Room of Requirements (was Re: Dumbledore, Percy and others)

[rebekia_krum]

No: HPFGUIDX 105306

> Amey:
> Remember him giving hint about Room of Requirements to 
> Harry in GoF? I am sure he knows more about Hogwarts 
> than he lets us know.

I'm 99% certain we are introduced to the 'Room of 
Requirements' as early as PS. I believe when Harry was running 
from Filch in his invisibility cloak the night he snuck out that he 
ran right into the RoR. (I'm using my American versions for 
reference since they have a Contents) On page 206 of PS 
"Perhaps because it was dark, he didn't recognize where he was 
at all. There was a suit of armor near the kitchens, he knew, but 
he must be five floors above there." , "A door stood ajar to his left. 
" , "It looked like an unused classroom. The dark shapes of 
desks and chairs were piled against the walls, and there was an 
upturned wastepaper basket-but propped against the wall facing 
him was something that didn't look as if it belonged there, 
something that looked as if someone had just put it there to 
keep it out of the way."

In OotP (American pg 388) Harry states the RoR is on the 
seventh floor. The Room of Requirements does need to be 
thought about initially for others to find it.... by pacing back and 
forth three times before the room appears. (OotP 389) However, 
once the door is visable...anyone can enter who needs to (The 
DA have no problem finding the door and entering...same as 
Malfoy at the end of OotP).  

So Dumbledore, we know, uses the RoR in GoF for a chamber 
pot (OotP 387) . In Book One, Dumbledore needed to use the 
Room of Requirements to store and hide the Mirror of Erised. 
Until it could be used--Choosing the RoR because so few 
people ever stumbled onto it and only when they needed to did 
they find the room...Harry needed a place to hide that particular 
night....and Dumbledore had conjured the Room already to hide 
the Mirror.

If we are introduced to the Room of Requirements in book 
One...My theory that Dumbledore intended for Harry to find the 
Mirror of Erised to prepare him for the end of book one...(or 
maybe even the end of book seven) rings even more true. Harry 
needed an empty classroom to hide, but....Dumbledore needed 
Harry to find the Mirror in preperation...

"rebekia_krum"