Sirius a Slytherin? Convince me!

[Pruneau]

No: HPFGUIDX 75411

Laura wrote:
> A possible problem with the theory overall is that I'm not sure 
that 
> making Remus a prefect in Ravenclaw would have much effect on the 
> behavior of James and Sirius if they were in different houses.  I 
> know prefects can take points from any house, but I can't really 
see 
> Remus doing that to Moony or Padfoot.  Being a Gryffindor prefect 
> would at least let him keep an eye on them a lot of the time.

Maybe this was discussed before, sorry if it was, but are you sure 
prefects can take points from any house? I thought a prefect could 
only take points from his own house. Here's the canon:
'I know /prefects/ can't dock points, Weasel King', sneered 
Malfoy. 'But members of the Inquisitorial Squad -' (OotP, chapter 
28, page 551 Bloomsbury hardback)

'/You/ don't care about Ginny,' said Ron, whose ears were reddening 
now. '/You're/ just worried I'm going to mess up your chances of 
being Head Boy.'
'Five ponts from Gryffindor!' Percy said tersely, fingering his 
prefect badge. (CoS, chapter 9, page 119 Bloomsbury paperback) 
(emphasis JKR)

In CoS, Percy is only a prefect, not Head Boy yet, so a prefect 
definitely can take points from his own house, but that seems to be 
it.

Pruneau