Harry getting to GP by floo / thestrals (was Re: Good Writing)

[imamommy at sbcglobal.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 111249

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "huntergreen_3" <patientx3 at a...>
wrote:
> 
> HunterGreen:
> --
> About the floo powder thing, though, during my first read I wondered 
> like Del why Harry didn't just go directly into Grimmauld Place after 
> he found out Sirius needed rescuing. It annoyed me quite a bit in 
> fact. However, I think now I agree with the idea that flooing into 
> the school is not allowed, but seeing how I wasn't the only person 
> who got the wrong idea, it would have been nice if that had been 
> included in the text somewhere.

imamommy:

A lot of people have been asking "why didn't Harry just Floo to GP?" 
Well, that would make sense if he were going solo.  But he always
intentioned to take R&H along for the ride:

     "How're we going to get there?" he asked them.
     There was a moment's silence.  Then Ron said, "G-get there?"
     "Get to the Department of Mysteries, so we can rescue Sirius!" 
          Harry said loudly.
              (OOP, Cpt. 32, Out of the Fire, p.731, Scholastic)

later:

     Harry's eyes met Ron's.  He knew that Ron was thinking exactly  
                                        what he was:  If he could have
chosen any members of the D.A. in                    addition to
himself, Ron, and Hermione to join him in the attempt to Rescue
Sirius, he would not have picked Ginny, Neville, or Luna.
               (OOP, Cpt. 33, Fight and Flight, p.761, Scholastic)

IMO, Harry didn't Floo because he intended to go get backup.  He
always figured on Ron and Hermione coming with him, and he had to go
get them.  If he hadn't been caught, maybe they would have figured out
a distraction so *the three of them* could all Floo to GP.

imamommy