Sorting Hat for a Day

[potioncat]

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> Joey:

> Well, I agree with you about Regulus, Draco and Slughorn but they seem to be exceptions because didn't the entire lot of Slytherins leave the scene soon after Pansy's suggestion to handover Harry to Voldy? That does seem to match what Phineas says.


Potioncat:
They really didn't have much choice, McGonagall ordered them out.  We know 3 stayed behind for their own reasons, some went to LV. Most were under age and were leaving just like all the other underage students. We don't know if any current Slytherin student came back with Slughorn.

I suppose someone could have stood up and said, "No, I want to stay and fight for Hogwarts."  It wasn't only their lives they had to choose about, but their family's as well. The majority of Slytherin students like Draco and Luna's father were all in the same boat--LV had their family under his control. So any figthing against LV had to be done carefully.

(I've thrown Luna's father in because we know he was behind Harry, but once Luna's life was at risk, he did what he thought best for her.)