A Hogwarts Attack? (was: Hagrid's odd behavior)

[boyd_smythe]

No: HPFGUIDX 80407

> Fred Waldrop wrote:
> As for there being a well on Hogwarts groung. Would you want to 
drink 
> the water knowing that all the toilets flow into it from the school?
> And as for Kelpies being the size of horses, yes, according to 
> FBAWTFT,(page 23 & 24), "it most often appears as a horse". But, it 
> also says "The British and Irish water demons can take various 
> shapes". It goes on to say "the worlds largest kelpie is found in 
> Lock Ness, Scotland. Its favourite form is that of a sea serpant. 
> International Confederation of Wizard observers realised that they 
> were not dealing whith a true serpant when they say it turn into an 
> otter an the approach of a team of muggles...". 
> Fred


My guess is that Hogwarts will come under attack before Harry's done. 
Look at JKR's buildup of potential defenders around Hogwarts so far: 
Grawp, centaurs, unicorns, Aragog/spiders, the Ford Anglia, 
the Whomping Willow, thestrals, Fluffy, Fang, merfolk (?), and maybe 
kelpies and/or whatever else Hagrid has managed to tame somewhat. I'm 
sure there are more things to be found in the forest and/or lake that 
we haven't even seen yet (come on, book 6!), but that's already a good 
start.

Of course, there's also the Hogwarts staff, the ghosts, the students, 
the house-elves, the castle itself (which is capable of rearranging 
itself at the least), Fawkes, Crookshanks and any enchantments placed 
on the area over the years. Plus the room of requirement. Quite a 
fortress!

Let's not forget about our dragon-wrangling Weasley and those 
professional prankster Weasleys, too. Plus maybe a metamorphmagus and 
a werewolf, and I won't mention any hippogriffs or teacher-vampires. 
Oops, I just did!

So will all this really come into play? Well, is Grawp really just 
window-dressing for OoP? Doubtful. JKR doesn't introduce new 
characters/forces without a reason, it seems.

So who's going to attack? With all that firepower at Hogwarts, any 
attacking force would need to be strong and probably multirace. Shhh! 
I hear goblins tunnelling and giant footsteps! And I see dragons in 
the air following those DEs! Ugh, and those cold, cold Dementors. And 
look at all the vampires and snakes and trolls and Grindylows and 
banshees. And there's a boggart. And there's another basilisk! And a 
manticore!

Could get very interesting!

-Remnant