Chapter 37 Summary

[Indigo]

No: HPFGUIDX 16262

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer <pennylin at s...> 
wrote:
> Hi --
> 
> foxmoth at q... wrote:
> 
> > And now comes the moment that launched a thousand Ships. Hermione
> > kisses Harry on the cheek. A friendly gesture? The surfacing of a
> > secret crush?
> 
> Lovely phrasing, but the Kiss didn't "launch" any of the ships!  
They
> were all out at sea long before the Kiss I think.  <g>
> 
> > Voldemort's return is the scoop of the century. Is Hermione naive 
to
> > think Rita Skeeter will keep her end of the bargain and not 
publish
> > for
> > an entire year? Hermione is now a kidnapper. Isn't that worse than
> > anything Rita has done?
> 
> I think the question about Hermione's naivete depends on how 
seriously
> the Ministry would view the offense of being an unregistered 
animagus.
> If it carries really horrible penalties (a stint in Azkaban for
> example), then Hermione pretty much has Rita handled.  If it's just 
a
> minor offense, then yes, she's being a bit naive to think Rita will 
give
> up all the good scoops during the next year.  With all that's going 
to
> be going on, an unregistered animagus may not register much on the
> priority scale at the MoM though, regardless of how seriously it 
might
> have been viewed in times of peace.
> 
> Penny
> 
Actually, Penny -- 

this post of yours just kicked me between the eyes like Buckbeak in a 
bad mood  and I had an idea.

I am inclined to think unregistered animagi will likely be treated 
(once certain events come to light) with even more seriousness now 
that Voldemort's back.

Why?

Peter Pettigrew hid for 13 years in his animagi form and got off 
(until recently) scot-free and framed an innocent man for his crime 
(although MoM isn't aware of that yet and I wish they'd find out!) 

Any animagus who doesn't register is *potentially* a dark wizard, and 
also potentially a Death Eater with allegiance to the Big V.  

That's probably Dumbledore's thinking, anyway.

Fudge's thinking would just result in him scoffing, I fear.

More's the pity.

I want to see the rat get his.  

bigtime!