What Kreacher knew - Sirius's Will

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 108219

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Brenda M."
<Agent_Maxine_is at h...> wrote:
> >>> Bren earlier:
> > > Is house-elf part of the inheritance/will?  Where will Kreacher 
> > >end up now that Sirius is -hiccup- dead?  Does the Black estate 
> > > go to Bellatrrix and was it why Kreacher was so motivated to 
> > > eliminate Sirius (well if we believe he was)??

 
> > Alla responded:
> > Hi!
> > Do you think Kreacher read Sirius' will if such exists at all? I 
> am hoping that his estate will go to Harry, but yes, it is likely 
> that it will go to to the blood relative. <<<


> Bren now:
> 
> Hiya Alla!!
> 
> Well, I have no clue if Sirius actually made a will, I don't even 
> know if he had that in mind.  But I'm sure there are wizarding laws 
> of inheritence matter in case of sudden unprepared death.  And 
> the "noble" pureblood Black family would know great deal about laws, 
> I'm sure. IMO there is a good chance that Kreacher knew where he 
> was going after Sirius was eliminated.
> 
> Brenda

Asian_lovr2:

Here are some of my thoughts on the likelihood of Sirius leaving a Will.

My thoughts go to the many long lonely hours Sirius spent at 12
Grimmauld Place. Nothing to do but think and worry; worry about
himself and Harry. It's my prediction that in this dark and lonely
time, Sirius would have been concerned about Harry's future. It is,
afteral, Sirius's responsibility to look after Harry. Sirius would
also, in those dark introspective hours, know that he wasn't able to
do that job very well. So, I speculate that he made a hand written
will which was witnessed by one or more Order members which directly
or indirectly left his personal and the Black Family Estate to Harry.
This would allow Siruis in that dark moment to feel like he was doing
something worthwhile to safeguard Harry and provide for his future. 

Of course I can't prove this, we'll just have to way for the rest of
the books to see if I'm right or even close. Restated; I picture
Sirius trapped in that house which is a constant reminder of his own
family and it's legacy, with nothing to do but worry about himself and
Harry. Then combine that with his feeling that he was not able to do
anything worthwhile for either Harry or the Order. Just out of
desperation to do something, anything of value, I can picture him
creating a Will, and savoring the brief limited moment of satisfaction
that comes with know that a least Harry will be taken care of after
Sirius is gone. 

Past discussion of this matter have established that inheritance
automatically gives preference to nearest living first born male. That
would be Draco, and I can see a nice sub-plot of Harry and Draco
fighting over an estate that Harry doesn't actually want, but is
determined not to let Draco have.

I believe the next level of priority in inheritance would be a general
distribution among nearest relatives; that would be the three cousins,
Bellatrix, Andromeda, and Narcissa. Past discussion have also assumed
that Bella is the oldest.

One of my favorite highly speculative theory is that Sirius indeed
gives the Estate to Harry, but names Mr. & Mrs. Weasley as the
administrators and guardians of Harry. In exchange for this service,
they are given a portion of the estate. The beauty of this is that it
unites Harry and the Weasley into something close to a family, and at
last, lifts the Weasleys out of poverty. I know it's just wishful
thinking, but I like the idea.


Back to a more central point - Sturgis Podmore.

We don't know what Sturgis does for a living, so we don't know whether
he would normally have business in the Ministry, either during normal
hours or after hours. I could be that the DE's saw him as somewhat of
a weak link and caught him outside the Ministry, and put the Imperius
Curse on him, and forced him to break in and try to steal the
Prophecy. He is a known friend of Dumbledore, and if caught, it would
help discredit Dumbledore. 

So, I see the DE's first attempt as taking someone who was vulnerable
and close to Dumbledore, but with no real connection to the Ministry.
The next attempt was Bode, who had business in the Ministry and the
Dept of Mysteries, who wouldn't have even had to sneak in after hours. 

So, first attempt is a random outsider, Sturgis; second attempt, an
available insider, Bode. The Dark Lord is refining his plan. Third
attempt, Harry; who is actually capable of removing the Prophecy from
the shelf. This represent a more refinded plan that the two previous.

Alternate Theory-

We do know for a fact (sort of) that there is a spy in The Order;
Snape. That is if we accept the assumption that Snape is a Double
Agent; pretending to spy for both Dumbledore and Voldemort, but only
truly being loyal to one. The problem with being a Double Agent is
that at one point or another you will have to betray each side. At
some point Snape will have to give Voldemort information about the
Order, at another point he will have to give the Order information
about Voldemort. AND, more importantly each side knows and accepts this.

So, it could be Snape who betrayed Sturgis. This may have been with or
without Sturgis's knowledge; with or without Dumbledore's knowledge.
Sturgis may have been willing to take one for the team, or he may have
been an innocent dupe. The fact remains, that if Snape is acting as a
spy for Voldemort, sooner or later, he has to give Voldemort some
usable information.

Just a few thoughts.

Steve/asian_lovr2