Hogwarts' Secrets (was Draco and D-dore/ Draco and Snape)

[Charles Walker Jr]

No: HPFGUIDX 160104

> Nina/sweety12783:
> I think that there are still many secrets hidden within
> Hogwarts. <snip>
> Also there is a secret passage that is caved in, where does
> it lead? I thought that this was strange since Sirius spoke
> of the passage and gave it as a suggestion to Harry to use
> for the DA meetings. Meaning that it was not always caved
> in. <snip>
>
> Mike now:
> Well, what do you think Charles, did Nina (sweety12783) just
> come up with one of those seemingly insignificant details? I
> think it has good possibilities. My congratulations to Nina
> for spotting it.


Charles:

 Mine as well. The fact that Dumbledore said in GOF that even he
did "not pretend to know all of [Hogwart's] secrets" is a pretty
big clue in itself. We know that he-who-must-usually-be-hyphenated
was anxious to get back into the school as a teacher. We know he
had a faithful death eater in the school, and that it is important
to him that Snape, a double agent (no matter which way we think
his loyalty lies) remains at Hogwarts as long as possible. If we
consider DE!Snape, it is entirely possible that one of his DE
duties would be to guard something that LV has hidden in the
school, like a horcrux. Even DDM!Snape may have that duty while
pretending to be a DE as a spy for the order, but not knowing of
the horcruxes, finds an assignment to watch a passage that he
knows to be caved in so insignificant that he does not report it
to DD, who therefore does not realize that he has a horcrux in
his backyard.

Charles, who is joining DD and Harry in leaving facts and heading
off into speculation.