CH 65

Sometime 1980 or Early 1981

- The Potters move to Godric's Hollow and go under the Fidelius Charm.

Late October 1981

- Pettigrew becomes the Secret Keeper for the Potters 31st October 1981

- The Potters are attacked.

- Dumbledore 'knows' they're attacked from Hogwarts.

- Dumbledore sends Hagrid.

- Snape arrives and leaves, then Hagrid arrives, then Sirius.

- Hagrid tells Sirius that Dumbledore tells him to take Harry back to Dumbledore (why not James and/or Lily?)

- Hagrid leaves on Sirius's motorcycle 31st October 1981

- Hagrid arrives in the infirmary at Hogwarts with baby Harry

- Dumbledore and Madam Pomfrey check over baby Harry (neither notice the soul fragment) 1st November 1981

- Late. Hagrid arrives at Privett Drive with baby Harry. Dumbledore and McGonagall are waiting. Harry dumped 3rd November 1981

- Sirius confronts Pettigrew in Covington. Pettigrew disappears and Sirius is arrested 5th November 1981

- The Longbottoms are attacked

Unknown dates

- (1/2 November 1981?) Dumbledore

claims magical guardianship over Harry

- Dumbledore seals the Potters' Will

- Dumbledore falsifies? the placement of baby Harry

Questions - Why did the Potters move into Potter Cottage instead of remaining at Potter Manor? - Why did the Potters agree to go under the Fidelius Charm?

- How did Dumbledore know the Potters were attacked?

- How did Dumbledore know Harry had survived and his parents had not?

- Why did Dumbledore send Hagrid, a man not legally allowed to use magic, into the scene of an attack without backup?

- Why did Dumbledore send Hagrid and not go himself?

- Why did Dumbledore tell Hagrid to take baby Harry back to himself instead of taking him to the Longbottoms?

- Why did Dumbledore place Harry with the Dursleys when he was supposed to go to either the Longbottoms, Sirius, the Greengrasses or the Boneses?

- Why did Dumbledore seal the Potters' Will?

- Was Dumbledore aware of the contents of the Will?

- Did Dumbledore seal other Wills? Why?

Once everything was on parchment it looked quite appalling. If nothing else, the timeline would make questioning Dumbledore over his actions of that time easier. Harry couldn't see a way for the old man to wheedle his way out of it as it proved all the guardians his parents decided for him were still available at the time of the evening of the 31st of October 1981.

He would ask Amelia or Gran to look into what the dates were for three small events for which he didn't have said dates; the date Dumbledore claimed magical guardianship over him, the day he sealed the Potters' Will, and what records were submitted surrounding Harry's placement with the Dursleys. They should be in the records at the Ministry. Maybe. Hopefully. If they weren't it would mean Dumbledore had even more questions to answer.

Grabbing another sheet of parchment, Harry wrote to his Aunt Amelia to ask her to look into it. He'd send it, together with what he wrote of the timeline of events, off with Hedwig after class finished.

Once he was finished writing, Harry looked around the classroom. One Hufflepuff student, Ernie MacMillan, was writing as fast as he could apply quill to ink to paper to ink in an oft repeated cycle. The rest were all actively asleep, or playing games such as noughts and crosses, otherwise known as tic tac toe.

On the Ravenclaw side there were Anthony Goldstein and Mandy Brocklehurst sitting together and taking notes. The rest were apparently sleeping, studying or doing homework. Now that he thought about it, Harry could see that the two Ravenclaws were taking notes together. They were comparing what each other included. And, it appeared, the other 'Claws were aware of this.

A glance over at the 'Puffs could see Ernie MacMillan stop writing suddenly and Sheila Whitlock take up where the boy had left off. Obvious the 'Puffs had the same ideas as the 'Claws. A pair from each house were taking the notes for the rest of the class.

Looking at the boy who sat beside him, Michael Corner, Harry asked, "I take it Goldstein and Brocklehurst are taking the notes for the rest of us?

"Yeah," said Michael, "If I remember correctly, Boot and Li are next lesson, then there's McDougal and me, and so on. You're on with your own in a couple of weeks. Sorry, but there's only nine of us." "Who's idea was this?" asked Harry.

"Dunno," shrugged Michael. "It came up in discussion during dinner last Monday. Someone then came up with a schedule that rotates one on and four off."

"Interesting," replied Harry with bit of a smile. "An effective and efficient use of assets; namely, ourselves." Nodding towards the 'Puffs he asked, "And them?"

"Same idea," said Michael. "However, they're using one person to take notes until that person can no longer use a quill; then, hand it off to the next person."

"Inefficient," said Harry. "However, if it works for them..."

After sending off his letter to Madam Bones, Harry went scouting for a suitable classroom. He wanted one that was airy and spacious. One that had windows, as not all classrooms did. And preferably one on the eastern side of the castle, so the sunlight would not be streaming in through the windows and blinding club members in the afternoons.

After he found a couple on the third floor Harry realised it was time to meet with Daphne. He met up with her in Entrance Hall. Together, they returned to the third floor.

"Well?" he asked opening the door of the first of the classrooms. "What do you think?"

"Possibly adequate, Potter," she sniffed with a slight smile looking at him askance.

'Oh!' he thought. 'Want to play, do we?'

He immediately adopted the obsequious used car salesman mien. "If my lady would care to step within I shall be mosthappy to demonstrate why I feel my lady would be most pleased with this choice." Daphne took two paces into the classroom and looked around. Harry followed her in and stepped around her.

"The third floor, my lady, as you would expect of course, is the most prized upon which other clubs seek to establish their home," he smarmed. "The third floor allows easy and near equal access - as much as one can expect with Hogwarts of course - to all four common rooms of the Houses.

"Secondly, the third floor means the clubroom is far enough above ground to not be affected by the cold in winter. And yet low enough not to be bothered by the heat of summer."

Walking towards the deep-set windows he said, "As my lady can see this particular model comes equipped with a large and ornate window allowing views of both the northern banks of the lake and across the Forbidden Forest in the near distance, all the way to the rolling countryside beyond in the far distance.

"As the window is on the eastern side of the castle it, of course, means the room will flood with morning sun to warm it for the day; and provide light, without blinding sunrays, in the afternoons when we hope to run our club meetings."

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