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Potterfanme fc26det at aol.com
Mon Sep 15 00:43:39 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 80786

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "greatelderone" 
<greatelderone at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "angelberri56" 
> <pokeypokey at c...> wrote:
> > There's that one thread that has been pondered numerous 
> > times... why didn't Crouch/Moody just turn Harry's pillow or 
> > something into a portkey, why did he go through all that trouble 
> to 
> > get Harry through the Tournament  just so he could touch the 
> > Cup?
> > 
> 
Greatelderone:
> Because Hogwarts is protected by a variety of wards and spells and 
> by some of the greatest wizards in the world. The creation of a 
> portkey would be noticed and tracked by the Headmasters just as the 
> creation of a portkey in Privet Drive in OOTP would be noticed by 
> the ministry. However the Triwizard Cup was always intended to be a 
> portkey out of the maze so all Crouch had to do was alter the 
> destination of the portkey without having to blow his cover as 
> Voldemort's spy under Dumbledore's nose.

Now Susan:
Where does it say that the Triwizard Cup was intended to be a portkey 
out of the maze?  I don't remember reading this.
Thanks, Susan





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