Over Kill with Dementors

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 98080

Susan:
> 
> So as I see it we're left with at least a couple of questions:
> 1) Can dementors force an animagi to transform himself back 
into a  human?<

Pippin:
Lupin says  that dementors are supposed to be able to drain a 
wizard of his powers. Sirius says he was able to keep his 
powers and transform in his cell only because the thought that 
he was innocent gave him the strength--it wasn't a happy thought 
so the dementors couldn't take it from him.  But once outside 
Azkaban, it seems that thought wasn't strong enough.

Susan:
> 2) Who WOULD have called or sent the Dementors AND have 
been in a  position to have known to do so at that moment?
  **I THINK even ESE!Lupin fan Pippin would have to agree that 
Lupin couldn't have done it, since he'd transformed into a 
werewolf already.<<

Pippin:
Mwahaha! You underestimate the fiendish cunning of 
ESE!Lupin. The key to the whole thing is back in ch 8, where 
Snape tells us that he has brewed an entire cauldronful of 
potion, "if you need more." 

By the time Snape reached Lupin's office with the potion and 
saw the map,  which Lupin had ever so conveniently left for him, 
ESE!Lupin had already been to Snape's office (via floo powder, 
perhaps) helped himself to the extra potion, and entered the 
willow.

So you see, ESE!Lupin *did* take his potion the night of the 
Shrieking Shack, and thus he had a human mind, fully capable 
of communicating with dementors.

Pippin
who really needs to take a break from posting so she can work 
up a comprehensive essay on ESE!Lupin before the PoA-related  
deluge