How important is the right sluggish memory?

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 142059

Lucianam:
> I suspect he [DD] uses that watch of him to Time Travel (the one we 
> see in the first chapter or PS/SS). Now that Ron's got a similar one
> (from Dumbledore himself??) I suspect the kids will Time Travel
> again in Book 7.  
> > 
> > Valky:
> > I'll put Galleons on it, Lucianam. I would even have a crack at 
> > the timeframe they will return to in case you're interested. The 
> >  battle at the D.O.M. 
> > 
> 
> Lucianam
> D.O.M.? Really? Why, would you like to elaborate on that?

Valky:
There are a few reasons. The first of them is that there is a wide
open question mark hanging over Sirius' death. 
The mysterious jet of light that hit Sirius squarely on the chest
needs explanation. The reason that such an agile, excellent dueller
was caught off guard by a stray spell *directly in his chest* also
needs to be explained.
 
As an invisible prescence in the Veil room, Harry can gain the
perspective he needs to know where the spell came from and how it
caught Sirius by surprise. It will be important to Harry that he knows
who shot the jet of light, he needs to know exactly how Sirius died, I
think (and so do I <g>).

Jen:
Why the DOM? Not that I don't think it's possible but what would
they be looking for? I'm not sure if you're thinking about Sirius'
death or the battle between LV and DD (or something else entirely).

Valky:
The battle scenes in the D.O.M. are scattered with notes of voices and
footsteps from ambiguous sources. When Luna relates the battle in the
room of planets she tells that she accidentally broke Ginny's ankle on
what appears to be her first spell, and Ron was hit with something
that made him 'go all funny'. Somehow, all three survived and escaped
four DE's attacking them but Luna was the only one capable of
fighting, this is a suspicious set of circumstances, lending to a
theory that they may have had help from an undisclosed source. Later
in the brain room, Ginny is hit in the face with a spell and is
knocked unconscious, as Harry is running out after Bellatrix Ginny
looks up, now conscious and says "Harry - what -?". Ginny does seem to
have recovered too quickly from the curse cast at her face, Luna, who
was knocked out before her is still unconscious on the floor, it is
possible Ginny has been revived by someone, though this may have been
Dumbledore, there is some reason to believe that Ginny's surprised
reaction to Harry is indicative of something more specific to do with
Harry. 

I am guessing that the trio trace the locket to Sirius and it leads to
them arriving at the D.O.M on that night. The prescence of the trio in
the D.O.M working behind the scenes to protect the D.A. would explain
some gaps in the account of the battle.


Jen: No, no, Godric's Hollow the night of the murders, of course!!

Valky:
I'd sure like to see it, but I do wonder if they can travel that far
back. 


> Lucianam:
> And you know, it's funny how people responded well to the idea of 
> TT!Dumbledore but not to the real memory being the foggy one. For 
> me, TT!Dumbledore is a spinoff of Real Memory Is The Foggy One, 
> because it explains how DD accepted the memory Slughorn gave Harry 
> as okay.

Valky:
I do understand your surprise Lucianam. To me, Timeturning is an end
unto its own in theory as it raises huge complications all by itself. <g> 

Although I say I am content with the memory Harry retrieved being the
real one, I do agree with you that it seems relatively unfounded for
Slughorn to hide his praise of Young Tom Riddle with the same
determination as he did the information about Horcruxes. It could be
explained as purely relevant to Slughorns character, he was possibly
very ashamed of promising Tom help to rise through the Ministry, there
may be nothing more to it than that, but I concede your point that it
is suspicious to some degree.

Valky