Draco's Redemption/Sirius Black

[Marianna Lvovsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 23881

 
> That reminds me of something I've been puzzling over
> lately (for the 
> sake of a fanfic): at that point in the book,
> supposedly everyone 
> except Sirius himself and the rat believes that
> Sirius betrayed the 
> Potters, killed all those Muggles, and was a valued
> servant of Lord 
> Voldemort. It would be in character for Draco,
> believing that and 
> being at that time an ignorantly enthusiastic
> follower of the Dark 
> Lord, to regard the Dark Wizard Black with
> admiration and envy, 
> daydreaming of the day when he, too, can do a great
> service for the 
> Dark Lord and kill so many Muggles with one curse,
> but be clever 
> enough not to be captured by MoM. *snip*

I don't think it's true that only Sirius/PP knew who
the real trator was before the shrieking shack
confronatation. Some (top-rank) death eaters
definitely knew. I bet Lucius did (but did not tell
Draco for obvious reasons). The reason PP staged the
elaborate frame-up was so that the DE would believe he
was dead, and not come after him, since they believed
(to quote Sirius) "the double crosser double crossed
them". Framing Sirius was only a side benefit.
According to Sirius, many of DE in Azkaban blame PP
for where they are (shout things in their sleep).

So, prior to shrieking shack, people who know the real
story are: Sirius, PP + (at least some)DE in Azkaban,
and I presume by extrapolation any top rank DE that
walked free (thus not Snape who was not top rank, but
someone like Lucius).

Lucius would not share the info with Draco, but
inwardly I am sure would be very amused at the
situation.

Marsha/Marianna

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