Not-so-omniscient Dumbledore??

[babelfisherperson]

No: HPFGUIDX 31306

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "cornflower_o_shea" <tenpinkpiggies at h...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "babelfisherperson" 
> <babelfisherperson at y...> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Lucy Austin" <lucy at l...> wrote:
> > > But if Dumbledore knew they were sneaking out to be with Lupin,
> > > he'd have had to assume they were animagi or something like
> > > that.  They couldn't have been with Lupin in human form or
> > > they'd have been bitten!
> Red XIV responded: 
> > Not necessarily. Perhaps he thought they had brewed him some 
> > wolfsbane potion? Presumably a rather difficult thing to do, but
> > less so than becoming animagi without any sort of training. And
> > James & Sirius are described as having been brilliant students.
> 
> Yes, but it is mentioned that the wolfsbane potion was a very
> recent discovery, or Lupin would have taken it and hung around some
> vacant room in Hogwarts, and the whole animagus plot would be moot.

Yes, you're right.

But just because the other Marauders were missing from Hogwarts 
doesn't mean anybody would assume they were with Remus. Dumbledore 
might've known they were aware of the secret passages to Hogsmeade, 
and just assumed they had snuck out through one of them. Even if it 
was noticed that James, Sirius, and Peter were missing during the 
full moon, I rather doubt that the first conclusion anybody jumped to 
would've been that they had transformed into animals to hang out with 
their werewolf friend.

Red XIV