The Houses Mystery

[Ellen & John Anglin]

No: HPFGUIDX 44485

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Tim" <tmarends at y...> wrote:
> 
> 2) In PoA, Sirius has no problem finding the Gryffindor Tower... 
> twice.  If he had been trying to figure it out, even as Snuffles, 
> then someone would have noticed a big black dog roaming Hogwarts.
> 
> This brings me to the conclusion that Sirius Black was a 
Gryffindor.  
> And if he was a Gryff, then so was James, Remus, and Peter.  The 
> notion that the four of them were in different houses, although 
> interesting, is a bit far fetched.  The hours they had to spend 
> together just learning to transform into animals makes that 
> (different houses theory) nearly impossible.
> 
> Just my two cents worth.
> 
> Tim A.

Um... He was one of the <authors> of the Marauders map?!?!
I am paraphrasing here, but dont they (Either he or Remus)say 
something to the effect that they probably knew more about hogwarts 
than anay other students due to their 'Marauding'?

This would easily account for his knowing almost all the passages in 
Hogwarts, no matter what house he was in!

Tho, if the Marauders were in different houses, it would certainly 
have given them good reason to pool their knowledge into one common 
resource- make it easier for them to sneak about, visit each other, 
and meet on the sly- tho for the multiple house theory, more than 
one map would have been more likely- I mean can you imagine the 
arguments about who gets the map tonight?  

What if Harry's map is just the last surviving example of a set of 
four...

Hmmm, I may need to get writing here....

Ellen