How did Bella follow Cissy?

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 144495

Pippin:
> Bella had never been to Spinner's End before and Narcissa acts as 
> though she didn't want Bella along. How did Bella learn where she
> was going? 
> Was Narcissa's thought read against her will before she Apparated? 
> Did Cissy "leak" the information because she already intended to 
> ask Snape to take the vow? 

Jen: This has always seemed fishy to me. If Narcissa really wanted 
to be alone, she wouldn't tell Bella she planned to see Snape. They 
seem to know each other fairly well, Narcissa would know that Bella 
is a persistent person and might talk her out of visiting Snape in 
particular, since she mistrusts him. And there are no hints that 
Bella forced Cissy to tell her the plan or legilimensed it from her. 
And most surprising to me when reading it, Cissy seems to have the 
upper hand! Don't know if that was a recent development or a sibling 
thing.

Oh, not to mention, Bella is the *perfect* person to bring because 
she does mistrust Snape and needles him about slithering out of 
action, unknowingly setting up the trap Cissy springs on him (at 
least that's my least conspiracy-oriented reading <eg>).

So I agree with option number three, it was an intentional leak so 
Narcissa would have a third there for the vow. And Bella is the best 
option because she seems to be the only other person who knows the 
Dark Lord's plan so Narcissa won't get in trouble for revealing the 
plan to another DE. 

Ginger:
> My guess would be that Bella was using Legilamancy on her, and
> that the thoughts passing between them formed a sort of trail or
> homing device that Bella was able to follow.<snip>
> I would guess that the "follow me" idea is a mental path that the 
> person leading can put out for the other to follow, and in the
> case of Bella and Cissy it was not a conscious decision on Cissy's
> part, but rather an intrusive one on Bella's, which she
> accomplished by Legilamancy.

Jen: I was thinking of it as a magical trail left that someone could 
follow for a little bit after apparating, sort of like the white 
exhaust trail left by a plane. But then Pippin pointed out the MOM 
wasn't able to follow the DE's at the World Cup, so that seems 
unlikely. But legilimency would work, or Narcissa planned for Bella 
to follow so she 'slipped' the location during their argument before 
she apparated. Bella seems so Un-sneaky in many ways--talk about 
someone who wears her heart on her sleeve! I'm surprsied she's a 
good Occlumens.

Ginger: 
> All ideas which are not canon are my opinion.  Agreement is 
> acceptable, but is not required.  All persons reading are equally 
> entitled to their own opinions, which may vary.  Discontinue use
> if rash occurs. 

Jen: LOL, funny girl<g>.