The "Missing 24-hours" - an alternative take

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 42414

Ali wrote:
> 
> At the moment there is a 24-hour period after the Potters' deaths in 
> which the movements of the main protagonists are unaccounted for. 
> What if for Harry and Hagrid that 24-hour period does not exist? So 
> far we have seen a Time Turner take its users backwards. This opens 
> up the possibility of them going forwards as well. The plot seems to 
> work if the following scenario happened:
> 
> Dumbeldore realises that the Potters are dead and Harry has survived 
> (through means of magical communication yet to be revealed).
> 
> Dumbledore sends Hagrid to rescue Harry. I personally think that 
> Hagrid can apparate, as he appeared to disappear very quickly after 
> Harry's very first day with him. 
> 
> Dumbledore orders Hagrid to get Harry, turn the Time Turner forward 
> by 24 Hours and then meet him in Privet Drive. Hagrid meets 
> McGonagall just before leaving on his mission. At this stage all he 
> may know is that he has to go to Godric Hollow and rescue Harry. He 
> may not know all the details. His loyalty to Dumbledore is such that 
> he would not need to know much before acting. Equally, timing would 
> have been critical. He may have had enough time to say "see 
> Dumbledore at Privet Drive in 24-hours if you want more detail", 
> before leaving.
> 
> Harry and Hagrid would then not exist for this 24 hours period. It 
> takes Harry out of a dangerous period of time whilst Dumbledore can 
> be setting up his protection.  This period of time would have been 
> dangerous for Harry, as presumably at this stage the Death Eaters 
> would not have known the fate of their leader, or if they had, would 
> still have been bent on quick vengeance against his surprise 
> "slayer".
>
> Ali

I'd like to see what canon, if any, you're basing yourself in, since 
right now the theory is so shacky I cannot buy it. You mention that the 
fact that Time-Turners exist opens the possibility of traveling into 
the future, but I don't buy it; in fact, notice that the time-turners  
*only* allow returning into the past, to live through a time you've 
already been through a second time. It is *not* a time-travel device. 
You cannot go back 3000 years, take a look around and go back to your 
time. If you go back that far, you're stuck because there is no way the 
time turner will take you into the future.

Appart from the time turner device, too, you give no further evidence 
of the ability of Hagrid to use the powerful magic that I feel would be 
needed to catapult him, a baby and a motorcycle into the future. Notice 
that Dumbledore sent Hagrid, who excells in taking care of magical 
creatures -often dengerous, too. Why him? Why not Snape, or even 
McGonagall? Well, for one, Hagrid knows how to take care of a baby. For 
24 hours, or longer if need be. AND he knows how to hide: he has spent 
his entire lifetime hiding his own nature from everybody else, not just 
from muggles.

I don't think Dumbledore could pay Snape enough to change diapers, and 
McGonagall looks like an old stick to me - on a side note, notice she 
herself doubts Hagrid was a good idea, but *she doesn't propose anyone 
else*: no "I would've been a better option" or "don't you think Mrs. 
Fig could have done that?". The fact that Dumbledore selects the least 
magical person of his side is revealing: he's not trusting Harry to 
magic, but to the care of a person. I wouldn't use any sort of magic 
around a being that just make an AK rebound, and I'd imagine that 
Dumbledore wouldn't chance it either. If the AK goes awry, who knows 
what could happen with spells that *can* be blocked?

No, I don't see how your theory can hold water, especially when we've 
got a much more sensible theory: Hagrid went into hiding and kept the 
baby low-key during that day someplace he knew the DEs (or anyone else, 
for that matter) wouldn't look for him. I'd say his father's old house, 
or some island far from the coast, or some other place where he could 
find feed for the baby without risking being seen.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf