Life Debts

When one wizard saves another wizard's life, it creates a certain bond between them, a "life debt." James Potter saved Snape's life many years ago, but the effects of it still influence Snape's life. Harry spared the life of Peter Pettigrew, with consequences we have yet to see played out. Certainly Pettigrew's hesitant suggestions to Voldemort that they find an alternate victim for his rebirth spell came from Pettigrew's sense of life debt to Harry.

"Pettigrew owes his life to you. You have sent Voldemort a deputy who is in your debt...When one wizard saves another wizard's life, it creates a certain bond between them... and I'm much mistaken if Voldemort wants his servant in the debt of Harry Potter."
"I don't want a connection with Pettigrew!" said Harry. "He betrayed my parents!"
"This is magic at its deepest, its most impenetrable, Harry. But trust me... the time may come when you will be very glad you saved Pettigrew's life." (PA )

There is also ....Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Colin Creavy, Sirius(well he's dead right <_< ),Fleur,Gabreille,Justin Finch,Buckbeak,Mr. Weasley,....there may be more.

will any of this play a hand in book 7?

Another WIZARDS life. That wouldn't apply to Buckbeak.
But i see what you mean and i do in fact believe a life debt will come into play in book7

Given that Wormtail was the secret keeper for the potters, it may be that Harry will need to track him down in order to get into Godric's Hollow. I don't know, given that he lived there when he was a baby. Maybe that's what Dumbledore meant, Harry will need Wormtail to tell him where it is in order to access something from there. Then again, would the house there just be a ruin? Hagrid seemed to allude to the house being wrecked after Voldemort's attack.

Just to make a point, I don't think the people that Harry saved in the second task of the Triwizard count, as they were not in any real danger. . .
And no, I don't think that any other life debt other than Pettigrew's will be important, or even acknowledged.

I agree. Fleur and Gabrielle dont count cause they were never in real danger. But as for Hermione and Ron, the only reason they needed saving was because of somthing harry planned so i dont think those life debts count, and Ginny helped in the DoM in the Ootp so i think that would count as paying it back and i really dont think the rest count for anything. But pettigrew's will come into play in the last book, i'm sure.

This one stumped me for a while. But I think I've got it now.
I would think that Peter was the secret keeper of the Potter's hiding place rather than of the building. Now that it's no longer their hiding place, Peter no longer has a secret to keep.
Also, the fact that Harry was there as a baby should count for something.

On the other hand, there have been many who have saved Harry's life, Dumbledore, Hagrid, I can't think of the details, but I'm sure several during the fight in the Department of Mysteries in Order of the Phoenix as well. Maybe some others I haven't thought of.

i think that peter will sae harry and probily die in the prosess.
i think snapes debt come to play in the last book.
we will see

Life debts. More a matter of conscience than a bond you can't break. Snape wasn't forced to try and stop Harry from falling off his broom in the first book. It was something he chose to do.