Dumbledore as an Animagus (was Re: Dumbledore & Harry's security)

[eiffelangel]

No: HPFGUIDX 81207

> Eiffel Angel wrote:
<snip>
> > I can only conclude that Dumbledore can turn into a bee, if 
> > not some kind of insect. Re-read and note all of the instances 
> > when Harry or someone else hears a bug (and it may not be 
> > Rita Skeeter). If you ask me, this would be a guise fit for 
> > the omniscient professor. Who would suspect a fly in their room 
> > of being the ever-present Headmaster?

Ffi wrote:
> Great idea - only thing that occurs to me is that Hermione has 
looked up the registered animagi and didn't mention Dumbledore - he 
could be an unofficial one like Rita Skeeter and james, Lupin, sirisu 
and Pettigrew of course...would dumbledore risk that?  Probably...
*snippage* >>>


Yes, that thought occured to me, too. However, as was the case 
when they were trying to find Flamel, they were looking too 
recently. "... [A]nd I went and looked Professor McGonagall up on 
the register, and there have only been seven Animagi this 
century, and Pettigrew's name wasn't on the list--" (POA, pg. 
351). The key words in that quote are *this century*. Dumbledore 
is well over a hundred and twenty years old, I'd say. MWPP all 
became Animagi within the first eighteen years of their life 
(seeing as they were all still at Hogwarts), and I don't doubt that 
DD probably could have achieved this feat even faster than 
them. Even so, I doubt Hermione would have casually 
mentioned Dumbledore's name, seeing as they were extremely 
busy with Sirius Black's explanations in the Shrieking Shack at 
that time. She also probably would not have been surprised to 
see such a powerful wizard's name on the list.

Eiffel Angel *emmy*