Fetching Harry

[Cindy C. <cindysphynx@comcast.net>]

No: HPFGUIDX 51603

So we know someone (probably Harry) starts off OoP lying on his back 
in a flower bed outside the Dursleys' house.  We can be reasonably 
confident that Harry will not spend much time at Number Four in OoP; 
he'll get to Hogwarts somehow.  But how?

Well, the last four books do give us a pattern.

In PS/SS, Harry was whisked away from the Dursleys by Hagrid.

In CoS, Harry was whisked away to the Burrow by Ron, Fred and George.

In PoA, Harry was whisked away to London by the Knight Bus.

In GoF, Harry was whisked away to the Burrow by Mr. Weasley.

Yup, that's a pattern, all right.

So who will whisk Harry away in OoP, do you think?  Sirius is an 
interesting choice, but I can't see him turning up at Number 4 with 
a price on his head.  

Mrs. Figg would work, but that would be a weird way of introducing a 
new character.  Why would Harry even trust Mrs. Figg if she tried to 
whisk him away?

But what about Lupin? This might work.  Harry trusts Lupin, as does 
Dumbledore.  And best of all, we'd get to witness the Dursleys 
confront their first *werewolf.*  ;-)

Yeah.  Lupin it is!

Cindy -- wanting to see Remus on page 3 if at all possible