TBAY: Mrs Figg and the DAFT INSIGHT

[kangasboy]

No: HPFGUIDX 41690

Roo was relaxing on the DOCTOR FLOWER, idly admiring the 
job he had managed to do at lashing his two different ships 
together, with the much-appreciated stake and twine donated by 
Cindy. 
Not thinking like searching for hedgehogs or building more 
ships, he flicked through a multitude of posts that he had 
allowed to accumulate. Nothing really caught his eye, until he 
came across an extract of a post concerning Mrs Figg, written by 
Darrin Burnett:
> Maybe not that blatant, but I'd like to see some dawning of 
> realization by Vernon and Petunia that Mrs. Figg has been 
more than 
> she seemed. 

Roo stopped for a second and gazed pensively out across the 
bay; something had stirred up conflict in his mind. . . But what 
was it?
Of course! Vernon and Petunia can't have a "dawning of 
realization", because they already know about Mrs Figg's true 
nature!
Talking to himself,  and hastily gathering building materials, he 
went on, 
"It does seem strange that Harry, whenever the Dursleys were 
out, was sent to stay with Mrs Figg, who *just happens* to be a 
powerful witch who is a close confidante of Dumbledore. Mrs 
Figg is seemingly part of Dumbeldore's protection of Harry, given 
that she is part of the Old Crowd.
But that means Dumbledore must have somehow influenced the 
Dursleys into sending him there, given that the Dursleys would 
be highly unlikely to associate with someone like Mrs Figg by 
pure chance alone.
But how could he do that without Harry ever noticing?"
Roo's ship had hit a snag, and for a while he didn't know how to 
stop his ship from floundering. He needed a can(n)on. . .
But then it struck him
"Of course," he shouted exultantly, "the Letter! The long-forgotten 
letter that was left with Harry when he was deposited on the 
Dursley's doorstep. . . the letter that Harry knows nothing about . . 
. the letter that hasn't had any of its contents disclosed at all! I bet 
Dumbledore left instructions in that letter, one of which was to 
always leave Harry with Mrs Figg if the Dursleys went out! And 
Harry is going to find out about that letter, and learn something 
extremely important! Harry will learn of this letter when Figg is 
announced as the new DADA teacher, and she talks to Harry"
Then he had another thought: "Surely there was more in that 
letter than one instruction concerning Mrs Figg? What else could 
have been in there? I wonder. .  ."
Not wanting to incur any yellow flags, Roo decided to leave the 
shipbuilding at that until someone else found some can(n)ons 
to add to it. 
Before getting back to the relaxing, Roo pulled out his wand, and 
conjured a flag to fly from the centre of his fledling ship. On the 
flag, he painted a letter, with the words "DAFT INSIGHT" within 
(Dursleys Aware of Figg's True Nature. Now She Is Going to 
Hogwarts to Teach)
And then he lay down, and had a nice little snooze.

Roo, who is now snoring extremely loudly and rudely.