[HPforGrownups] MuggleNet - Godrics Hollow Theory.

[Jeremiah LaFleur]

No: HPFGUIDX 163599

"Brandon also reminded us that, undoubtedly, a full day had passed
before Hagrid retrieved Harry from Godric's Hollow."

"I think the Potters' murder did dissolve the Fidelius Charm, but -
for some reason - it didn't end abruptly. It needed 24 hours to fully
disappear."

Now my theory and apparently everyone else's has been that the Potters
were killed, moments later Hagrid and Sirius arrive on the scene,
Hagrid took Harry away, and 24 hours later, Hagrid delivers Harry to
Privet Drive. The big question has always been, where was Harry during
that 24 hours?
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Jeremiah:
I have always interpreted the timeline as this: The Potters were murdered in
the early morning. Vernon goes to work (and I'm assuming an 8-4 or 9-5 type
of work day... possibly even as early as 6am). So, Voldemort kills the
Potters, let's say around midnight on Halloween (I was corrected about
Halloween by a fellow poster... Thanks for the enlightenment, btw) and the
word gets out in the early AM. 'Cause I'm sure there were other villagers in
Godric's Hollow that would have heard the explosion and sent owls out.

Ok, so McGonagall goes to Privet Drive and camps out as a cat and watches
the place all day. The question is then left to this: Who knew what and
when.... (I just read all of this a few times during the weekend... there
are some holes...)

If everyone thought Sirius was the Secret Keeper (remember all the confusion
in POA?) then would Hagrid have been so friendly to Sirius and have taken
his motorbike? Dumbledore didn't know there was a switch because Sirius had
to explain it all to him at the end of POA. So, why didn't anyone act
suprised about Sirius's presence at the demolished Potter's house that
morning?

Moving on: there is a little bit of time that is unexplained and it has to
do with Harry, as a baby, starving. If his parents were dead then who would
have fed him from the time of their death to the time Hagrid picked him up
(doesn't he say he got little Harry out of the rubble?) and then the trip to
Privet Drive and then the long sleep until Petunia woke him in the early
morning putting out the milk bottles? That's a long time to not feed a baby
and have it stay quiet. Now, I'm sure a baby can live for a day or two
without food... they are pretty hearty little critters... but to be so
docile that he would sleep through the night... Hmmm... maybe Hagrid gave
him something on the flight over?

Any way, getting back, so Peter Pettigrew was the SKeeper but noboy except
Lilly, James and Sirius knew. This does not, however, mean that only Peter,
Sirius and Voldemort were given the location of the Potters. Just as
Dumbledore wrote Grimauld Place on paper for Harry, Pettegrew could have had
this information dispersed to several people close to the Potters... Such as
Petunia (who state she had not seen her sister in years but does not specify
wether she has heard from Lilly in the last several years) or Hagrid
(meaning that Hagrid could have found the location even if the Filelius
Charm had not been broken)...

It seems that a lot of people this the spell would have disolved. And I
posted about this before. I think the conclusion I came to was this: Nobody
friggin' knows! LOL!!! I don't see why it wouldn't have stuck (because I
think that harry would have been a part of the charm and protecting him
would still be a part of the process regardless of the house's destruction)
but with a blow-up house and 2 dead people... well, maybe it would have
lifted: and yes, there is the whole act of "fidelity" being breached... But
I say that if you're married and you cheat... you're still married... so,
fidelity schmidelity... a vow is a vow and a charm is a charm... But if
Hagrid was let in on the secret then everything is plausible as written
(regarding who was at the Potters during the aftermath and who was not).

Now, as far as the Minisrty having som clock... I have no idea where that
came from and I have no idea how to respnod to it. I just think that there
were people in Godric's Hollow that worked at the Ministry and if they, bu
some strange chance (note: sarcasm here) then they could have popped their
head anywhere they wanted and let someone know that, "Hey, there was a giant
Kaboom!" and officials could have apparated in... yadda, yaddda, yadda...
least of my concerns...

I think all of this will come to light in the final book. that's why Harry
has to go back to where is all began for him. He knows that it is possible
to sense old magic, he knows that there are ways to decode the past. I'm
sure his scar will prickle and burn with memories of that night and all will
be revealed... and it's also possible that JKR has needed 10 years to figure
out the details, too. lol.. Awe, Poor Jo. So much work to do...


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