OOP: Kingsley Shacklebolt , Sirius(spoiler)

[dbonaker]

No: HPFGUIDX 64303

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "theshef2002" <shefali22 at h...> 
wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > No idea what Bella hit Sirius with but it didn't instantly kill 
> him, 
> > Harry sees a live expression on sirius' face as he falls through 
> the 
> > veil.
> > Shacklebolt was not AK'ed. None of the DE's got off a successful 
AK 
> > and I suspect that they were not powerful enough to perform the 
> curse 
> > in battle. I am assuming this, because the one time the AK was 
used 
> > in the MOM, the DE who used it, had a space of time to "work up 
to 
> > it" so to speak before attempting it. 
> > Voldemort on the other hand performed the AK in full fledged 
> battle, 
> > which is scary, don't you think.  
> 
> Sirius was alive when he fell. He had been Stupefied, if I remember 
> correctly (red jet of light, not green), and fell backwards into 
the 
> curtain.
> 

Whoa, hold on there.  Check again, it never said what color the jet 
of light was, because I was waiting to see if he was really dead.  I 
think she was trying to provide herself some "wiggle room" to 
possibly have Sirius not really dead.

> We don't really know WHAT is behind that curtain. This is the 
> Department of Mysteries, it has all sorts of weird stuff in there. 
> Who knows if the people there are actually dead? Maybe they're just 
> trapped forever with no way of getting out. Harry and Luna can hear 
> voices coming from behind there, and you can never tell with 
Luna... 
> So maybe Sirius is alive (pleasepleasepleaseplease), but trapped 
back 
> there for all eternity.
> 
> Hey, if Harry throws Sirius's half of the magic mirror in there, do 
> you think they will be able to communicate? 
(pleasepleasepleaseplease)
> 
> Shef