He could come to the conclusion that going there has to be safe enough, because of course Black would otherwise not betray Lupin like this and risk the surely huge consequences (expulsion, perhaps death penalty for werewolves who kill/bite people?). If he indeed knows/suspects Lupin is a werewolf, then he too can reason out what would happen to Lupin and Black if going to the Shack now could get him bitten/killed. I guess Sirius just thinks, without much actual thinking, that getting rid of Snape would be a way to avoid getting expelled? He clearly doesn't regret it ('it served him right'), so a genuine joke-gone-almost-wrong seems unlikely.Īs for Snape's side. They had been or were still busy becoming Animagi around that time, same for making the Marauder's Map with its secret tunnels (speaking of sneaking around!), so. If this was revenge for something bad Snape had done, he would have said it. Like, that was all Sirius had to say about it. Sneaking around, trying to find out what we were up to. Above and beyond the bad feeling that already exists for the group as a whole.
Whatever it is, it has to be a personal, Sirius specific animosity. Maybe Snape discovers Sirius’ secret, prized Muggle crap - the first iteration of the motorbike? - and gets it confiscated or destroyed, after which news then leaks back to his family and starts the fight that leads to him leaving home for good. Maybe Snape says or does something to Regulus, which (as much as Sirius dislikes his family) stings Sirius’ family feeling which he won’t admit he still has. If he’s going to do something irrational and dangerous on a sudden jag, that messy relationship that he’s not very rational about to begin with is well placed to be part of it. Meanwhile, we know he has extremely complicated, not entirely reasoned-out responses to and feelings about his family, particularly after the age of about fifteen where he runs away/is kicked out. This is private and personal, which is what makes it so dangerous. If he remembered they existed, he would remember how much his actions could harm them, so he needs to be so consumed that he forgets. It needs to be something he broods on and puts into motion entirely by himself, without thinking about his friends as involved or affected in any way. If it was retaliation for something that involved his friends, then his friends would understand why he wanted revenge, even if the extent surprised them, and in context Sirius’ actions need to be truly, sincerely shocking. Remus and James can’t know what he’s thinking of doing to retaliate until after he does it, because the werewolf incident can easily get Remus killed and we know that James is appalled (to the point where he goes and drags Severus back) as soon as he understands what Sirius has done. It can’t be anything concerning his friends.
I think you’re going to have to do something that concerns Sirius’ family.
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