Heir of Slytherin and Dumbledore

[vicky_gwosdz]

No: HPFGUIDX 58815

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<glcherry at b...> wrote:
> Tiger Queen wrote: Why did Tom Riddle open the Chamber...(not exact
> but close enough>) 
> Now me Lorrie: This has been bothering me for quite awhile. How is 
it,
> that a school that has been searched countless times by skilled
> Wizards and Witches nobody noticed this? I mean we can reasonably
> argue that the Bathroom wasn't always a bathroom. Modern plumbing 
was
> installed at some point, and no one, not the Plumber or his assitant
> noticed that there was a giant crater down there? Nobody ever
> mentioned it to the Headmaster / Headmistress?

I never thought this to be strange.  The Chamber (read: the giant 
crater) could only be opened by a true heir of Slytherin.  So, if 
none of the people that searched the school was a true heir, they 
would not have found/seen/noticed this.

After all, there are other occasion where JKR mentions of magic being 
used to hide things or places from groups of people, e.g. Hogwarts,...

That leaves the question of Ginny and Harry finding the giant crater. 
Ginny was accompanied by TR and Harry carries part of the power of 
Voldemort, so that could explain why those two could find it.

My 2 cts,

Vicky