The Statute of Secrecy

[Cyril A Fernandes]

No: HPFGUIDX 158995

> > a_svirn:
> >
> > Besides, whether or not phoenixes could stop the invasion, surely,
> > Dumbledore's place should have been in his school when the invasion
> > occurred. If only he listened to Harry he would have been there.
>
>
> montims:
> and isn't it ironic that the night planned for the invasion was the
night DD
> just HAD to go along and retrieve the horcrux (which wasn't going
anywhere,
> and in fact turned out not to be the genuine article, although he
couldn't
> have known that).  I do wonder how that night would have played out
if Harry
> and DD hadn't left Hogwarts...
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>


Cyril,

I think the ironic part was that Draco has cracked the puzzle of the
cabinet that night. He already had everything else ready, including
Rosmerta letting him know when DD had gone further than just Hogsmeade.

So, if not that night, Draco could probably have waited for the next
instance.

This brings me to another thought (and this may already have been
covered earlier) - maybe the reason that the DE's that came to
Hogwarts that night were second-grade particularly because they were
on all-time notice to be ready to go to Hogwarts at the drop of a hat,
and were currently not beng dedicated to other DE activities. Just
speculation on my part.

Cyril.