Snape at Godrics Hollow

[a_b_desert_king]

No: HPFGUIDX 120577


> Chancie:
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>   However, James and Lily did know  Voldemort was looking for 
them.  I have a hard time believing that they would  take a chance 
like that.  I mean, ignoring a threat that could very well kill 
their  son??? 
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> Chancie
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> 
Heather now:

Yes Chancie, I agree.  This one thing has been danced around in 
several posts but never actually said:

Let's say that Snape knew only that the Potters had been given up to 
LV, and he didn't know exactly who gave LV the information because, 
as was suggested earlier, maybe the information was written on a 
piece of paper like 12GP was in OotP for Harry.  Snape also read the 
piece of paper so he knew where to find James. Like everyone else, 
Snape assumed that Sirius was the SK, so Snape went to James and 
said 'Hey, Sirius has gone and betrayed you'.

Now, James would have known that *Sirius* couldn't betray him since 
he had made *Peter* SK and Sirius, not being SK couldn't tell 
*anyone* where the Potters were hiding.  So as a result James would 
have laughed at Snape and said he knew for sure Sirius hadn't 
betrayed him (without telling Snape how he knew that - since after 
all, he and Snape are not exactly on best buddy terms).  Maybe he 
didn't realize at the time that Snape shouldn't have known where to 
find him either - otherwise that would have been a really big hint 
that Snape was being truthful.

Now this is just a possible theory as to how Snape could have been 
there and James could have not listened to him.  It could also 
explain why LV went personally to GH rather than sending his DEs
(since he lost the paper and thus he was the only one who would be 
able to find them...).

Personally, I don't believe that Snape's voice was the one Harry 
heard when the dementors attack because surely Harry would recognize 
Snape's voice.  I mean, sure it's 12 years later, but Harry has to 
listen to Snape's voice every day in class - I wouldn't think it 
would have changed so much that he wouldn't recognize it.... As 
well, I personally believe that Snape was one of the faithful who 
responded to the burning of the Dark Mark in GoF and not the "One, 
who I believe has left me forever" (but that is a whole other 
subject...) and he certainly wouldn't have responded to LVs 
resurrection if he had been in GH as an accomplice for the Order.

Heather - who is spending a dreary Christmas Evening on her 
computer 'cause her son is spending Christmas with his Dad....