The Sword of Gryffindor

[Gloria Rodriguez]

No: HPFGUIDX 182597

Carol:
<HUGE SNIP>
>Is the
> school actually providing protection, or is the protection being
> provided by DD, Snape, Harry, and Harry's own uncanny luck? I think
> the latter. If the school were as protected as Snape and DD
believe it
> is, DEs could not have gotten into the school in HBP. Neither, for
> that matter, could Fake!Moody in GoF, Umbridge in OoP, and the
Carrows
> in DH.
>
> Carol, who thinks that DD really meant, "Help will come to you
[Harry]
> when you enter the CoS because I've arranged for your protection"
>


Hi,

If the hat actually only gave help by sending objects  or any other
thing chosen by the Heads of House to the students who need it, the
sword of Griffindor wouldn't have come to Neville's help when Nagini
had to be murdered. Remember that - as far we learn in DH, Griphook
had disappeared with the sword after entering the vault of the
Lestranges in Gringotts.
I do believe the hat has the original founder's magic in it and it
decides on its own what is the best help to give students and when.

As per Dumbledore making arrangements to protect Harry, in the DH we
see that students at Howarts are being helped - and Harry was not
among them. So, in a way, Dumbledore did make arrangements to
protect any Howarts student who needed help.

Regards,

Gloria