Invisibilty Cloak ( Was "Dissaparation, Invisibility cloak, Speculation vs.."

[sophineclaire]

No: HPFGUIDX 31364

> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Liquidfire <liquidfire at m...> wrote:
> > >And also, Snape *did* pointedly thank Harry for leaving the
cloak
> at
> > the foot of the willow, in PoA, yes?  I wonder how he knew it was
> > Harry's?  Or, er, maybe he didn't address Harry in particular.
> > (Ack ~ memory!  Come back!)  Never mind, if I'm just
misremembering.
> >
> > No, you got it correct, I did a quick check.  That's rather
> interesting, if Snape knows about Harry and the cloak.  I'm pretty
> sure Dumbledore wouldn't spread the word among the professors that
> Harry has an invisibility cloak. Filch for one would make sure that
> he confiscate it.  So how come Snape knows?
>
>
     Since I first read SS/PS, I thought that Snape was the one who
 gave Harry the Invisability Cloak, all on the basis of some
carefully choosen words. On the card attached to the Cloak, it ends 
off with " and a Very Merry Christmas to you". A bit too friendly for 
Snape but the rest of the note is too formal for it to be Dumbledore
 ( Possibly McGonagall?,  narrow, loppy writing narrows it down to
 these two since neither Potions or transfiguration require them to
 write). Later, after the trio inform McGonagall about what they
know about the stone, they are confronted by Snape, who uses the same
 formalities, ends off with a "Good day to you" and walks off.
 But Snape's knowledge of the cloak probably comes from 'personal'
 experiences with the Maurauders.

    Now, McGonagall's no slouch and it's probably more plausible
that she had possession of the cloak since she is Gryffindor's Head of
 house and the cloak was returned after she punished Harry and co.
for being out late.  But I still like the idea of Snape having the
cloak because there's more to his part in that novel asides from
deflecting suspicion off Quirrel and muttering one counter-curse.

 - I've Rambled long enough.
 -Sophineclaire