The Rare Cloaks

[snazzzybird]

No: HPFGUIDX 87008

--- "Matt" <hpfanmatt at g...> wrote:
> Diana:
> >>> At this point, we don't know for sure if Draco 
> >>> knows or suspects that Harry has an invisibility 
> >>> cloak, 
> 
> Tom:
> >> Draco *knows* that Harry has an invisibility cloak. 
> >> In PoA at the Shreaking Shack he sees Harry's head 
> >> and runs to tell Snape. 
> 
> Beverly:
> > We then find that Snape knows that Harry has an 
> > Invisibility Cloak because of what Snape says to Moody 
> > in GoF....
> > <snip>  
> 
> Matt:
> Doesn't Snape also see the cloak himself in PoA?  I thought that he
> was wearing it when he showed up at the Shrieking Shack.  

snazzzybird:

Yes, Snape is wearing it when he comes to the Shrieking Shack, and he 
knows that it belongs to Harry.  In the first paragraph of Chapter 
19, "The Servant of Lord Voldemort", we read:

"I found this at the base of the Whomping Willow," said Snape, 
throwing the cloak aside, careful to keep his wand pointing directly 
at Lupin's chest.  "Very useful, Potter, I thank you..."

Snape had been to Lupin's office, saw that he hadn't drunk his 
wolfsbane potion, then noticed the Marauder's Map on his desk.  He 
tells Lupin, "I saw you running along this passageway and out of 
sight."  He expected to find Sirius Black there, but not the Trio.  
However, when he did find them there, he immediately assumed the 
cloak he'd found belonged to Harry.  Was Draco's description of the 
disembodied head enough information that he'd managed to figure out 
the truth?  Or did he already know that James Potter had owned such a 
cloak?

--snazzzybird, who can think of many, many uses for such a garment.