...Erised DD....

[stevemac]

No: HPFGUIDX 151375

> BetsyHP:
>
> I think Harry really did just stumble across the Mirror.  It wasn't
> until after he and Ron discussed the Mirror at dinner with the staff
> (when Harry was already losing sleep and probably looking like it)
> that Dumbledore intervened.


stevemac:

IMO - At the beginning of term, the stone and Fluffy were already in  
place, which means that the mirror (which was the last part of the  
trials) SHOULD have been in place as well. If we are to believe that  
DD had, from the beginning, intended to use the mirror to guard the  
stone, then why would it have been upstairs... where somebody could  
find it (Harry). It is, of course, possible that DD did not think of  
using the mirror until he found Harry using it and decided to move  
it, but then that implies that the stone was, until then, not well  
guarded (or at least not AS well guarded).

DD then explains exactly what the mirror does, tells him NOT to look  
for it but that it would be moved to a new home, but also mentions  
that if he finds the mirror again he will be prepared. It seems like  
DD is setting him up.

DD could have just had the mirror moved, but instead goes to great  
length to be there the next time Harry finds it and to explain all.