Consequences of Sirius' Death [WAS: The Second Prophecy]

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 118136



> Vivamus:
> I'm betting it has something to do with 12 Grimauld Place.  With 
Sirius, the
> last of the Blacks, now dead, ownership of the place would revert 
to his
> nearest relative, would it not?   From what I remember of the 
family tree,
> it would be either Bellatrix or Narcissa who now owns 12GP.
> 
> Given that house (1) has an evil house elf who knows many of the 
secrets of
> the OOtP, (2) is FULL of dark magic artifacts, with who-knows-what
> applications for weapons, etc., and (3) now belongs to the DEs, I 
can see
> major problems coming for the OOtP out of 12GP.

Finwitch:

Yes, well, Andromeda and Nymphadora Tonks could *also* own it now. 
It's possible that Sirius left a will saying it belongs to them. Or 
maybe he did not. We have yet to see it. (I wonder, if Sirius left 
Harry a house - or a letter for the address of the house of Harry's 
grandparents (which is not the same as the blown-up house his parents 
used to live in).

Vivamus:
--
 I was thinking, however, that
> Godric's Hollow has to come into play somewhere in the series, 
since it was
> mentioned so prominently in the first chapter of the first book, so 
perhaps
> we will find out more about that.  Harry would certainly own it, 
but DD
> would want to keep him away from it, because (1) it actually *IS* 
his home,
> and knowing about it might break the "home" protection he gets from 
thinking
> of the Dursleys house as home, and (2) LV knows where it is.  

Finwitch:

Well, if your points are correct on the nature of the 'protection', 
Harry's NOT protected in 4 Privet Drive since (1) is not there, for 
Harry has never considered his current address as a home. Hogwarts is 
more a home to him than the Dursleys' Place, and even before that, 
Harry was hoping (in vain) for some unknown relative to come and take 
him away. And, (2) - I think that Voldemort knows where Harry's 
relatives live. He did mention the name Dursley, for instance, where 
Peter Pettigrew could hear him. AND if he has people at the Ministry 
(I think)...

What I think of 'shortest stay' - maybe Dursleys have a car accident 
and therefore Harry can't go there? Or maybe Harry believes - wrongly 
or correctly - that he's NOT safe at Dursleys, because he has NEVER 
been able to call the place his home?

Finwitch