Faking Sirius' Death?

[Marci]

No: HPFGUIDX 91638

"entropymail" <entropymail at y...> wrote:
> I've been going over the whole "Sirius is dead" thing for a while, 
and
> wanted to put everything together. Besides JKR's ominous quote that 
no
> one comes back once they are "properly dead" (what is properly dead,
> anyway?), I've been trying to look for clues as to whether Sirius
> actually may or may not return.  It just doesn't seem right, in a
> literary sense, to spend all of this time on a character and then
> trash him before he is fully drawn.
> 
> So, we know that Peter has told Voldemort that Sirius is an Animagus
> ("Voldemort will know all about me being an Animagus by now, 
Wormtail
> will have told him..."). So, as Sirius says, his "big disguise is
> useless".  Meanwhile, Lucius has seen Sirius in his Animagus form at
> King's Cross station.  He can now be sure that the Weasleys, Moody,
> Lupin, et al are in contact with Sirius and know of his whereabouts.
> It's just a matter of time before Lucius leaks his information to 
the
> Ministry and/or Voldemort. This puts them all in great danger.  And
> clearly, Dumbledore's plan of Sirius hiding out at Grimmauld Place
> indefinitely is not working for Sirius.  This is not a long-term
> option for him. He is bored, restless, and sure to become 
increasingly
> reckless if this is allowed to continue.
> 
> This means that Dumbledore and the Order need to come up with a new
> way of hiding Sirius. How?  
> 
> Perhaps by  faking his death.  We have already seen, In Book 1(ch. 
8,
> pg. 138 US ed.) "a sleeping potion so powerful it is known as the 
> Draught of Living Death", which can be brewed by combining asphodel
> and  wormwood.  So, we know that it is possible to fake Sirius' 
death
> in a convincing and realistic way (lovely that Snape will likely be
> the one to brew this one!).  
> 
> Has Sirius been weighing this option for some time? When Harry asks 
if
> he can stay with Sirius at Grimmauld Place if all does not go well 
at
> his trial, and he is kicked out of Hogwarts, Sirius' answer 
is "We'll
> see."  Given that Sirius would love to have some company, not to
> mention someone who is the closest thing he'll ever get to his old 
bud
> James, you would think that Sirius would jump at the possibility.  
But
> if Sirius knew of Dumbledore's protection at Privet Drive, his 
answer
> would be a definite "no". Even if he had doubts about how 
comfortable
> Harry would be at Grimmauld, his answer might be something along the
> lines of "Well, if you think you'd be happy here..."  But he gives
> Harry a noncommittable answer; exactly the answer one would give if 
he
> knew he wasn't going to be around, but couldn't let on.
> 
> Now, on to the duel between Bellatrix and Sirius in the Dept. of
> Mysteries. Of course,  we are all aware of  the mysterious second
> curse.  We all know that Bellatrix cast the first, which Sirius
> dodged. But then "the second jet of light hit him squarely in the
> chest." Not "Bellatrix's curse", not even a "green jet" which would
> surely be an AK and would seal Sirius' fate. Just "a second jet".  
> Given that Dumbledore has already appeared, and all of the Death
> Eaters except for Bellatrix have begun to run for it, who is it that
> took the time to stop running from Dumbledore to cast a curse at
> Sirius while he was already being held off by Bellatrix?  Perhaps it
> wasn't one of the Death Eaters, but an OOP member, simply giving
> Sirius a convenient nudge.  
> 
> After Sirius takes his long, dramatic arc through the veil, Lupin is
> the one to tell Harry that Sirius is surely gone (There's nothing 
you
> can do, Harry...It's too late, Harry...").  How does Lupin know what
> the veil is? How in the world would a werewolf (the most outside of
> outsiders) have any idea what is going on in the Department of
> Mysteries? He wouldn't, unless he was given knowledge of the veil
> beforehand.  
> 
> Anyway, I'm still working out bits and pieces of this.  Some things
> won't be answered until much later (like, "where is Sirius' body?" 
and
> "how quickly could the Order put the plan into effect when they 
found
> they had to run to the MOM to save Harry?").  But I do think this is
> the Order's best way of keeping Sirius hidden and safe. 
> 
> As they say, fire away...
> 
> 
> :: Entropy ::

You have written down what I've been thinking since I first read 
OOP.  Something's not right about Sirius' death.  He was not hit with 
an AK and Bellatrix didn't seem to 'fire the shot'.  To sum up what I 
was thinking, I wrote this:

STAGED.COM
Sirius' Tragedy an Act Granted Essential by Dumbledore to Call Off 
Manhunt

Marci (I thought that said it all)