Sirius and Bravery WAS Re: Secret Keeper

[Grey Wolf <greywolf1@jazzfree.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 51745

> Torsten wrote:
> He's an animagus, 
> > for god's sake. Do some apparating jumps to Greece, Russia or the 
> US and live in dog 
> > form in a forest, how should they find him? Why did they send 
> Peter to a hideout, he 
> > could have hidden in Hogwarts as a rat. The Potters didn't tell 
> anyone they changed 
> > secret keepers, they wouldn't have had to tell anyone where Sirius 
> or Peter went, where 
> > and how they were hiding.
> > 

Marianne wrote:
> But, the Potters, Sirius, Remus, Peter, all knew there was a traitor 
> in their midst. They all knew of each others' Animagus ability. No 
> one knew at the time whether the traitor might have already spilled 
> that info to the DEs, in which case, one's Animagus form would not 
> necessarily be a defense. As to leaving the country, I have no 
> theory. It certainly doesn't seem to be something that anyone 
> thought of.  
> 
> Marianne

Ever tried to catch one specigfic rat between hundreds of them? OK,
neither have I, but doesn't sound like an easy thing to do. Knowing
that Peter can turn into a rat doesn't make it that much easier to
find. There are several million rats in England, I'm sure. More than
wizards certainly, probably more than humans. Finding a specific rat
between all of them is close to impossible - and Sirius wouldn't
necesarily know were to find the little rat. That's without even
considering leaving the country - once Peter leaves the country (all
assuming he wasn't the traitor, of course), the Potters would've been
safe forever.

And leaving the country is something they could've thought about.
Sirius was thinking of going into hidding himself, and considering
that when he finally scaped he went hidding to an equatorial island
someplace, he doesn't seem to be too oposed to fleeing the country
when the time is right.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf