Who was responsible for Sirius' death? ...

[wynnleaf]

No: HPFGUIDX 167619


> Dana:
> > Pg 732 UKed Paperback
> > 
> > `When, however you did not return from your trip into the Forest with 
> > Dolorus Umbridge, Professor Snape grew worried that you still 
> > believed Sirius to be a captive of Lord Voldemort's. He alerted 
> > certain Order Members at once.'
> > 
> > End Quote from Canon. 
> > 
> > If this is truly Snape's account of events then how does he know they 
> > went into the Forest? 
> 
> Pippin:
> He could  have found out from the IS members. They were hit with
> a couple of stunners, impedimenta, a disarming charm and a bat
> bogey hex, which means that at most only two of them were 
> unconscious. There were at least five: Bulstrode, Warrington, 
> Malfoy, Crabbe and an unnamed Slytherin sixth year girl. Any of
> them could have heard the DA say where they were going, or 
> even seen it from the window themselves. 
> 
> But they would have no reason to tell Snape about it immediately.
> As far as they knew, there really was a weapon, and it wouldn't
> be something that Umbridge would want Snape to know about,
> since he had been placed on probation. Snape would also have
> to be careful that his questions didn't reveal too much -- he
> would have to keep up his pretence that he didn't know  or
> care what Harry was trying to tell him.
> 
> Suppose he finally gathers that Harry and Hermione had
> decoyed Umbridge into the forest and the rest of the DA had
> gone after them. Considering the state of the IS, Snape
> would logically conclude that if anybody  needs rescuing, it is 
> probably Umbridge, and he needn't be in a hurry to help
> her. 
> 
> The IS is  unlikely to have told Snape that Umbridge
> threatened to Crucio Harry or that she was the one 
> who sent dementors after him. As far as Snape knows, the
> worst thing she's done to Harry is keep him from playing
> Quidditch -- he may not even know about the Quill. 



wynnleaf
Excellent post, Pippin.  After my last post, I did think that possibly
the IS overheard a DA member say something like "Look, they're going
into the forest," although this assumes that the window they looked
out of was in the same room as the IS fight.  Still, this is a
possible way for Snape to have learned for certain that they went into
the forest, but as you say, he probably wouldn't have found this out
for some time.

wynnleaf