So what happened with Scabbers/Pettigrew..
We'd like to stay as canon as possible there. And we would very much like to hear your opinions on this. Especially, of course, the implicated Muns.
Scabbers never left Percy.
When Harry comes to Hogwarts he makes friends with Fred and George and through them he, and his Gryffindor friends Hermione and Neville, meet Percy and Scabbers.
Harry's third year (PoA): Scabbers knows that Sirius has escaped and is terrified so he's getting increasingly sick with fear, just as in canon.
Does Hermione have Crookshanks??
If yes, then he has been hunting Scabbers, both because he knows this is no real rat, but also on Padfoot/Sirius' orders, just as in canon.
Finally, Scabbers has had enough and decides to go hide out at Hagrid's. He's on his way there, crossing the grounds, when he's seen by Harry, Hermione and Neville who are leaving Hagrid's. Neville catches Scabbers, Padfoot/Sirius shows up, grabs Neville and from then on we go canon.
I think that if they found Scabbers in Hagrid's milk jug they'd be more likely to go tell Percy where to get his rat than to actually take Scabbers with them.
So... what do you think??
We'd like to stay as canon as possible there. And we would very much like to hear your opinions on this. Especially, of course, the implicated Muns.
Scabbers never left Percy.
When Harry comes to Hogwarts he makes friends with Fred and George and through them he, and his Gryffindor friends Hermione and Neville, meet Percy and Scabbers.
Harry's third year (PoA): Scabbers knows that Sirius has escaped and is terrified so he's getting increasingly sick with fear, just as in canon.
Does Hermione have Crookshanks??
If yes, then he has been hunting Scabbers, both because he knows this is no real rat, but also on Padfoot/Sirius' orders, just as in canon.
Finally, Scabbers has had enough and decides to go hide out at Hagrid's. He's on his way there, crossing the grounds, when he's seen by Harry, Hermione and Neville who are leaving Hagrid's. Neville catches Scabbers, Padfoot/Sirius shows up, grabs Neville and from then on we go canon.
I think that if they found Scabbers in Hagrid's milk jug they'd be more likely to go tell Percy where to get his rat than to actually take Scabbers with them.
So... what do you think??