Some Sirius Black Questions.

[serenadust]

No: HPFGUIDX 36385

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I wrote:
>  He was dragging him down there 
> >in desperate anticipation of Harry following them.  The only 
reason 
> >Ron's leg broke is that he had hooked it around a root to resist 
> >being dragged away, not because Black was really trying to hurt 
him.


 
Then Susanne wrote:
> > And why, exactly did Black want Harry to follow, anyhow?
> > As a witness? To explain his innocence to Harry?
> >I guess nobody besides Lupin would have believed him, if
> >they hadn't seen Scabbers transform into Pettigrew.
> > Maybe he should have planned on more witnesses?
> > Would he have been able to persuade Dumbledore to listen and
> > watch, if he had tried?



and then Jennifer wrote:
> My impression of the scene was that Sirius dragged Ron to the 
> Shreiking Shack only because Ron had Scabbers/Peter in his 
pocket.  
> He was "grateful" to Harry (and Hermione) for following Ron, not 
> because he wanted them there, but because he didn't want them back 
at 
> the castle getting help.  He wanted to kill Peter, pure and 
simple.  
 
 
You're absolutely right, Jennifer.  In trying to defend Sirius 
concerning the Harry-choking and leg-breaking, I failed to express 
myself very well.  Of course his main objective was to get to 
Peter/Scabbers, and he had to take Ron to do it.  He probably wasn't 
even particularly thinking of Harry at that moment, although he later
said,
 ""I thought you'd come and help your friend," he said hoarsely.
His voice sounded as though he had long since lost the habit of 
using it."Your father would have done the same for me.  Brave of 
you, not to run for a teacher.  I'm grateful...it will make 
everything much easier...""

At this point, I began to realize that Sirius probably wasn't going 
to be the evil Voldy-supporter he had been made out to be, and that 
JKR had pulled off yet another instance of characters not being what 
they first seemed.

Thanks for the clarification, Jennifer.

Jo Serenadust