The Fateful Night (VERY long)

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 42296

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:
 
> 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.>

Polyjuiced Pettigrew?  I find that one hard to swallow :-).  I imagine 
that Pettigrew spent all of his time and energy dealing with 
Voldemort, setting the Potters up, and then setting Sirius up as well.  
I just don't see him sitting down and taking the time to make and take 
Polyjuice Potion on top of that.  Polyjuice Potion takes time to take 
effect and to wear off; Pettigrew was too pressed for time to go 
through all of that.

I can also see Sirius himself arguing with Hagrid because I can 
imagine that, after seeing the Potters' home destroyed and Pettigrew 
nowhere to be found, Sirius would have trouble trusting anyone, 
especially someone coming to him and saying "Dumbledore told me to..."  
I'd be suspicious as well.  Besides, in the end, Sirius did let Hagrid 
take Harry, right?  He was simply reluctant to do so.

--jenny from ravenclaw **********************************