#12 Grimmauld Place - Speculate - OOTP

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No: HPFGUIDX 186030

 "wildirishrose" <wildirishrose at ...> wrote:
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> A few years later.  Would the OOTP still be in operation?  I can't imagine the Order continuing on.  After all, the main person they were out to defeat was now dead. 

Potioncat:
Not too many of the OoP members left either. I doubt it continued.


> "wildirishrose"
> Any speculation that Harry set up housekeeping at #12 Grimmauld Place after the Battle of Hogwart's?  He did inherit it from Sirius.  snip
 Plus it had some Black family stuff that would not come off the walls.  That would not be cheery to have around.

Potioncat:
Since the house belonged to Harry, he could bring any number of spell breakers to help get rid of the Black's Dark Magic. Then again, they always had Bill and he must not have been able to get rid of it! With the house out of the Black family, the old portraits may have given up their hold on the place.

I think they cleaned the place up and lived there.

> "wildirishrose"
> What about Kreacher?  Harry did send him off to Hogwart's to work in the kitchen.  Did Kreacher come back into Harry's service as a free elf?  I can't imagine Harry keeping him enslaved.

Potioncat:
I know there's a lot of members who won't agree, but I think Kreacher continued with Harry. It's what a House-elf wants to do. And with Ginny having a professional Quidditch job, followed by a sports journalism job, the Potters needed the help.

So Harry may have said, "If you ever want to free, I'll present you with clothes, but I won't force them upon you."

Actually, Kreacher may have been able to break some of the spells himself.
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Just my opinion.