LV in the MoM (Was re: ESE!Fudge)

[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 113419

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "colbernays" <u3232865 at s...> 
wrote:
> Pippin: 
> > Indeed he could have gotten it himself. But as Bella tells us, 
that 
> > would have proved he was back, which the Ministry was 
> > engaged in denying. That explanation doesn't make sense if 
> > Fudge is a DE, because he could have blamed the theft on Harry 
> > and gone right on denying Voldemort's return.
> > 
> 
> This has been bothering me, given as Bella mentions, that for 
Voldy to
> turn up at the Ministry would alert the world to his return, why 
does
> he turn up after the fight when nothing can be done to save 
prophecy
> which he has spent 6 months encouraging Harry to come get? Or did
> Bella send him an SOS to come rescue her?
> 
> Colin

Hannah now: That's a good point.  Perhaps he arrives before Harry 
and Bella notice - he may have been standing there while they were 
arguing, before he realises the prophecy has been destroyed.  

Also, his cover is blown by then.  A load of death eaters have just 
broken into the minstry and fought a battle with the Order, which 
includes several reliable (in the MoM's eyes) witnesses, such as 
Tonks and Shacklebolt.  It's going to be too difficult to cover this 
one up, people are going to start listening to DD.  

He would have monitored such an important operation closely.  When 
he sees that the DE's have made such a hash of it, he decides to 
turn up himself and salvage what he can.  He doesn't know that DD is 
there, and if DD hadn't been, he probably would have suceeded in 
killing Harry.  

Hannah