Kreacher & The Prophecy (was Re: Kreacher)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 91933

I (Pippin) said:
> > Sirius was sure that Kreacher would die if he were freed. It 
never occured to him that Kreacher had enough initiative to 
 serve the Malfoys as a spy. I think he felt that freeing an old, 
 useless House Elf who wouldn't be able to find another Master 
 would be a rather disgraceful thing to do; like dumping an aging 
 family  pet at the animal shelter, or worse, turning it loose on 
 the  street.<<

Susan asks:
> Is this canon, Pippin, or are you speculating?  Much as it 
grieves  Kneasy that anyone is in this camp, I am one who LIKES 
Sirius, and  still, I frankly can't imagine his caring as much as 
what you're  saying.  And I can't recall reading this in OoP....  <

Pippin:
OOP -ch 6
===
"If you just set him free," said Hermione hopefully, "maybe--"
"We can't set him free, he knows too much about the Order," said 
Sirius curtly. "And anyway, the shock would kill him. You suggest 
to him that he leaves this house and see how he takes it."
=== 

That seems to explain why Sirius didn't free Kreacher before he 
had a chance to learn too much. I don't think it's that he *cares* 
exactly. I think his attitude is similar to the Dursleys taking in 
Harry, or Harry and Hermione accepting responsibility for Grawp. 
It's a sense of  obligation rather than sympathy.

Pippin