Sirius' knife. Who attacked who?

[Linda]

No: HPFGUIDX 59423

> > bboy:mn wrote:
> > >
> > > The Scene-
> > > PoA Chapter 21 AmEd HB Pg 392: Dumbledore has just talked with 
> > > Sirius and is now in the hospital wing where he throws 
everyone 
> > > out so he can talk in private to Harry and Hermione. 
> > > Now the important one.
> > > "-- Pettigrew attacked Ron, it wasn't Sirius --"
> > >
> > > ..edited...
> > >
> > > Are they desperately grasping at straws, or did Peter attack 
Ron?


  Izaskun replied:

> > 
> > Pettigrew did attack Ron, he sort of stunned him in order to free
> > himself and scape when they were getting out of the Shrieking 
Shack.


  bboy_mn added:
 
> Oooooo... right, I forgot about that part. But on the other hand, 
why
> did the person add that it was Peter NOT SIRIUS. Again, my memory
> isn't the most trust worthy, but when was it implied during this 
time
> that Sirius had attacked Ron? That's why I assumed it was the 
earlier
> attack. 
> 
> Snape was unconsious the whole time, so he wouldn't know who 
attacked
> who. I guess maybe when you look at who was assumed to be there;
> Sirius, Lupin, Snape, Harry, Ron, and Hermione, that would only 
leave
> Lupin or Sirius. So maybe I just talked explained to by self; still
> the whole thing seems pretty iffy if you ask me. 
> 
> Just a thought.


  Now me:

     I can't seem to find my copy of PoA at the moment (GRRR) but I 
seem to recall that this conversation took place after Snape had 
told an abbreviated version of his side of the story. Whether he 
accuses Lupin of attacking Ron or not I can't recall, but I think if 
we consider the knowledge that HHR have about the history between 
Snape and Sirius that it was a pretty safe assumption that the whole 
story that Dumbledore almost certainly heard already included this 
accusation. To be sure, it was an assumption on Snape's part, and an 
incorrect assumption at that, but one that Fudge easily swallowed 
and would probably be believed by many others as well. It seems 
natural, after what happened in the shreiking shack, that HH would 
automatically jump to the conclusion that Sirius had been blamed for 
everything that happened on the grounds that night and feel the need 
to defend him.

   -Linda