[HPforGrownups] Cedric and Pettigrew (was Re: Faking Sirius' Death?)

[manawydan]

No: HPFGUIDX 91713

Kneasy mused:
> I do like the idea of someone else in the graveyard though.
> Now who do we know who wasn't at the TWT, didn't have their own wand
> and would be instantly recognisable to all  in the WW?
>
> Who else but Sirius.
> He was responsible for the cock-up at Godrics Hollow.

Just one small thing to be explained to support this one, and that's the
fact that Sirius could perfectly easily have put himself in the clear right
at the outset.

Hagrid emerges from the wreckage having rescued Harry. Sirius now appears on
his bike, hotfoot from discovering that Peter has gone AWOL. They talk,
argue about who should take Harry, and then go their separate ways: Hagrid
and Harry to go into limbo for 24 hours and Sirius to pursue Peter.

So. Why doesn't Sirius explain to Hagrid that Peter was the secret keeper
and the traitor? If he had, then he'd be in the clear and there'd be no
question of Azkaban. Peter would have found it impossible to frame Sirius
and disappear to commune with his rodent side for the next 10 years, and the
Dark Lord's return would have been made that much more difficult.

Sirius really does bring it all on himself, don't you think?

Cheers

Ffred

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