They were also participants in the original Order of the Phoenix , an organisation led by Albus Dumbledore in the struggle against the Dark Lord, Voldemort. Peter did not kill Harry because of a life debt he owed him. As a result, Harry was able to escape and he and his friends were saved from further torture. The Marauders' strong friendship began in their first year at Hogwarts. Sirius and James met on the train and had been inseparable ever since and the two met Remus and Peter afterwards.
By their fifth year, all but Remus Lupin , who was a werewolf , had secretly become unregistered Animagi in order to assist Remus during his transformations. As 'Padfoot' and 'Prongs', Sirius and James were large enough to control Remus Moony during his monthly transformations into a werewolf. The Marauders were frequently out of their beds at night to explore Hogwarts' grounds and the village of Hogsmeade during Lupins' transformation.
In the period between their fifth and seventh years at Hogwarts, James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter created the Marauder's Map , a small, bewitched roll of parchment that displayed the castle grounds and inhabitants of Hogwarts — including all staff, ghosts and students — in great detail.
Fred and George Weasley stole the map in their first year, and later passed it on to Harry Potter in The Marauders in their fifth year at Hogwarts.
It was discovered in Harry Potter's fifth year at Hogwarts that James and Sirius often bullied Snape calling him 'Snivellus' and using humiliating spells on him , while Peter cheered them on. In their Hogwarts years, the Marauders were affiliated with Patricia Rakepick , a Gryffindor student four years above them who shared their interest in breaking rules.
They also shared their dislike towards Snape. Rakepick knew about the Marauder's Map as well. The Marauders would all go on to become members of the original Order of the Phoenix against the Dark Lord, Voldemort , as adults. Peter Pettigrew, though belonging to the Order of the Phoenix, later turned on his friends in favour of Voldemort's protection. His theory in doing this was that Peter was the least expected choice, further protecting the secret.
In a selfish act to save himself, however, Peter revealed the location of the Potters' cottage to Voldemort and betrayed his friends. Consequently, James and Lily were murdered at the hands of the Dark Lord in an attempt to protect their infant son, Harry , from being hurt. Pettigrew as Scabbers , the Weasleys' pet rat. An incensed Sirius confronted Peter about his traitorous actions in a Muggle street, but the latter narrowly escaped by unleashing a curse all around him — killing a dozen Muggles in the process — and cut off his own finger.
He then transformed into his rat form and fled into the sewers, framing Sirius as the traitor to the Potters and a killer. Sirius was taken to Azkaban with no trial, where he faced twelve years of imprisonment before his escape in Peter had successfully faked his own death and remained the victim to Sirius' falsely alleged crimes. In his rat form under the name ' Scabbers ' he came into the possession of Percy Weasley and later his younger brother Ron.
Sirius' years in Azkaban were spent with the knowledge that he was innocent, and that the true traitor and killer was Peter Pettigrew. Dumbledore returned the Cloak to Harry a decade later as a Christmas present during his first year at Hogwarts. He knew Harry was investigating the stone from Hagrid, which is why he let Harry find out the mirror, and let him have the invisibility cloak, to help him if he came up against Voldemort.
Honestly James was the worst of the 2. He bullied Snape for no reason and that pushed him into becoming a Death Eater. Is Moony an Animagus? Is Crookshanks an Animagus? Crookshanks is part-kneazle, and particularly clever, but not an animagus. Was Harry Potter an Animagus? How did James Potter get the invisibility cloak? Was Harry Potters dad an Animagus?
Why is Sirius called Padfoot? Who is the youngest Marauder? Who went to Hogwarts in ? How did Lupin know Sirius was innocent? One wonders why Lupin and Sirius don't seem concerned about the door; but we should note that neither of them yet knows about Harry's Invisibility Cloak, and as such things are quite rare, in their minds it is probably much more likely that the door moving was due to the Shack settling than by someone Snape spying on them invisibly.
We know that Dumbledore knows of Snape's rescue by James from the changed Lupin, and thus that Snape was aware of Lupin's nature when he was a student. It is possible that he could also have learned of James, Sirius, and Pettigrew sneaking off to have adventures with a potentially deadly werewolf.
This could be a mistake on the authors part, but, if in fact Dumbledore did know about the illegal Animagi, then one should then assume that Lupin has lulled himself into believing that Dumbledore never found out. It is also possible that the events with Snape and Lupin occurred before Sirius, James, and Pettigrew had mastered the Animagus transform; the possibility of wandering with the werewolf to use Gilderoy Lockhart's florid speech patterns could well have not occurred to them yet.
Study questions are meant to be left for each student to answer; please don't answer them here. An Animagus is unable to choose his animal shape; rather, it reflects that person's inner character. The rat form certainly will seem appropriate for Pettigrew Wormtail , representing that animal's less desirable traits, while Sirius' Padfoot dog shape emphasizes amity, courage, and fidelity.
It should be noted that in the Western world, the rat is generally associated with unsavory characteristics such as cowardice, treachery, deceit, and filth. However, in other cultures it can represent admirable qualities, and in the Chinese zodiac the Rat symbolizes intelligence, adaptability, and industriousness.
Rowling is using the Western characterization here, though some Eastern characteristics could also apply to Pettigrew including edginess, shrewdness, and opportunism, traits often associated with Slytherin. Why the Sorting Hat placed Pettigrew into Gryffindor is a mysterious decision and is never explained; Slytherin would seem more appropriate. However, that Pettigrew was able to become an Animagus at all may indicate that he has some noteworthy magical ability, though bravery, loyalty, and nobility, Gryffindor traits, hardly seem to be among his attributes.
Interestingly, it is the same shape as Harry's fully-formed Patronus. This is why Lupin was so shaken after the Quidditch match with Ravenclaw in a previous chapter , recognizing it as James' Animagus shape. With the possible exception of Black, who had been present at an earlier match and might have managed to see this one, and perhaps the supposedly missing Scabbers Pettigrew , nobody else present could have understood the shape's significance.
Harry, busy catching the Snitch, is unable to see it himself, thus missing the vital clue as to what James' nickname might refer to. In this chapter, we see that Harry asks what his father's Animagus' shape was, but Hermione inconveniently interrupts before we are given an answer. This is another example of the use of timing and misdirection which the author excels at; while the question is not answered, somehow the fact that it has been asked seems sufficient, given the flow of events.
Much of Ron's reluctance to accept that Scabbers may actually be Pettigrew is likely denial on his part. If Scabbers is Pettigrew, then Ron has been sharing his bed, unknowingly, with a grown man for the past three years at least.
This prospect, horrifying for Ron to contemplate, is something he is eventually unable to deny. Harry is also reluctant to accept what is being revealed, which perhaps stems from the commonly shared belief that Sirius betrayed his parents.
He is, however, being convinced by Lupin and Black's precise recounting of events, aided by his personal trust in Lupin. Snape's appearance will actually bolster Black's account as Snape rejects everything Lupin and Black claim, even those events that are immediately provable. Harry's distrust of Snape, combined with Snape's attempted refutation, will do more than anything to convince Harry that Black's intentions are good.
It is mentioned that Pettigrew's inclusion in the Marauders seems odd. The other three befriended Pettigrew because he ingratiated himself into their circle, and presumably because he was able to think up interesting mischief for them to do. We will see later that the Marauders, with the possible exception of Lupin, were more than mischievous, and that aspect of Pettigrew's personality may have appealed to them. Pettigrew's weak, cowardly character eventually resulted in his defecting to Voldemort and betraying his friends.
As mentioned, based on what has been revealed since he entered the room under the Invisibility Cloak, Snape will have heard that the Marauders are Animagi, but not Black's and Lupin's claim that Pettigrew is alive as Scabbers.
However, this hardly seems germane to Snape, and, in the next chapter, Snape forms his own theory about what happened, acting on those ideas, and literally stifling any dissent. In the analysis section above, it is mentioned that as Dumbledore knew of Snape being aware, as a student, that Lupin was a werewolf, it is possible that he also knew of the other antics of the Marauders. We cannot judge at this point, but Dumbledore does seem to suggest in a later chapter that he had not known of the three Marauders being Animagi until told by Sirius.
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