Snape as a Vampire/Hagrid and Mrs. Norris

[lorien_eve <natmichaels@hotmail.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50524

Hey everybody. I've been a lurker for a while now, and this is my 
firt post, so PLEASE don't flame me for asking stupid questions or 
questions that have already been discussed. I remember a month or so 
ago there was a large discussion about Snape being a vampire. I've 
been re-reading and came across several passages talking about 
Quirrell and the garlic. The book attributes it to Quirrell's fear 
of a vampire he met years ago in Romania. But after knowing how the 
book ends, I thought of something else. Snape is suspicious of 
Quirrell and constantly watching him. Maybe Snape is the vampire and 
the garlic is to keep him away. Was this discussed before? Sorry to 
bring up an old topic, but it just now came to me.
Another thing I noticed was Hagrid's quote about Mrs. Norris 
following him everywhere when he goes up to the school. It's on page 
141 in my book, when Harry and Ron are in Hagrid's hut and Harry 
reads about the break in at Gringott's. Anyway, I was wondering WHY 
Mrs. Norris follows Hagrid around. I just know there's something 
about her that's strange--whether she's an animagus or something 
else. Any thoughts on this?

Lorien_Eve