Snape, Kreacher and the death of sirius

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 139372

Finwitch wrote:
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> I just wished that Lupin would have recalled the MOON <snip> What
was the *matter* with Lupin in particular? I understand that Sirius
couldn't keep much track of time but Remus Lupin forgetting it's full
Moon??? I'm inclined to see a *possible* blame Snape on that - he may
have cast a non-verbal obliviate on Lupin, put something on the potion
or maybe this was some sort of side-effect he never told Lupin about,
but, of course, no proof on that...

Carol responds:
For me, the only reasonable explanation for Lupin's uncharacteristic
behavior is the DADA curse, which also explains why Pettigrew showed
up on the Marauder's Map (which Lupin ought to have turned in) just as
he was looking at it--on a full moon night when he had not yet taken
the potion (which Snape was dutifully bringing just seconds too late).
The curse not only caused Lupin to transform without his potion and
endanger three students (insuring that he would be forced to resign),
it may also have caused Wormtail to escape to the Dark Lord. That's
the only explanation that makes sense to me. See my post on the DADA
curse and the resulting thread for more details on this theory, which
is still a work in progress:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/137961
> 
Finwitch wrote:
> It's also a bit wonder how Snape came out of being 'knocked out' all
by himself. Wonder if he was just pretending he *was* knocked out?
> 
Carol responds:
Considering that he was hit by three Expelliarmus spells at once and
hit his head against the wall (it was bleeding, remember?) I think
it's safe to say that he was really knocked out. Also as
hickengruendler noted, he would never have suffered the indignity of
being floated out of the Shrieking Shack, with his head carelessly
bumped against the passageway, if he were faking being knocked out. As
for his waking on his own, we know he's a pretty powerful wizard.

Note also that he could have had HRH expelled for hitting him with
that spell. Instead he tells Fudge that they were confunded. He also
gets the students safely back to the castle, along with the hated
Black (whom he wants to see "Demented"), by floating them on
stretchers. Clearly he *didn't* want the children to be victims of the
werewolf. (He wouldn't have minded an Order of Merlin for saving them,
though!)

There's no question that Snape hated both Black and Lupin, but that
hatred is personal and goes back (at least) to Sirius's attempt to (in
his view) murder him. I see no evidence in the PoA Shrieking Shack
scene that he's working for Voldemort (OFH!Snape, maybe). It's Lupin's
untimely transformation (while Snape is still unconscious) that allows
Voldemort's servant (Wormtail) to escape. The DADA curse at work, IMO.

Carol