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

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No: HPFGUIDX 160106



Mike snipped:

The twins did use it until it caved in. They should know where it 
leads. Why did it collapse? It was one of the three that Filch never 
knew about. Oh, and there are four that Filch did know about and 
supposedly had secured. But if school doesn't re-open, will anyone 
or anything be guarding these passages? Could they be of use? That 
said, if anything becomes significant, my money is on the collapsed 
passage.

Mike, wondering how this could play out and thinking that wherever 
that secret passage leads to may turn out to be very significant

Snow:

There are seven hidden passages from the castle grounds, three of the 
seven Filtch is unaware of; where do all these passages lead? One is 
the Shrieking Shack; One is under Honeydukes; One is blocked and the 
remaining are the four that Filtch is aware of and therefore 
unimportant to the story. In fact, we may be aware of a few of 
Filtch's known passageways that simply lead you to another part of 
the castle. 

Of the three remaining unknown passageways left, we have only one 
that we have not been truly introduced to, which is of course the 
caved-in passage. We do know that the Marauders could use it as 
Sirius had suggested it for the DA sessions and the Twins had access 
to it themselves warning Harry when they gave him the map that it was 
no longer of use. 

Where is it that this fallen passage leads to? Well some of us highly 
suspect that the cave-in of this passage occurred the same year that 
Nick got Peeves to drop the vanishing cabinet in COS. (remember the 
cave-in when Lockhart attempted his oblivious on Harry and Ron in the 
Chamber passage?) 

Here's a question, why would Sirius suggest a place for a DA meeting 
unless it would be big enough to support at least a small group of 
children? This passage most likely led to the Chamber of Secrets. If 
this is true then not only the Marauders but also the Twins have 
ventured into the passageway that led to the Chamber, none of them 
being capable of speaking the language necessary to gain entrance to 
the main hall. 

Of the remaining two passages in question, the one that Harry used to 
get to Honeydukes, and therefore Hogsmeade, has a very similar old 
entrance as Harry had seen from Myrtle's bathroom when he accessed 
the Chamber passage. Interesting to note that Slytherin built the 
passage to one so why not the other, especially since one of the 
passages created was to the only non-muggle village in the wizarding 
world; something Slytherin cared about for sure.

The last passage that Filtch had been unaware of is, to me, the most 
curious of all, the Shrieking Shack. If Filtch had been caretaker 
when young Lupin used the Shrieking Shack once a month, wouldn't he 
have been aware of that passage as well
 Filtch and Mrs. Norris 
surely would have been either privy to Lupin's Shrieking Shack 
hideout or would have sniffed it out as often as it was being used. 

It doesn't sound as though Filtch was caretaker in the days of the 
Marauders. If he wasn't caretaker back then, why did he have the map 
in his drawer
was it from the previous caretaker? Since Filtch is a 
squib and cannot detect any significance concerning magic why would 
he feel that a plain piece of parchment was something "Highly 
Dangerous"?

Just some thoughts on the hidden passages from the castle. 

Snow