Speculation: What's being guarded on the third floor?

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Hello, fellow alt_fen! Since I don't appear to be alone here (yay!), I thought I'd kick off a discussion on the mystery just starting to unfold.

Now, of course, we all know what was canonically on the third floor, and what it was guarding. But how much of that still holds in this universe, with corporeal Voldemort and the Ministry essentially in control of Hogwarts?

From Harry and Draco's conversation, it still sounds like it's Fluffy - perhaps not named as such ;-) - guarding the trap door. And I can certainly imagine that Voldemort would still be on his quest for immortality. It doesn't seem like Hogwarts would be the wisest place to hide the Stone, though, with DEs all around and within it, and lacking the teachers' protections.

What do you think?

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alt_lucius on Gringotts incident...

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I'm going to post these links so I can close a bunch of tabs!

1. Sept. 2: () Lucius first mentions that MLE (Magical Law Enforcement?) is investigating something that's happened at Gringotts -- and that a Prophet article will be necessary. (Acknowledges that there is direct censorship and direction of what makes the paper.
2. Sept. 5: (http://alt-lucius.livejournal.com/1202.html) Lucius quotes the Prophet article and then bemoans its lack of reference to the reward that's been offered for information. (So Ministry control of the Prophet is not perfect!) He also notes that he'd like to replace Dawlish with Bellatrix at the top of the investigation.
3. Sept. 15: (http://alt-lucius.livejournal.com/2375.html) Lucius reports that he has, indeed, had Dawlish replaced by Bellatrix to head up the investigation. AND (In Comments Thread): (http://alt-lucius.livejournal.com/2375.html?thread=5959#t5959) Lucius & Bella discuss her motives and methods.