[HPforGrownups] Sirius' "joke" on Snape

[morine10 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 6190

We now know that Snape was a Death Eater.  I think it was stated that he knew 
more about dark magic than any other student when he was at Hogwarts.  I'd 
venture to guess that he was dabbling in dark magic at school and that the 
Marauders knew about it.  I would never say that it was OK for Sirius to pull 
this on Snape, but we don't know what Snape may have done to any of the 
Marauders or any of the other students at Hogwarts at that time.  If he 
(Sirius) knew that James would intervene then maybe he was just trying to 
teach Snape a lesson -scare him a bit.  A sort of "I know what you've been up 
to so don't mess with us or else..."  It could very well have been a taste of 
his own medicine.

-Mo