The Fateful Night (VERY long)

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 42409

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Richelle Votaw" <rvotaw at i...> wrote:
> Dicentra writes:
> 
> >
> > As far as being hell-bent on getting Peter, I don't think that 
was his
> > first priority -- Harry was.  When he no longer had Harry to 
worry
> > about, he could go look for Peter.
> 
> I'm still confused. What exactly *did* Sirius plan to do with a 15 
month old
> baby?  Who could he trust to leave him with?  He had to leave Harry
> someplace if he'd taken him, because he couldn't wait too long to 
go after
> Peter.  The trail would've gone cold.  Who could have been 
trusted?  Lupin?
> Sirius must've had his doubts about him to begin with.  
Dumbledore?  How
> would he have gotten him to Dumbledore?  Put him in daycare?  I 
hardly think
> so.  If Sirius was just being concerned for Harry's safety he was 
sure being
> short sighted.  A baby's a big responsibility, especially if 
you've no one
> else to help, and you're going to have to go after a traitor very 
shortly.
> 

Of course it was short-sighted, we're talking about Sirius here.  He 
doesn't go in much for careful long-range planning at the best of 
times.  And here he's just had the biggest shock of his life, and is 
all grief-stricken and overwhelmed.  He wasn't thinking about the 
logistics of going after Peter, or the responsibilites of single 
parenthood, or anything else beyond the fact that James and Lily 
were dead and he had promised to take care of their child. He was 
following his impulses, as Sirius is wont to do.

Marina
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