Keeper of the Keys

[stbjohn2]

No: HPFGUIDX 113269

> Tonks wrote
> 
> Well we had flying keys in the first book. Were they bewitched to 
> fly or are they living things?



Sandy here:
The flying keys were one of the various enchantments the Hogwarts 
teachers devised to protect the stone. Hermione lists (p353 in the 
paperback) who did what: Sprout -- Devil's snare, Flitwick charmed 
the keys, McGonagall transfigured the chessmen, Snape  devised the 
logic/potion quiz....
So apparently, they are keys, bewitched to fly, not creatures.