Sirius Black Sheep / Ollivander / Magesport Summer/ Money Changers

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 184102

Catlady:
> I also wonder about the related question of why didn't Draco view
> Sirius Black as a hero martyr of the Dark Side. It seems to me that
> Draco in PoA should been fanboyishly in support of Sirius's assumed
> intention to kill Harry, with the hero worship continuing either
until he found out that Sirius was on the Light Side or else until his
own disenchantment with Death Eating.

> 
> The way Draco could have 'found out' that Sirius was on the Light
Side is Dad or Auntie told him. 

Pippin:
But he didn't 'find out', not in PoA. He tried to goad Harry into
going after Sirius. He obviously believed that Sirius wanted to kill
Harry, and he apparently also 'knew' that Sirius betrayed Harry's
parents,  which, according to Fudge, was not generally known. He says
he would want to go after Black if it were him --  an early hint that
Malfoy family loyalty will trump  loyalty to Voldemort.

But Arthur also  clearly 'knew' about the betrayal, and worried that
Harry might hear about it somehow and be tempted to go after Black.
It's the kind of 'insider' knowledge that Lucius, with his connections
at the Ministry, could have picked up. He must have believed it, if he
was the source of Draco's 'knowledge.'

But of course after GoF, it would have been obvious to anyone in the
circle of DE's  that Pettigrew was the traitor and Sirius must  have
been innocent. 


Pippin