Apparation and Sirius' vault

[coderaspberry77]

No: HPFGUIDX 110498

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> HunterGreen:
> But then why did the portkey return Harry to Hogwarts? While that 
> quote seems to suggest that Barty changed the cup into a portkey, 
> there's another that suggests that it was one already:

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> If it was just a two-way portkey, why didn't it bring Harry back 
to 
> the center of the maze?

Well, there's a theory that Crouch turned the cup into a Portkey 
that would first go to the Graveyard, then back to Hogwarts - so 
that the DEs could launch a surprise attack, right then and there.  
That'd make outside the maze a good place, since starting an assault 
inside a maze is, frankly, the stupidest tactic ever.

I don't buy that theory, because I don't think LV was quite ready to 
start a war just then and there.  So, then the question becomes "Why 
did Crouch make the portkey two-way in the first place?"  Is there 
no option to make it a one-way, like a common plane ticket?  Somehow 
I doubt that, so then why make it two way, and risk Harry just 
grabbing it again and getting back to the school before Wormtail 
could grab him?

Maybe someone was going to come back as Polyjuiced!Harry?  Crazy 
theory, but hey, they already had one impostor inside Hogwarts - why 
not have another with close, personal access to Dumbledore?  Now 
THAT would be a good way to take him out when he least expected it.

That'd still make the two-way Portkey a risk, but I think it'd be 
one LV was willing to take.  As for why it ended up outside the 
maze - well, that's a good indication that the cup was meant to work 
that way all along - otherwise, wouldn't the champion, once getting 
the cup, have to make their way back OUT of the maze as well?  That 
seems like overkill, and no mention of it is made when the rules are 
laid out.

In short (after explaining it all in rather LONG), I agree that 
Crouch added a stop - he was supposed to make it a Portkey (maybe it 
was his own suggestion, even, and the judges liked it), but just 
made it go somewhere ELSE first, with the intent of returning 
another impostor to Hogwarts to spy on/assassinate Dumbledore.  Or 
maybe just returning Harry's body to gloat.  Whatever.

coderaspberry