[HPforGrownups] Re: Distance Questions; Secret Keeper

[Monika Huebner]

No: HPFGUIDX 7310

Hello all,

On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 22:00:18 -0600, Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer
<pennylin at swbell.net> wrote:

>And, now a question of my own for fanfic purposes -- how would the
>Fidelius charm be performed and who would/would not be present?  Would
>anyone other than the Potters and Pettigrew have been present?
>Would/could Sirius Black have been there?  How would it have worked
>exactly?  For example, would Lily (charms being her specialty from what
>we know) have performed the charm herself?  Or, would the Potters as the
>recipients so to speak have needed a 4th person to actually place the
>charm on themselves & Pettigrew?  We know Dumbledore wasn't there when
>it was performed as he doesn't know about the switch; neither does
>Remus.  Does this lead one to the conclusion that only the Potters &
>Pettigrew were present or is there room for conjecture that Black
>himself might have been there?  Any thoughts???  PoA is not exactly
>specific on this point -- any conjecture or theories welcome!

Hm, it's odd, but I always thought that Sirius must have been there.
The Fidelius Charm is said to be a very complicated spell, so I
imagined it to have tow distinct parts, one for the Secret Keeper
himself and one for the person(s) who are supposed to go into hiding.
If Sirius had actually been the Secret Keeper, he could have put the
charm on James and Lily, and they could have performed the part that
should have hidden their secret in him. But I really don't see
Pettigrew cast such a complicated spell. I know he's not *that*
stupid, but after all we've heard about him I don't believe he would
have been able to do it without practising it a lot (and where should
he have done that?). That leaves Sirius to perform the charm on James
and Lily, since nobody else knew about the switch. I'm pretty sure he
was there.

Monika


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