Marauders and Lord Voldemort

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 109177

RMM
- Heck, Hermione, Harry and Ron are in their second year and they are
- already dabbling in the dark arts (Polyjuice Potion).

Amey:
"Polyjuice Potion is never mentioned as a piece of Dark Art or else Dumbledore would have told Harry in CoS. Will Dumbledore want Harry to practice some Dark Magic? Polyjuice Potion is useful enough that Harry might consider using it again, if it is Dark Art, Dumbledore can't take that risk."


DuffyPoo:

"Harry wandered over to the Restricted Section....Unfortunately, you needed a specially signed note from one of the teachers to look in any of the restricted books and he knew he'd never get one.  These were the books containing powerful Dark magic never taught in Hogwarts and only read by older students stuying advanced Defence Against the Dark Arts."  They got Moste Potente Potions, a book Snape had mentioned contained the Polyjuice Potion recipe, from the Restricted Section with a signed note from Lockhart.  "Hermione opened Moste Potente Potions carefully, and the three of them bent over the damp-spotted pages.  It was clear from a glance why it belonged in the Restricted Section...." Did DD ever find out that the Trio used Polyjuice potion?  I just read CoS twice and don't remember it if he did.  (I don't remember a lot of things so that wouldn't be surprising!) 

As an aside, and to why I don't think DD knew about the Polyjuice, I think Hermione was in the Hospital wing so long because she didn't tell Madam Pomfrey what happened to her so it took Madam Pomfrey longer to sort out.  Remember, in OotP, Hermione suggested they go and tell Madam Pomfrey what had happened to Montague because Pomfrey hadn't been able to sort him out?  I also thought it was interesting that she never made that suggestion about helping Madam Pomfrey with Marietta Edgecombe's predicament.  Both the Polyjuice and jinx on the paper had the potential to get Hermione in trouble.  Doesn't Phineas say that Slytherins are 'brave but not stupid. Given the chance they will always choose to save their own necks,' or something like that.  Maybe Hermione belongs in Slytherin. ;-)

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