The Magical Room Hiden in Hogwarts

[psychic_serpent]

No: HPFGUIDX 42906

> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "interstate999" <mikezitz at c...> wrote:
> > Isaac -If you could travel to Hogwarts for an hour, what would 
> > you do there? 
> > 
> > JK Rowling - Go straight into a certain room, mentioned in book 
> > four which has certain magical properties Harry hasn't 
> > discovered yet! 

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "prefectmarcus" <prefectmarcus at y...> 
wrote:
> There are actually three rooms first mentioned in GoF.  They are:
> (1) The Prefect's Bathroom
> (2) The Chamberpot room.
> (3) The anteroom off the Great Hall.

Actually, there is another, although it's debatable whether it 
qualifies for "room" status: the broom closet in which Rita Skeeter 
conducts an "interview" with Harry prior to the wand-weighing.
 
> We also get to see the kitchens for the first time, though they 
> are mentioned before.
> 
> You will also note that JKR did NOT say, "mentioned for the first 
> time in book four."  

No, but I don't believe she would have specified that the room was 
mentioned in book four if it were also mentioned in any other book.  
This would rule out the kitchens and leave the chamberpot room, the 
anteroom, the broom closet and the prefect's bathroom.  

The other important thing may be that she used the word "mentioned," 
rather than saying that Harry WENT to the room in question in book 
four.  This is true for the anteroom, the broom closet and the 
prefect's bathroom.  However, only the chamber pot room was merely 
MENTIONED and is never actually seen by Harry or anyone else other 
than Dumbledore.  This room best fits the description of a 
place "mentioned" in book four.  But for the life of me, I can't 
imagine what magical properties it might have.  

I could imagine far better properties for the broom closet, which 
might be a sort of Great Glass Elevator, if JKR is feeling like 
borrowing from Roald Dahl.  The broom closet might travel up, down 
and sideways throughout Hogwarts, taking one anywhere one wants to 
go in the castle.  I don't know about anyone else, but I think that 
would be very convenient, especially when fleeing Filch in the 
middle of the night.  Or I could just be a sterling example of why 
you don't post with only four hours' sleep... <g>

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