I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_ron]

Uh.

Parks?

Are you all right?

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[alt_sally_anne]

Do you think it's really his body?

[alt_ron]

I've been thinking about this all day.

I don't know.

I mean, surely the Protector or somebody at MLE could make any body look like Sirius Black, right? I mean, somebody could do it, right? And, anywiz, who's really seen him recently enough to say whether it's really him or not? I mean, maybe his family could tell even after all the time he's been gone, but if it's not him, is Mrs Lestrange going to say? Or who else is in his family? The Malfoys, right? Are they going to say, 'No, y'know what, now we've looked, we think the Protector's got it wrong.'

I don't think so.

So who'd really know?

But, then, if nobody'd know whether it looks like him or not, leastways nobody who'd say if it didn't, then why'd they wait so long to go find some body to stick in a box and call it Black?

You see what I'm saying? If it's not him, and they're just lying about it, why didn't they do that months ago?

So.

Maybe it is him, really.

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[alt_terry]

Hermione let slip that he's alive.

The Lord Protector says he's dead.

Between the two of them, I'll rather believe Hermione. At least I know she doesn't lie to me like he does.

[alt_neville]

He could have died since Hermione told us that.

[alt_terry]

Maybe. But I don't think so.

From the little Hermione told me about the stuff that went on at Buckingham this summer, it sounds like the Ministry really did think he was dead. I get that impression from some the Floo calls the Headmistress has had, too. But I think that if there's a secret group that can smuggle wands into the country, that probably means they've got somebody helping them outside the borders, right? And France seems pretty likely, because most of the little trade there is from outside the country comes through there.

So if they've got someone in France who can help smuggle wands, I bet whoever it is could figure out how to magick up a fake dead body, to convince the Ministry he's really gone.

[alt_neville]

Huh.

You know, if you're right and he is alive, I bet it's sort of strange for him. Listen to everyone gloating over his supposedly dead body.

[alt_gredforge]

But what a great prank if he shows up at whatever display they're making of it just to stick out his tongue and go 'nyah, nyah, nyah.'

[alt_neville]

Yeah, but I don't think he's stupid enough to do that. If he gave Bellatrix Lestrange the slip once, I bet he's not going to go looking for her again.

[alt_ron]

Okay, yeah.

I think you're right, Nev. I think maybe he didn't really die when they said he did, but once they'd said it, they couldn't go back on that. So they've been hunting him secretly ever since. And they got him. So now they can say the French found the body and have returned it.

So, yeah. I'm sorry, but I think it really must be him they've got. That's the only reason I can think that they'd have waited so long and 'find' it now.

See what I mean?

[alt_terry]

And whether he's alive or dead, I just think that's really, really sick. Showing off a dead body like it's some kind of trophy.

[alt_lee]

You said it.