Prank Theory! (was Re: Marauder's Map)

[gkjpo <kristen@sanderson-web.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48740

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, alicit at a... wrote:
> Melpomene Says something that triggers a theory:
<snip>
> 
> So, Sirius has the map; Lupin has gone into the Shrieking shack for 
his 
> transformation; Severus and Sirius fight over it... Sirius gets 
angry and 
> walks away, but leaves the map out for severus to see... possibly 
tuned to 
> the whomping willow?  Severus sees the little figure prodding the 
knot in the 
> wood and sees the passage to lupin...
> 

A couple of things...

- Severus would have immediately given this to Dumbledore as evidence 
to expell the marauders.  Dumbledore was pretty surprised in GoF when 
the map was mentioned and since it takes a lot to surprise him, I am 
guessing that he never heard of it before.
- Severus would have recognized the value and pocketed the map - it 
would have been activated and since he became a DE, he would have no 
problem using something that looked like dark magic.

Personally, I don't see how they would have needed to use the map to 
entice Severus into following Lupin.  It seems like he was very adept 
at following them without the need for reference.  If Sirius did use 
something like that, he could have created a mini-map that just 
followed Lupin and not everyone else - even that seems like a 
dangerous thing to give your enemies.

Kristen