Dumbledore the teacher (was: Umbridge, detention, scars, and plotlines, oh my!.

[a_svirn]

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> GEO: But one can't simply create a portkey on Hogwarts grounds 
> considering the various safe guards placed on the school by its 
many 
> former headmasters. 

a_svirn: 
Obviously one can, since the maze was also situated on Hogwarts 
grounds. On the Quidditch Pitch to be precise. 

GEO:

> As for the situation in the Tri-Wizard tournament, the consensus 
> seems to be that the trophy was already a portkey approved by 
> Hogwarts to teleport the champion out of the maze, but was 
modified 
> by Crouch to teleport Harry into the hands of Voldemort, which 
would 
> also explain why Harry was able to teleport back to Hogwarts and 
out 
> of the maze when he touched it a second time.

a_svirn:

I don't know about the consensus, but JKR tells a different story: 

"I offered to carry the Triwizard Cup into the maze before dinner," 
whispered Barty Crouch.  "Turned it into a Portkey.  My master's 
plan worked." 

And even if you were right, I don't see why Crouch couldn't send 
Harry a letter, turned to a portkey, or turn his broomstick into a 
portkey, or come up with something that didn't present the same kind 
of logistical problems as the TW cup did. 

a_svirn