[the_old_crowd] re: hypothetical Snape-DD UV

[silmariel]

> Carolyn wrote in
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_old_crowd/message/3771 :
>
> << Was that the first unbreakable vow that Snape had made? Could it be
> that the reason that DD had complete faith in the man was, quite
> simply, because Snape had sworn an unbreakable vow to support/protect
> the Order/Harry..? >>

Catlady:
> If so, maybe the reason that Hagrid had such absolute trust in
> Professor Snape was that Hagrid was the Bonder in their Unbreakable
> Vow spell? Would Hagrid be able to do that much magic?
>

Oh, good guess. Hagrid is the only other character DD has said to trust, and 
I'd say he's not so bad as he's assumed to be. PS ch 5 contains a bit of 
canon to be reevaluated after HBP:

	"The boat Uncle Vernon had hired was still there, with a lot of water in the 
bottom after the storm.
	'How did you get here?' Harry asked, looking around for another boat.
	'Flew,' said Hagrid.
	'Flew?'
	'Yeah - but we'll go back in this. Not s'pposed ter use magic now I got yeh.'
	They settled down in the boat, Harry still staring at Hagrid, trying to 
imagine him flying.
	'Seems a shame ter row, though,' said Hagrid, giving Harry another of his 
sideways looks 'If I was ter - er - speed things up a bit, would yeh mind not 
mentionin' it at Howgarts?'
	'Of course not,' said Harry, ager to see more magic. Hagrid pulled out the 
pink umbrella again, tapped it twice on the side of the boat and they sped 
off towards land."

Unless study plans have changed a lot, if he was expelled in third year, 
somehow he learned nonverbal magic, 3 years far from his apparent level. So 
he might be.

Silmariel