[HPforGrownups] portkey conundrum

[lildreamer842 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 6330

In a message dated 12/2/00 7:00:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
DaveH47 at mindspring.com writes:

<< So how did Harry get back to Hogwarts?  Perhaps
 a portkey destination cannot be erased once it has been "programmed" in,
 so the best Crouch could do was insert V's graveyard into the portkey's
 "message queue", but it was still enchanted to bring Harry back to
 outside the maze when he touched it a second time. >>

Hi ... I've been kinda lurking but this was really bugging me .... In the 
very beginning of the book when they go to the Quidditch world cup the 
portkey had a timer thing on it because Mr. Weasley said "They're objects 
that are used to transport wizards from one spot to another at a prearranged 
time."  Then when they are leaving the World Cup The portkey keeper Basil has 
to arrange a portkey home for them. So.... how did Harry get back? Im sure 
Moody wouldnt have been as thick to have it timed to take someone back ... 
Harry couldve gotten away .. which he did. Then I thought well maybe the 
portkey was supposed to take Voldemort back to Hogwarts or something ... but 
that doesn't make sense because they can all apparate.... which brings up 
another point that if Hogwarts has wards for apparation into and out of 
Hogwarts how come Harry was able to use the portkey to get back in ... You 
would think it would be blocked by a similar ward so that terrorists weren't 
trying to portkey into Hogwarts every five minutes lol ... so i think the big 
question is why wasn't the portkey blocked from returning? shouldn't there 
have been high security with the Triwizard tournament going on?  It doesn't 
make much sense .. well at least in my head its very confusing.. Well I don't 
wanna waste anymore of your time with my ramblings <grin> 

Rachel 
"The girl who skulked"