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

[bluesqueak]

No: HPFGUIDX 91779

 Ffred writes:
> Snape or another member of the Order? Why tell DD and not rescue 
> Harry while they're at it?

Two words: 'heavy' and 'lifting'. The house was destroyed; I reckon 
it fell down on top of Harry (the mysterious wizarding ability to 
survive normal accidents protecting him from falling masonry). 

Wizards can make fairly largish objects fly through the air, but 
magically lifting an entire blitzed out house might be too much for 
even someone as powerful as Dumbledore.

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> Kneasy again:
> >3. So far as we know, Hagrid (sent by DD?) is first on the scene.
> >Why Hagrid? Wouldn't an Auror be more logical given that the 
> >Potters were a known target of Voldy and his DEs?

And again we go back to - heavy lifting. Hagrid's *good* for lifting 
large chunks of house off people.

Ffred:
> The one person who _would_ have known that Sirius wasn't the 
> traitor and who didn't reveal the information was (of course) 
> Snape, who I'm sure smirked inwardly when his tormentor from 
> school was sent to prison for life. Revenge is a dish best eaten 
cold.

Maybe. But Snape could have easily *not* known who the traitor was. 
If he'd been told by DD that Sirius was the Secret Keeper then only 
Sirius *could* be the betrayer. Peter might want to betray, but if 
he wasn't the Secret Keeper, he had no way of revealing the Secret. 

If Voldemort referred to the traitor as 'Wormtail', that might be 
Peter Pettigrew. Or it might be Sirius Black, using Peter's nickname 
as a cover name. Or both Sirius and Peter might be traitors. 


Sirius would know in Azkaban that he wasn't the traitor AND he 
wasn't the Secret Keeper - so 'Wormtail' had to be Peter. Snape and 
Dumbledore would know who the Secret Keeper was supposed to have 
been - so whether Sirius was working with Peter, or using his name 
for cover, to their knowledge the only one who could lead Voldemort 
to the Potters was Sirius. And then there's Remus Lupin ... maybe he 
was involved somehow?

Sirius escapes from Azkaban (after being heard to say 'he's at 
Hogwarts'), Remus Lupin is hired as teacher, a rat with a missing 
toe is brought back for the new Hogwarts term. Dumbledore might be 
making sure that all three candidates for 'betrayer of the Potters' 
are together at last, mightn't he? ;-)

Oh, and rats aren't on the approved pets list. How *did* Percy get 
permission to bring a rat to school? That one, particular rat.

Pip!Squeak