[HPforGrownups] Muggle parents - Ghosts

[Laura Ingalls Huntley]

No: HPFGUIDX 41128


Rosie said:
>On a random, yet slightly related note, do you think the 
>parents of those petrified were informed? If they were (as 
>all of them were Muggle-born I think) then I would have 
>expected their parents to panic, but if not, wouldn't that 
>have been a bit hard to cover up? 

Well, they were Muggles.  I mean, it's not as if they can come visit or insist that their children are taken home and to a Muggle hospital -- I mean, come on, what would they do?  I'm sure that they were told, at the least, that their children had a magical ailment but were in stable condition and were facing a near certain recovery.  Besides, I imagine Hogwarts *is* the best place for people with rare magical illnesses.

Rosie:
>Anyway, I wonder why there are all these adult ghosts 
>hanging round Hogwarts. NHN says Gryffindor was his old 
>house, but why is he haunting *Hogwarts* instead of wherever 
>he died? Did they have ghost auditions to relocate spooks to 
>Hogwarts? Were they all random teachers, visitors, and so on 
>who died there....?

Well, I imagine that Nick just figured it was the best place to be...I mean, he *has* got a pretty padded job...I'm sure there's a bit of respect in the ghost community for Head Ghosts of Hogwarts..and Nick seems desperate to get some respect.  We know from Moaning Myrtle's account of her life..erm, death..that a ghost is not bound to the place where he or she died...I mean, *she* was following Olive Hornby around and had a restraining order put on her by the MoM.  So, where else to go??

Ah, yes.  Dear old Hogwarts.

laura  


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