Lily and magic outside school

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 108117

Meltowne said:

"I suspect that for the most part the restrictions on underage sorcery are mostly applied to muggle-born students"

DuffyPoo:

But just before departing school in PS "notes were handed out to *all* [emphasis mine] students, warning them not to use magic over the holidays. 'I always hope they'll forget to give us these,' said Fred Weasley sadly."  I think most of the kids in Hogwarts are wizard kids, not Muggle-borns.  I can only think of a few: Hermione, Dennis & Colin Creevey, Penelope Clearwater, Justin Finch-Fletchley and Dean Thomas (although we know from JKR that Dean's backstory is half-blood.)

As Katie said: "I have a feeling The-Boy-Who-Lived is watched quite a bit closer than a regular Hogwarts student."

DuffyPoo again:
That's why magic at his house is noted quite quickly: the Hover Charm Dobby performed, the blowing up of Aunt Petunia, the Patronus.  The boy's bein' watched.  Maybe he needs to start drinking out of a hip-flask like Moody! ;)  Strangely enough, when the Advance Guard came to Privet drive, unlocked the door to his room, Tonks packed his trunk, Locomotored it down the stairs, the Disillusionment Moody did, etc., no owls showed up then.

I'm almost starting to think Dobby informed the ministry that magic might be done in Privet Drive that night, that Mrs. Figg notified the ministry about something happening at number four after seeing Harry take off down the road with his trunk, and that since Umbridge sent the Dementors to the alley, she was watching them for any sign of magic being performed around them.  Also, don't we have a "near miss" accident on the news that day?  '...a helicopter that had almost crashed in a field in Surrey...' on the news report Harry heard while laying in the flower bed.  Had it nearly hit a Dementor or Umbridge on her broom? ;)

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