Arabella Figg's House

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No: HPFGUIDX 41613

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "aldrea279" <chetah27 at h...> wrote:

> Rosie said:
> >>JKR has said, somewhere, that Book 5 will see Harry going to some 
> new places
> and exploring some places he's just been to briefly a bit more 
> thoroughly.. I
> think. Any ideas on what this could be?>>
> 
 
> Well, as soon as I read these bits, my first thought is Arabella 
> Figg's house.  We've had mention of it, but we, the reader, have 
> never been taken there physically by Harry.  And what with her 
being 
> part of the Old Crowd and all(as I believe she is), she might have 
to 
> make contact with Harry about something.  Maybe she'll request him 
to 
> do some yard work or something- 

I'm still holding on tho the hope that she'll do exactly something 
like that to provide Harry with an excuse to come over.  Why?  So he 
has a chance to spend some time with his godfather without either of 
them having to dash off to escape Dementors, go to the hospital, 
change into Animagi forms, etc.

Somehow I think Dumbledore will contact the "old crowd" to let them 
know he is sending a messenger to give them all the details they need 
to know.  And to trust that messenger and not do him any harm.  After 
all, to our knowledge, the "old crowd" doesn't know Sirius is 
innocent, so they would not be likely to invite a fugitive murderer 
in for tea if he just happened to come knocking at their door.

So, Arabella will expect an unexpected visitor.  Sirius will clue her 
in as to what's going on, and then she can think up a reason to have 
Harry come over.  I would think that Harry will be feeling guilty 
about what happened to Cedric, even though Cedric's death was not his 
fault.  Who better in Harry's like would understand that sort of self-
recrimination than Sirius?

Marianne