The Fateful Night (VERY long)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 42295

The Grey Wolf writes:
> At the same time, Sirius decides to check on Peter and make 
sure that  he is still on Dumbledore's side. He arrives to Peter's 
den to find it  empty. With a horrible sense of foreboding, he 
speeds to the Potters's  house in Godric Hollow to find it 
destroyed, and Hagrid already there  with Harry. He lends Hagrid 
his motorbike so he can take Harry some  place safe, and starts 
looking for Peter. Hagrid leaves with Harry on 
 the bike, and is missing for the next 24 hours, until he makes an 
appearance at Privet Drive with Harry.<

Sirius, in his account of events at the Shrieking Shack, does not 
mention Hagrid, or the motorbike, or trying to take Harry with him. 
I maintain that we cannot state as fact that the person Hagrid 
met at Godric's Hollow was Sirius. 

IMO, it is much more likely to have been polyjuiced Pettigrew. It is  
hard for me to understand why Sirius would have wanted to take 
Harry with him if he was a) overwhelmed with grief for the Potters 
b) bent on finding Peter and c) knew that Dumbledore was taking 
personal responsibility for Harry's safety. I find it hard to believe 
that the real Sirius would have argued against Dumbledore's 
orders with Hagrid. It was Fake!Moody's disregard of 
Dumbledore's orders that finally tipped Dumbledore off to his 
disguise. I think that's a clue.

I do not think anyone needs to have been there to tell 
Dumbledore what happened. If the MOM knows when a 
hovercharm is used on Privet Drive, surely Dumbledore could 
have a way of knowing when an AK has been used at Godric's 
Hollow. 

I think that the sacrifice counterspell is something that Lily and 
Dumbledore may have discussed beforehand, with Dumbledore 
never thinking that she would actually try it. 

Pippin