Arabella Figg/DADA teacher

[hunibuni22 at webtv.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 42644



I absolutely love this idea of Cindy's passed on by Eloise:

>" Well, one of the other theories (it was Cindy's, although she later
reneged 
> on it, despite a number of us supporting it) is that Arabella is
Sirius' 
> girlfriend. She therefore 1) feels like an unofficial godmother and
2) is 
> shamed in the WW by her connection with a supposed criminal. Her
exile in the 
> Muggle world would become more understandable then."

Especially when you combine it with (I'm sorry I don't know who posted
this):

"Now, here's the really cool part.
>Take her last name, Figg.  In Latin it (may) transulate to:
>figulus = potter"

Can't you just imagine, Arabella "Figg" being James Potter's sister?  Or
something of the like?  (I'm new to the list so I haven't heard all the
interesting ideas everyone has)  It would explain so much and be so
intruiging to the series!  If Arabella was James' sister, it would be
*natural* that she would date Sirius, he being  James' best friend.  

I do have one question, however.  She couldn't have possibly drank
'polyjuice potion' to age herself, as that makes you resemble a specific
somebody, correct?  For example, Barty Crouch II had to kidnap the real
Moody and keep him hidden in a trunk in order to take pieces of his hair
for the polyjuice potion.  So then, if Arabella is a young witch, former
girlfriend of Sirius Black and relation (Sister!  Sister!) to Harry
Potter, she must have used some kind of aging spell, not polyjuice.  I
imagine you all know this and are just *saying* polyjuice, but I wanted
to make it clear (mostly to myself) that that was impossible.

Hoping to hear more ideas like this...  Do we really think Arabella Figg
will be the next DADA teacher?  If she was shamed from the WW, then I
don't see why she would want to go back to Hogwarts.  Why is everyone so
confident that Fleur will come back as the new DADA teacher (I've seen
it in posts, but with no real reason).  Canon says that she's looking
for a job at Hogwarts to improve her English, but I don't think she is
really experienced and anyway, is she old enough to be finished with
school?  Cedric was in his 6th year, am I right?  So he had one more to
go before "graduating".  Perhaps the same goes for Fleur?  Okay, now I'm
just rambling... input would be lovely!  

Thanks!

Tara