[HPforGrownups] Sir Nick and Sirius

[nymphadoraotonks at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 84176

Hello vam0609 at aol.com,

In reference to your comment:

è Sir Nick immidiately said "No, he's not coming back"(I
è don't  have the book with me so I'm not sure if this is
è the exact quote) and  then he explained why he(Nick)
è came back and why other dead wizards  don't. My
è point is how does he know that Sirius will not be
è coming  back? Is it because he knows Sirius was
è somebody brave when he was  still at school? Or did
è he already meet and talk to Sirius from the  Great
è Beyond? If that's the case then Harry can use Nick to
è communicate with his parents or Sirius and vice versa.
è Imagine all  the possibilities.

If you go back and reread this passage, you will also see that Nick also 
states ( paraphrased) that he doesn't know anything that comes after death as he 
never got that far. i would assume that Nick, having been dead when Sirius was 
alive and a young student, would know that Sirius would NOT be afraid of 
death. Nick tells Harry that he remained to walk in the shadow of his former life 
because he was afraid of death ( again paraphrased). 

Nick probably had already heard what had happened to Sirius by the time Harry 
caught up to him the night of the feast. I hardly doubt it was uncommon 
knowledge among the school ghosts and portraits by that time. ( Remember some time 
had elapsed between this meeting and the death of Sirius itself.) Nick was 
expecting Harry to come to him because he has had students come to him in the 
past when they had suffered losses. Nick most likely knew that Sirius was the 
most important person in Harry's life. 

After all, I have a sneaking suspicion that the portraits and ghosts of 
Hogwarts know FAR more about EVERYTHING than they ever let on to others.


Nick makes it pretty clear that where Sirius has gone, and I would assume 
Harry's parents had gone, was a place he cannot travel to or communicate with 
because of the choices he made. I do not know if this means we will never hear 
from them again; I certainly hope that is not the case, but Nick, I think is not 
the way this will ever be facilitated. 

-Tonks