12 Grimauld Place and the Invisibility Cloak

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 138178

Tiffany:
>>Oh my. That makes me think. I wonder if Harry will be able to find his
parents' home in Godrick hollow, or will he have to get the secret from
Wormtail somehow? Maybe since Harry really isn't looking specifically for
James or lily, he'll be able to find the place no problem though, because
maybe the secret was where they were, not where the house was. Any guesses?

CathyD:
Hagrid was able to find the Potter's house in Godric's Hollow only very shortly after the attack.  I'm quite certain he was not in on the secret.  I think probably very few people knew, maybe nobody.   Hagrid said he got Harry out before the Muggles started swarming around.  Flitwick said: "As long as the Secret-Keeper refused to speak, You-Know-Who could search the village where Lily and James were staying for years and never find them, not even if he had his nose pressed against their sitting-room window." (POA 152 Can Ed). Sirius said: ".. I set out for your parents'  house straight away.  And when I saw their house, destroyed, and their bodies -- I realized what Peter must have done." (POA 268)  While the Fidelius Charm was in operation, the house could be seen but James and Lily and Harry could not.  If the secret was just James, Lily and Harry though, would the protection be broken with Harry still alive?  Only JKR knows for certain but somehow Hagrid and Sirius got in when they shouldn't normally have been able to.

Just my opinion. Your milage may vary, as they say.  My question about Harry going back to Goderic's Hollow is what does he expect to find?  I would expect, that sometime in the course of nearly 16 years, the remains of the house would be buldozed down and something new built in its place.  

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