newbie with questions

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 159219

mrnmrswatters wrote:

> First, I believe it's in the 5th book that the Thestrals are first
> mentioned. They say that only those who have witnessed death can 
see
> these creatures. Well, once you enter your 2nd year at Hogwarts you
> travel up to the school in these Thestral drawn carriages. In the 
1st book, Harry has witnessed the death of not only his parents when 
he was a baby, but also the death of Professor Quirrell. Why does he 
not see the Thestrals until his fifth year?
> 
>sniped Elf apprating> 

Also, I think that Crookshanks the cat might turn out to be an 
animagi but my husband thinks not. Does anybody else think this cat 
might be something besides just a cat?
>

Tonks:

Welcome to the group!! I can answer two of the questions. I can't 
remember about the second one.

1. I think we decided that Harry did not actually `see' his mother's 
death, he may have been asleep. And he was unconscious when 
Professor Quirrell died.

3. JKR has said on her website, or maybe in an interview, that 
Crookshanks is not an animagi, he is half Keneezel. 

Tonks_op