secret-Keeper instead of me…I’m to blame, I know it…The night they died, I’d arranged to check on Peter, make sure he was still safe, but when I arrived at his hiding place, he’d gone. Yet there was no sign of a struggle. It didn’t feel right. I was scared. I set out for your parents’ house straight away. And when I saw their house, destroyed, and their bodies…I realized what Peter must’ve done…what I’d done…” His voice broke. 

excepttheeyes:

“It doesn’t make sense. I would say ‘it’s not like you,’ except it’s exactly like you to go and do something stupid when Lily starts warming up to you. Under normal circumstances, I would say, ‘go ahead! Carlotta is unreasonably good-looking, and it’s nice work if you can get it.’ But now?” (x)

excepttheeyes:

“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!”