World Building And The Potterverse

[rlace2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 167260

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Zara" <zgirnius at ...> wrote:

> zgirnius:
 More generally, I believe that *nothing* 
> changed as a result of Harry and Hermione's trip. I interpret 
> Dumbledore's hope that they might even save two innocent lives, to 
> mean that he believes they will certainly save Bucky, because he 
> already knows Bucky somehow escaped before his execution. What he 
> hopes, is that this was part of a successful rescue of Black (the 
> second innocent life).
> 

Ryan:

Yes!  Dumbledore knows that Buckbeak escapes and he knows that 
Hagrid didn't set him free because Buckbeak's escape takes place 
almost silently while he's in Hagrid's hut.  

Notice that Dumbledore stalls McNair and Fudge at just the right 
moments to give Harry, Hermione, & Buckbeak time to escape.  I 
propose that Dumbledore has some seer ability--not prophecy, but the 
ability to sense "flavors" or "auras" of magic.  Remember 
him "reading" the wall of the cave with his hand in HBP?

I suspect that he senses 2 Harrys and 2 Hermiones in the area around 
Hagrid's hut.  He also knows that Hermione has a time-turner.  He 
puts that data together and concludes that Hermione and Harry had 
something to do with Buckbeak's escape.  Knowing that, he needs to 
make sure that what happened will happen.  Being a clever cookie, he 
also takes the opportunity to plant the seed for Sirius's escape 
from the tower.