The diary (Was: Snape as a Spy and Spy!Lucius, too!)

[carpenter_walrus]

No: HPFGUIDX 86476

justcarol67:
Maybe Voldemort told Lucius that it was at Hogwarts and
Lucius forced Dobby to find it and bring it to him?

constance vigilance:
I think LV gave it to him during VWI. Lucius was a trusted lieutenant
at that time, probably the highest-ranking one. I think LV gave him
many personal belongings for safe keeping

Carpenter:
I'm not so sure if I agree that Voldemort would have taken the diary 
out of Hogwarts. Or better phrased, I think that Young!Riddle would 
have left the diary behind, and most likely in the Slytherin common 
room.

For starters, I think that Memory!Riddle said that he "left behind a 
diary" or some such statement. So, that would imply to me that the 
diary was actually left at Hogwarts, not that it was removed from the 
school. Actually, it also makes the most sense to leave the diary at 
Hogwarts, since that's where the Chamber of Secrets is located, 
right? 

Why take the diary away from the school?

As for Lucius getting the diary directly from Voldemort, well, what's 
to say that he couldn't have found it himself. Or even better, what's 
to say that it was even a *real* diary? 

Dumbledore certainly never mentions anything to the effect of an 
attempt to raise Voldemort; rather, it appears that Dumbledore thinks 
that Lucius was trying to discredit Arthur Weasley and his Muggle 
Protection Act.


-Carpenter-