Time Of Trelawney's First

[Kim Kenobi]

No: HPFGUIDX 46900

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., prefectmarcus at y... wrote:
> Many people speculate that Trelawney's first true prediction had 
> something to do with the Potters and it was that prediction that 
made 
> Voldemort try to kill them.
> 
> According to the Lexicon's timeline, the year of the attack was 
> Charlie Weasley's fourth at Hogwarts.  We might assume that Bill 
was 
> there too.
> 
> So, do you think we might learn from one of the two older Weasley's 
> what her prediction was?  Or maybe they had something to do with it?
> 
> Marcus


I argee that her first prediction is related to the Potters and why 
Voldemort tried to kill them.  

Do you think it possible that Trelawny predicted that the heir of 
Gryffindor would destroy the Heir of Slytherin?  This would, 
afterall, seem to explain why Voldemort wanted Harry and James dead, 
and yet seemed slightly reluctant to kill Lily (I am of course 
assuming that Godric's link to Harry is through his father's side).  

However, that begs the question - can the future be changed and can 
characters escape 'destiny'?  If this theory is correct, it would 
certianly suggest that Voldemort could do something about the fate of 
Slytherin's heir.  What do you think?

We know that Dumbledore knows about Trelawny's first accurate 
prediction which suggests that he was there to see her in the trance, 
which in turn suggests that it did not take place in class, where 
students might have seen it (afterall, what would Dumbledore be doing 
in a divination class?).  Since she does not seem to emerge from her 
classroom/study/place of rest much, would Dumbledore have had to go 
and see her especially?  Was he somehow involved in the prediction?  
Hopefully we'll find out, or else my little mind might go insane. ^_~

-KimberleyKenobi (Newbie alert :P)