Did Snape Try to Warn James at GH? (Re: Here is an interesting Snape one)

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No: HPFGUIDX 120504


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Vivamus" <Vivamus at T...> wrote:

> Doesn't the Fidelius charm mean that only the secret keeper can reveal the
> location?  Therefore, if Severus was there, Peter must have chosen to give
> the location information directly to Snape.  Unless you are suggesting
> Sirius was ESE (which I don't think fits with Peter's confessions in the
> Shrieking Shack), Peter must have revealed it to Severus.
> 

Kneasy:
I've snipped your  scenario because, guess  what? I've one of my own,
which fits better - well, I think so  anyway;  you may not agree.

What the theory doesn't specify is *when* Snape tried to warn the Potters.
That could be crucial.
We know that Peter became SK only a few days before Voldy came a-calling.
OK, why change SK's? Because there is a known, immediate threat, that's why.

Right, it goes like this:

1. Sirius is SK
2. Snape gets information that the Potters are going to be attacked
3. He  goes to SK Sirius, who takes him to the Potters
4. Snape passes on the warning, Sirius rubbishes it, James sides with him
5. Snape goes back to DD, tells him what happened 
6. Meanwhile Sirius has second thoughts and for whatever the reason he 
persuades James to swop SK with all the consequences that entails
7. *But both DD and SS believe Sirius is still SK*
8. Death and destruction; everybody thinks Sirius is SK, Sirius to Azkaban,
no questions asked.
9. Guilt+++ from Sirius

Sound reasonable?

Kneasy