Returning by Portkey (WAS: LOTS of various questions/theories)

[erisedstraeh2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 46260

Julie ("jastrangfeld") wrote:

> Now see, we know that Harry traveled by Portkey back to that park.  
> Cedric may not have been with them there, but growing up 
> in a wizarding family, I would think he would have known.  I still 
> contend that it's supposed to bring you back where you started.

Now me:

The boot that served as the portkey to transport Harry, the Weasleys 
and the Diggorys to the QWC was tossed into a box after they 
arrived.  This led me to believe that that boot wasn't the object 
that transported Harry and the Weasleys back to Stoatshead Hill (with 
the large number of wizards descending upon the QWC, how could they 
have possibly reunited each wizard with their originating portkey if 
they were all jumbled together in a box?).  IIRC, there's no 
reference in GOF as to what object served as the portkey to take 
Harry and the Weasleys back home.  I assumed it was a different 
object, based on my "jumbled box" hypothesis.

~Phyllis