Flying over Hogwarts (was:Re: Do All Students Travel to Hogwarts by the HE?

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 46106

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "frankielee242" <speedygonzo242 at h...> wrote:
> bboy_mn wrote:
>  
> > I think it would be pretty hard to launch a suprise attack on 
> > Hogwards by broom. The worst the Death Eaters could do is land 
> > outside the grounds and come running in on foot. 
> > bboy_mn
> 
> 
> There are a number of "secret" passages out of Hogwarts that have
> been sketched on the Marauders' Map... which a faithful Death Eater 
> just happened to *borrow* from Harry several months before Lord 
> Voldemort's rebirth (GoF). 
> 
> Remember what happened the last time a student (Neville Longbottom
> we're looking in your direction- PoA) left vital Hogwarts information
> lying around? I'm betting that at some point Lord Voldemort will try
> to use a copy of the Map, if not the map itself, to storm Hogwarts
> through those "secret" passages.
> 
> Frankie

bboy_mn responds:

Not arguing with you, but I am having a little chuckle to myself at
the thought of a swarm of FAT Death Eaters trying to 'storm' the
castle by squeezing out of a little opening in the back of a
humpbacked wizard. An opening that Harry barely fit into. I think that
would be a pretty slow 'storm' of the castle. 

I suppose they could blast their way through the caved in tunnel, but
Filch already knows about that one, so they will be watching it.

Actually, what you said is very intriguing, and I suspect that the
DE's will try to take over Hogwarts, although I'm not sure what the
method will be.

Crouch Jr. is in no condition to tell anyone about the map, but he DID
have the map for a while and we don't know what he told Voldemort
during that time. So, you could be on to something.

Just a few thoughts.

bboy_mn