What Silvery Thing?

[Lilac]

No: HPFGUIDX 43632


From: "fruhu" <iwant12 at hotmail.com>
Subject: What silvery thing?

In GoF chapter "The madness of Mr.Crouch", after Dumbledore arrived 
to the stunned Krum, he "raised his wand into the air and pointed it 
in the direction of Hagrid's cabin. Harry saw something silvery dart 
out of it and streak away through the trees like a ghostly bird".

What was it? Did the silvery thing dart out of Hagrid's cabin or 
Dumbledore's wand, or what?

Cheers,
Fru Hu / Freya
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Lilac says:  

Ooooh! I know this one! <raising hand in the air like Hermione does.>   I asked this question not far back, and the answer I got was that the silvery thing came out of Dumbledore's wand.  It flew, like a silvery bird, to Hagrid's hut, and Hagrid came running toward them after that.  Steve/HP Lexicon gave it the name "Messenger Spell", but it doesn't officially have a name from JKR.  

I thought that it was something coming out of Hagrid's hut, and that Harry could see movements of invisibility cloaks and that it was Moody!Crouch Jr. under the cloak (because Moody does have one in his trunk).  The sentence wording is a little confusing, so you were not alone thinking it came out of Hagrid's hut.  

Here's the link to the Lexicon's definition:

http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/spells_m.html#Messenger

 

and here's the link to the filk I wrote about this spell, because I was so happy to finally understand what JKR was trying to say.

http://home.att.net/~coriolan/newfilks.htm#Magic_Messaging_Spell

Cheers right back at you!

Lilac 


 



 

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