MuggleNet - Godrics Hollow Theory.

Fri Jan 5 13:24:17 UTC 2007

No: HPFGUIDX 163455

I agree with both Hermione62442 and bboyminn about the death of the Potters making the spell dissolve and I also agree with bboyminn when it comes to the time line.

  I do believe that, even though they refused to have Dumbledore as their secret-keeper, Lily and James wouldn’t refuse to have him know about their whereabouts. Now, we know everyone thought Sirius was the Secret-Keeper so Dumbledore didn’t hear the address directly from the Secret-Keeper’s mouth, but perhaps he read it (just like Harry did in the beginning of OotP). Having been handed the small piece of paper, he showed Hagrid as well. To Dumbledore that wasn’t a betrayal to the Potters seeing as how he blindly trusted Hagrid (he had all the motive to do so as well) and thought it could come in hand to have someone else on his side that knew where the Potters were seeing as how only the Marauders knew and all of them knew that one of them was a traitor.

  My theory about the whole thing is:

  I believe that the Ministry has a system that works just like the clock that’s on the Burrow: every time someone dies, they know immediately. That’s how they get to the place so fast. The night the Potters were killed, this device (which, I’m guessing, is not a clock taking into consideration the number of wizards there are) showed to whomever was looking after it that the Potters had been killed. Protocol would have been followed if it wasn’t for one small problem: the Ministry had no idea where the Potters were. This is when, in my theory, Dumbledore got wind of the news.

  So, Dumbledore set off to find out if the “rumors” were true and, while he was off trying to track down Voldemort (for he didn’t know what had happened by this time), he sent Hagrid to Godric’s Hollow to see if the Potters were really killed and what had happened to Harry. He also gave orders to Hagrid to take Harry as quickly as he could from the Potters house if the child was still alive.

  Here we can also accept the theory that Hagrid went back to the castle to tell Dumbledore the news and Dumbledore gave him orders to go back, fetch Harry and bring Harry straight to him.

  I’m guessing that Hagrid didn’t run into the house (or what was left of it) at the precise moment he got there. He must’ve laid low to make sure he wouldn’t get killed when he entered the house. When Hagrid finally managed to get to Harry and exit the house the Fidelius charm was dissolving and the muggles were beginning to realize what had happened. Hagrid left the house with enough time not to be held responsible for what had happened (after all he is partly giant and muggles aren’t very familiar with that trait in a person). Outside he met Sirius – who wanted to take Harry with him – and got Sirius’ motorbike.

  (A small FYI here: I do believe that Sirius giving Hagrid his motorcycle was a sign of innocence rather than a sign of “you can have it because I’m going to Azcaban when Dumbledore opens his mouth”. He gave Hagrid the motorbike because he knew that, if Voldemort was still alive he would be able to track down apparation – if Hagrid apparates – or whatever mean of transportation Hagrid might’ve used, or even he simply got scared that Hagrid might try to fly a broom or something whilst holding Harry, so, to keep Harry safe, he gave away his motorbike. But that’s a whole other thread.)

  Now, no one knew at that point that Voldemort had vanished. No one knew anything. Dumbledore couldn’t risk sending Harry straight away to the Dursleys without making sure he would be safe first. So, as Hagrid pointed out to Sirius, he took Harry straight to Dumbledore who, at the sight of the scar (I’m guessing) figured out what had happened; took an educated guess, if you will. Then he set off to protect the Dursley’s house; to prepare the house for Harry’s arrival. Well, not really precisely to the Dursley’s house seeing as how McGonagall spent the entire day sitting on that wall.

  What I think happened is that Hagrid possibly stayed in Hogwarts whilst Dumbledore had everything ready, or even in a safer spot, like the Order of the Phoenix’s old headquarters (I don’t particularly like this theory seeing as there was a traitor at loose, someone from inside the Order, but one can imagine that this happened after they captured Sirius). So, when everything was set and ready, Hagrid met up with Dumbledore (who wasn’t taking Harry himself for safety measure – if you were Voldemort or a Death Eater, who would you think was taking care of the surviving child? Exactly.).

  That’s my theory. Now, I believe with bboyminn when he says:

  <<This particular NEW theory says that Harry lay in the rubble for 24 hours while they waited for the Secret Keeper Spell to dissolve. That means Hagrid is coming directly from picking up Harry when he arrives at Privet Drive. That might have some merit if we can assume that Godrics Hollow is in southern Wales.

I just can't picture Harry lying in the rubble with no food or water for 24 hours. That means that the mysterious Missing 24 hours that we have all speculated about is not missing at all. I think this essay may have so merit in speculating that the spell was broken, but I just can't accept the alteration to the standard assumed timeline.>>

  I believe that Harry couldn’t have been lying on the rubble for that long as well. We know that Dumbledore found out about the deaths long before the muggles did (otherwise how can we explain that McGonagall was sitting outside the Dursley’s house for that long?) and he knew that Harry was alive (if we accept the Ministry always knowing theory). So he wouldn’t let Harry lying there at Voldemort’s mercy. Now that Voldemort knew where the Potters had been hiding, who knew who else had that information? Perhaps all the Death Eaters did. Dumbledore couldn’t risk leaving Harry there. And whilst the Ministry was saying that Voldemort was dead (once again I guess that the device showed that Voldemort was nearly dead and the Ministry assumed the best even after Dumbledore warned them that they were wrong) Dumbledore wasn’t so sure. He knew that Voldemort was trying to become immortal and was afraid he might have managed somehow. So either Voldemort would come back or one of the
 Death Eaters would try and kill him. Either way, Dumbledore couldn't take that risk. So, it's my belief that he had Hagrid take Harry to a safer place. Exactly where, well, I can only speculate about it.

  So, thoughts?

~*~ Violet ~*~
  "Who knows, maybe a lightening can strike."

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