Filling in the blanks: Snape, DD and Snuffles

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 190411

Bart:
Obviously, most of what happened during the 7 years of the Harry Potter 
stories occurs "offstage". Still, there are quite a few scenes which 
were relevant to the plot, but never appeared, often because revealing 
them would have prematurely revealed plot points.

One is the upshot of the pre-time travel scene in POA. Snape leaves the 
Shrieking Shack with the belief that Sirius is guilty, Lupin is Sirus' 
accomplice, and the Trio are deluded. Now, by OOP, Snape is aware that 
Sirius is not guilty of the deaths of the Potters, although he clearly 
holds a grudge for Sirius' attempt at murdering him during their 
Hogwarts days (and make no mistake, had James not stopped it, the 
"Prank" would have likely resulted in Snape's death and Lupin's ousting 
from the WW, and probably DD's firing as well, so Snape's hatred of 
Sirius is quite justified, even if his hatred of James and Lupin is less 
so).

However, one must wonder what the conversation between Snape and 
Dumbledore was like after Sirius' escape. Does anybody here have any 
ideas (in the past, a paragraph or two of "fanfic" style has been 
tolerated in this group, so I hope the List Elves will allow it for 
people more comfortable with that style).

     Bart