Bill's Visit

[Derek Hiemforth]

No: HPFGUIDX 86917

nkittyhawk97 wrote:
>In GoF on pg 616 Bill said he hadn't been to Hogwarts in five years. 
>But, the thing is, Charlie graduated 8 years ago at that time, and 
>Bill is older than Charlie. Therefore, you can conclude that Bill 
>visited Hogwarts a couple years after graduating. But why would he 
>do that? Any thoughts?

Derek:
Five years before GoF would have been the year before PS/SS.  In PS/SS,
Fred and George Weasley are the Beaters for the Gryffindor Quidditch
team, and they had also been on the team the year before.  That year,
Fred and George's second year, would have been five years before GoF.
Since we know that Harry making the house team as a first year was a
big deal, we also know that Fred and George weren't on the team their
first year.  So their second year was when they made the Gryffindor
Quidditch team.

Therefore, my guess is that Bill came to Hogwarts to watch Fred and
George in their debut Quidditch match.

- Derek