Hey, Remember the "Rock-Solid Predictions" thread right before OoP was released? How did we do, do you think? Not so hot, apparently. For your amusement, below is a list of everyone's predictions. No, I didn't compile this list. I did none of the work. The credit for the list goes to Derannimer and Dicentra, who painstakingly recorded all of the predictions. ::raises butterbeer to Derannimer and Dicentra:: I'll try to upload this list to the files section if I can. Cindy -- wondering if we can declare a winner ******************************************************** Cindy C. The Put-Outer will be the key to the protection on Privet Drive, and Dumbledore will explain this to Harry in the course of "telling him everything." hickengruendler Neville witnessed his parents being tortured. Some death eaters put a memory charm on him, because he witnessed something very important about the attack of his parents. In OOP he will see Harry being tortured with the cruciatus curse by a Death Eater. This incident will bring back the memorys of the torture of his parents, because he has a déjà vu while seeing a victim of the cruciatus curse. Steve (bboy_mn) The reason Neville's parents were tortured is that Harry (and possibly Hagrid) stayed with Neville during the missing 24 hours, and that is what lead the DE's to believe the the Longbottoms might have some information about what happened to Voldemort. Melanie Bond [Ron] will start to get jealous of Harry and Hermione's relationship, even if there isn't one, [and] Ron will start to interpret interactions between the two of them as such. This will help to create even more conflict between Ron and Harry, and perhaps even cause problems on the Quidditch field. Morgan D. The tragic demise of Dennis Creevey, which will lead his brother Colin to blame Harry for it. Eileen Lupin is going to die because of a choice of Harry's. amy_marblefeet [Lupin] will kill himself [because] Lupin is going to eat Denis Creevey. Paul Prideaux Dumbledore must also die as he's quite extensively refered to as looking old and tired in GoF. Lady lyndi I will get my copy of OoP on June 21st and will have to re-read it at least 2 times before my hubby is allowed to touch it, by which time our second copy of OoP will have arrived from Amazon so I won't have to give up my copy for him to read at all! Also, he will beg me not to reveal any spoilers to him when I start reading but after seeing my reactions to various passages will keep asking me to tell him what's happening. In addition, when he finally starts to read his copy, he will keep making comments hoping I will give him hints about what is coming. RhianynTheCat Cornelius Fudge is a baddie. jwilliamson.rm 1. [Arabella Figg] is really Harry's godmother, the female friend of Lilly's that has been fulfilling her protective/godmotherly duties as his seemingly Muggle baby-sitter. 2. She is also of the same age group as Sirius, James, Lilly, Lupin and Snape - a part of the "old gang" Dumbledore mentions at the end of GoF - and was merely posing as an elderly Muggle woman. 3. Arabella was and will again be a part of a romantic triangle with Sirius and Snape. An additional layer to the already existing hatred. Scott Peterson Ginny will finally join the trio. She will blossom into a beautiful young lady, and attract Harry's attention. Harry's interest in her will grow, and his infatuation with Cho Chang will be nothing but a distant memory. Peter will fail LV, his master, one final time when Harry is almost in his grasp. He will finally become food for the snake. Fudge will fade away as if he never existed. All will recognize the blunder it was to promote him to the Minister of Magic position, and few will follow him into oblivion. [Ron dies.] Pippin Karkaroff will be the first to die in OOP. Harry will get to watch via scar-o-vision as Voldemort does our Igor in. Brian [Hermione] will die during one of the mid-story escapades that the Trio seems to have in each of the books so far, and her death will be the final, galvanizing event to spur the entire MoM into action (both for the good and bad) [and] ahe comes back as a ghost in the last chapter. Penny FITD (or the romances will be muddled throughout OoP). Trina I believe Ginny will die while saving Harry's life. Amanda It will turn out that Snape loved Lily, still loves Lily, and protects Harry out of his love for her (possibly a promise he made her), despite how he hated James, still hates James, and is reminded of James every damned time he sees Harry. Staring at Harry is painful because Harry has his mother's eyes, which makes Snape even nastier as he deals with the conflicting emotions. Snape is NOT a vampire. Dicentra Stoned!Harry Heidi We will learn more about wizarding careers - including what Lucius actually does, whether Molly works outside the home, or ever has, and what Lily and/or James did before they were killed. In other words, we'll have a larger look into the greater wizarding world. Pickle Jimmy Fred Weasley will die. Debbie Evil! Fudge. Not Death Eater Fudge. Just plain old "whatever I have to do to keep and hold power even though I have no idea how to govern" evilness. Daisy I have *always* thought that Hagrid was going to die in Book 5, from the moment I finished GoF for the first time. I think he will die saving Dumbledore. Gail Mr. Weasley and Bill will recruit a number of MoM employees (particularly Aurors!) who are tired of Fudge's lame politics and are ready to help Dumbledore in his fight against Voldemort. *Then* we're gonna see some kick-butt action. Included will be a *real* wizard's duel. *And*, if we're really lucky, Hagrid will get caught in the cross-fire. Kneasy Someone in the [Weasley] family is going to become another Pettigrew character - and my money is on Percy - ambitious bureaucrat who will obey any order from a superior and would never cut any slack for anyone. And the result? Death of Ginny. Brandon Fudge will finally come to believe that Voldemort has returned but, it will be right before Voldemort kills him. Shelley, Tammy's sister Ron confides his feelings for Hermione to Harry. Harry, torn between Ginny and Cho, seeks out Hermione, privately, for some female advice. Ron gets wind of the private chat, and interprets it the wrong way. His jealousy explodes, and he LEAVES THE TRIO. Colin becomes Harry's new best buddy. When Voldemort makes his appearance, the Trio is faced with a chilling, sadistic choice. Voldemort has two hostages, and there's only a chance to save ONE of them. Harry has to choose between saving Ron and saving Dennis Creevey. Harry chooses to save Ron, of course, and too cute to live Dennis dies. Colin, outraged at the betrayal by his hero, secretly meets with Draco, and subsequently becomes the first Muggle-born junior Death Eater. Vivamus We will visit St. Mungo's, and learn that Neville has a Memory Charm to block his memories of visiting his parents. Somehow (perhaps as a result of an encounter with Lockhart) the Memory Charms stop working. Neville returns to school knowing his parents' condition. He leaves school with Ginny Weasley on some kind of quest to help his parents. Neville will save his parents, who will be freed from their curse, but Neville will die, either in the process of saving his parents, or in the process of saving Harry. If he lives, he will no longer be an almost-Squib. Ginny's relationship with Neville, and Neville's subsequent death, will help pave the way for H/G in the future. "Lorangell" Trevor is the proud parent of a basilisk. Clio 1. Dumbledore will either be forced to step down by the Ministry or die (of old age, mind you! NOT from a curse or in a confrontation). His succesor will be Snape, who is back in the good graces of Voldemort, and will be supported by some influential DEs in the Ministry, but also by Dumbledore (if he is still around by the time of the choice) and his friends in whatever comittee chooses the Headmaster. Some questionable decisions by the new headmster will give Harry plenty of room to doubt Snape's loyalties and snoop after him. 2. As for the predicted death: If it's not Dumbledore, who is my candidate of choice, it will be Lupin. And he will be killed (alternative: gravely injured, landing him in a coma in St. Mungos) by Pettigrew, who puts his silver hand to good use, probably choking Lupin. This will send Harry and Sirius into a guilt trip. Sirius will regret he didn't kill the rat in the Shrieking Shack, and Harry will be haunted by the knowledge that he prevented Pettigrew's death. He will also start to doubt Dumbledore's philosophy, which will lead to the much awaited all-out conversation he is having with Dumbledore in the end of OoP. JOdel The major overall conflict for Book Five will be between Dunbledore and the Ministry rather than Harry and Voldemort. And it will take the Dementors' change of alliegance to knock Fudge's policies out of place. By this time Dumbledore *may* have been forcably removed from his position as Headmaster, in which case he might be reinstated at the end -- or he may be rendered inaccessible to Harry by being drafted to take over as interim Minister of Magic. It will only be after the Dementor disaster that this book's Harry/Voldemort subtext becomes prominent, and will be the big dramatic climax to the book. Brief Chronicles 1. Krum and Hermione will have a slightly more complicated relationship, and it will parallel the relationship between the Von Trapp girl and Rolf, the Nazi, from "The Sound of Music." 2. Percy Weasley dies. Corinth Arthur Weasley will, under Dumbledore's directions, begin organizing ministry members to actively fight Voldemort, against Fudge's orders. This will prove to be his first major role in the fight against Voldemort, having played only a minor role, if any, in the previous Voldemort war. Felinia Fudge is going to turn out to be a baddie, but through ineptitude and blindness, not any real deep-seated evil. Fudge is going to buy it near the end of Book V - and because of other circumstances that have been set up all along, the new Minister of Magic will be...Lucius Malfoy. Marcia Neville's parents were given the Dementor's Kiss. Shortly before they were Soul Sucked though, they told Neville some really important secret (probably a secret the DE's wanted kept secret but Neville's parents knew) with the Fidelius charm and wiped out his memory with powerful memory charms. Snape, during a potions class, will teach a potion that erases/detects memory charms and in that class, Neville will have to test his potion on himself. Kristen 1. Neville comes into his own by recovering from the memory charm applied to him when his parents were attacked. We visit Neville's parents at St. Mungos and find out that his parents aren't as damaged as we thought. Lucius Malfoy has been paying the hospital to keep their real condition under wraps. 2. Percy gets duped by LV or one of his agents to help the dark side. Percy realizes in the end what he has done, but too late to prevent the death of Molly Weasley. Derannimer LOLLIPOPS, with Spy!Snape tried to warn James about the traitor variant. Laura Dumbledore will reveal that Snape was at the Potter's on the night Lily and James were killed, either trying to warn them or reinforce some side or another of his double agent role. "K" (koinonia) We won't find out many of the things we have been guessing about for the last years. We might not find out yet that Snape is a vampire and that Petunia is really a witch. Snape won't be a Hogwarts teacher next year. Merlin James and Lilly are not really dead. They were switched out of their bodies and then hidden away with another secret keeper performing the Fidelius charm because they suspected Peter. "D" (dublinaaireland) The Sorting Hat is a bit like the Pensive. The Sorting Hat is Dumbledore's brain/mind! Brittney 1. Hermoine will be made a prefect. 2. Dumbledore will find himself (temporarily) out of the position of headmaster at Hogwarts. jbenne McGonagall will die. Rachel Ron and Hermione will kiss. Melody (melodychef) Neville will die in the fifth book. Kristi Prof. Trelawney's first correct prediction was that the heir of Gryffindor would end the descendancy of Slytherin. Marie I'm going to go with the infamous Florence. I believe _she_ is going to be the new Dada teacher. Further, I think it is going to become important to find out who it was that Bertha Jorkins caught her kissing behind the Greenhouse (in Dumbledore's penseive in GOF). She could potentially be (or have been) involved in all sorts of love polygons, but it could also just be a clue to her true allegiances. At any rate, I think that scene in the Penseive is going to end up meaning a lot more than just background on poor Ms. Bertha. Tyler 1. The boy lying in the flower bed is Dudley. He's lying there because he's unconcious after Dementors (sent by Fudge under pressure from Lucius Malfoy who is insisting that Harry murdered Cedric Griggory) storm the Dudley household. Harry casts a Petronus to drive the dementors away, but ends up facing MOM problems for using underage magic. 2. Hagrid will be killed by a death eater (Lucius Malfoy?) after sticking up for Dumbledore. Richelle Harry's knife that he got from Sirius for Christmas in GoF will come in VERY useful. A Goldfeesh When Ludo Bagman, ex-Quidditch hero and Ministy member gets killed, people will certainly take note. I haven't decided if he gets it as a good guy or ever-so-evil. I'm leaning toward he is good though. Wayne Either Filch or Hermione catch Mrs. Norris and Crookshanks mating during OOP, they will have offspring, but some in the litter will be full blooded cats, some will be full blooded Kneazles, and some will be half and half. Brass Gryphon The "Sit down, I am going to tell you everything" talk is the same thing Dumbledore promised to tell Harry when he was ready in PS, Man With Two Faces. However, I also think that the reason Voldemort wanted to kill Harry is a 7th-book-level secret and thusly Dumbledore will be interrupted and die before he has a chance to get back to the conversation. Beckah Something will happen between Harry and Hermione, and they will "take their relationship to the next level". This new relationship will infuriate Ron who will decide to "end" his friendship with both of them. Jealousy talking there. However, something will happen where Ron, because of his anger towards Harry, will put Harry in danger and he himself will get hurt trying to prevent injury coming to Harry. After all of this happens, the trio will see how foolishly they have been acting and make up...once again becoming best friends. Although I'm not discounting the Harry/Hermione relationship lasting longer. Edis Something will happen in the book that can only happen on the night of 21st/22nd June. Maybe the special place that has been mentioned can only be visted on that night... Or predictions start coming concrete (its the time when people see ahead for life partners for example...) But I think someone will play with potions to spectacular and unexpected effect. More specifically they will be herbology-based potions and the person causing the upsets will be an experimenting Neville. Anyway, back in muggle reading worlds, determined readers will hit this part while it is still 21st June for them realtime... Ginger I'm going with the Florence theme too. I think we will find out that she was kissing Snape. (Oh, how I envy that woman!) And that she was actually a Muggle-born who he was seeing on the sly behind the Slytherins' backs. After they are caught, he is forced to renounce her, and she takes up with Sirius. (Now I really envy her) She is then killed by DE's (there went the envy), and Snape feels that she should have protected better by Sirius, who blames Snape, believing him to be involved out of jealousy. Thus their hatred towards each other. Her death is the thing that turned Snape 'round right. Kelly Grosskreutz We will find out more about Professor Binns. Mainly, that he was Tom Riddle's AK guinea pig. Something about this will come into play. Izaskun I think the boy lying in the flower bed is not resting, or thinking or just contemplating the wonderful sky above his head, it sounds like the typical description of calm before the storm to me. And I also think that in book 5 will see action pretty much from the begining, no long descripting and plot introducion chapters like in GoF. David Harry will spend a significant amount of time *during the school year* away from Hogwarts. He will be accompanied by Ginny. Peg Stoned!Harry. Harry is *also* the heir of Gryffindor, and fated to destroy Voldemort. I do, however, believe that if Voldemort had known that Harry was the Secret Keeper for the spell he most wants, he wouldn't have tried to kill him. But he wouldn't have been able to get the information out of Harry, even if he spared his life. The Heir who is to be Voldemort's downfall turns out to be the "safe deposit box" for the one thing he wants most. Voldemort should really read the "Instructions for Evil Overlords." :) Kirstini Dobby will die. Rehan The Order of the Phoenix is a group of wizards. BUT, the order is comprised solely of Dark Wizards (mostly Death Eaters), and Voldemort is the head of this order. How does one gain membership into the Order of the Phoenix? Quite simply, they must rise from the dead. Voldemort will find the bodies of all the Death Eaters who died in his service 14 years ago. He will convert the bodies of Rosier, Wilkes, and whichever other DEs into their Ugly-Baby forms. Then, he'll put the Ugly-Babies into a potion like the one he made for himself, using the bones of their fathers, the blood of an enemy, and the flesh of a servant. This will resurrect them from their own ashes (their own bodies), bringing them back to life as members of the Order of the Phoenix. Vinnia Something big will happpen on Halloween. It will have a big impact on Harry's life, or at least will be very important to the plot. So we'll most probably hear about the Order of the Phoenix on this day. Either that, or Voldemort will launch his first attack on Halloween. Fiona Neville will die. Toad 1. We'll find out all about the Bloody Baron. 2. There will not be a Weasley death. Lorrie Alastor Moody will officially testify to the Ministry that it was Barty Crouch Jr, and Peter Pettigrew that came to his home and placed him under the Imperius Curse. Thereby, Fudge will have Moody placed in St. Mungo's for 'observation' because it appears he's finally gone Nuts! Seeing dead people...something MUST be wrong with him! faux We will find out more about Arthur and his past. We'll finally learn what he meant when he said "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..." We'll also find out why Fake!Moody chose Ron when he was asking what the Unforgivable Curses are. We'll either discover someone in the family was AK'd or Imperio'd by Voldemore and his Death Eaters. Betsy Harry and Neville visit Neville's parents in St. Mungo's. . . . Neville saw his parents turned into "vegetables" by LV. Is is possible that they transferred their essence to Neville and Neville doesn't remember? Could it be that when Harry and Neville visit, it will come back to him and his parents restored to fight with the order againt LV? .annie. a) there is going to be an Anti- Muggle campaign in Hogwarts b) we will gain knowledge of about the Giant Squid c) Either Ron (Eloise?) or Hermione (Neville?) will be kissed against their will -- or both of them *wink* -- that would be the two of them kissing each other during a row. d) Hagrid's death causing the trio to cement -- for good -- after a *really* horrible dispute ::pipes farmer in the dell:: e) Either Ginny or Neville will join the trio after a mountain-troll-ish rescuing act. Jo Serenadust Hermione's capture and blackmail of Rita Skeeter will turn out to have been a HUGE miscalculation. Constance Vigilance Dumbledore dies in an Obi-Wan Kenobi sacrifice. Penelope Clearwater dies in some kind of crossfire incident, thus enflaming Percy into doing something stupid. But in a later book. Maria Hermione wiil be the Gryffindor prefect. Ba 1. Ron will snarl. 2. Hermione will moan. 3. Harry will recognize something instantly. 4. Hagrid will serve the trio something inedible. 5. Snape's eyes will glitter. 6. Dumbledore's eyes will twinkle. 7. Draco will sneer. 8. Molly Weasly will call Harry "dear." 9. Ginny will blush. 10. Percy will bluster. Kia 1. Lupin is dead. And he is going to die heroically, but the majority of people will take the way he dies as evidence that he was an evil werewolf on the side of Voldemort. 2. Lucius becomes the MoM. He will be ever so evil. 3. Ginny won't survive this book. Helen R. Granberry 1. Hagrid will not die 2. The 'big death' will be a Weasley 3. Ron will have his nose broken 4. There will be absolutely no solid bf/gf relationships between R/Hr or H/Hr... the shipper wars will continue unabated until the next book 5. The True Heir of Gryffindor will be revealed to be Lily, though the Potters are related 6. Hermione will be a prefect... she will also get the most OWLS Linda Hedwig is going to die as a result of some action or inaction of Harry's.