TBAY: Snape, Sirius and the Prank

[dicentra63]

No: HPFGUIDX 38655

Dicentra, now changed into dry clothing and wrapped in a blanket,
hears a lone voice wafting over the water.  She looks up.  It's Diana,
in the dinghy, drifting across the Bay and muttering to herself:

"What was that she was saying?  Second Chances?  Yes, that was it, why
does.....er..Snapey-poo, was that the term?....why does he resent
Sirius being given a second chance when he's been given one himself?
Isn't it obvious? It's because he's a .......(well, if you want to
know, you'll have to come in close and listen carefully because Diana
hesitates to use such language in public. She's very well brought up,
you know.)
 
"That's of course, if he *does* resent Sirius being given a second
chance. If Stoned!Harry hadn't intervened so quickly...., Diana might
have pointed out that we have no proof other than hearsay that Snape's
attitude towards Sirius has anything to do with the Prank..... Sirius
*has an equal and opposite grudge against Snape*. But this is nothing
to do with Diana. 
 
"'How dare you!' screams Diana at the small, white,
bleeding-heart-festooned figure she can see still glaring somewhat
petulantly across the Bay from the Big Bang, 'How dare you rant on
about Snape like that. Second chances? Yes, your precious Sirius *was*
given a second chance, wasn't he. And Dumbledore's giving him a
third....'" 

Dicentra comes this |     | close to leaning over the railing and
shouting "Hey! You wanna piecea me?  That ain't no Third Chance
because Sirius ain't guilty," but she sees that Diana is clutching
several portable can(n)ons, and none of the can(n)ons on Big Bang can
be aimed at The Prank.

"Eloise, wishing we could forget the dratted Prank, wondering how on
earth we got back here (*please* lets not have another Snape vs.
Sirius war) and not wanting to get into another argument with
Dicentra..." 

I should say not...

Dicentra swaggers back to her cabin on Big Bang, where she begins to
rifle through stacks of posts for the Sirius FAQ.  The stack of posts
on The Prank is the biggest of all.  "Awful lot of Sirius-bashing,"
she muses.  "That must be what set me off."  She notices her calendar
on the wall.  Full moon tonight, too.  No wonder she went ballistic.

--Dicentra, who won't be participating in any more posts on The Prank,
thank you very much  
 
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