by Phoenix in the Ashes » Sunday 7 January 2007 3:41:41am
Oh by the way, about the thestral thing:
Excerpt from JKRowling's website:
"Why couldn't he see the Thestrals on his trip back to the train station? (in GoF) Well, I didn't want to start a new mystery, which would not be resolved for a long time, at the very end of the fourth book. I decided, therefore, that until Harry is over the first shock, and really feels what death means (ie, when he fully appreciates that Cedric is gone forever and that he can never come back, which takes time, whatever age you are) he would not be able to see the Thestrals. After two months away from school during which he has dwelled endlessly on his memories of the murder and had nightmares about it, the Thestrals have taken shape and form and he can see them quite clearly."