Only Item of Godric Gryffyndor's. . . Nope

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 135513

Julie
>>The Sorting Hat also belonged to 
Gryffindor.  In GOF in his sorting song the hat clearly states that he 
was taken directly from GG's head, thus belonging to him.

CathyD now:
I think the Sorting Hat is pretty safe.  It is stored in Dumbledore's office.  Dumbledore feels that LV/Riddle murdered once (his father/grandparents - which made the diary Horcrux) and then again (he feels it was the second time only) to steal the locket and Hufflepuff cup.  That happened in the year or few after he left Hogwarts.  There was a 10 year span between the time of the Hepzibah Smith memory and the time DD says LV showed up at Hogwarts wanting a teaching position.  While he may have been able to zap his Award for Special Services into a Horcrux, or sneak an already made Horcrux into the Room of Requirement (on his way in or out of DD's office), I don't think he would have been able to cast the spell to turn the Sorting Hat into a Horcrux right there in front of DD.  DD can sense that 'this place has known magic' and 'magic always leaves traces, sometimes very distinctive traces.  I taught Tom Riddle. I know his style."  I think he would have been well aware of what LV was doing had he attempted it at that moment.  DD never says that LV was ever inside the school again.



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