[HPforGrownups] Re: Secret Keeper

[Kelly Grosskreutz]

No: HPFGUIDX 56729

From: Steve

Peter was also suppose to be in hiding. Sirius went to the place where
Peter was suppose to be hiding to check on him, and when Peter wasn't
there, Sirius was sure something had gone wrong. So, he went straight
to the Potters to warn them. Which seems a little inconsistent, since
he seemed to know the secret even though he wasn't the secret keeper.
But the reality of the Secret Keeper isn't that people don't know
where the Potter's are because Sirius and Dumbledore DO seem to know.
The key is that if you come to the place where they are hiding, you
won't be able to find them there. Remember Flintwick said Voldemort
could be peeking in the window of the Potter's house and he still
wouldn't be able to find them. They are magically hidden.




Ordinarily, this would be how it would work.  Keep in mind, though, that
Peter had divulged the secret to Voldemort, meaning that it was no longer a
secret.  To me, this would mean that everyone else would then know where
they were if they would have known beforehand (like Sirius and DD).  Maybe
DD realized at one point that he knew again where the Potters' were and knew
that something had gone wrong.  Which makes me wonder how long before going
to the Potters' did Peter tell Voldemort the secret.  To my mind, he
would've had to do it right before Voldemort went because otherwise someone
else might have had a chance to realize this and apparate over there and
move them.

Kelly Grosskreutz
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