Not a Dark Mark ?

[jajaredor]

No: HPFGUIDX 140816

Valky wrote:
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Throughout HBP Draco starts to look more and more sickly. He keeps 
disappearing. In Borgin and Burkes he shows Borgin something that 
frightens him, Harry thinks its a Dark Mark, but how can we be sure. 
Can we even really be sure that a Dark Mark would frighten Borgin? 
When Snape showed Fudge his burning Dark Mark, it didn't frighten him 
much, and there are many in the WW who don't even know what they are. 

Well it could be a Dark Mark, but since there *is* reason for doubt, 
then why don't we call it a Werewolf bite ?

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Jaja:

It's possible that what Draco showed to borgin was a werewolf bite. i 
was really torn in between DM and werewolf bite actually but suspects 
more that it was a werewolf bite because I really don't think DM 
would frighten borgin plus draco mentioned that Greyback was a family 
friend, erm... i thought that's what he said or something like that...

Valky now:

Yeah he does disappear a lot. And Harry cannot get into the room of 
Requirement by asking to find Draco Malfoy. At the end of the book we 
find Draco *was* up to something in the ROR, so I do still wonder why 
the ROR didn't provide. Maybe Draco wasn't there, or maybe Draco 
wasn't Draco. Both work for me. In either case there is evidence to 
be considering an additional factor in Draco's dissappearances. 

Jaja : 

well, Draco could've been in the ROR when he disappeared once in 
awhile or, if he was really bitten by a werewolf then, he could be 
wondering off the forest grounds. we really can't tell plus the story 
was told from Harry's POV so we can't keep tabs of what Draco's been 
doing most of the times even if harry ordered kreacher and Dobby to 
tail Draco. those two elves couldn't possibly be tailing him 24/7 
because if they were, then they should've probably known how to enter 
ROR. of course they'll see him doing it and over hear what he'll ask 
from the ROR.. providing Harry the right words to say when he seek 
the ROR.
 
Valky:

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I guess what I am saying is that the only Werewolf Draco to consider 
here is a deliberately well hidden one. But it does look plausible to 
me.
 
Jaja:

let's say that Draco was bitten by werewolf, he transforms every 
month... well, for first timers i should've think that it'll exhaust 
them more than those who were used to it... i mean, they should know 
how to handle it by now and the fact that Draco has more on his 
plate. he has an order from Voldemort. hhmm... what if Draco goes to 
the ROR once a month to transform so he doesn't have to go out the 
grounds? hhmmm...

Valky:
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There is also him saying that nobody could help him, which is 
not quite true since Snape is bound to a UV to do just that unless he 
isn't talking about helping him with his task. Finally there is his 
comment to Snape at Christmas, that the whole Dark Arts Defense thing 
is silly, noone needs defending against it, which begs the question 
of how scared he really is of Voldemort, he sounds like Bella, he 
sounds faithful.

Jaja:

yep.. he surely says that nobody could help him... but what if he 
meant about being a werewolf? we all know that there is still no cure 
to that disease right? so nobody could probably help him...

Carodave: 

How would Borgin even recognize a werewolf bite?  Does a werewolf 
bite have distinguishing characteristics that make it different from 
a dog bite or another animal's bite?  Other than the results of 
turning the victim into a werewolf of course.

Jaja:

I don't know for sure, as Valky said Bill's wounds were the closest 
description we could ever get so far... but what if Draco was just 
freshly bitten by Greyback? mentioning that werewolf's name would 
give it away right?


Jaja.