[HPforGrownups] Re: Chat response (motorbike/Ginny's and Molly's names)

[Julie Hurdman]

No: HPFGUIDX 92215

--- eloiseherisson at aol.com wrote:
> From the Chat transcript:
> > > > Rita: Whatever happend to Sirius' flying
> motorbike?
> > > > 
> > > > JK Rowling replies -> Ah, good question.
> You'll find out, but the 
> > > real sleuths among you might be able to guess.
> > > > 
> 
> David:
> > > Interesting...  Theories?
> 

JuHu:

I think Hagrid still has it. I've always thought this
was a little dodgy:

"How did you get here?" Harry asked, looking around
for another boat.

"Flew," said Hagrid.

"*Flew?*"

"Yeah -- but we'll go back in this. Not s'pposed ter
use magic now I've got yeh." (SS US 63-64)

Flew on what? We know from QTTA that no spell has been
invented that enables humans to fly unaided (I'm
moving and I've packed FBAWTFT and QTTA, so I don't
have the exact quote. But you can bet my HP books will
be travelling on my person! *g*). It then goes on to
tell about the development of the broom.

Then in OoP, Hagrid tells Umbridge he tripped over a
friend's broomstick, and says he doesn't fly much
himself, he doesn't think a broom could hold him.
While I know he was mostly babbling, I think there's
quite a bit of truth to this statement.

So, here's how things played out:
-Sirius lends Hagrid the bike, saying "I won't need it
anymore." (PoA US 207)
-Hagrid takes Harry to DD on Privet Drive
-"Well," said DD finally, "that's that. we've no
business staying here..." "Yeah," said Hagrid in a
very muffled voice, "I'll be takin' Sirius his bike
back." (SS US 16)
-In the meantime, Sirius has had his confrontation
with Peter, or is en route and Hagrid is unable to
find him. It almost seems like Sirius meant that he
meant Hagrid to keep it permanently.
-Hagrid takes it home and parks it in the Forbidden
Forest and uses it as needed, because it's an
apparently legal way for him to use magic to get
around.

Hagrid could have gotten to the hut on the rock and
the storm would have covered up the noise. This
doesn't explain what happened to it after Hagrid got
Harry. (Ju entertains herself for a minute, imagining
tiny Professor Flitwick driving a huge motorcycle back
to Hogwarts)

There's my theory, hopefully time will tell if I've
earned the "good sleuth" award!

"It's certainly given them lots to write about."
-Hermione

JuHu, who's beginning to wonder what the huge mystery
is about the Dept. of Mysteries, if all the Death
Eaters, Lupin, Madam Pomfrey, etc. know exactly what
the arch, prophesies, brains and planets are doing
there, and Arthur Weasly doesn't have any idea what
the Unspeakables get up to.

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