My Cheering Moments

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"You take your own hostage," one of them said to him. "Leave the others ..." "No way!" said Harry furiously - but only two large bubbles came out. "Your task is to retrieve your own friend ... leave the others ..." "She's my friend too!" Harry yelled, gesturing toward Hermione, an enormous silver bubble emerging soundlessly from his lips. "And I don't want them to die either!"	Book 4, Pages 499-500 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 26, "The Second Task"
... an old man Harry had seen only in a dream was now pushing himself out of the end of the wand just as Cedric had done... and his ghost, or his shadow, or whatever it was, fell next to Cedric's, and surveyed Harry and Voldemort, and the golden web, and the connected wands, with mild surprise, leaning on his walking stick... "He was a real wizard, then?" the old man said, his eyes on Voldemort. "Killed me, that one did. ... You fight him, boy. ..."	Book 4, Page 666 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 34, "Prior Incantatem"
"Excellent," whispered Ron, as they sat down in their usual seats. "Let's see Umbridge get what she deserves." Professor McGonagall marched into the room without giving the slightest indication that she knew Professor Umbridge was there. ... "Hem, hem," said Professor Umbridge. "Yes?" said Professor McGonagall, turning round, her eyebrows so close together they seemed to form one long, severe line. "I was just wondering, Professor, whether you received my note telling you of the date and time of your inspec -" "Obviously I received it, or I would have asked you what you are doing in my classroom," said Professor McGonagall, turning her back firmly on professor Umbridge.	Book 5, Pages 319-320 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 15, "The Hogwarts High Inquisitor"
Professor Umbridge gave her most pronounced cough yet. "May I offer you a cough drop, Dolores?" Professor McGonagall asked curtly, without looking at Professor Umbridge. "Oh no, thank you very much," said Umbridge with that simpering laugh Harry hated so much. "I just wondered whether I could make the teensiest interruption, Minvera?" ... "I was just wondering whether Mr. Potter has quite the temperament for an Auror?" said Professor Umbridge sweetly. ... " - are you quite sure you wouldn't like a cough drop, Dolores?" ... "I'm terribly sorry to have to contradict you, Minerva, but as you will see from my note, Harry has been achieving very poor results in his classes with me -" "I should have made my meaning plainer," said Professor McGonagall, turning at last to look Umbridge directly in the eyes. "He has achieved high marks in all Defense Against the Dark Arts tests set by a competent teacher."	Book 5, Pages 663-664 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 29, "Career Advice"
But nobody was paying the slightest attention to their star charts anymore: Jets of red light were still flying beside Hagrid's cabin, yet somehow they seemed to be bouncing off him. He was still upright and still, as far as Harry could see, fighting. Cries and yells echoed across the grounds; a man yelled, "Be reasonable, Hagrid!" and Hagrid roared, "Reasonable be damned, yeh won' take me like this Dawlish!" Harry could see the tiny outline of Fang, attempting to defend Hagrid, leaping at the wizards surrounding him until a Stunning Spell caught him and he fell to the ground. Hagrid gave a howl of fury, lifted the culprit bodily from the ground, and threw him: The man flew what looked like ten feet and did not get up again. Hermione gasped, both hands over her mouth; Harry looked around at Ron and saw that he too was looking scared. None of them had ever seen Hagrid in a real temper before...	Book 5, Pages 720-721 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 31, "O.W.L.s"
"Look!" squealed Parvati, who was leaning over the parapet and pointing to the foot of the castle where the front doors seemed to have opened again; more light had spilled out onto the dark lawn and a single long black shadow was now rippling across the lawn. "Now, really!" said Professor Tofty anxiously. "Only sixteen minutes left, you know!" But nobody paid him the slightest attention: They were watching the person now sprinting toward the battle beside Hagrid's cabin. "How dare you!" the figure shouted as she ran. "How dare you!" "It's McGonagall!" whispered Hermione. "Leave him alone! Alone, I say!" said Professor McGonagall's voice through the darkness. "On what grounds are you attacking him?" ...	Book 5, Page 721 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 31, "O.W.L.s"
"You two," she went on, gazing down at Fred and George, "are about to learn what happens to wrongdoers in my school." "You know what?" said Fred. "I don't think we are." "STOP THEM!" shrieked Umbridge, but it was too late. As the Inquisitorial Squad closed in, Fred and George kicked off from the floor, shooting fifteen feet into the air, the iron peg swinging dangerously below. Fred looked across the hall at the poltergeist bobbing on his level above the crowd. "Giver her hell from us, Peeves." And Peeves, whom Harry had never seen take an order from a student before, swept his belled hat from his head and sprang to a salute as Fred and George wheeled about to tumultuous applause from the students below and sped out of the open front doors into the glorious sunset.	Book 5, Pages 674-675 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 29, "Career Advice"
"Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger," Harry said very quickly, "Ginny Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood... We're here to save someone, unless your Ministry can do it first!" ... Half a dozen badges slid out of the metal chute... he glanced at the topmost one. HARRY POTTER RESCUE MISSION	Book 5, Page 768 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 34, "The Department of Mysteries"

Voldemort's Name

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"Ask for Tom the barman - easy enough to remember, as he shares your name -" Riddle gave an irritable twitch, as though trying to displace an irksome fly. "You dislike the name 'Tom'?" "There are a lot of Toms," muttered Riddle.	Book 6, Pages 274-275 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 13, "The Secret Riddle"
"So, Tom... to what do I owe the pleasure?" Voldemort did not answer at once, but merely sipped his wine. "They do not call me 'Tom' anymore," he said. "These days I am known as -" "I know what you are known as," said Dumbledore, smiling pleasantly. "But to me, I'm afraid, you will always be Tom Riddle. It is one of the irritating things about old teachers. I am afraid that they never quite forget their charges' youthful beginnings."	Book 6, Page 442 Half Blood Prince, Chapter 20, "Lord Voldemort's Request"
"My dear Professor, surely a sensible person like yourself can call him by his name? All this 'You-Know-Who' nonsense - for eleven years I have been trying to persuade people to call him by his proper name: Voldemort." Professor McGonagall flinched, but Dumbledore, who was unsticking two lemon drops, seemed not to notice. "It all gets so confusing if we keep saying 'You-Know-Who.' I have never seen any reason to be frightened of saying Voldemort's name."	Book 1, Page 11 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 1, "The Boy Who Lived"
"Sir?" said Harry. "I've been thinking ... Sir-even if the Stone's gone, Vol-, I mean, You-Know-Who -" "Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself."	Book 1, Page 298 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 17, "The Man With Two Faces"
..."If it was difficult to find evidence about the boy Riddle, it has been impossible to find anyone prepared to reminisce about the man Voldemort."	Book 6, Page 430 Half Blood Prince, Chapter 20, "Lord Voldemort's Request"

Who will Die? - Reading a few Portents

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At last, only the Weasley twins were left singing along to a very slow funeral march. Dumbledore conducted their last few lines with his wand and when they had finished, he was one of those who clapped loudest.	Book 1, Page 128 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 7, "The Sorting Hat"
"Good evening to you, Hagrid," said Ronan. He had a deep sorrowful voice. "Were you going to shoot me?" "Can't be too careful, Ronan," said Hagrid patting his crossbow. "There's summat bad loose in this forest."... ... "Always the innocent are the first victims," he said. "So it has been for ages past, so it is now."	Book 1, Pages 252-253 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 15, "The Forbidden Forest"
"... You, boy," she said suddenly to Neville, who almost toppled off his pouf. "Is your grandmother well?" "I think so," said Neville tremulously. "I wouldn't be so sure if I were you, dear," said Professor Trelawney...	Book 3, Page 103 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 6, "Talons and Tea Leaves"
He therefore had to endure over an hour of Professor Trelawney, who spent half the lesson telling everyone that the position of Mars with relation to Saturn at that moment meant that people born in July were in great danger of sudden, violent deaths.	Book 4, Pages 345-346 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 20, "The First Task"
"Half the f-f-family's in the Order, it'll b-b-be a miracle if we all come through this. ... and P-P-Percy's not talking to us. ... What if something d-d-dreadful happens and we never m-m-made up? And what's going to happen if Arthur and I get killed, who's g-g-going to look after Ron and Ginny?" ... "And as for who's going to look after Ron and Ginny if you and Arthur died," said Lupin, smiling slightly, "what do you think we'd do, let them starve?"	Book 5, Page 177 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 9, "The Woes of Mrs. Weasley"
"The Order is comprised only of overage wizards," he said. "Wizards who have left school," he added as Fred and George opened their mouths. "There are dangers involved of which you can have no idea, any of you ..."	Book 5, Page 97 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 5, "The Order of the Phoenix"
"George," said Fred, "I think we've outgrown full-time education." "Yeah, I've been feeling that way myself," said George lightly. "Time to test our talents in the real world, d'you reckon?" asked Fred. "Definitely," said George.	Book 5, Page 674 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 29, "Career Advice"
"Dumbledore sacrificed himself to keep you in school, Harry!"	Book 5, Page 667 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 29, "Career Advice"
"And here we have six missing Death Eaters... ... One, who I believe has left me forever ... he will be killed, of course..."	Book 5, Page 651 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 33, "Death Eaters"
"Remember, Firenze, we are sworn not to set ourselves against the heavens. Have we not read what is to come in the movements of the planets?" ... "Good Luck, Harry Potter," said Firenze. "The planets have been read wrongly before now, even by centaurs. I hope this is one of those times."	Book 1, Pages 257, 259 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 15, "The Forbidden Forest"

Ron the Defender

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Ron read the message, swallowed hard, and looked sideways at the empty seat usually filled by Hermione. The sight seemed to stiffen his resolve, and he nodded.	Book 2, Page 270 Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 15, "Aragog"
"That is the second time you have spoken out of turn, Miss Granger," said Snape cooly. "Five more points from Gryffindor for being an insufferable know-it-all." Hermione went very red, put down her hand, and stared at the floor with her eyes full of tears. ... and Ron, who told Hermione she was a know-it-all at least twice a week, said loudly, "You asked us a question, and she knows the answer! Why ask if you don't want to be told?"	Book 3, Page 172 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 9, "Grim Defeat"
"... I won't deny that I am a werewolf." Ron made a valient effort to get up again but fell back with a whimper of pain.	Book 3, Page 345 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 17, "Cat, Rat and Dog"
Neville's foot had sunk right through a step halfway up the staircase. ... Harry and Ron seized him under the armpits and pulled him out, while a suit of armor at the top of the stairs creaked and clanked, laughing wheezily. "Shut it, you," said Ron, banging down its visor as they passed.	Book 4, Page 190 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 12, "The Triwizard Tournament"
"You know what?" said Seamus heatedly, casting Harry a venomous look. "He's right, I dont' want to share a dormitory with him anymore, he's a madman." "That's out of order, Seamus," said Ron, whose ears were starting to glow red, always a danger sign. ... "Anyone else's parents got a problem with Harry?" he said aggressively.	Book 5, Pages 218-219 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 11, "The Sorting Hat's New Song."

The First Wizarding War

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"In the old days he had huge numbers at his command; witches and wizards he'd bullied or bewitched into following him, his faithful Death Eaters, a great variety of Dark creatures."	Book 5, Page 93 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 5, "The Order of the Phoenix"
"Molly, that's enough," said Lupin. "This isn't like last time. The Order is better prepared, we've got a head start, we know what Voldemort's up to -"	Book 5, Page 177 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 9, "The Woes of Mrs. Weasley"
From an inner pocket of his robes Moody pulled a very tattered old Wizarding photograph. ... "That's Marlene McKinnon, she was killed two weeks after this was taken, they got her whole family. That's Frank and Alice Longbottom -" ... "Poor devils," growled Moody. "better dead than what happened to them ... and that's Emmeline Vance, you've met her, and that there's Lupin, obviously ... Benjy Fenwick, he copped it too, we only ever found bits of him" ... "That's Edgar Bones ... brother of Amelia Bones, they got him and his family too, he was a great wizard ... Sturgis Podmore, blimey, he looks young ... Caradoc Dearbon, vanished six months after this, we never found his body ... Hagrid, of course, looks exactly the same as ever ... Elphias Doge, you've met him, I'd forgotten he used to wear that stupid hat ... Gideon Prewett, it took five Death Eaters to kill him and his brother Fabian, they fought like heroes..." "That's Dumbledore's brother Aberforth, only time I ever met him, strange bloke ... That's Dorcas Meadowes, Voledmort killed her personally ..."	Book 5, Pages 173-174 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 9, "The Woes of Mrs. Weasley"
"Sirius, I need you to set off at once. You are to alert Remus Lupin, Arabella Figg, Mundungus Fletcher - the old crowd."	Book 4, Page 713 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 36, "The Parting of the Ways"
..."You-Know-Who and his followers sent the Dark Mark into the air whenever they killed," said Mr. Weasley. "The terror it inspired ... you have no idea, you're too young. Just picture coming home and finding the Dark Mark hovering over your house, and knowing what you're about to find inside. ..." Mr. Weasley winced. "Everyone's worst fear ... the very worst ..." ... "Harry, that's their idea of fun. Half of the Muggle killings back when You-Know-Who was in power were done for fun."	Book 4, Pages 142-143 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 9, "The Dark Mark"
"Years back, there were a lot of witches and wizards being controlled by the Imperius Curse," said Moody, and Harry knew he was talking about the days in which Voldemort had been all-powerful.	Book 4, Page 213 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 14, "The Unforgiveable Curses"
"Imagine that Voldemort's powerful now. You don't know who his supporters are, you don't know who's working for him and who isn't; you know he can control people so that they do terrible things without being able to stop themselves. You're scared for yourself, and your family and your friends. Every week news comes of more deaths, more disappearances, more torturing ... the Ministry of Magic's in disarray, they don't know what to do, they're trying to keep everything hidden from the Muggles, but meanwhile, Muggles are dying too. Terror everywhere ... panic ... confusion ... that's how it used to be. ... The Aurors were given new powers - powers to kill rather than capture, for instance. ... handed straight to the Dementors without trial. Crouch fought violence with violence, and authorized the use of the Unforgivable Curses against suspects."	Book 4, Pages 526-527 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 27, "Padfoot Returns"
Fudge grimaced. "He used giants last time, when he wanted to go for the grand effect," he said.	Book 6, Page 13 Half-Bood Prince, Chapter 11, "The Other Minister"

The Night at Godric's Hollow

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"Dumbledore, who was of course working tirelessly against You-Know-Who, had a number of useful spies. One of them tipped him off, and he alerted James and Lily at once. He advised them to go into hiding."	Book 3, page 204 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 10, "The Marauder's Map," McGonagall, Hagrid, Rosmerta and Fudge discuss Sirius Black at the three Broomsticks.
"I killed your father first, and he put up a courageous fight... but your mother needn't have died... she was trying to protect you...."	Book 1, page 294 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 17, "The Man With Two Faces", Voldemort speaking to Harry at the final standoff.
"Lily, take Harry and go! It's him! Go! Run! I'll hold him off-"	Book 3, page 240 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 12, "The Patronus," Harry hears this while learning the Patronus Charm against a Boggart Dementor.
The sounds of someone stumbling from a room - a door bursting open - a cackle of high pitched laughter -"	Book 3, page 240 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 12, "The Patronus," Harry hears this while learning the Patronus Charm against a Boggart Dementor
"Not Harry, not Harry, please not Harry!" "Stand aside, you silly girl...standaside, now..." "Not Harry, please no, take me, kill me instead-" "Not Harry! Please...have mercy...have mercy...."	Book 3, page 179 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 9, "Grim Defeat," Memories via at "least a hundred dementors" during Quidditch.
"Not Harry! Not Harry! Please - I'll do anything -" "Stand aside. Stand aside, girl."	Book 3, page 239 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 9, "Grim Defeat," Memories via the boggart bementor.
"...They died begging me for mercy..." "LIAR!" Harry shouted suddenly."	Book 1, page 294 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 17, "The Man With Two Faces", Voldemort speaking to Harry at the final standoff
"His mother left upon him the traces of her sacrifice....This is old magic, I should have remembered it, I was foolish to overlook it..." ... "My curse was deflected by the woman's foolish sacrifice, and it rebounded upon myself. Aaah... 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..."	Book 4, page 653 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 33, "The Death Eaters" - Voldemort to his Death Eaters in the graveyard.
"The night they died, I'd arranged to check on Peter, make sure he was still safe, but when I arrived at his hiding place, he'd gone. Yet there was no sign of a struggle. It didn't feel right. I was scared. I set out for your parents' house straight away. And when I saw their house destroyed and their bodies... I realized what Peter must've done... what I'd done..."	Book 3, Page 365 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 19, "The Servant of Lord Voldemort"
"I met him!" growled Hagrid. " I musta bin the last ter see him before he killed all them people! It was me what rescued Harry from Lily an' James's house after they was killed! Jus' got him outta the ruins, poor little thing, with a great slash across his forehead, an' his parents dead... an' Sirius Black turns up on that flyin' motorbike he used ter ride. " "An' then he says, 'Give Harry ter me, Hagrid, I'm his godfather, I'll look after him-' Ha! But I'd had me orders from Dumbledore, an I told Black no, Dumbledore said Harry was ter go ter his aunt an' uncles's. Black argued, but in the end he gave in. Told me ter take his motorbike ter get Harry there. 'I won't need it anymore,' he says."	Book 3, Pages 206-207 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 10, "The Marauder's Map," McGonagall, Hagrid, Rosmerta and Fudge discuss Sirius Black at the three Broomsticks.
"The ministry of magic caught up with him next day!"

Links:
hp-lexicon.org re: Godric's Hollow and a timeline.

Today - July 20, 2007

The day before Book 7 is released:

• Excitedly waiting for the delivery truck tomorrow.
• Instituted a lockdown on all sites, televisions, radios, etc.. that may have spoilers.
• Cleaning the house to get ready for major blocks of reading time. Listening to Harry Potter on audio books while I clean.
• Warned others I will be under a self-imposed communications blackout for the weekend.
• Coming up with ideas of mindless activities I can do to intersperse with reading - with the intent to a) slow myself down and not gulp the whole book down in 1 or 2 days and b) allow myself time to process what I'm reading during the reading and not after. Laundry..., cleaning ..., going out to eat ..., walking ...
• Trying to determine which last few posts are worthy enough to finish and move from "draft" to "published" status before I shut down all posting tonight. Trying to pick the most appropriate last, last post.

What are Voldemort's Plans?

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Voldemort and Immortality
Voldemort's Request to Teach at Hogwarts
"His powers, as you heard, were suprisingly well-developed for such a young wizard... And as you saw, they were not the random experiments typical of young wizards: He was already using magic against other people, to frighten, to punish, to control."	Book 6, Page 276 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 13, "The Secret Riddle"
"So what does Dumbledore reckon he's planning?" "Well, firstly, he wants to build up his army again," said Sirius. ...You heard him planning to recruit the giants; well, they'll be just one group he's after. He's certainly not going to try and take on the Ministry of Magic with only a dozen Death Eaters." ... "If Dumbledore's out of the way - well, You-Know-Who will have a clear field."	Book 5, Pages 92-93, 95 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 5, "The Order of the Phoenix"
"He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named has now been joined by those of his followers who broke out of Azkaban in January," said Fudge, speaking more and more rapidly and twirling his bowler so fast that it was a lime-green blur. "Since they have moved into th eopen, they have been wreaking havoc. The Brockdale Bridge - he did it, Prime Minister, he threatened a mass Muggle killing unless I stood aside for him and -"	Book 6, Page 12 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 1, "The Other Minister"
"I tell you now - take the steps I have suggested, and you will be remembered, in office or out, as one of the bravest and greatest Ministers of Magic we have ever known. Fail to act - and history will remember you as the man who stepped aside and allowed Voldemort a second chance to destroy the world we have tried to rebuild!"	Book 4, Page 708 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 36, "The Parting of the Ways"
"And I will say this for Draco: He isn't shrinking away from his duty, he seems glad of a chance to prove himself, excited at the prospect -" ... "That's because he is sixteen and has no idea what lies in store!"	Book 6, Page 33 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 2, "Spinner's End"

Voldemort's Request

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..."Hardly anyone knew of it at the time - I was one of the few in whom the then headmaster confided - but Voldemort first approached Professor Dippet and asked whether he could remain at Hogwarts as a teacher." "He wanted to stay here? Why?" asked Harry, more amazed still. "I believe he had several reasons, though he confided none of them to Professor Dippet," said Dumbledore. "Firstly, and very importantly, Voldemort was, I believe, more attached to this school than he has ever been to a person. Hogwarts was where he had been happiest; the first and only place he had felt at home." ... "Secondly, the castle is a stronghold of ancient magic. Undoubtedly Voldemort had penetrated many more of its secrets than most of the students who pass through the place, but he may have felt that there were still mysteries to unravel, stores of magic to tap. "And thirdly, as a teacher he would have had great power and influence over young witches and wizards. Perhaps he had gained the idea from Professor Slughorn, the teacher with whom he was on best terms, who had demonstrated how influential a role a teacher can play. I do not imagine for an instant that Voldemort envisaged spending the rest of his life at Hogwarts, but I do think that he saw it as a useful recruiting ground, and a place where he might begin to build himself an army."	Book 6, Pages 431-432 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 20, "Lord Voldemort's Request"
"Let us speak openly. Why have you come here tonight, surrounded by henchmen, to request a job we both know you do not want?" Voldemort looked coldly surprised. "A job I do not want? On the contrary, Dumbledore, I want it very much." "Oh, you want to come back to Hogwarts, but you do not want to teach any more than you wanted to when you were eighteen. What is it you're after, Tom? Why not try an open request for once?" Voldemort sneered. "If you do not want to give me a job -" "Of course I don't," said Dumbledore. And I don't think for a moment you expected me to."	Book 6, Page 445 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 20, "Lord Voldemort's Request"
"Do you think that's why he really wanted to come back to Hogwarts, sir?" said Harry. "To try and find something from one of the other founders?" "My thoughts precisely," said Dumbledore. "But unfortunately, that does not advance us much further, for he was turned away, or so I believe, without the chance to search the school."	Book 6, Page 505 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 23, "Horcruxes"

The Flying Motorcycle

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A low rumbling sound had broken the silence around them. It grew steadily louder as they looked up and down the street for some sign of a headlight; it swelled to a roar as they both looked up at the sky - and a huge motorcycle fell out of the air and landed on the road in front of them. ... "Hagrid," said Dumbledore, sounding relieved. "At last. And where did you get that motorcycle?" "Borrowed it, Professor Dumbledore, sir," said the giant, climbing carefully off the motorcycle as he spoke. "Young Sirius Black lent it to me." ... "Yeah," said Hagrid in a very muffled voice, "I'll be takin' Sirius his bike back. G'night, Professor McGonagall - Professor Dumbledore, sir." Wiping his streaming eyes on his jacket sleee, Hagrid swung himself onto the motorcycle and kicked the engine into life; with a roar it rose into the air and off into the night.	Book 1, Pages 14, 16 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 1, "The Boy Who Lived"
"an' Sirius Black turns up on that flyin' motorbike he used ter ride. ...Black argued, but in the end he gave in. Told me ter take his motorbike ter get Harry there. 'I won't need it anymore,' he says. "I shoulda known there was somethin' fishy goin' on then. He loved that motorbike, what was he givin' it ter me for? Why wouldn' he need it anymore? Fact was, it was too easy ter trace."	Book 3, Pages 206-207 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 10, "The Marauder's Map"
He rolled onto his back and tried to remember the dream he had been having. It had been a good one. There had been a flying motorcycle in it. He had a funny feeling he'd had the same dream before.	Book 1, Page 19 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 2, "The Vanishing Glass"
"Here," said Kingsley brusquely to Mr. Weasley, shoving a sheaf of parchment into his hand, "I need as much information as possible on flying Muggle vehicles sighted in the last twelve months. We've received information that Black might still be using his old motorcycle." Kingsley tipped Harry an enormous wink...	Book 5, Page 132 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 7, "The Ministry of Magic"

Pictures:
On the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Two-Disc Special Edition) (Harry Potter 1) DVD there is a Photo Gallery (via "The Library") where I found this artist's concept drawing of Sirius's Flying Motorcycle sitting beside Hagrid's hut. This artist, however, may not have known anything more than any of us. The films are not generally considered canon. (An excellent discussion of canon can be found on HP-Lexicon's Overview of Sources.)

Links:

That Mysterious Flying Motorcycle - An original editorial by Alyschera on mugglenet.

HP Lexicon's Table of Edits to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone which includes the change from "I'll be takin' Sirius his bike back." to "I best get this bike away." This poster had a good rationale for the change on the mugglenet forums. (i.e. Dumbledore, who testified that Sirius was the Potter's secret-keeper, would have not let Hagrid just ride off to give the bike back to the apparent traitor.)

Quotes:
JK Rowling's World Book Day Chat, March 4, 2004

Rita: Whatever happend to Sirius' flying motorbike?
JK Rowling replies -> Ah, good question. You'll find out, but the real sleuths among you might be able to guess.

Source: Accio-Quote