Dead Men Tell No Lies (was: inheritance)

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 72691

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "leb2323" <lbiles at f...> wrote:
> 
> I was wondering the same thing about the proof.  My worry is that
> even with everyone vouching that he was there and that he indeed went 
> through the veil, how would they be able to convince anyone that 
> Sirius -- dreaded mass murderer, traitor, and escaped prisoner from 
> Azkaban -- was actually fighting on the side of the good guys and
> was not there as a DE?
> 
> leb

bboy_mn:

It was a dark and stormy night, Harry, the Weasleys, Hermione,
Dumbledore (and Friends), the Wizengamot, and Ministry representatives
are gathered deep in the bowels of the Ministry of Magic are assembled
together in the Chamber of Death and seated before the Veiled Gateway
of Death. Two Unspeakables step forward and draw back the veil.
Through a hazy wall of light, they look beyond the veil into the
netherworld, the realm of the dead, the hereafter, the afterlife. As
shadowy beings of dense light, through the haze, we see the dead.
Amoung them, Sirius and Harry's parents.

When you pass beyond the veil, those trivialities, urges, and desires
that seemed so very very important on this side of the veil, lose all
meaning on the other side. As a consequence, dead men tell no lies.
The petty frailties of life that encourage and entice us mortals into
lying, no longer have meaning. So it is universally accepted; dead men
tell no lies.

Sirius is called forward to give testimony about his role in the death
of those 12 muggles he has been accused of killing. Of course, to the
dead, such petty things have little meaning or value, but he is
persuaded to give his account. An account which clears his name, and
of course, confirms his death.

Harry is allowed one last all too brief conversation with him, and
with his parents. In doing so, Harry is given great insight into life
and death. Of course, seeing his loved ones so close, mere feet away,
Harry has the uncontrollable urge to reach out and touch them; to go
to them and embrace them. The Unspeakables restrain him; they
understand Siren-like call to join those we love, and they know that
away from the veil cooler heads will prevail.

Harry says his final good-bye, the good-bye and expression of love
that he was never able to convey in life, and the veil is closed
again, allowing the dead to rest in peace.

Sirius's name is cleared, Harry says his good-byes, he speaks with his
parent who say they will be patiently waiting for him until his time
comes. Harry walks away with a deeper understanding of both death and
life, and also with a sense of serenity and peace that typcially
accompanies these deeper spiritual enlightenments. 

This enlightenment is the hero's right of purification, the
enlightenment that allows him to see beyond the mundane and mortal. An
enlightenment that allows him to understand, and therefore, overcome
the evil he faces in Voldemort. Harry realizes that life and death are
not separate, but one a continuation of the other. Afteral, to a well
organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.

Somewhere in his enlightenment, Harry gains the tools he needs to
defeat Voldemort. Not personally having that enlightenment, I can't,
as of yet, say what those tools are. 

Hey! I could happen.

Hard to say whether this scenario is true, but it does pull together a
lot of themes and artifacts from the series, is not that far from the
typcial epic hero's journey, and does give Harry a power that
Voldemort will never have.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn