Sirius - Has anyone noted this?

[Zarleycat at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 16790

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., rainy_lilac at y... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:

> I am nervous too-- has anyone taken note that Rita Skeeter now knows
> that Sirius Black is an animagus??? And that he is close to 
Harry??? 
> 
> Do any of us really believe that she will keep this a secret???
> This is what has protected him all along-- the fact that he could 
> transform into a dog and that nobody except a few trusted friends 
knew > about this ability. Now the dementors will know....
> 
> *shudder*
> 
> --Suzanne
> (Thinking that the North End of Boston would be a splendid place 
for Sirius to hide out)

An increasing number of people now know the secret:
The trustworthy ones: the Trio, Dumbledore, Lupin.  
The questionable one: Snape - although since Dumbledore has pointedly 
remarked that he and Sirius are now on the same side I don't think 
that Snape will betray this particular secret.
The unknown: Molly Weasley - and I bet she'll tell Arthur.  Plus,  
she'll probably also want to know how and why her youngest son seems 
to be on good terms with an escaped murderer.

The dangerous ones:  Pettigrew and Skeeter. You'd think by now that 
whatever Pettigrew knows has already been passed on to Voldemort. If 
so, this may come into play at a later date whenever V. thinks he has 
the most to gain.  Perhaps Skeeter will try to make a deal with 
someone along the lines of "I won't reveal anything harmful to you as 
long as you provide me with inside information."  She could hold this 
over Sirius' head directly or use it to try to get info from Harry. 

Which leads me to a totally unrelated topic - is there any other 
source of news for the wizard world besides the Daily Planet?  We've 
discussed the problems of the wizard court/legal system.  Does anyone 
else feel that having only one news outlet is a dangerous thing to a 
society???

Marianne, who feels that Boston is way too popular and that a nice, 
quiet neighborhood outside of Hartford affords better protection to 
wizards on the lam!