LV's bigger plan (was:Fawkes possible absence)

[Mike Crudele]

No: HPFGUIDX 166384

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" wrote:
> 
> Carol responds:
> <snip>
> 
> As for Pettigrew, Snape knows that he's been listening at doorways. 
> He expels him from the room and hits the door with some sort of 
> spell that sends Wormtail scurrying away? Do you really think that 
> Snape, himself a spy and the inventor of Muffliato, is going to let 
> Wormtail listen in on a potentially incriminating conversation? My 
> guess is that he put the same kind of charm on the door that Molly 
> Weasley placed on the kitchen door at 12 GP to keep them from 
> listening in.

Mike:
You were reaching for the Imperturbable here I'm thinking. It stopped 
Fred and George's Extendable Ears, I'm not sure that it actually 
blocked all sound from getting out, but no matter. 

In Spinner's End, we mustn't forget that Pettigrew has his own ally -
 "Wormtail". Snape may have sent Pettigrew stomping up the stairs as 
a human, but I'll bet a rat would have many avenues available to him 
to make his way back downstairs and get close enough to hear what's 
being said. 

As many have already speculated, Wormtail is at Snape's house at the 
behest of Voldemort to spy on both Snape and any callers he may have. 
A little stinging hex isn't going to deter Wormtail for long, not if 
he has Voldemort to answer to. Especially not if, as you have 
suggested, Wormtail seems to have been ill-used by Voldemort at this 
stage.


> Carol:
> The most Wormtail could do is to report that the Black sisters came 
> to visit and Narcissa had some sort of request to make of Snape. 
> <snip>
> But even if I'm wrong, I doubt that he has anything to report.

Mike:
I beg to differ. I believe the "vermin" would have something to 
report. I also believe Snape is well aware of the threat that 
Wormtail's Animagus form poses in terms of spying ability. Unlike the 
other Marauders, I don't think Snape, in all his sneering glory, ever 
makes the mistake of underestimating Wormtail. And Wormtail has 
served Voldemort as a spy before, to devastating effect for the 
Order. 

A little side note here: Voldemort knew Pettigrew was a rat Animagus. 
Do you suppose he took that into account when he made Peter that 
shiny new hand? Does Wormtail have a shiny right front paw as a 
rat? Or, possibly, Wormtail can't transform that hand into a paw and 
has to go around on three limbs. ;)


> Carol:
> <snip>
> But the focus of his [LV's] attention seems to be the Draco plot, 
> as we see from the increasing intensity of the threats against 
> Draco as the end of the year nears.  <snip>

Mike:
Based on the quality of DEs that Voldemort sent to Hogwarts, combined 
with all the news of mayhem that keeps cropping up in the Daily 
Prophet throughout the school year, I don't consider Voldemort very 
attentive to Draco's progress. It wouldn't take much for LV to send a 
threatening message to Draco and then ignore him for a while. We know 
(or think we do) that LV doesn't expect Draco to succeed, so why 
would we think he is spending much effort worrying about Draco's task?

I'm fully prepared to believe that Voldemort had some mission in mind 
for his invading DEs, other than Draco's *backup*. What are the DEs 
going to back up? From their actions on the tower, they don't seem to 
be there to kill Dumbledore, or at least they stopped Greyback when 
he looked to move in for the kill. Yes, I think they would have 
killed DD eventually, (and maybe Draco too) if it seems Draco 
couldn't.

And they expected to get into the castle unopposed, if they got in at 
all. With this in mind, wouldn't LV give these clowns a real mission? 
Does Voldemort usually send his DEs, even his B or C team DEs, 
into harms way as merely a cheering squad? "Go, Draco, Go  Fight, 
Draco, Fight  AK the guy who's beard is all white" :)) Not hardly.

Mike, thinking that LV intended the DEs to do more than back up Draco
Was the kidnapping of Trelawney Plan 1-A?