Faking Sirius' Death?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 91523

"ftlauz789"  wrote:
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How does Lucious know of his [Sirius's] wereabouts? Kreacher couldn't
tell him where Sirius was because he was not the secret-keeper for the 
order...it says that somewhere towards the end of the book. So far, 
I don't think Voldemort can know where the Head Quarters of the 
Order of the Phoenix are.


Entropy: 
I don't believe Lucius knows where Sirius is hiding.  However, Lucius
saw him (in animagus form) at King's Cross station with the rest of
the Order while they were seeing the kids onto the Hogwarts Express.
Lucius now knows that information regarding Sirius' whereabouts may be
gotten by questioning most of the Weasleys, Lupin, Moody, etc.  This
information could prove very valuable to either the Ministry or
Voldemort.  My guess is that Lucius would be happy to hand Sirius over
to the highest bidder (or, whoever can promise Lucius the best
advantage).  
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Carol:
Narcissa is Sirius's cousin and probably visited 12 Grimmauld Place in
her youth and childhood. She, and possibly Lucius as well, would know
that Kreacher was Mr. and Mrs. Black's House Elf. Since Kreacher is
apparently bound to remain in the house of the family he served until
the last member is dead (or has chosen to do so out of loyalty to his
old mistress), and Kreacher is revealing secrets about Sirius, it
would be obvious to the Malfoys that Sirius is also at 12 Grimmauld
Place. Since they also know (I'm not sure how) that Sirius is in the
Order, it wouldn't take much to figure out that 12 Grimmauld Place is
also the Headquarters of the Order. The Malfoys could probably
apparate right to it. They wouldn't be able to see the house itself or
to enter it because the Secret Keeper hadn't personally revealed the
secret to them, but they might be able to see people coming out of it.
So I think the Order is going to need to change quarters soon. Lucius
may be in Azkaban, but he won't remain there long, and he probably
told Voldemort what he deduced about the Order Headquarters before he
was arrested.

As for treacherous little Kreacher, with no more Blacks to serve, he's
probably free now. And what would a wretched House Elf loyal to the
Blacks do? He'd offer his services to his adored Bellatrix if he can
find her, or failing that, to Narcissa--who just happens to be in need
of a House Elf with Dobby freed.

Carol