[HPforGrownups] Re: How did Hagrid get to the Hut-on-the-Rock?

[Phil Vlasak]

No: HPFGUIDX 144318

CH3ed:
> I like Phil's idea that Hagrid was/is still using Sirius'
> motorcycle. Tho I wonder where he'd keep it. HRH have been to
> Hagrid's cabin many times and they've never mentioned seeing the
> motorcycle. Also I wonder if Hagrid knows how to vanish it after
> getting to the hut.
>
> I also like va32h's idea that Hagrid flew to the hut on a thestral,
> tho I don't think it would be less sensational for the muggles
> looking up since thestral (tho invisible to those who have not seen
> death...and muggles?) do not make the rider invisible (Harry could
> see Ron and others riding on one, the carriages they pull are
> visible, Ron and Hermione could see Harry riding on an invisible
> thestral) so if anything the muggles would see a flying half giant
> (but not the thing he is riding on).
>
> I like Miles' idea of Fawkes transporting Hagrid best. I think it
> leaves nothing to explain. Fawkes could apparate (or whatever it is
> that he does) back to Hogwarts without leaving a trace (nothing more
> than a feather, if anything). Dumbledore knew exactly where Harry
> was (from the way he addressed the envelope to Harry at Hut on the
> Rock) and could tell Fawkes where to transport Hagrid to. Harry
> wasn't looking out the window when Hagrid arrived so he couldn't
> have seen any flash of flame. Very neat!
>
> CH3ed wishes he has a pet phoenix. :O)
>
Now Phil again:
I too think Hagrid used the Phoenix but Jo wanted to save the description of
that form of travel for the second book.
But I also like the idea that Hagrid still has the motorcycle hidden
somewhere so he can show up on Harry's seventeenth birthday to fly him away
from Privet Drive.
Phil who likes motorcycle bookends.