Missing 24 Hours

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 58438

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Becky Walkden 
<runningbecky2002 at y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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.
<snip>

> ME[Huggs 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.  [...] 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.
<snip>

Annemehr:
Huggs Becky, do I understand you correctly, are you saying that *Mrs. 
Figg* is the one whose location is being kept secret by the Fidelius 
Charm?  It makes a lot of sense, but there is a catch.

Say Harry is placed at the Dursleys' after Dumbledore has taken a day 
to set up certain very effective protections for him.  One of these 
protections involves Arabella Figg to help watch over him, which is 
why she's living nearby (a point you brought up that I snipped).  
However, Arabella Figg is there *secretly,* unknown to most of the 
wizarding world (except Dumbledore, who is the Secret-Keeper -- the 
secret being Figg's location).  This would explain why AF had to 
suffer through a broken leg without magical healing.  I like it!

BUT the catch is, that Dumbledore has sent Sirius, at the end of GoF, 
to contact Arabella Figg.  Obviously, Dumbledore had to have told 
Sirius earlier where to find her, so if it *was* a secret, it isn't 
anymore.  Perhaps, now that so much has changed, her presence can no 
longer be a secret from Dumbledore's crowd, and anyway, that doesn't 
necessarily mean that any Dark wizards have any idea she's there.  I 
still think it works.

Annemehr
who fully expects the Fidelius Charm to come into the story again 
somewhere...