[HPforGrownups] RE: Floo Powder and Security at Hogwarts/ Pyjama party

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No: HPFGUIDX 32897


Daibhaid says

>Because of the enchantments of Hogwarts, specifically noted in
>_Hogwarts, a History_, sorry Amazon dot com doesn't carry
>this...yet. :^), you cannot spell yourself into the school or in
>the school. 

Is there a ref for this? I only recall the restriction being quoted for 
dis/appariton.

I wrote

>[snip] How on earth do you keep
>anything secure with locks, standard
>or magical, when a first year can
>open [snip] Snape's office, which he
>tells us was locked with a spell
>which only a wizard could break.

Kelly replies

>The office was unlocked and opened when second-year Hermione sneaked in
>during class. 
 
This is certainly the obvious answer, especially if the dungeon where the 
class takes place is next door, as I suppose it probably is. 
The fact still stands, though, that Snape *believes* that his office has be 
broken into by students: he admits it to Crouch-as-Moody in the pyjama party 
scene and therefore  it must be feasible

>The wizard-only spell is to keep Peeves out.  Considering the damage he
>inflicts and the problems he causes in the kitchen, this is sensible. 

It is certainly give as the reason that it cannot have been Peeves in there. 
But given the fact that there always seems to be at least one wizard around 
the place that Snape doesn't trust, I'd have thought he'd have been more 
careful.

Clio has made me think again about that pyjama party. 
One of the great things about it is the misunderstandings and uncertainties 
that are going on.

I don't think Crouch is sure of where Snape stands. perhaps he had, in 
addition to stealing stuff for the polyjuice potion, been looking for 
something that might indicate his loyalties.

In their conversation, he seems to be probing him:
Snape hears Moody the auror, who knows his DE past (penseive scene) taunt him 
about the Dark Mark and quickly backtracks after accidentally implying that 
he has it in for Harry.

Crouch on the other hand picks up quickly on the hostility towards Harry (is 
he hoping to find an ally?) and I think we can almost hear disappointment in 
his voice when Snape explains it away.

Eloise


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