TBAY: Assassin!Snape Meets Saboteur!Snape (WAS Saboteur!Snape's Next Mission)

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No: HPFGUIDX 46880

I wrote:
"Yes, exactly, he sends Snape off *right* *after* the events of GoF 
have occured. And he's back by the Leaving Feast. Whatever he did 
had to be fast, and probably nearby, as wizards cannot Apparate that 
far, and maybe not even Bangy enough to not have been noticed by the 
rest of the Wizarding World. There is a month between the third task 
and the end of the school year. However, there is not mention of 
Snape not being at Potions lessons or the lessons being cancelled, 
and no mention of anything huge happening, like Dementors being 
kicked out of Azkaban."

Charis Julia responded:
"Honey, hold on! What's the rush? Calm down, pace yourself, there, 
there, take deep breaths. . . First of all are you really sure that 
there was a whole month between the Third Task and the end—of—year 
feast? I know Harry says he couldn't remember much even a month 
later, which is a bit misleading, but after that I'm pretty sure we 
are returned back to the days just after the Task. Check H—R—H's 
visit to Hagrid which takes place on * the* Thursday as opposed to * 
a* Thursday. The Lexicon also confirms this timeline as you can see 
here":
 
Me:
I mixed up June and July. July 31 stuck out in my mind and I just 
now realized that that's Harry's birthday. ::blush:: However, I knew 
the school year ended later than most school years I'M used to, and 
that's why I thought there was so much time between the Third Task 
and the Leaving Feast.

Charis Julia
"And, no, to get to the essence of your objection, I did not mean to 
imply that Snape hurries off to Azkaban and blows all the prisoners 
out right there and then. I realise it did rather come out that way, 
didn't it? But what I think would be far more likely would a rather 
more time—consuming expedition. After all, you see, breaking into 
impregnable wizarding forts is no piece of pumpkin cake. These 
things take planning. I don't think Snape set off immediately to 
kick the Dementors out. Rather what I would suggest is that 
Dumbledore authorised him to * prepare* such a mission, so that when 
the time was ripe he could set it into effect at once. That is also, 
by the way, why nobody has noticed the world –shattering event of 
Dementor expulsion: It hasn't taken place yet."
 
Okay, that makes more sense. I was also under the impression that 
sent the Dementors away right away.
 
Me again:
"Ah, but here's where I have the problem! Dumbledore DOESN'T send 
Hagrid off right away. Hagrid doesn't leave until after the school 
year has ended. Snape leaves right away."
 

"Charis blinks blankly. "But, that was exactly my point! The Snape 
business is one of the few Dumbledore attends to before he sees 
Hagrid and M. Maxime. Just like the ridding of Azkaban of the 
Dementors is the one thing he advised Fudge to do before he turned 
to the Giants.""

My mistake. I cut off too much of your post when I was trying to 
quote you. What I meant was, you said that Dumbledore immediately 
tackles the two points he tried to make to Fudge: send envoys to the 
giants, and get the Dementors out of Azkaban. Well, if Snape was 
indeed supposed to get Dementors out of Azkaban, or prepare for it, 
why does Dumbledore send him off right away, and wait a week to send 
of Hagrid? Both people in question are teachers at the school, yet 
Dumbledore waits a week to send one off, and sends the other off 
right away, both to do things that he said are extremely important 
to accomplish before V-Mort beats them to it. 
Anyway, that was the point *I* was trying to make.

-Acire, who seems to always do this before dinner, and who saw an 
owl the other day on top of a flag post. Sadly, it had no mail for 
her.