OoP Prediction Derby

[Amy Z]

Thanks for posting this, Laura.  I doubt I will bring any glory to my 
house, but it's fun!  (Besides, I'm in Gryffindor and it's got more 
glory than is really fair already.)


> 1.  What new magical place will we visit?

the Ministry

> 2.  Are any of the Dursleys wizards?  Who?

yes, Dudley

> 3.  Identify the next DADA teacher.

a woman we haven't met yet

> 4.  Which "beloved" character(s) will die?  Any other deaths, and 
if 
> so, who?  

I don't mean to hedge my bets by only narrowing it down to 3, but I'm 
going to say:  a roommate of Harry's.  Not Ron:  Seamus, Neville, or 
Dean.  IOW, someone it hurts (us and Harry) to lose, but we're not to 
the core people.  Yet.

Also, and for the same reasons, one of the Weasley children (not 
Ron).  Again, sorry, if I were a real sybil instead of a Sybill I'd 
pick one, but the boldest I can get is to narrow it down to 6.  

Heidi has confirmed my memory that JKR said Lupin will be in Book 7, 
so I won't guess him.  However, she threw down a gauntlet:  he could 
come back as a wereghost.  For that question, and the follow-up, 
follow me to the main list . . .

> 5.  Of Lupin, Sirius, Krum, Fleur, Lockhart, Winky, Dobby, Moody, 
> Bagman, Madam Maxime, which characters will have roles in OoP?

Real roles, more than just a mention:  Lupin, Sirius, Krum, Winky, 
Dobby, Moody, Maxime

> 6.  At the end of OoP, will Dumbledore be the headmaster?

No (not dead, just deposed)

> 7.  At the end of OoP, will Fudge be the Minister of Magic?

Yes

> 8.  At the end of OoP, will Neville be the same forgetful boy, or 
> will he have changed in some way?

He will undergo significant changes (I mean besides him possibly 
dying) and/or we'll learn a lot more about him.  

> 9.  At the end of OoP, will Sirius have cleared his name?

Yes, but not everyone will believe it

> 10.  Will Harry and Voldemort have a confrontation?

Not directly

> 11.  Of the following magical things, which will a character use or 
> confront:  pensieve, veritaserum, boggart, Marauder's Map, whomping 
> willow, polyjuice potion, nifflers, portkeys, rememberall, floo 
> powder, time turner, sneakoscope, foe glass, secrecy sensor, knight 
> bus.

Map, remembrall, sneakoscope.  Floo Powder and Knight Bus might be 
used as transport but I'm leaving them off because I'm guessing they 
won't be vital plot elements.

What's a secrecy sensor?

> 12.  Will there be Quiddich?  If so, who will be the Gryffindor 
> Keeper?  Gryffindor Captain?

Yes there will be Quidditch, and Harry will not be captain, though he 
might be asked to be.  Ron will be Keeper.

> 13.  Will anyone else turn out to be an animagus?  Who?

No.

> 14.  Who is Mundungus Fletcher?

You mean besides what we already know about him?  I think we'll learn 
more about him in OoP, but nothing particularly interesting.  He's 
some kind of tough good guy, maybe an Auror, that's all.

> 15.  Will Wormtail use his silver hand in an important way?

Not in OoP.

Amy
who hopes many of these predictions are wrong . . .