Owl to Arabella?

[finwitch <finwitch@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50504

--- Bobby wrote:
> In the first few pages of SS, Vernon is picking his "most boring 
> tie" for work and Petunia wrestles a screaming Dudley into his high 
> chair.  Then:
> 
> "None of them noticed a large, tawny owl flutter past the window."
> 
> This may (probably has) been discussed, but where is this owl going 
> that it flutters past a window on Privet Drive?  Perhaps to 
Arabella 
> Figg's house to let her know that Harry will be coming to town and 
> she will be his guardian?  But why would Ms. Figg already be 
there?  
> Did Dumbledore anticipate this and set her up there or was she 
> always assigned to hang around the Dursleys'?  Or was it going to 
> someone else?  

Well, I think that all her cats are people who are being punished for 
i.e. illegal animagi. Punishment being that they must stay in their 
animal form for several years, never turning back to human... Around 
Muggles so that some wizard doesn't force them to... OR she's 
educating Hogwarts graduates in animagi - or she just handle's the 
registration of cat-animagi or what ever. Still, I think those aren't 
just cats and kneazels...
 
> There is another quick mention of owls:
> 
> "...the cat on the wall outside showed no signs of sleepiness... it 
> didn't so much quiver when a car door slammed on the next street, 
> nor when two owls swooped overhead."
> 
> This reference may not be for Ms. Figg, perhaps these owls just 
> swooped overhead on their way to some other destination.  But I 
find 
> it difficult to believe that the first owl would have gotten down 
to 
> window level if it wasn't delivering a message to somewhere on 
> Privet Drive- the question is who?

Could have been a cat-animagus, (Either Ms McGonagall or one of Mrs 
Figgs' cats..) but I do believe that Mrs Figg was recieving at least 
one Owl, of a magical child in her neighbourhood, at Dursleys. She 
was probably obliviating anyone who saw the flying motorcycle arrive, 
but keeping watch on Harry in particular...

-- Finwitch