Snape / Theo / Peter Peter Death Eater / Snape's Memories

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> zanooda: 
 
> The werewolf probably didn't notice the boys, because otherwise he 
> would have caught up with them in the tunnel before they could 
reach 
> the Willow and turn it on :-).

Potioncat:
I don't think the werewolf can get out of the Shrieking Shack without 
the help of his friends. I recall Sirius as a dog opening a door, but 
maybe that was in OoP. Lupin's wording in PoA is that the willow was 
planted to keep anyone from getting to him. So the problem would have 
been if Snape had entered the shack.

I think James stayed human which is what made the risk so great. But 
again, if the werewolf couldn't get to them, the big danger was over. 
By the same token, if Snape saw the werewolf before he got too close. 
He wouldn't go in, and James didn't really save his life. So James 
must have pulled him away and the noise attracted the werewolf who 
came to the entrance to investigate.

 
zanooda:
 I don't think James could transform 
> inside the tunnel, which is usually described as very narrow. BTW, 
> the width of the tunnel is a puzzle to me. In DH the Trio has to 
> crawl inside it on their hands and knees, but in PoA grown-ups 
Lupin 
> and Sirius don't have to crawl to get out of the Shack. Did the 
> tunnel shrink :-)?

Potioncat:
The tunnel must change size much like the castle staircases and halls 
that don't always go to the same place every day. <g> Because, as you 
said, JKR describes it differently in the two books.

Many of us have wondered how the Marauders got out for their 
escapades. James's stag wouldn't have been able to go to the Shack or 
out of it via the tunnel. Perhaps a detail JKR never considered.