TBAY: Assassin!Snape and Karkaroff's

[Shauna]

No: HPFGUIDX 46918

Shauna yawned as she made her way into the backroom, 
slumping into one of the chairs.  The hour was already late, and 
besides, all the frantic theorizing tired her out.  Drowsiness and 
a little alcohol had soothed her nerves.  She might be bold 
enough to get into a short conversation - if she didn't fall asleep 
first.  Why did everyone have so much energy?

She glanced across to where Cindy and Judy Serenity were 
discussing why Dumbledore would trust snape.

> "Oh, *now* I remember," Cindy said.  "We talked about Snape 
> many  months ago, when Theory Bay was little more than a 
>bone dry gulley.   We disagreed about why Dumbledore would 
> have trusted Snape after  Snape became a DE.  I was saying   
> that Snape would have to do something Big to get back into     
> Dumbledore's good graces, and you were saying that  
>Dumbledore would trust Snape without it."  

Shauna sighed.  Were they going to get into that again?  "Why in 
the world," she murmured to herself, "would killing a bunch of 
deatheaters make Dumbledore any less suspicious of Snape?  
Surely the good Headmaster believes Voldemort capable of 
sacrificing a few of his minions to get Dumbledore to trust his 
spy.  No, the only way for that to work would be if the information 
Snape passes on to Dumbledore is more valuable *against* 
Voldemort than having a closely trusted spy in enemy ranks 
would be *for* Voldemort.  That's a high standard to overcome - 
perhaps the highest.  On the other hand..."

"On the other hand?"  A voice spoke in her ear.

Shauna jumped so high she was surprised no one noticed.  She 
looked around, but there wasn't anyone particularly near her.

"Hello...?"

"Hello.  You were saying, on the other hand?"

Shauna whispered hesitantly.  "Who are you?"

"TheresNothingToIt."

"Really?"

"Yes.  There's nothing to it.  Please continue."

Shauna started to ask another question, then decided just to 
continue theorizing.  She had learned one had generally better 
listen to disembodied voices - they might not be able to take you 
outside and give you a beat down, but they could follow you 
home singing "The Song That Never Ends".  

"I was saying that on the other hand, Dumbledore might be able 
to trust him for different reasons.  Personal reasons.  He was 
Snape's headmaster for seven years, there might be a 
somewhat of a trusting relationship.  I can't offer anything 
particular, but it might be there."

There was a silence.

"'lo?  You there?"

"Yes," came the voice.  "I was nodding my head thoughtfully."

"You don't *have* a head."

The disembodied voice made a 'harrumph' sound.  "No need to 
get snappy about it."

"I'm sorry... really.  You there?"

But the voice was gone.

Shauna leaned back in her seat, preparing to take another nap, 
sure that she would be lulled to sleep by counting the flying 
flags.  A few moments later, though, her 'friend' boomed out to 
everybody.

> "I submit that Snape uses the Timeturner and nips back a 
>couple of hours to visit the DE family reunion in the 
> graveyard. That is why he starts when Harry begins to name  
> the Death Eaters; if Snape is mentioned as not attending then 
>there can be no  hope of a little time turning." 

This time it was Shauna who nodded her head thoughtfully.  It 
was a good theory, even if the use of the Timeturner was a little 
cheap.

She watched with interest as the conversation continued.

> "That's not bad," Cindy said.  "But we have a couple of issues.  
> Snape's failure to twig to the fact that Hermione may have had 
>a Timeturner in PoA suggests that Snape doesn't have one or 
>even know much about them."

Shauna rolled her eyes.  Like there wasn't an entire summer 
where Dumbledore could have told Snape?  Dumbledore 
certainly spent some of that time filling him in on other details. By 
the time the scene rolls around, Dumbledore's told him of Sirius' 
innocence - why not explain the Timeturner then?

> Also, there's the problem that readers around the 
> globe would toss their books into the fireplace if JKR tried to 
>dust off the time travel gimmick again.  

Maybe, maybe not.  After all, she used the Anamagi gimmick 
twice, too - in PoA with the Marauders and in GoF with Rita 
Skeeter.  Shauna was about to screw up her courage and point 
this out, but Cindy was still barging along.

>And if Snape did travel back in  time, why didn't he do 
>something *useful* like stop Cedric and Harry 
> from touching the Cup?  Or go to the graveyard and save 
>Cedric's life?

Woah!  Shauna burst out, "Wait a second!  Are you forgetting the 
entire point of Timeturners?  They can't change things that have 
already happened!  At least three people saw Cedric die (and 
Cedric might have noticed, too!), and an entire stadium of people 
saw him and Harry touch the cup!  How would he get away with 
it?"

Her voice was drowned out, though, by Acire.  She had rushed in 
and started going on about Karkaroff.

Shauna sat back down in her seat in disapointment.  When a 
yellow flag was passed to her, she scrunched it up and used it 
as a pillow.

Theorizing was nice, but sleepy work.  Besides, she wasn't sure 
how to start up a conversation with anyone - anyone embodied, 
anyway.

She drifted off, hoping that Cindy's bangs wouldn't wake her up.