Harry's pet/Rita-Hermione blackmail

[Joanne Sammer]

No: HPFGUIDX 48594

About Harry's new pet, Michelle wrote:

>
>>  Or Harry could just get a new pet.
>>
>>  Either way Harry doesn't need to lose Hedwig in order to get a new
>>  pet - I'm sure he's quite capable of looking after 2 pets - although
>>  what the Dursleys would think of another pet (especially if it was
>>  Fang - judgng by Petunias reactions to Magres dog) is another thing
>>  ;-)

Me: Maybe Harry's new pet is a big shaggy black dog.


About Rita the beetle and Hermione, BoBaFeTT wrote:

>  Remember, she's still an unregistered animagus and that's how she
gets her scoops. Why would she risk her entire way of life for small-
time revenge like that?

and Julia replied:

Maybe she thinks Hermione will let out that her little animagus
secret if she (Rita) writes anymore stories about Harry and Co?  I
don't see Hermione actually stooping to blackmail, but Rita may not
realize that.

Me: Assuming Rita was in the hospital wing the whole time Dumbledore 
was talking, Rita has a lot more on everyone else than Hermione has 
on Rita. Sure, Rita is an unregistered animagus, but so is Sirius. 
Moreover, Dumbledore and Co. have been knowingly aiding and abetting 
a convicted murderer (Sirius) and are now plotting activities that go 
against the MoM. I agree with someone else (can't remember who) who 
said that it will be Hermione is the inadvertent betrayer. I think 
Hermione will be outsmarted by Rita and bad things will happen as a 
result.

Joanne