[HPforGrownups] Re: Missing 24 Hours

[Kelly Grosskreutz]

No: HPFGUIDX 58393

> 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
>
> BECKY:  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 wh
ich 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

One thought I had last night on this before falling asleep that does touch
on this.  I was thinking about McGonagall in general, and ended up thinking
about that fateful Halloween night.  What does McGonagall do the whole next
day?  Sit at the Dursleys house and watch them.  Yes, we find out that she's
been waiting for Dumbledore to show up, but what if that's not the full
reason she was sent there?  What if DD was afraid one of the DE's would try
to take out the Dursleys (in particular, Petunia), and sent McGonagall there
to make sure they were safe?  She might not have even been aware of this
portion of her assignment, but I am sure that she would have acted if
someone had tried to hurt them.  I also notice that she had no problems with
Vernon going to work, but stayed with Petunia the whole day.   Then again,
there were plenty of other wizards around Vernon's workplace.  Perhaps one
of them was there to make sure nothing untoward happened to him as well.

Kelly Grosskreutz
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