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[hickengruendler]

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> Carol responds:
 
> If we take PoA at face value, however, Snape didn't know who the
> spy/Secret Keeper was. He believed that it was Sirius Black and 
worked
> all through the book to keep Harry safe from him. If we allow a
> reading in which Snape knew that Pettigrew was the Secret Keeper, 
not
> only is he not protecting Harry, he's trying to send a man he knows 
to
> be innocent back to Azkaban or to the Dementors. Not only that, but
> he's known for twelve years that Black was innocent but said nothing
> and allowed Black to go to prison for murders he didn't commit  

Hickengruendler:

I think the real problem with this is Dumbledore's non-reaction to 
Snape's behaviour in PoA. Let's say Snape for whichever reason really 
wanted Voldemort's downfall and/or to save the life of the Potters. 
That's why he went to warn them. But he also hates Sirius that much, 
that he had no problems watching him go to Azkaban, even though h 
knew Sirius to be innocent. I find this possible. But surely 
Dumbledore must have realized or at the very least suspected what 
Snape had done at the end of PoA. And he does not seem to be angry at 
Snape one minute, even though Snape clearly was enjoying the idea of 
Sirius being kissed by the Dementors.
 
Carol:

> If someone who likes this Invisibility Cloak theory *and* believes
> that Snape is DDM can reconcile these conflicting elements for me,
> please do so.  

Hickengruendler:

I do not particularly like this idea as well, but maybe Wormtail 
didn't tell Voldemort personally, where the Potters were hiding, but 
merely left a note. And Snape happened to see the note and could 
therefore find Godric's Hollow, just like Harry could find Grimmauld 
Place after reading the note from Dumbledore. Admittingly, this 
theory does have a few problems as well. First, it seems unlikely 
that Voldemort and/or Wormtail would simply just leave the note lying 
around, but maybe he destroyed it and Snape used some magic to 
recreate it. Also, if Voldemort already saw it, we can assume he read 
it before Snape, which means he had to be somehow delayed for Snape 
to arrive in Godric's Hollow first. 

Hickengruendler, who doesn't really believe in this theory, and 
thinks that when James and Lily were killed, nobody but Voldemort and 
the Potters were at Godric's Hollow