Wands and Robes for Animagi -- Invisibility Cloak

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No: HPFGUIDX 24984

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., cynthiaanncoe at h... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., pengolodh_sc at y... wrote:
> > > [snip]
> > I do not have the books handy at the moment (they are due to 
arrive 
> > by automobile this weekend, along with my TV, 10ft of magazines, 
> > kitchen-utensils, etc. (courtesy of my parents)), and so cannot 
> > verify the following 100% myself, but as I recall, it is not a 
> given 
> > that Snape was using his wand at the moment, just that he was 
using 
> > *a* wand.  Do werewolves keep their clothes with them when they 
> > go "hairy snout"?  If not, it could be Professor Lupin's wand.  
It 
> > could also be Harry's wand, picked up after Harry fainted from 
the 
> > after-effects of the Dementors, or Ron's or Hermione's wand.  
Snape 
> > is a quick thinker, I suspect, and would not hesitate to grab the 
> > nearest wand.  
> > 
> > Best regards
> > Christian Stubø
> 
> Thanks, Christian.  But I don't think Snape is using Lupin's wand, 
> because Pettigrew dived for Lupin's wand, Harry disarmed him, and 
the 
> wand flew high in the air and out of sight.  
> 
> Also, we know Snape had a wand when he woke up (as opposed to using 
> Harry's wand) because when Harry sees Snape conjuring stretchers 
for 
> himself and Hermione, Ron is already on a stretcher.  It doesn't 
seem 
> logical that Snape would wake up and go searching in the bushes or 
> wherever for Lupin's wand.  More likely is that Snape picks his own 
> wand up off the ground and starts using it, or he is using Ron's 
> wand, as you say.
> 
> Finally, if Black does have a wand, why doesn't he ward off the 
> dementors?  Either he doesn't know how (hardly seems likely) or he 
> can't pull it off with someone else's wand?
> 


That's a good idea but I think there are probably some other reasons.
He probably was exhausted after that scuffle with Lupin.  Remeber 
when Harry says that a single anti-dementor lesson was more tiring 
than many quidditch practices.  Or maybe since he was in Azkaban for 
all those years that he could not come up with a very happy thought 
to get rid of the dementors.


> Oh, and while I'm grinding my teeth figuring out how everything 
winds 
> up where it does, can someone answer another question.  At the end 
of 
> PoA, Lupin gives the Invisibility Cloak back to Harry, saying he 
> retrieved it from the Shrieking Shack.  But earlier, JKR says Lupin 
> tucked it into his pocket in the Shrieking Shack.  A mistake?  The 
> cloak should have been lying on the ground outside the Willow.
> 
> Cindy
> 
> -----------------------
> "You should have realized," said Lupin quietly, "if Voldemort 
didn't 
> kill you, we would.  Good-bye, Peter."  Prizoner of Azkaban.

Does the book mention that Lupin drop the cloak on the ground?
I thought he carried it with him into the Forest when he 
transformed.  Well as I said in an earlier reply, he did bring it 
from the Shrieking Shack, but he kinda got side tracked on the way.



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