Dumbledore's offer (was Re: just how different?

[potterfan220]

No: HPFGUIDX 180705

> Pippin:
> Actually there was one person who knew about DD's plan to
> save Draco and Narcissa: Harry. Presumably Dumbledore's
> portrait would know as well.
>
> If there had been a little more time, Draco and Harry
> could have hidden under the cloak before the other  DE's
> and/or Snape arrived. Perhaps Draco could have sacrificed
> a finger to prove he was "dead".  Dumbledore had given
> Lupin and Moody instructions to trust Harry, so Harry
> should have been believed if he said Dumbledore wanted
> Draco and Narcissa protected. The portrait would have
> backed him up. It could also have arranged a substitute
> for Snape's part of the plan if Snape had failed.
>
> No one knew every aspect of Dumbledore's plan but I think
> each part was known to somebody, as well as the portrait.


potterfan220:
There was a reason no one else knew about the plan. Snape
needed to play the spy without anyone knowing. If he did not
do things the way he did he would have been discovered. Anyone
else knowing would have been dangerous. Dumbledore was not
asking Snape to save his life, he was asking him to remember
his promise to kill him. The fact that Snape was still trying
to teach Harry after he killed Dumbledore that should have let
everyone know that he was still playing the spy. Harry would
not have used his knowledge about Draco and Narcissa until he
had some proof from them that they were against Voldemort
though he felt sorry for Draco and the situation he was in, he
would have expected Draco to ask for help and until that
happened he would not have done anything to help them.