Time line in the shack.

[Hollydaze]

No: HPFGUIDX 32882

Here is the timeline for the shack.
I don't want to re post the WHOLE thing so I have just included a few time before and after the shack. The explanation is, again, at the bottom.

9:44 Hagrid leaves his hut.
9:47 Hagrid arrives at the school front doors.
9:49 Snape leaves the school.
9:52 (APROX) Sirius, Ron and Peter arrived in the Shrieking Shack.
9:52 Snape arrives at the willow, picks up cloak and finds stick then enters.
9:54 (APROX) Crookshanks, Harry and Hermione 1 arrive in the Shrieking Shack.
9:58 The scuffle between Harry 1, Hermione 1, Ron, Crookshanks and Sirius takes place.
10:00 Lupin is down stairs.
10:00 (30) Lupin arrives in the room.
10:01 (30) Hermione tells that Lupin is a werewolf.
10:03 Lupin explains the Marauders map.
10:04 Lupin and Sirius say Scabbers is Peter.
10:06 Snape comes in under the cloak.
10:06 Lupin begins to explain everything.
10:09 Lupin explains about Sirius, Peter and James becoming Animagi.
10:11 (30) Lupin explains about Sirius's Joke on Snape.
10:12 (30) Snape appears form under the cloak.
10:13 (30) Snape ties Lupin up.
10:15 Harry, Ron and Hermione knock Snape out.
10:17 Sirius explains that Crookshanks has been helping him.
10:18 (30) Sirius and Lupin expose Peter.
10:21 Sirius has finished explaining about switching secret keepers.
10:23 Harry finally believes Lupin and Sirius.
10:25 Harry stops Lupin and Sirius from killing Peter.
10:25 (30) Lupin's puts a splint on Ron's leg.
10:26 Lupin and Ron are Chained to Peter.
10:26 (30) They all leave the shack.
10:55 Everyone leaves the Whomping Willow. (Harry, Ron, Hermione Sirius and Peter have been in the shack for about 80 minutes (1hr and 20 minutes) -including travel.)
11:00 Lupin transforms and Sirius chases him into the forbidden forest, Harry and Hermione 2 move to Hagrid's hut.

INSIDE THE SHACK EXPLAINATION. (this goes back to when Harry and Hermione 1 and Crookshanks went into the tree)
I have used a stop watch and I have been through reading all of the necessary bits of what happened in the shack out loud, timing how long they take, this only applies to speech. For things such as actions and characters taking in descriptions I have allowed an appropriate amount of time as actions normally take more time than it takes to read them out (depending on what they are) while a person will take in another persons (or objects) appearance a lot quicker than reading it out loud would.

This bought me to a total of 32 minutes spent in the shack by Harry and Hermione 1. From the time they entered the tunnel to the time the left was 1 hour and 20 minutes, this is the same as 80 minutes, take 32 (time in the shack) from 80 and you get 48 minutes travelling time. We know that it took longer to get back than to get there, both because of the fact they were all running to get their and because they were delayed by Lupin and Ron being tied to Peter on the way back. Because of this I have dived the travelling time for Harry and Hermione 1 on the way there to 20 minutes and the travelling time on the way back as 28 minutes which seems to be a big enough difference although it could be slightly smaller. This then works out as Sirius having arrived with Ron and Peter maybe two minutes earlier than Harry and Hermione. Lupin arrives 6 minutes after Harry and Hermione. This means his travelling time is only 16 minutes but this could be because he is not dragging somebody (as Sirius in Dog form is) and is running faster than Harry and Hermione 1 would be. He also knows the route better having been down there every month for 7 years when he was at the school, plus he can probably run faster being older than they are. 
    However as with the main time line there is a problem in that Snape's travelling time is 14 minutes and I think that that is just a bit too fast. 16 minutes is plausible but 14 is getting a bit too quick, however, it must work out that way or the time line (as with the two "problems" at the end of the full time line) doesn't work.

HOLLYDAZE!!!


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