Trust in Dumbledore WAS: Re: The Statute of Secrecy

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 159002

> Carol responds:
> True, Harry had his friends take Felix Felicis and watch the RoR, but
> what good did it do except to involve them unnecessarily in the
> battle? <snip>
 But as far as I can see, the
> presence of Harry's friends made no difference to the outcome. It
> didn't save Dumbledore or even prevent Hagrid's house from being 
burned.

a_svirn:
It did this good: there was a battle in the school. Had Dumbledore's 
guard been able to stop the death eaters alone and without help they 
would have done it. Obviously, they failed. Since they failed, Harry's 
guard joined in. I doubt that the death eaters would have restricted 
their hunt to Dumbledore. Grayback definitely had his own agenda, and 
I suppose that others would have loved to have some fun too. Instead 
they stumbled on a group of determined, well-trained and extremely 
lucky young people who spoiled their well laid plans.