HP and the Stair that Creaks/Petunia's magic

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 54727

Lillian:

 
>   I started thinking and I believe that the Dursleys are much too 
> fussy about appearances and the state of their house (especially 
> Petunia) to let something like a squeaky stair slip. Wouldn't 
Petunia 
> have had Vernon repair that?
>  I'm thinking that there has to be 
> something hidden under it. If that something happens to be magical 
> maybe that's why the stair squeaks, it wants to be found. I think 
it 
> could possibly be
> 
> 1. The letter from Dumbledore that was left with Harry
> 2. Some sort of heirloom for Harry
> 3. If Petunia turns out to be a witch (I know there's speculation 
on 
> that) it coould be where she's hidden her wand.

Now that you mention it, I do think there's something magical under 
it. "something surprising at the Dursleys" - it  might be what's 
under the stair. Harry was living under the stairs, then all his 
magical things were in that closet...

For 1) I think that Vernon *burned* Dumbledore's letter, much as he 
did with hundreds of other letters in PS! So no.

2) However, a heirloom - something that was Lily's - might well be 
there. I've been speculating about Harry finding his mother's 7-lock 
trunk including lots of stuff. Maybe he finds the keys under the 
stair, and the keys lead him to find the magical trunk?

3) It might be that Petunia, in a desperate situation, indeed *does* 
do some magic, but I don't believe she has ever had a wand. "I saw her
[Lily] for what she was: a freak!". Why would she have gone and 
gotten herself a freak-wand?

She might do magic if Dudley's in danger, though. Such as some heavy 
thing about to fall on Dudley, and she does magic to stop the thing; 
then she'd stare at it disbelievingly, and it'd fall again, because 
she stopped believing, then she'd stop it again, thinking more of 
Dudley than her abilities. She'd not cry "Leviosa" - she'd cry NO or 
something as simple... so Harry might realise that correct 
incantation isn't important at all!

Not Petunia's but Lily's wand might be under the stair. Maybe *both* 
Harry's parents' wands? To give Sirius a wand while he isn't able to 
buy one for himself, perhaps?

-- Finwitch