The sword and the hat (Re: LV's bigger plan )

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 166364


> 
> SSSusan:
> It never occurred to me either!!  
> 
> I wonder if that's because I'm such a literalist?  You know, I 
> figured if the sword had been in the Sorting Hat all along, it would 
> have been bonking all those first years on the head every time it 
> sorted one of them!
>

Pippin:
It could be the same sort of magic Dumbledore used to conceal
the Stone in the mirror. It was there all along, but could only be
retrieved under certain conditions, in this case, that a true
Gryffindor had need of it.

Pippin