A Point to Ponder

[Kethryn]

No: HPFGUIDX 115660


Hey, all, it's me again.  While driving home from dinner (and thinking about the fanfic I'm writing), I had a thought.  Well, a couple of them actually...

This is a thought born straight out of my fanfic since I'm writing my own backstory for Lily and the Mauraders.  Lucius goes to Hogwarts in 1965/66 (he was 41 in the fall of 1995 which puts his birthyear at 1954) so he was there when the Mauraders and Snape started.  Bellatrix as well as the Lestrange brothers might have been there as well, that's a lot more hazy to prove, however.  Could Lucius, along with Bellatrix and company have been the instigators between Snape and Sirius?  Especially since Narcissa would have been at Hogwarts at about the same time* so Lucius and her would probably have been seeing each other and Sirius would have despised the very thought of his cousin dating a snake like Lucius.  Also, too, the very thought of Sirius being in Gryffindor must have burned the Black Slytherins all to pieces.  Betcha his mom sent a Howler about it to Dumbledore...

Anyway, back to the point.  Picture this - 

Snape tells Lucius/Bellatrix/Lestranges something, probably in response to a direct question.  Lucius then goes to Sirius and James and tells them off, completely blowing what Snape said totally out of proportion, knowing it will get under their skin.  Then he goes back to Snape and tells him what James and Sirius said without mentioning that he edited the story in the first place.  Soon, things have reached a boiling point and Snape, James, and Sirius are deadly enemies while the instigator gets away scott free.

That would explain the oh so attractive nickname they have for Snape as well as the somewhat irrational anger on both sides of the Pensive scene.  Oh, and if this is the case, how much would that have pissed Snape off to learn how easily they had all been manipulated into hating one another's guts?  That would be an awfully large and bitter pill to swallow.  

So, how about that for a conspiracy theory???  Nice and neat, all in checkable/deducable statements.

Kethryn who is pretty proud of this conspiracy theory since she happens to suck at math.

*Narcissa's justification for being at Hogwarts at the same time as Lucius -
HP Lexicon has Bellatrix listed as a Slytherin in the early 70's
Narcissa is younger than Bellatrix - on the Black family tree in OotP page 113-4

    ""No, Andromeda's not on here either, look -" He pointed to another small round burn mark between two names, Bellatrix and Narcissa.
    But Harry was now looking at the name to the left of Andromeda's burn, Bellatrix Black."

Ergo, if the WW does family trees like they have been done since forever, Bellatrix is the eldest sister since she is off to the left and Narcissa is the baby since she is off to the right.  And, if Bellatrix was at Hogwarts, say, in 64, she graduated in 71.  And since there were 3 sisters, presumbly Narcissa would be 3 or 4 years younger than Bellatrix which would put her at Hogwarts sometime around 68 which gave her 4 (I think) years to hook up with Lucius...

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