Kreacher (was Re: Ch Disc: Ch 4 No. Twelve, Grimmauld Place)

[Granny Goodwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 83863

30October2003 

Shirley wrote:
<<Kreacher injured Buckbeak so that Sirius would have to tend to 
Buckbeak's wounds, which would keep Sirius out of the way when Harry 
floo-powdered into the kitchen fireplace to check on him (Sirius). 
In other words, injuring Buckbeak got Sirius out of the way so 
Kreacher could lie and say he wasn't around... which would then 
make Harry think Sirius really *was* in trouble with LV. And, I 
think that Kreacher's hands are bandaged because he punished himself 
after injuring Buckbeak...>>

Granny responds:
I don't know.  I'd imagined a completely different scenario.  For one thing, the time element is problematic in Shirley's scenario.  How would Kreacher have known that Harry was going to appear in the fire place?  Then, when Harry did appear, would he have had time to go up, injure Buckbeak (a hippogriff isn't exactly a docile creature), iron his hands,  then return to Harry?  Remember, Harry was speaking from Umbridge's fireplace and was pressed for time.  So, this conversation occured in a very short time span.  I think that Kreacher had already injured Buckbeak and took advantage of Sirius' absence to lie to Harry.  Now why he wanted to injure BB is a matter of conjection.  I imagine that he was probably trying to make a quick escape to somehow rendez-vous with some of the Death Eaters.  Remember, Kreacher was serving 2 masters after Sirius shouted at him in anger to get out.  However, Kreacher was probably not aware of the protocol of bowing before mounting a Hippogriff, tried to
 just hop onto his back, and in the ensuing struggle both he and BB were injured.  This seems the most logical to me.  Anyone else have other ideas?
 
Granny Goodwitch



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