[HPforGrownups] Do "the old crowd" know Sirius is Innocent and what about Rita Skeeter?

[Chip Olson]

No: HPFGUIDX 30272

Quoth Hollydaze:

> Now my real question is how is Sirius planning to round up the old 
> members if they don't know he is innocent, if he just turns up and 
> tells them they have to see Dumbledore or whatever and they still 
> think he is guilty, won't they just stun him and call the MoM? 

I wondered that too, but then figured Sirius would be smart enough to
go to Remus Lupin first, who is both a member of said "old crowd" and
knows Sirius is innocent. Presumably Lupin would then vouch for
Sirius' innocence to Figg, Fletcher et. al. 

> One other thing that worry's me is that Rita Skeeter knows Sirius is 
> an Animagus and that he is working with DHHRM and S, Hermione only 
> trapped her AFTER Sirius had revealed himself, is this going to be 
> key to future books, either in proving Sirius is innocent or in him 
> dying/being captured? (this latter thing has been bugging -no pun 
> intended- me for a while now but no one seems to have an answer)

I've been wondering about that too. Skeeter presumably also knows
about Voldemort's return and Fudge and Dumbledore's "parting of the
ways" over the former's refusal to believe it.

Oh, hi, another delurk. :-)

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