Dead, Alive, Hiding

[kiricat4001]

No: HPFGUIDX 143962

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ornadv" <ornawn at 0...> wrote:
>
> >Andie Wrote: <snip>
> > Could there really be no record of her because that is not who 
she
> > is? Can Regulas be in hiding in the form of Mrs. Figg?
> 
> >Marianne S.:
> > While I kinda like this theory, I don't think Kreacher (and 12
> > Grimmauld Place) would have passed into Harry's possession if
> > Regulus was alive in any shape or form.
> 
> >MercuryBlue:
> >Last I checked, Harry got the house because that's what Sirius's 
> >will said to do with the place. Wills override 'everything goes 
to 
> >next-of-kin' laws.

> Orna:
> Don't you have any mercy for the Blacks? <g> There is Sirius stuck 
> years in Azkaban, then in Grimmauld place, alternating with living 
> as a dog in caves. And here comes Regulus, hiding years in Mrs. 
> Figgs form (cats and everything included)? Sounds not much better 
> than Wormtail's fate. 
> (Not to mention "the old lady on the portrait – well she is at 
least 
> dead
)
> 
> But my real objection to the theory is that DD would know that 
> Regulus is alive and hiding as Mrs. Figg. Someone would have to do 
> this witness protection program, and DD would seem to be in it. 
And 
> if it's Regulus who changed the horcrux in the cave, DD would know 
> about it.
> 
> Not to mention, that he might have hinted something to Sirius, so 
> Mrs. Figg could have added a dog to her household
Perhaps that's 
> what Sirius had be doing in PoA, when he scared Harry on Privet 
> Drive – visiting Regulus? I like the idea, but it seems unlikely. 

> 
> Or do you suggest that Regulus just by himself took Mrs. Figgs 
cover 
> and placed himself near to Harry?  Doesn't seem very probable. DD 
> would check out, who this squib was. From OotP it seems he knows 
> her, and has his way of contacting her, or whoever she is.

Marianne:

I agree with Orna. If DD went through the whole "let's make sure 
there are no enchantments on the house to prohibit it from going to 
a non-pureblood...and oh, let's see if you can control Kreacher" 
routine, only to have the end result be Regulus springing out of 
Mrs. Figg's ill-fitting slippers, well, it seems like a stretch to 
me. Plus, there was a death date for Regulus on the Black tapestry.  
I can't imagine that Mrs. Black would accept someone's word that 
her "good" son was dead.  I'd bet she'd want to see his corpse.  

If I have to put money on a person who everyone thinks is dead, but 
who has actually been successfully hidden, I'd bet on Caradoc 
Dearborn. All we know of him is that he vanished.  

Marianne