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[Nate Hennessey]

No: HPFGUIDX 158269

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Maria Vaerewyck" 
<maria8162001 at ...> wrote:
> The answer is "Why did Dumbledore have James' invisibility cloak 
at the time of James' death, given that Dumbledore could make 
himself invisible without a cloak?"
> 

This could mean that James intended the cloak to be 
used to conceal something/someone else. 

Somewhere in the books it says that James 
gave the cloak to Dumbledore for 'safe-keeping', not so 
that 'someone else could use it', plus there 
are other charms and 
potions that can keep a person invisible (such as 
the one introduced at the beginning of OotP). And, 
as has been previously stated on this thread, the 
cloak itself was not unique (Ron knew what one was, 
Moody had one), so I don't think that it was given to
Dumbledore specifically because of anything special
about the cloak. 

Is it possible James gave Dumbledore the cloak, 
concealing something else important inside it? 
Perhaps James had something that the Dark Lord 
wanted? 

What about the sword of Gryffindor? 
We know that the sword ended up in the Sorting Hat,
 but not why or who put it there. Dumbledore was 
adamant that both the sword and hat weren't 
horcruxes. It's conceivable that James had the sword. 
The family home (or at least the home of Lily and 
James) was in Godric's Hollow, and Godric is the 
first name of Gryffindor. This may also explain 
why Voldemort chose to target Lily and James over 
the Longbottoms, who also seemed to fit the 
criteria of the prophecy.

Though why James would give the sword to Dumbledore 
rather than trusting it to the vaults of Gringotts, 
which at that point, had never been broken into, 
is another question. Probably because Dumbledore 
was an extremely powerful wizard.

This would imply that Dumbledore and James were
 aware that the Dark Lord was interested in 
objects owned by the Founders. This may be 
the case; Dumbledore was certainly suspicious 
of Tom Riddle's interest in the Sorting Hat. 
However, I don't think that Dumbledore realised 
the significance of these artifacts until 
after the Dark Lord slipped away from Godric's Hollow 
in his strange, 'lesser than the meanest ghost' 
half-life, or maybe not until after 
the debacle with the Diary and the CoS.

Any thoughts?
Cheers, Nate.