PoA Chapters 21-22: Remus, Sirius

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 22160

Naama wrote

> [C: how is he feeling now, returning to a life where 
> no one is willing to hire him? Where no one will trust him? 
> Does he have a family? Friends who can help?]
> 

I wonder much the same about Sirius.  Sirius has accomplished almost 
nothing of what he set out to do--all those months living in the 
Forest gone to waste.  He's better off in a couple of important ways: 
Harry, Lupin, and Dumbledore know he's innocent and know about the 
danger from Peter.  But Sirius is still in great danger from the MOM 
and Peter/Voldemort, Harry is still in danger from Peter/Voldemort, 
and Peter is probably even more dangerous than before for having been 
flushed out of hiding.  Sirius set out to rescue Harry and ended up 
needing rescuing himself; he can't be feeling very successful right 
now.

Within several weeks he's going to start hearing scary rumors about 
Voldemort, Bertha's disappearance, Harry's scar hurting, all of which 
seem to date back to Peter's escape . . . bad scene.  I don't imagine 
either he or Remus is feeling too good this summer.

Amy Z

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   "What's this?" he asked Aunt Petunia.  Her lips tightened
 as they always did if he dared to ask a question.
   "Your new school uniform," she said.
   Harry looked in the bowl again.
   "Oh," he said, "I didn't realize it had to be so wet."
                           -HP and the Philosopher's Stone 
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