Problems at the end of GOF

[Richard Jones]

No: HPFGUIDX 124423



When I was rereading GOF last weekend, I had some questions about the 
plot points:

(1) How did the "shades" of Cedric and Frank Bryce and Lily and James 
know all they knew?  How did the shades know what was going on or 
about the golden thread connection or what to do?  How did they know 
there was a portkey there?  What goes on inside the wands?

(2) Inside the maze, Harry had his wand point north, but how did that 
help him find the trophy?  If he was east or west of the trophy, it 
would just lead him right past it.  It wouldn't be any help except at 
the very entrance.

And by the way, why didn't Harry or Ron or some Gryffindor fly above 
the hedge earlier and make a map of the maze for Harry?  It was just 
a normally growing maze and there is no mention that DD had enchanted 
it.

(3) And how did LV have the wand he killed James and Lily with?  At 
Godric's Hollow, he turned into vapor so he couldn't carry it.  So it 
must have just fallen down and maybe picked up by someone else at 
Godric's Hollow, but the Death Eaters didn't know he was alive or 
where he was and if a member of the Ministry got it they would 
probably destroy it or keep it well protected (and even if Lucius 
Malfoy stole it from the Ministry how would he get it to LV since he 
didn't know LV was alive, let alone where he was?).  LV spent 13 
years as vapor and a snake and like that, and so he couldn't carry it 
in any of those states.  Wormtail was a rat and couldn't carry it.  
LV had to have Wormtail use it in graveyard against Cedric because he 
couldn't.   So how did he come to have his wand in the graveyard?

Richard Jones