James left Cloak with DD - Why?

[girl_loves_her_coffee]

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"Hagrid" <aussie_lol at ...> wrote:
> So why did James leave it with DD? Not for DD to use ...
>
> "I don't need a cloak to become invisible," DD
<snip>
> Any ideas? Someone escaping (RAB), or someone spying?


I've heard a few people raise this question, but I had always
thought that it was likely that James had loaned his cloak for use by
the order (the same as Moody had loaned his to Sturgis Podmore and
Arthur Weasley in OotP). James and Lily were in the Order after all,
and Dumbledore, knowing the whereabouts of James and Lily and being
head of the Order of the Phoenix would have naturally been the one
to give the cloak to for use by anyone in the Order who had need of
it.

My guess is also that James and Lily assumed they were protected by
the fidelius charm, and not expecting to need it while in their home
in Godric's Hollow. I doubt if it would have been all that useful
against Voldemort, not personally anyway - if Dumbledore can see
through cloaks (and I kind of think he can - a la Hagrid's hut in
CoS) then Voldemort possibly can see through them too? An
invisibility cloak would have been much more useful to members of
the Order doing covert work against other's of Voldemort's troupe.
(DEs)

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