Harry's protection at the Dursleys' - how long must he stay? (was Re: The Wedding)

[Kristin Hessenauer]

No: HPFGUIDX 146779

> Steve/bboyminn:
> > I can't imagine Harry thinking he has to stay at the Dursleys'
> > until he turns 17. He simply has to return long enough to re-
> > enforce the protective enchantment at the Dursley. I still say 
> > 2 weeks at best. 
> 
> Jen: 
> I think you're right. Dumbledore requested that the Dursleys 
> allow Harry to return 'once more, to this house, before his 
> seventeenth birthday, which will ensure that the protection 
> continues until that time.' (Chap. 3) Harry heard that comment 
> and probably understands he doesn't have to stay until his 
> birthday.

tropicwhale:
Reread the books, he never left the Dursleys' before his birthday, 
July 31, so a month. It said in OotP that OWLs were the 25th(?) 
more or less. And they line up with the finals for the rest of the 
school. So summer vacation is about two months long, Harry's 
birthday is halfway. He is picked up by the Weasleys (book two 
with a flying car, book four with floo) he runs away (book 3), 
Dumbledore (book 6), or the advance gaurd (book 5), book one he 
was with Hagrid and then returned to the Dursleys until the train 
left. I guess he'll be picked up by Ron and Hermione his 17 
birthday to start searching for the horcruxes, after Fleur and 
Bill's wedding, of course.