ESE!Sirius/ The Second Prophesy

[Kelsey Dangelo]

No: HPFGUIDX 118263

"chrusotoxos" <heos at virgilio.it> wrote:
<snip>
About Sirius' flight from Azkaban, yeah, that's
strange. But there could be something JKR is not
telling us. I mean, maybe normally they had protection
against animagi, but that day something went wrong 
without Sirius knowing. There is no prison from which
you can't escape.
<snip> 

 
Kelsey:
Here! Here! I totally agree with your defense of
Sirius as a good guy.

Here's my answer to the reason why Sirius "waited"
until Harry's third year to break out of prison. It's
not that there was animagi protection; its the
Dementors that keep people "locked in their own
heads", going crazy with depression, reliving their
horrible experiences over and over. Sirius was
laboring under that, with only his ability to turn
into a dog to slightly escape. That and the belief
that he was innocent, or the obsession, more like.

That's what's keeping him in there, the horrible
effects of the Dementors [he's one of the most heavily
guarded there]. 

Besides, what does he have to escape to? A world that
fears and hates him and a godson, best friends, and
former comrades that thinks he's a murderer and
traitor. He'd be hunted down and caught easily.

And there's no hope of trying to find Peter and prove
his innocence (like looking for a needle in a
haystack).

So the reason Sirius doesn't leave Azkaban is because
1.) he can't. 2.) there's no reason. And therein lies
how he is able to escape.

So why does Sirius decide to risk going into the
world, risk his life, and face everyone that once were
his friends?

Because with the arrival of Fudge's newspaper, he
learns that Peter (traitor and DE) is near Harry, and
Sirius is the only one who knows the danger. That
thought is what gives Sirius the strength to be able
to escape--to save Harry. 

Aww, the power of love.

"'But I was weak, very weak, and I had no hope of
driving [the dementors] away from me without a
wand......So you see, I had to do something. I was the
only one who knew Peter was still alive.......It was
as if someone had lit a fire in my head, and the
dementors couldn't destroy it...'" Sirius says, page
371-372 USA POA

IOW, the reason why Sirius didn't escape until then
was, simply, he couldn't until then.

Kelsey


		
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