Sirius as a dog

[Mike]

No: HPFGUIDX 181044

> > > Jayne:
> > > Did he not know before what Sirius was. I thought he knew at
> > > the end of PoA when Sirius tansformed to fight Lupin who was
> > > a werewolf at this time.
> 
> > zgirnius:
> > In the book, he is unconscious after being hit by the Trio's
> > Stunning spells.
> 
> Jayne:
> <snip>
> Did he not find out in school though?

Mike:
I'd rather doubt it. The Marauders kept their secret from Dumbledore 
for sure, so I'd guess that Severus didn't know else he would have 
exposed them, wouldn't you think?

Besides, it appears Severus knew that Lupin was a werewolf and that 
the rest of the Marauders were up to some hijinks with him when he 
transformed. If he knew Wormatail, Padfoot and Prongs were animagi, 
he would know that was the reason they were safe to cavort with 
werewolf!Lupin. But it doesn't appear that he knew that, which is 
why he was in danger when I headed down the tunnel to the SS. And 
why James had to save him.

It looks to me as if Sev took the attitude of, "If they can do it, I 
can do it", without knowing *why* they could do it. The why being, 
they were animagi.

I still think James only saved Sev from becoming a werewolf. But 
who knows, if Lupin's werewolf mind has a flicker of memory what 
his human mind thinks of this git, maybe he would've killed him. 
<eg> In the arena of unintended consequences, James really did give 
up his life by saving Severus that night. After all, there wouldn't 
have been an eavesdropper to bring the prophesy to LV if Sev had 
died at the jaws of Lupin that night.

Mike, who wonders if Harry gave the Marauders Map to one of his kids 
and hopes he gave it to Lily <bg>