Safety at Hogwarts, Dumbledore, Voldemort and other musings..

[lizvega2]

No: HPFGUIDX 90414

Dumbledore states in OOp that Harry must return to the Dursley's 
only once a year for the charm with Lilly's blood to work. So, what 
happens when he goes to the burrow? Or to Grimmauld Place? Or to 
Hogwarts? Is the protection applicable in those places as well? 

Ever since my first reading of PS I never questioned the safety at 
Howgarts. Hagrid says, (Not one to take too seriously, I know : ) ) 
that Gringott's is the safest place in the world, except maybe 
Hogwarts. Now, we know there are all sorts of charms protecting 
Hogwarts from muggles, but what about the rest of the wizarding 
world?

In PS- Voldemort's spirit or whatever he was, lived in the school 
for nearly  a year. Why didn't anyone pick up on that? 

In COS- The basilisk is set loose, and Dumbledore and Hagrid are 
forced out-

In POA- Sirius got into the school, the gryffindor tower and the 
dormitory. Not to mention that he lived on the grounds all year as a 
dog- and the Dementors were stationed right outside! 

In GOF- Mad Eye was a fake, and Rita Skeeter had no trouble, in the 
beginning, of getting on the grounds. She was banned a little way 
into the TWT, according to Hagrid, but she buzzed in anyway, didn't 
she?

Now, up until Voldemort's resurrection, these incidents serve to 
remind me that Hogwarts really isn't that safe. We know that PEOPLE 
can't apparate inside the grounds, but Dobby and Fawkes have proven 
that this rule doesn't apply to them. Crouch Sr. got onto the 
grounds. Madam Maxime and Karkaroff introducted two new ways of 
getting into Hogwarts. The triwizard cup was a portkey. It seems 
that people, as long as they're not apparating, can pretty much come 
and go as they please at Hogwarts. Not to mention the fact that six 
underage wizards flew! invisible threstals right out of the 
grounds......

Voldemort had to have known that Dumbledore was kicked out of school 
in OOP. If Dumbledore was the reason why LV didn't take the school 
the first time, AND If people can come and go to Hogwarts, AND 
knowing now why LV was after Harry in the first place, why didn't LV 
just send a couple of death eaters to Hogwarts to kidnap Harry, 
after Dumbledore left? Delores would've given directions to the 
portrait hole without batting an eye.....

In the MOM- hall of prophesy, Lucius says something along the lines 
of 'the dark lord wondered why you had not come to listen to the 
prophesy yet' - what he was saying is that Voldemort assumed that 
Harry knew of the prophesy- if LV thought that Harry knew what the 
prophesy said- why didn't he just send someone to hogwarts and force 
it out of him?

Which makes me wonder, what else is keeping LV out of Hogwarts? 
Would it be easier to take him from the dursley's or Hogwarts?

Also, in those 24 hours, or however long it was between James' and 
Lilly's murder and the arrival of Harry at Privet Drive, what if 
Dumbledore was putting the necessary 'blood' in all of the places it 
would need to be, to keep Harry safe? Part of his 'plan'?

Living quarters/Blood protection for Harry for the next ten years: 
Lilly's sister

Living quarters/Blood protection for the seven years at Hogwarts: ? 
Maybe that's why Dumbledore can't leave the school... and we are 
wondering where he goes in the summer...maybe nowhere.. maybe in 
order for the charm to work DD has to stay at the school.

What I'm speculating is, of course, whether or not Harry has blood 
relatives at Hogwarts/burrow/grimmauld place. 

Dumbledore says no. Dumbledore never lies. But, I've seen some 
people post that 'Dumbledore omits certain things'. When Harry asked 
DD in his first year why Voldemort wanted to kill him- Dumbledore 
doesn't 'basically' tell him the truth- but omit the part about the 
prophesy's existence- he flat out tells him that he can't tell him. 

Dumbledore flat out told Harry that he was delivering him to his 
mother's last blood relatives. 

So, what does that do to my theory? Crushes it :) But, it's still 
fun speculating!