Kreacher - workable solutions?

[madorganization]

No: HPFGUIDX 129502

> Kemper now:
> <snip>
> The workable alternative for Kreacher are:
> 
> 1. Snape poisons Kreacher (to protect himself?),
> 2. Mad Eye AKs him (to protect the order),
> 3. Phineas' orders Kreacher to commit suicide (he listens to 
> Mrs. Black's portrait
 why not Phineas),
> 4. Kreacher escapes when he feels the magical bind to the 
> family lift upon Sirius' death (do we actually think he'll 
> stick around?).
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There is one other alternative that I have been mulling over and 
rather like. 

Once upon a time there was an English king (I forget which one.  
I think Henry VIII), who was frustrated with the Archbishop of 
Canterbury (actually a good friend of his).  One night at dinner, 
the king jokingly said, "Who will rid me of this meddlesome 
priest?"  Two drunken knights overheard the king and decided to 
take that as an order from him to kill the Archbishop.  When the 
king found out, he was furious and ordered the execution of the knights.  Voila.  The king remains blameless and is rid of his problematic friend.

What if DD mentions in an Order meeting that Kreacher poses a 
security problem and one of the members (Snape, Mad-Eye, even 
Arthur) decides this is carte blanche to kill the meddlesome elf?

-Alisha