McGonagall, Hermione, and Anamagi Was (Re: Bad stuff for Hermione)

[Mark D.]

No: HPFGUIDX 53918

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, 
>> Greicy wrote "I'd, unfortunately, have to suggest that something 
>> may happen to Hermione.  She is muggle born after all and if, as 
>> Mattie Stepanek hinted on the Oprah show, that muggles will be 
>> involved why not start by attacking the Grangers.  Leaving 
>> Hermione an orphan... Her whole world will come crumbling down 
>> and in a way only Harry will be able to understand what's she's 
>> feeling because he's been through it.
 
> "Carrie S" <carrie525 at m...> wrote:
> I really think that Hermione made a bad decision in keeping Rita 
> and thinking she could handle it. Probably should have given her 
> up to Dumbledore and let him deal with it. She is no match for a 
> angry, competant, full grown witch. 

I disagree that Hermione was no match for Rita. (She caught her 
after all.) Also I Don't believe that the Hogwart's staff is as 
clueless to the students activities as HP seems to think. 

Considering that McGonagall is one of the few registered Animagi  
(and I'm guessing one of the top authorities on transfiguration) and 
that Dumbledore is now aware that Pettigrew is an Anamagi in the 
service of LV, don't you think there would be anti-Anamagi 
protections up?

While brainstorming a new FanFic I got the following ideas. 

1. McGonagall would have some sort of anamagi scanner spell up and 
would have found out that Rita Skeeter was an unregistered anamagi. 
Considering her a nuisance rather than an actual enemy, McGonagall 
probably observe Hermione capturing Rita and would have confronted 
Rita with her own idea of public service.

My own idea would be to see Rita working at Hogwart's under 
McGonagall's close supervision advising a new student newspaper. 
This would bring Colin Creevey more into the stage as the official 
Hogwart's photographer and in the future Rita might be drafted as a 
anamagi spy for Dumbledore OR might show her true colors as a double 
agent!

2. In the absence of a anamagi scanner (which would be very 
difficult magic) McGonagall would have alternative means to insure 
her students safety. In Particular, she would not be so trusting to 
allow Hermione to be with an older Krum totally unsupervised. I'm 
picturing discrete agents to keep Hermione under observation while 
leaving her some privacy. My ideas would be
(1)the Hogwart's ghosts who could be invisible if they wished. 
I'm wondering if the Gray Lady might help out 'chaperoning a young 
witch' while respecting Hermione's privacy. 
OR
(2) Crookshanks, who has demonstrated near-human intelligence, might 
agree to a anamagi female cat to protect his human. He would keep an 
eye on Krum, although he would never reveal Hermione's secrets.
OPINIONS?