Draco, Harry & Norbert / Keeping Lupin's Secret (was:My own take on the Prank)

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 152708

Betsy Hp:
> Because *if* Snape was really Lucius Malfoy's lapdog, he had an
excellent way of getting that rather hot piece of information out to
the WW general public.  And the WW would not have stood for their
precious children being exposed to a werewolf.  Even if Dumbledore
(with his powerful connections) hadn't been fired, Lupin would have
been expelled for sure.  And I'm betting Dumbledore would have at
least been weakened.  It didn't take very much for the MoM (under
Fudge's rather weak and ineffective leadership) to take over
Hogwarts.

Ceridwen:
Yes, an interesting observation by Sister Magpie.  I never would have 
taken it where you did, Betsy!  Good points!

Lucius became a member of the Hogwarts Board of Governors when he was 
older.  Was his father on the board when Lucius was in school?  I 
don't know how boards of boarding schools work, if the positions are 
elected or hereditary, or what.  Could someone please enlighten me?

Because if so, then it would not only have gone out to the wizarding 
public, but Dumbledore's dismissal or being on probation might have 
been a done deal by the time the news got into the Prophet.  Lupin 
would definitely have been expelled as being too dangerous for the 
school.  It's clear that Snape believes wholeheartedly that Sirius 
tried to get him killed - what made him keep his mouth shut at the 
prospect of such a smorgasboard of mayhem?

Especially since he was headed down the DE path already (I think the 
Prank came after their fifth year).  Why would he do Dumbledore any 
favors?  I agree that we don't have enough canon, or even secondary 
canon (interviews, JKR's website) to speculate.  But it's very 
tempting to do just that, or at least to play with it a while.

Ceridwen.