SHIP: CUPID'SBLUDGER on the rebound (WAS: Snape's Secret ...

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Edblanning at a... wrote:
 
> Eloise:
 
> My only question is how Sirius knew where to find Arabella, since 
presumably 
> she is only living two streets from Privet Drive in order to keep 
an eye on 
> Harry and so, like Harry, must have moved at appoximately the time 
of his 
> arrest. I certainly can't see that he could have known or either of 
their 
> whereabouts whilst he was in prison. Of course, perhaps he knows 
the little 
> old lady (her mother? her aunt?) from whom she's harvesting the 
hair and went 
> there first.
> 
> But if Cindy is wrong about this, then it does raise the questions 
of exactly 
> *how* Sirius locates Harry so precisely and why Arabella can be 
trusted to 
> believe in Sirius when apparently everyone, down to Dumbledore has 
believed 
> he is guilty. Mind you, the same goes for Mundungus Fletcher. It 
can't be 
> coincidence that he is to go to Lupin's first: he can vouch for him.


I still think that Dumbledore will alert the old crowd that a curious 
messenger will soon arrive to explain in detail what is happening, 
that Dumbledore trust this messenger and that they are not to 
interfere with his movements.  

> I suppose that it is just possible that Sirius did know where the 
Dursleys 
> lived. After all, presumably James would have known. I can just 
imagine him 
> taking Sirius to see exactly how awful his in-laws were. But he 
wouldn't have 
> know that Dumbledore had taken Harry there, would he? I'm sure he 
wouldn't 
> have contemplated doing it and he wouldn't expect it of Dumbledore, 
either.

Yes, Sirius knows about Petunia and Vernon from James and Lily, pre-
Azkaban.  Presumably, he also knows of any other Potter or Evans 
siblings that exist.  If there are no other siblings, then the 
logical assumption would be that Harry would be living with the 
Dursleys because they are family.  The Dursleys lived at Privet Dr. 
in 1981, so why not see if they're still living there?

 If there are other siblings or grandparents who may still be alive, 
then perhaps Sirius plotted out a geographic itinerary that would 
take him to these various places on his way to Hogwarts.  In that 
case, Privet Drive just happened to be the first stop on the way, and 
it turned out to be the right location.

Marianne