Kreacher Komforts

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 177698

 "Mike" <mcrudele78 at ...> wrote:
 
 Now, was there some off-page 
> instruction to Kreacher to go back to Hogwarts if the Trio doesn't 
> return? Because, of course that's the next place we see him, 
leading the Hogwarts Elves into the battle.

Potioncat:
Could be that because he was summoned from Hogwarts to tend to Harry 
at 12 GP, that he could presume an instruction to return to Hogwarts 
once Harry was gone. It seems the Elves are pretty good at 
engineering instructions. (Kids can be creative that way too.)

>Mike 
> I remember thinking at the time that poor Kreacher was left alone 
in 
> that house with the still obnoxious and quite vocal Mrs. Black 
> Portrait. I feared for him lapsing back into his old ways of 
> following that raging banshee's orders.

Potioncat:
I was concerned that Bella would pay a visit and call upon old 
loyalties.


>Mike 
> I also wondered why Harry didn't summon Kreacher to him during the 
> camping trip from hell? 
snip> 
> Mike, who wonders why Harry didn't think of summoning Kreacher when 
> he was held captive in the Malfoy Manor. 

Potioncat:
So did I. As powerful as Elf magic is, you would have thought someone 
would have put them to better use. Could be that the Wizards don't 
think of Elves as having that kind of worth. Harry isn't so used to 
House-Elves, so it didn't occur to him. (convenient for the plot, and 
all.) But to be honest, when I first finished DH, I thought that was 
something of a plot hole.