(#) Roo 2007-09-11
Interesting story -- certainly one of the better "timetravel-Harry" stories I've read. Harry's preachiness and anger at everyone is a little over-the-top here, as is the willingness of everyone else to let him say and do just about anything, but unlike most of the other stories I've seen with this theme there doesn't seem to be much actual character bashing.
One question, though: I might have missed something while reading this, but were we ever told why Sirius was in Azkaban even if Lily and James were alive? I mean, surely they must have known that Sirius wasn't the actual Secret Keeper, not to mention know all about Peter Pettigrew's Animagus transformation? Or was it the "murder of the twelve Muggles" that got Sirius thrown into jail?
Author's response
Ah, I did handle that rather lightly. It seems that everyone still assumed that Sirius was a Dark Wizard just like the rest of the Blacks. He got the Potters to switch the Secret Keeper to Peter merely to avoid suspicion. They all assumed that Sirius then turned Peter over to Voldemort, who subsequently tortured the secret out of him. Peter somehow escaped and Sirius had to hunt him down and kill him before he could tell anyone the truth in order to cover his own involvement. The Potters were too distraught over the death of Harry to deal with anything other than what they were told.
BJH