Remember that Harry only needed to keep Hermione in the ring until after his stuff was searched; it strikes me as improbable that Dumbledore will demand to search the gem again. (Of course, having Hermione’s body magically appear would still be a bit awkward, but the losing-a-finger part was the only one which I would expect to truly scare Harry.)
I still don’t think the ring theory is correct, though. Harry has no reason to bring Hermione’s body with him to the meeting; at best, it is an unnecessary risk. There’s a Time-Turner theory elsewhere in the thread that seems far more elegant to me.
If Dumbledore asks his Patronus to find Hermione, and it flies over to Harry’s ring, that would be awkward. Hiding a body in Hogwarts doesn’t strike me as particularly difficult, even without transfiguration. I don’t see why he would have to keep it among his personal possessions.
Almost anywhere where someone won’t be deliberately looking for a transfigured item or where they won’t accidentally pick it up. You can’t search the school in general for transfigured items, it would take too long. He could simply put transfigured corpsemione into any random book in the library or hand the item to someone to hold for him for a while or put her under someone’s bed or anywhere as long as he can plausible retrieve her before his transfiguration wears off.
It is notoriously difficult to trail someone who is wearing the True Cloak of Invisibility, with added anti-detection charms because apparently the Deathly Hallow just wasn’t enough.
Remember that Harry only needed to keep Hermione in the ring until after his stuff was searched; it strikes me as improbable that Dumbledore will demand to search the gem again. (Of course, having Hermione’s body magically appear would still be a bit awkward, but the losing-a-finger part was the only one which I would expect to truly scare Harry.)
I still don’t think the ring theory is correct, though. Harry has no reason to bring Hermione’s body with him to the meeting; at best, it is an unnecessary risk. There’s a Time-Turner theory elsewhere in the thread that seems far more elegant to me.
If Dumbledore asks his Patronus to find Hermione, and it flies over to Harry’s ring, that would be awkward. Hiding a body in Hogwarts doesn’t strike me as particularly difficult, even without transfiguration. I don’t see why he would have to keep it among his personal possessions.
I don’t think Patronus works with dead bodies though. Whenever Harry casts it, it seems like “life force” or whatever is pretty important
What location is safe to leave the transfigured Hermione? Hogwarts is not a safe place.
Almost anywhere where someone won’t be deliberately looking for a transfigured item or where they won’t accidentally pick it up. You can’t search the school in general for transfigured items, it would take too long. He could simply put transfigured corpsemione into any random book in the library or hand the item to someone to hold for him for a while or put her under someone’s bed or anywhere as long as he can plausible retrieve her before his transfiguration wears off.
Of course, he will have problems once someone starts trailing him.
It is notoriously difficult to trail someone who is wearing the True Cloak of Invisibility, with added anti-detection charms because apparently the Deathly Hallow just wasn’t enough.
I read that as being an excuse for the differences between Harry’s Cloak and the one Neville’s familiar with.