[HPforGrownups] Re: Things to ask Jo.

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 4606

heidi tandy wrote:

> The most recently reasonable explanation I have heard was that it
> wasn't only a portkey to take harry away - it was also a portkey to
> bring Voldemort onto Hogwarts' grounds - and that's why  by touching
> it, Harry was able to return to just outside the maze - the cup was
> always a portkey - it was configured by the triwizard organizers to
> transport the first person to touch it to the front of the maze - and
> crouch knew it

My only problem was that Barty Jr. seemed to say in his "confession" that
he'd made it a portkey to begin with. But I like the interpretation that
it was always supposed to zip the winner to the front of the maze; it
explains why they came back outside of it, doesn't it? Of course, that
could have been built in by Barty for the convenience of his beloved
master, so he [V] could hit the ground running with his new reign of
terror. Am I reading too much into what Barty said? Didnt' he say he
turned the cup into a Portkey?

--Amanda