Order of the Phoenix

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., booleanfox at y... wrote:

> They are betting that she means Azkaban, or possibly the Ministry of 
> Magic, but it got me thinking...
> 
> I can't see why Harry would go to Azkaban - surely no matter what 
> awful things might happen in OoP he's still just a child and won't 
be 
> sent there (as is =made= to go there) or be imprisoned?  And by the 
> same token surely he wouldn't want to visit the place voluntarily, 
> (unless he is trying to overcome his fear of Dementors?) - can 
anyone 
> think of anybody he'd want to go and see, unless (GASP!) Sirius is 
> caught!!!! (I'm thinking out loud as I type here, as you can 
probably 
> tell...)

GASP!! I can't stand the thought, but let's face it Rita Skeeter knows 
about him, and the l;ogical plot progression would be that at SOME 
POINT things are going to come to a head for Sirius. I cna't see Harry 
going there, but maybe the narrative will.



> Overall, I think I would like to see him visit the Ministry of 
Magic, 
> or perhaps St Mungos with Neville to see the Longbottoms - I'd like 
> the troika's friendship with Neville to strengthen as he needs a 
> friend and Harry has just found out a lot of upsetting stuff about 
> him.


I thought about St. Mungo's-- I think we are going to learn much more 
about the Longbottoms. I also thought about Malfoy Manor and that 
mysterious secret chamber underneath the dining room floor. That 
tidbit has been left hanging for two books now....

--Suzanne