This question is for any Harry Potter connoisseurs out there...?

Question

First: Does anyone know how the events went down that lead to Hagrid getting Sirius' motorcycle to take Harry back to his aunt's and uncles'?

Second: Does anyone know how Dumbledore came to have James' invisibility cloak to pass it along to Harry? It's said to be a very important question...

Answer 1

Sirius ran into Hagrid at the Potters house in Godric 's Hollow. Sirius let Hagrid borrow the bike to take Harry to Dumbledore. In the first chapter of 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' McGonnigal asked Hagrid where he got the motorcycle, and Hagrid replied "Young Sirius Black was at the house."

As to the invisbility Cloak, I think Dumbledore told Harry that the cloak had been James's and that James had left it in Dumbledore's care, but I don't have my copy of the book where i can look it up.

Answer 2

Hagrid got the bike from Sirius because Sirius wanted to help Hagrid get Harry back to his family b/c Sirius was his Godfather.

James Potter gave Dumbledore the cloak to pass on to his son.

Those "?"s answered by my little buddy BK

Answer 3

First: Sirius goes to check on Lily and James after he finds wormtail gone. When he gets there the house is destroyed and Hagrid has already pulled baby Harry out of the house. Sirius tries to take Harry with him, but Hagrid tells him he is under orders to take him. Sirius knows wormtail betrayed them and knows that he has to go look for him so he hands Hagrid his motorcicle. He says he won't need it because he knows he'll probably go to azkaban for killing peter.

Second: I think since the Potters were in hidding and they were also in the order, they couldn't really do anything to help. So he loaned it to the order for anyone to use. Just a guess.

Answer 4

For the Sirius question, I think Hagrid went to the house to get Harry and Sirius was there with the bike and he said to take it. Maybe Sirius was there to check on James and Lilly? I don't konw if he had gotten wind of what Wormtail had done or was planning to do so he went over there.

The invisibility cloke question hasn't been addressed yet.

Answer 5

About the motorcycle....Sirius came to the house and saw Hagrid there, and said he wouldn't be needing his motorbike and gave it to him....

And about the cloak, I believe James left it in Dumbledore's possession because he knew he wouldn't be alive to give it to Harry himself...something along those lines

Answer 6

well sirius was not in prison at the time. so i am sure he gave the motorcycle to him. was it even sirius'? i dont remember now.
2. i think he had taken it from james when he was in school

Answer 7

No the books don't answer that question..!But that is a good idea to ask that

Answer 8

look at jkrowling.com they have a FAQ. and if that link isnt correct, just search jk rowling and itll show up.

Answer 9

Here is a web site that list all the things that went on the night the Potter's died. It's a time line of events that happen that night. As for Dumbledore having Jame's invisibility cloak I would say read book seven the answers will be all there. Some people say that the Harry Potter series is very dark in nature and but I find it to be a rather long murder mystery that will end in book seven.
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/timelines/essays/timeline_potters.html
A timeline of the events
Italics indicate editor's commentary and questions

DATE EVENT
1979 Regulus Black killed.

This may or may not be important to the sequence of events.

before July 1980 Sybill Trelawney makes a prophecy to Albus Dumbledore about a child to be born in July of that year. Partially overheard by a Death Eater, Severus Snape.

This event may have happened as early as the fall of 1979, but a date in the spring of 1980 seems more likely.

July 1980 Two children born who fit the prophecy's criteria: Harry Potter and Neville Longbottom. Dumbledore knows that they are in danger, but hesitates to act until he knows more about what Voldemort might do.

before September 1, 1980 Severus Snape offers his services to Albus Dumbledore and is somehow able to convince him of his loyalty. Snape is given the position of Hogwarts Potions Master.

Many fans believe that Snape was the one who told Dumbledore that Voldemort intended to kill the Potter's child.

sometime between August 1980 & October 1981: Spies (more than one, according to Cornelius Fudge) among Voldemort's followers tip Dumbledore that one or both of the families will be attacked. We don't know when, but James, Lily and baby Harry go into hiding in a house in the village of Godric's Hollow.
before October 24, 1981 Approximately a week before the attack, Dumbledore suggests that the Potters use the Fidelius Charm to protect their hiding place. The Charm's Secret Keeper was initially supposed to be James’ best friend Sirius Black. However, Sirius persuaded the Potters to bluff and use Peter Pettigrew instead (PA19). Unfortunately, Pettigrew had become a servant of Voldemort and he betrayed their hiding place to him. A week after the Charm was first performed, Lily and James are attacked by Lord Voldemort. It is implied -- but not certain -- that Voldemort acted alone.
Monday*, October 31, 1981, nighttime at Godric’s Hollow
*October, 31, 1981 was in reality a Saturday, not a Monday. Man’s voice: "Lily, take Harry and go! It’s him! Go! Run! I’ll hold him off ------"
Lily goes to Harry's room where he is in his cot [crib].
According to Voldemort, James died "straight-backed and proud." (GF34)

The sounds of someone stumbling from a room -- a door bursting open -- a cackle of high-pitched laughter -- (PA12)
Lily’s voice: "Not Harry, not Harry, please not Harry!"
Voldemort: "Stand aside you silly girl … stand aside now."
Lily: "Not Harry, please no, take me, kill me instead ----- "
Lily: "Not Harry! Please … have mercy … have mercy… "
Harry hears a shrill voice laughing and the woman screaming (PA9, PA12).

Then Harry remembers a blinding green flash and a burning pain in his forehead, then a high, cold cruel laugh. Voldemort had used the Killing Curse on Lily and Harry.

What happened to Harry
Lily was killed, but 1-year-old Harry survived, marked with a large jagged wound by the curse meant to take his life. Voldemort lost almost all of his powers as well as his body, and fled "horribly weakened." Dumbledore believes that Lily’s love and sacrifice ("ancient magic") created invincible protection for Harry, and that the curse then rebounded on Voldemort.

Later, Dumbledore comes to believe that in cursing Harry, Voldemort gave the boy some of his own powers, including making Harry a Parselmouth. Dumbledore also deduces that the scar works as a psychic link between Voldemort and Harry. This link strengthens as Harry gets older and as Voldemort gets stronger -- at least until Voldemort begins to block the connection after the Battle of the Department of Mysteries.

Voldemort’s account of what happened to him
"Pain beyond pain, my friends; nothing could have prepared me for it. I was ripped from my body, I was less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost … but still, I was alive. What I was, even I do not know … I, who have gone further than anybody along the path that leads to immortality. You know my goal – to conquer death. And now, I was tested, and it appeared that one or more of my experiments worked … for I had not been killed, though the curse should have done it. Nevertheless, I was as powerless as the weakest creature alive…" (GF33) Voldemort’s one remaining power is that he can possess the bodies of others.

What happened to the house?
There is some mystery about what happened to the house. We know that other Killing Curses did not damage the structure or the bodies (Riddle House murders, for example); normally it kills but does not leave visible trauma. And yet, Hagrid reports to Dumbledore that the house was "almost" destroyed (PS1); he also tells Harry that an "evil curse" destroyed the house (PS4).

Commentary: On the other hand, we have seen numerous instances where rebounding, ricocheting, or misaimed curses cause considerable damage: Lockhart's rebounding Memory Charm in the Chamber of Secrets which caved the roof in so badly it blocked the tunnel (CS16), richocheting Stunning Spells break marble statues when the Death Eaters attempt to catch Harry (GF34), ricocheting curses break the Gryffindor hourglass and crack stone when the Death Eaters broke into Hogwarts (HBP); misaimed curses set a desk afire and shatter statues in the Department of Mysteries (OP36).

Where is Dumbledore?
Jo has never told us where Dumbledore was or what he was doing between the news of the deaths of the Potters and his arrival at Privet Drive at midnight on November 1st.

Tuesday, November 1, 1981 Minerva McGonagall encounters Hagrid. Hagrid tells her very little of what's happened; all he tells her is that Dumbledore will be going to number four Privet Drive later that day. She is not even informed at this point what the significance of that address is, since she is shocked later to discover that Dumbledore intends to leave Harry there and is not aware that those horrible Muggles are Harry's relatives. Hagrid also does not tell her that James and Lily were killed (or else she refused to believe it until she heard Dumbledore confirm it personally).

Hagrid arrives at the Hollow. We don't know how Dumbledore knew what happened, but sometime in the very early morning hours, Dumbledore sends Rubeus Hagrid to Godric’s Hollow. As best we know, Hagrid is first on the scene. We do not know how he travels there, but he gets there so quickly that he is able to rescue Harry from the ruins of the house just before Muggles start "swarming around."

Commentary: We can guess from Dumbledore's instructions to Hagrid that somehow Dumbledore already knew that Harry was orphaned, and that "ancient magic" had been performed to protect Harry. Dumbledore had already decided that the best place for Harry was with his remaining blood relatives, the Dursleys.

The bodies?
JKR has not explained this yet. When Hagrid tells us about that morning, no mention is ever made of what remained of the Potter’s bodies, or even what remained of Voldemort.

Commentary: Since Muggles were swarming all over (according to Hagrid), Muggle authorities may have been involved in removing the bodies.

The wands? James's and Lily's wands are unaccounted for. Peter Pettigrew is in possession of Voldemort's wand when he is with Voldemort in Albania (we know this because Bertha Jorkins is killed with it), but we don't know where he got it.

According to an unsubstantiated report from the 2004 Edinburgh Book Festival, JKR told someone that Pettigrew hid the wand while he pretended to be the Weasley's rat (TLC).

Sirius arrives. Sirius says he had previously arranged with James and Lily to "check on Peter" that Wednesday. When he discovered Pettigrew was missing from his hiding place, Sirius got worried and took his flying motorcycle to the house in Godric’s Hollow, where he was horrified by the destruction and death (PA19). Hagrid is still there and comforts him, and Sirius, as Harry’s godfather, asks to take the child. However, Hagrid is on strict orders from Dumbledore to bring Harry to his Aunt and Uncle’s house on Privet Drive. Sirius gives his motorcycle to Hagrid for the trip, saying "I won’t need it anymore." (PA10)