Voldie's Wand and other details

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 140381

Allie wrote:
> Narcissa didn't grow up there, she is Sirius's cousin, not his 
> sister.  Sirius says he hasn't seen her since he was younger than 
> Harry's age (at the time 15).  So IF she knew the address where 
> Sirius grew up, I guess she could have planted a wizard bomb there, 
> but she might not have known it.

Carol responds:
You're right that Narcissa didn't grow up at 12 Grmimauld Place and
that she's Sirius's cousin, not his sister, but it's Bellatrix, the
older sister, whom Sirius hasn't seen since he was about 15 (or
between his fourth and fifth years, as Harry is at the time of the
conversation). Her seventh year apparently coincides with Sirius's
fourth year, making her about three years older than he is. Since
there's another sister, Andromeda, in between Bellatrix and Narcissa,
Narcissa is at most one year older than Sirius and possibly in the
same year as MWPP and Snape, in which case he would have seen her at
school for two or three more years. 

He wouldn't have seen Narcissa at 12 GP after he ran away at sixteen,
but his absence (and her own graduation and marriage) wouldn't
preclude her from visiting Aunt and Uncle Black (first names unknown)
or cousin Reggie, the budding Death Eater. Kreacher's beloved
Bellatrix, by that time probably married to Rodolphus Lestrange, need
not have stopped visiting them, either. Bellatrix's visits would of
necessity have stopped when she was sent to Azkaban, but Narcissa
could theoretically have continued to visit until both her aunt and
uncle were dead. Mrs. Black died about two years before Sirius's
escape, IIRC, and 12 GP was made into Order Headquarters about to
years after that (end of GoF). I'm guessing that both sisters at one
time know their uncle's address but the Fidelius Charm somehow caused
them to forget it. Otherwise, both sisters would know the address (as
would their respective husbands) and the Order would not be safe.

Note that Bellatrix tries to get the Order's address from Snape in
"Spinner's End" and he tells her (snidely) that, not being the Secret
Keeper, he can't give it to her. (IMO, he's using that very true
statement as an excuse for concealing information he wouldn't give to
her if he could.) If Bellatrix doesn't know the address of the Order's
Headquarters, Narcissa probably doesn't know it, either, even though
she must know it's her aunt and uncle's old house. 

Carol, who wishes the whole Fidelius Charm idea didn't have so many
holes in it