Trelawney's First Prediction

[Stacy Stroud]

No: HPFGUIDX 36282

saintbacchus asked, RE Trelawney's first true prediction as bearing on the Potter/Voldy conflict:

>What I want to know is, how did Voldemort know about a
>prediction made by a Hogwarts staffer? Spies?


Well, we don't know the prediction was actually made during the last Voldemort War.  Perhaps it was Tom Riddle who was witness to Trelawney's first true prediction, much as Harry witnessed her second?  Trelawney could still have been a teacher at the time, or she might have been a fellow student.  (McGonagall's not much older than Riddle, and we know Minerva and Sibyll have a bit of animosity going; perhaps Trelawney is of similar age and went to school with both McGonagall and Riddle.)

For an added twist, perhaps she used the name "Lord Voldemort" in the prediction, meaning that Tom was the only one who understood it at the time (having been using the nickname in secret among his friends).  That could also explain why Dumbledore counts it as a true prediction even if its fulfillment may still be playing out: the rise of a Dark Lord named Voldemort has already come to pass, and suggests that the rest of the prediction (about his fall at the hands of a Potter or whatever) might also be true.


Stacy Stroud (deadstop at gte.net)
Hex Entertainment, Inc. (http://www.hexgames.com)