Sirius as Auror? (WAS Death Eater Modus Operendi)

[cindysphynx]

No: HPFGUIDX 36601

DG wrote:

> Wasn't Sirius an Auror?

In canon, we don't know what Sirius did for a living before he took 
up residence in Azkaban.  

Personally, I'd be rather surprised if Sirius had been an Auror.  In 
GoF, he didn't understand the significance of the Dark Mark.  Moody 
clearly seems to understand the significance of the Dark Mark on 
Snape's arm.  (Of course, this could have been Fake Moody's knowedge, 
but I doubt it).  Once Snape turned spy for Dumbledore, you'd imagine 
that anyone even remotely involved in fighting Dark Wizards would 
know about the Dark Mark.

Besides, the way Sirius talks about Aurors suggests that he wasn't 
one himself.  Sirius says that Moody was the best Auror the Ministry 
ever had, but never indicates that he knew Moody personally.  Sirius 
also talks rather matter-of-factly about how Rosier and Wilkes were 
both killed by Aurors, without suggesting that he or anyone he knew 
was involved.  Also, no one ever makes the observation that they were 
shocked that an Auror like Sirius would work for Voldemort.

So if Sirius worked as an Auror, then he was a rather middling and 
low-level one.  And that just doesn't sit right with me.

Hmmm.  So what might Sirius have been?  Eh, pretty much all of the 
bright students score jobs working for MoM, right?  So I'm thinking 
that Sirius might have been ::flips through Lexicon:: in the 
Department of Magical Catastrophes ("DMC").  

Yes, this might work.  See, we know Fudge was in the DMC.  We have 
theorized that Avery was there, too.  We know Sirius is good at 
transfiguration (animagus, conjuring manacles), which might come in 
handy when one needs to repair something through transfiguration.  

Sirius in the DMC is also rather Bangy.  See, Fudge worked there and 
was one of the first to arrive to find Sirius chuckling over the huge 
hole in the ground.  Perhaps Avery arrives too, finding his buddy 
Sirius in a whole heap of trouble.  You'd expect some compassion from 
Fudge and Avery in this situation, you know, professional courtesy 
for a colleague and all.  Instead, Fudge and Avery tamper with the 
evidence because they are both Supremely Evil Death Eaters With No 
Remorse At All.  

As for Sirius, he doesn't express much of an opinion about Fudge or 
Avery one way or the other.  That's because Sirius doesn't know they 
are Supremely Evil.  He figures they are old work colleagues who 
arrested him because they were just doing their jobs.  He harbors no 
ill will toward them . . . yet.

Canon?  Yeah, I've got canon.  Fudge seems to know a fair amount 
about Black, doesn't he?  "Potter trusted Black beyond all his other 
friends.  Nothing changed when they left school."  Fudge knows that 
Black was the best man at James' wedding and was Harry's godfather.  
Fudge also seems to think a great deal of Black's magical 
ability:  "Nobody but trained Hit Wizards from the Magical Law 
Enforcement Squad would have stood a chance against Black once he was 
cornered."  I submit that Fudge knows Black's background and 
abilities because they worked together in the DMC for a few years 
before Voldemort fell.

Also, Snape's conduct indicates that Black might have worked at the 
DMC.  See, Snape thinks that Black has confunded the Trio in the 
Shrieking Shack.  One would think DMC workers like Sirius would need 
to be very good at confunding people to cover up catastrophes.  The 
Snapefans ought to like this bit because Sirius at the DMC means 
Snape would have had a good reason to think the Trio was confunded.

So . . . can Sirius be in the DMC, then?  If so, someone will have to 
work out whether Sirius was above, below, or on the same level as 
Fudge and Avery.

Cindy (who has enjoyed DG's DE musings and finds them exceptionally 
Bangy)