Marauders Map

[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 115227


Drew worte:
> Why is it that in the chamber of secrets, that Fred and George 
could 
> not use the marauders map to find Ginny, and ultimately find out 
> where "Tom Riddle" is. If the Weasleys did not have it, then why 
> didn't Filch use it?


Hannah:  The Weasleys had the map at this point, they'd been using 
it for some time.  Even if Filch had had it, as a squib he would be 
unable to access it (it required magic to activate).  It's been 
suggested before that, as the Marauders wouldn't have necessarily 
even known of the Chamber's existence, and certainly wouldn't have 
known its location, the Chamber can't be on the map.  Perhaps the 
twins did look, and couldn't see her.  Maybe Riddle didn't show up 
(he was a memory, not a person), or perhaps Ginny, being nearly 
consumed by Riddle, showed up as Riddle, and not Ginny.
The twins probably never even thought of looking.  They were pretty 
distrught at the time.
Hannah