Marauders Map

[kmcbears1]

No: HPFGUIDX 115248


> Drew:
>
> 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?
> 
kmc:
The map was written when the Marauders roamed the castle and grounds 
during the full moon.  It contains only those places that the 
Marauders could go.  Since none (as far as we know through OotP) of 
the Marauders speak Parseltongue, they could not have opened the 
chamber.  Therefore the Chamber is off the map just like the 
Shrieking Shack.  I am sure that when Ginny was taken F&G checked the 
map to look for her.  

Filch is a squib.  He cannot use magic to activate the map.  I am 
sure when he confiscated off the Marauders he tried to make it work.  
The most he would have gotten with out the proper commands would have 
been insults like the ones the Map wrote for Snape.  

-kmc