The Snape Incident (was Rule-breaking--James and Sirius vs. Fred and George

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., devika261 at a... wrote:
 

  
> BTW, about the Snape incident...IIRC, that occurred during their 
6th year.  
> If James had been a prefect, he would have been one at the time.  I 
wonder if 
> James got into any trouble for that, or if he was considered to be 
a hero.  
> If the latter is true, as I'm inclined to think, did Sirius get 
into any 
> trouble?  I think James might have covered for him, but Snape would 
have 
> tried to get them all expelled.  Was Snape perhaps a prefect for 
Slytherin 
> House?  Hmmm....the speculation goes on....
> 
> Devika (who thinks JKR should write a prequel to SS about MWPP and 
their 
> school days)

I'm sure we don't have all the info we need on the Snape/Sirius 
event.  Surely putting another student in mortal danger should be 
enough to get one expelled.  Yet, this didn't happen.  And we know 
that Dumbledore knew about it.  As Snape says to Dumbledore in Chap. 
21 of PoA "Sirius Black showed he was capable of murder at the age of 
sixteen. You haven't forgotten that he once tried to kill me?"

I keep thinking that something else was going on that night.  By that 
time, James, etal were Animagi and would keep Remus company on his 
transformation nights.  Well, then, why were they not with Remus on 
this particular evening?  If it was too early in the night for them 
to slip out to the Shrieking Shack, why tell Snape about how to get 
there and then run the risk of him also finding out they were illegal 
Animagi?  

My theory is that something or someone provoked Sirius to the point 
where he reacted way too impulsively and told Snape how to get into 
the tunnel.  This would also help explain why Dumbledore didn't expel 
Sirius.  He may have felt that whatever set Sirius off was enough of 
a mitigating factor that he could allow him to stay at school.  And, 
of course, this would just add to Snape's feelings that some rule-
breakers are allowed to get away with too much.

Marianne, who agrees with Devika that we need a MWPP Prequel.