Why Move the Sorcerer's Stone

[gelite67]

No: HPFGUIDX 114627


I keep wondering why DD had the SS moved.  I realize the whole plot 
revolves around the capture of the thing, but I mean, why, all of a 
sudden, was Gringott's no longer the best place for it? (I also 
wonder how long the SS had been at Gringotts.) 

Of course, it seems no coincidence that DD moved the SS at the same 
time Harry started Hogwarts.  The simplest answer seems to be that DD 
may have assumed that LV would attempt to get the SS because Harry 
was finally learning to be a wizard, so the stakes were higher.  If I 
remember correctly, no one knew where LV was at the beginning of SS, 
but maybe DD decided to take no chances.  But if was such an all-
fired secret, he shouldn't have had Hagrid get the stone while Harry 
tagged along (I understand Harry had to know, as far as the plot 
goes). 

But then again, by moving the SS to HW, wasn't DD putting all the 
students at risk?  Or maybe DD thought that DD and/or Harry would 
have a better chance of thwarting LV at HW?

Someone please convince me this was more than a plot device!

Angie (who admits that she raises more questions than possible 
answers, and who also wonders why Harry was able to catch a train 
back to the Dursleys in SS, but the Dursleys had to thereafter come 
to the train station to get Harry?)