[HPforGrownups] Re: Missing 24 Hours

[Becky Walkden]

No: HPFGUIDX 58380



brassgryphon and vavamus42 wrote:

> > Has anyone noticed that there are 24 hours missing from the time 
> Hagrid picked up Harry and the time he delivered him to the 
Dursleys'?
> > 
> > What do you suppose happened during that time?
> > 
> > My guess is that Dumbledore put together the means "by use of an 
> ancient magic" to protect Harry at his relatives' home, and to set 
up 
> Arabella Figg as Harry's Secret Keeper with the Fidelius charm.
> 
> I completely agree, but it has to have been about at the moment 
they 
> put Harry on the doorstep; otherwise Dumbledore would've been a 
> little less firm about the whole thing in the first place. And 
yeah, 
> it is an ancient theory.

now me (addictedtobass2003):
I may be wrong, but I always assumed that to have a secret keeper, 
you needed to have a _secret_ as well as someone who wanted you to 
divulge it.
Harry certainly has someone after him, but at the point when the 
fidelius charm was supposedly performed on him, Voldemort was less 
than a spirit, so was in no fit state to get Harry to spill the 
beans on anything.
Also, at the age of one(?) would he have a secret to keep?  IIRC, he 
doesn't remember anything that happened that night, other than the 
burst of green light, and sometimes a scream or a few words from his 
who he assumes to be his parents.

addictedtobass2003

ME:  I partially agree though that there certainly was some sort of magickal protection afforded that place.  In fact, Cannon verifies that Voldemort cannot touch Harry there.  It is possible too that may be the reason for the 24 hour delay because as mentioned above Voldemort is not a threat at this time, it was still possible that some of the DE's could have been.  But even though he was protected there that may not have been the reason at all for the delay.  Also, whatever protection Harry is afforded there is not necessarily the fidelius charm.  There must be other ways of which we have heard nothing about so far that protected Harry.  Myself, I think it probably was and Ms. Figg who Voldemort must not be aware of is the secret holder. But I wouldn't bet the farm on it. While that fits the facts as we know it, let's face it, there is more that we don't know than we do. And there is one interesting thing which counts against that.  While (I think) we all agree that Ms. Figg is helping protect Harry, if it's the Fidelius charm, then there would be no particular reason at all for her to live in the same neighborhood as Harry.  It's not like they see each other often, rare babysitting notwithstanding.  Therefore, if her close proximity is necessary, that would tend to lead to other possibilities.   There may be some serious surprises along these line yet to come.  Huggs Becky


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