Book 5 rumors from another web site

[constance_vigilance]

Hello group. I tried to post this to announcements, but got 
rejected. :( Well, anyway let's try again here at Rumor Central.

There was a recent posting of some major Book 5 rumorage at 
www.iHarryPotter.net. Specifically, the link is: 
http://www.iharrypotter.net/books/phoenix/ In any case, there seems 
to be a lot of good stuff, with some evidence of validity (well, as 
much as can be expected with rumors), so here it is. Should start 
some interesting discussions.

~ Constance Vigilance

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* (From Dan Renny) I work at Scholastic and I've heard a few specific 
things about Book 5 of the Harry Potter series, entitled "The Order 
of Phoenix", and while the book is not complete, a few minor points 
of the book have been divulged. So, using my knowledge of the 
previous books, and what has been said 'officially' at work, I did a 
little research and constructed this editorial for the eager, and 
sometimes spoiled fans J. 

This brief encounter with details of Book 5 could spoil some of you, 
but then again, due to the hype being put on the book for taking 
longer than usual to release, this should hopefully bring down any 
expectations of an epic blockbuster. That's not to say that the book 
won't be good - no, no, no - the book will be great, but. ok, I 
better explain. 

Let me get to the point. There is no epic wizard war in the fifth 
book. This book will be the prologue, of sorts, to books 6 and 7, 
just as books 1, 2 and 3 were setting everything up before 
Voldermort's return in Book 4. There will be no serious changes to 
the school like Book 4, which was very internationally based (Eg. 
Going to the World Cup, foreign schools at Hogwarts). Book 5 will 
return to the quiet local style of the first three books, like when 
you stay indoors on a rainy day. 

However, Book 5 is very dark. There will be great unrest and tension 
around the school, with the students and teachers alike knowing that 
the Dark Forces are rising again. Before the future struggles in Book 
6 and 7, Book 5 will detail the battles that took place in 
Voldermort's prime, before he encountered Harry and was almost 
destroyed. As I was saying, there is great unrest because the Dark 
Forces are rising, but no Death Eaters mount an attack full-frontal 
on the school. Everything is quite comfortable for the kids this 
year. You'd think this was a good thing until strange things start 
happening to some students, in particular Neville Longbottom [you can 
quote me on that]. 

If this is getting a little too much, I'll say four words, then if 
you choose, you can never see the rest of this article ever 
again: "Chapter fourteen of Goblet." Perhaps you would like to read 
that before continuing this read - it is very important hint to Book 
5. In this chapter, very dark things are happening that don't seem 
apparent. It deals with the unforgivable curses in which 'Moody' has 
great experience with, prior to coming to Hogwarts. However, it is 
Barty Crouch in that classroom, and he does something to our friend 
Neville, if you were paying attention: he cursed him. I won't spell 
it out to you, but notice how Moody/Crouch does the Imperius curse 
first, then Neville puts his hand up instantly to answer the next 
curse. This is definitely not something Neville would do - he's a 
wuss. The second interesting part, aside from his weird behaviour 
after class, is his red eyes Harry notices. And lastly, the creepy, 
unexplained scene at the very end of the chapter, where Harry is 
lying in bed, and since he can't hear Neville snore, assumes he must 
be awake too. Very eerie! Who's going on here? Obviously something is 
up with Neville. Let me detour for a moment. Read the connected The 
Order of the Phoenix theory. 

Neville will be the Insider for Voldemort. He has been left under the 
Imperius curse by Crouch Jr throughout the holidays, and although he 
can still do things for himself, the turning point in book 5 comes 
when Harry and Co. find out about Neville's desire to place the Order 
of Phoenix for Voldemort (only Dumbledore knows how to order them to 
come to him). Voldermort takes over Crouch's remaining curse on 
Neville and makes him do anything. Neville will surprisingly lose his 
error-prone ways and become part of the Quidditch team. His skill 
will eventually promote him to captain, and give him the position to 
make Harry do dangerous things on field. It seems Barty Crouch Jr's 
plan in Book 4 was more intricate than he revealed. Read the 
connected character death theory. 

In Conclusion: 
-Chapter fourteen of Goblet sets up Book 5 somewhat. 
-Book 5 will revolve around Neville Longbottom to some extent. 
-Also, the connection will be made between Crouch Jr and the 
Longbottoms. Crouch was the Death Eater who submitted Neville's 
parents to the Cruciatus curse. I know some HP buffs would like to 
rip me up and say "Neville's father was submitted to the Cruciatus 
curse by Death Eaters, and that's why Neville knows about the curse 
in Ch14 of Goblet and put his hand up," but you have to look deeper 
than that. 

-I repeat: there will be no attack on Hogwarts: no army of Death 
Eaters. Voldermort has only begun to rise, and he will need more time 
(at least this book and maybe the next) to gather more followers in 
secret. The Death Eaters will be out and about looking for some 
acquaintances in book 5. This will be known to Harry and Co. only 
through the Daily Prophet. 

-A Phoenix to a wizard is like the Force to a Jedi Knight. It's a 
powerful tool, but Phoenixes do not make wizards immortal. It would 
make Harry's popularity meaningless as any person can stop death if 
they have the power of a phoenix. Though they are themselves 
immortal, phoenixes have only the power to heal and mend wizards, and 
that is what both Dumbledore and Voldemort want to savour for 
themselves and their allies. We saw what Fawkes did to Harry in Book 
2:CoS. The Sorcerer/Philosopher's stone is the only known object to 
stop death, and no one with any magical powers can stop the Avada 
Kedevra curse (with the exception of that miracle of Harry's). 

-When Voldemort dies in Book 7, Harry's scar fades. [I highly endorse 
this theory] 

-And lastly, Book 5 is the calm before the storm. Remember that if 
you expected a Quidditch World Cup, a Tri-wizard tournament, and 
three Quidditch matches in Book 5. It's not that sort of book.