Room of Requirements and the discovery of the DA

[va32h]

No: HPFGUIDX 167481

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Peggy Kern" <kernsac at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Hi, all.  I'm rereading Order of the Phoenix, and noticed something 
>that doesn't seem logical to me.  After the first DA meeting, when 
>they left the Room of Requirement, it's mentioned that the door ?
>turns back into part of the wall when they leave.  But after they've 
>been warned by Dobby and they all run out of the room, the door is 
>obviously still there, because Pansy goes in and finds the list of 
>DA members.  Why didn't the door disappear 
> when they left this time?  Also, if Cho's friend was off telling 
>Umbridge about the group, didn't they realize she was missing and 
>wonder why?  She obviously couldn't have been at the meeting 
>with "sneak" written on her face.  Any ideas?


va32h:

Some characters may have noticed Marietta's absence (certainly Cho 
would have) but thought she was not feeling well or had to study or 
some other inocuous reason. People do miss club meetings from time to 
time. 

As for Pansy Parkinson being able to enter the room - once the 
Inquisitorial Squad knew what to ask the Room to become (i.e. "I need 
to find the headquarters of the DA") then they could find it. 

va32h