Apparating

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 81580

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hermionegallo"
<hermionegallo at y...> wrote:
> > Annemehr:
> > Back in the mists of time, someone theorised that Hogwarts is also
> > normally impervious to Portkeys, [...] This would also explain 
> why Crouch!Moody had to use the Triwizard Cup to portkey Harry to the
> > graveyard -- only Dumbledore is able to circumvent the portkey
> > restriction and he was the one who made the Cup a portkey to the 
> edge of the maze.[...]
> 
> hg:
> So does this answer my question of a few posts ago, namely why is it 
> a two way portkey?  The explanation would be that Dumbledore made it 
> a portkey that led the winner to the outside of the maze, but Crouch 
> added the graveyard to it; so when Harry picked it up again in the 
> graveyard, it did it's original job of leading Harry to the edge of 
> the maze.  It does make sense, if I'm following you right.
> hg.

Annemehr:
Yes, that would neatly explain why the Cup was not only a "two-way"
portkey, but also why Harry ended up at the edge of the maze instead
of back at the center, as well as answering the all-consuming question
"Why didn't he just use Harry's toothbrush?"  The only thing that
makes me uncomfortable about the theory is that, under Veritaserum,
Crouch Jr. says "I offered to carry the Triwizard Cup into the maze
before dinner.  Turned it into a Portkey. ..." (GoF, the very end of
ch. 35).  The wording is strange if he knew he was adding a stop to an
existing portkey.

There are other theories, too:

1) The Magic Dishwasher had it that Crouch Jr. put both stops in, that
Voldemort fed Harry some false info *in case* he escaped, and, um, I
forget what they would have done with the portkey if Harry had died
(use it to attack Hogwarts? send Harry's dead body back? destroy it as
superfluous?)

2) Non-Dishwashery Crouch Jr. put both stops in, Voldemort was sure
Harry would die and:
a: would use Portkey to stage attack, or
b: would use Portkey to send Harry's body back as message to Dumbledore.

3) Crouch Jr. *could* have used Harry's toothbrush.  The whole thing
is one big plot hole just to put the big graveyard scene in June.

Personally, I find the "Crouch inserted the graveyard stop on
Dumbledore's portkey" theory covers everything best.

Annemehr
sorry that she couldn't find the original thread that lead to this
theory, not for lack of trying...