The forbidden forest as a 'dumping ground'

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 115514


Rams:
> 
> Hi everyone! I'm new and this is my first post here. 
> 
> JKR recently answered a question about the whereabouts of Sirius' 
> flying motorcycle saying that we should be able to figure that out. 
> My take is that it is roaming around in the Forbidden forest, where 
> it is running wild, like Mr. Weasley's Flying Ford. Perhaps it will 
> have a cameo in future books...

Finwitch:

In the very first *mention* of the motorcycle, is when Hagrid flies 
it to Privet Drive. He tells Dumbledore that Sirius lent it to him. 
Then he flies off to return it. However, by that time, Sirius is 
*already* on his way to Azkaban, framed by that rat. So the bike must 
have stayed with Hagrid. (And it suits him much better than a 
broomstick, don't you think?)

Later on, going to zoo, Harry tells he's had a *dream* of a flying 
motorcycle. (A memory, a prediction or something else?)

Next we see Hagrid:

A Hut on a Rock. Harry sleeps on the floor without so much as a 
blanket (curse those Dursleys!)

Midnight and Harry's birthday approaches. Harry hears roaring (like 
thunder) from outside as he draws a Happy birthday card for himself 
in the dust. At midnight, exactly, a giant-like man, Hagrid, stands 
on the doorway.

At some point of the discussion, Harry asks how he got there.

'I flew' was Hagrid's response. Then he and Harry leave to buy 
Harry's schoolthings on the only boat.

I'd say it's *obvious* that Hagrid arrived on the flying motorcycle! 
There's no thundering or even rain when he and Harry leave, and 
Hagrid DID fly there!

As to where the bike's now, well...

1)I think Hagrid returned the boat to the Dursleys later and left on 
the motorcycle (how else would they have managed to get off the Rock?)

2)it may have been hidden somewhere in the Forbidden Forest for a 
while, or behind Hagrid's hut (I'm certain Sirius installed 
Invisibility booster, and a better one than Arthur at that, possibly 
just because he had more money to spend, so Harry has not seen it)

3) After Sirius was proven innocent, it's entirely possible that 
Hagrid returned the bike to him at 12 Grimmauld Place.

4) If, as I think, Sirius had a wand in the saddlepack of his 
motorcycle, it would explain where he got the wand he has in DM-
fight... Sirius may have flown the bike to the ministry invisibly. 
(Safer than apparating, I think)

Now that he's dead, no one knows where he left the bike that's still 
invisible...

Finwitch