[HPforGrownups] OoF Prediction Derby (LONG)

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 26360

Okay, here's my attempt to bring Glory to Hufflepuff
House... ( Feel free to comment ask me for elaboration. :) )

Thursday, September 20, 2001, 7:59:10 AM, you wrote:

jhc> 1.  What new magical place will we visit?

Azkaban... I think Fudge will send Dumbledore there
for refusing to expell Harry (because he's a parselmouth
and "extremely dangerous") and Harry finds an ingenious way
to get past the dementors and rescue him!

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

Petunia is really a frustrated squib who has been lying to
Vernon all these years.  Snape is really named Perseus Evans
and is Lily and Petunia's half-brother.

jhc> 3.  Identify the next DADA teacher.

I think we will be treated to another year of Mad-Eye,
only the *real* one this time...

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

She has said "A great fan" of Harry's, so I think it might be
one of the Creevys.

jhc> 5.  Of Lupin, Sirius, Krum, Fleur, Lockhart, Winky, Dobby, Moody, 
jhc> Bagman, Madam Maxime, which characters will have speaking lines in 
jhc> OoF?

Moody, Lupin and Sirius: Will help Harry in whatever heroics
         he's involved with.

Madam Maxime: She and Hagrid will face Hagrid's mum.

Fleur: Will be Snape's teacher's aid.  (Making Potions
         bearable for Ron.)

Krum: Will trasfer to Hogwarts and become Gryffindor's
       new Quidditch captain.  (And spar with Harry for
       the Seeker position.)

Dobby, Winky, Bagman and Lockhart: Not in this book, but will be in future...

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

At the *end*, yes, but I don't think he will be for *most* of
the book!  I think Fudge will sack him (see #1) and Snape will
be HM for most of the book!

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

Yes, sadly.

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

I think Neville will start breaking through the memory charms that
have stifled him for so long... By Book 7 he will be a great wizard.

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

No, but I think all of Dumbledore's inner circle (including
Snape) will have accepted his innocence.

jhc> 10.  Will Harry and Voldemort have a confrontation?

Yes.  Then he'll lie low in Book 6, and then the final confrontation
in the last book.

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

The Marauder's Map (even if Dumbledore confiscates it), and
possibly some of Moody's "Dark Detectors"...

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

(See above comments on Krum.)

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

No.  (It's a tired plot device IMHO)

jhc> 14.  Who is Mundungus Fletcher?

He will turn out to be actually Merlin (yes, *the* Merlin), recently
released from the cave he got trapped in for all those centuries!

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

In Book 7, he'll save Harry by strangling Nagini.

-- 
Dave