Snape, the Facts and nothing but the Facts.

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No: HPFGUIDX 134483

Sorry to go along with the same old problem, but I can't seem to stop 
wondering.  So here's what we know.

1.  We know Snape did make the Unbreakable vow to help and protect 
Draco and to complete the job if Draco couldn't do it.  We don't know 
for sure if Snape knew exactly what the job was that Draco was 
assigned to do.  Maybe Snape was pretending and didn't know he was 
promising to AK DD.

2.  We know Harry does hear Snape tell Draco he made the Unbreakable 
vow to Draco's mom to protect Draco.  No mention is made of the AK DD 
part.

3.  When Harry tells DD, DD says "you have not told me anything that 
causes me disquiet".  This could mean Snape told DD everything and 
Snape AKing DD was planned by both of them as a contingency plan, or 
it could mean Snape only told the part about protecting Draco.  

4.  On the tower:  Draco says DD didn't know who was behind the Opal 
necklace and the poisoned mead.  DD says  " "As a matter of fact I 
did," said Dumbledore. "I was sure it was you."
"Why didn't you stop me, then?" Malfor demanded.
"I tried, Draco.  Professor Snape has been keeping watch over you on 
my orders---"
"He hasn't been  doing your orders, he promised my mother ---"
"Of course that is what he would tell you, Draco, but---"


Now, was DD lying or did he not know what Snape had really promised 
Draco's mother?  No one else was on the tower then except Draco, DD 
and invisible Harry.  What did Snape tell DD?  



I was watching POA today and got thinking.  Didn't Snape know about 
Pettigrew and that Sirius was innocent.  Why was he so keen on taking 
Sirius immediately to the dementors?  Did he hate Sirius so much he 
would commit murder or actually worse than murder on an innocent 
man?  

If Snape was a reformed man, as DD believed, but didn't know about 
Pettigrew, then Snape was maybe just so full of hatred towards Sirius 
that he couldn't or wouldn't listen to anyone.  He wanted to believe 
what was in keeping with his hatred of Sirius.

I can't help but feel that if Snape is a good guy, there has to be 
some clues somewhere to let us know.  The only things I can think of 
that Snape did good can be explained or have been explained by his 
pretence at being a spy for DD when he was really a spy for LV.

Is there any evidence of Snape doing something good in and of itself, 
that couldn't be a ruse to fool DD or to cover Snape's own backside.  
We have 6 books of clues here don't we?

We should be able to figure this out shouldn't we?  Let's put on our 
Sherlock Holmes gear and get cracking.


Bonnie