PERSONALITY

History

Peter was born to Benjamin and Miriam Pettigrew.  His Aunt Enid Pettigrew was once a divination professor at Hogwarts, but retired before Peter began attending hogwarts.

Peter always knew he was different - none of the kids around liked him.  He was the type of person who liked watching animals struggling or meowing from trees, scared and alone.  He squished bugs fairly often because he liked the feeling of them squishing underneath his fingers.  However, by the time he was five years old, he didn't like feeling different.  He would be beaten up by people because they didn't like him - therefore he needed to get them on his side as he wasn't physically strong.

Even his parents were glad when he began acting like a fool, playing along and adapting a personality they would like and would get them to stop beating him up.  In private he would resume his regular personality, the cold, detached version of himself.

When school came about, he met James, Remus, and Sirius on the train.  While at first James and Sirius didn't seem to like him, Peter manipulated himself into the heart of Remus Lupin securing himself a place in his heart.  Therefore at the sorting ceremony, upon seeing Lupin sorted in Gryffindor, when it came to his turn he told the hat to put him in Gryffindor.  While the hat debated for quite some time, it eventually gave in and placed him in Gryffindor.

While he was part of the Marauders, he could tell that Sirius didn't like him as much, and so he made sure that he dug himself deeper into Remus's heart.  He specifically targeted Severus Snape - James and Sirius already hated him, and so a mutual enemy would bind them together better.  

It got even better when they found out Remus was a werewolf.  After all, would Remus go against him and risk losing one of the few friends he had?  One of the few who accepted him for being a monster?  Of course they began to work on animagus forms.  He played dumb the whole way, so they would underestimate him - he even would do really well in class if he didn't pretend to be dumb.  After all, if they knew he was intelligent they might start suspecting him of his manipulation.  

He was building himself a little group that would keep him safe - each and every person around him a chess piece for him to do with as he pleased.