What if Harry levelled with Professor Trelawney?

[Fred Waldrop]

No: HPFGUIDX 54978

 "Eric Oppen" <oppen at m...> wrote:
 While I can understand why Harry doesn't think much of Professor 
Trelawney,I do wonder what would have happened if he had levelled 
with her about that dream he had in class---or the other dreams he's 
had involving Lord V?
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Hello all, Fred Waldrop here.

I think that if Harry had told Professor Trelawney that he was 
dreaming of Lord V, she would have responded the same way she did in 
POA, page 324 & 325, US. 
"...Professor Trelwney's head snapped up again. I'm so sorry, dear 
boy...<snip> I drifted off for a moment... Harry sat there, staring 
at her. Is there anything wrong, my dear? You - you told me that the -
 the Dark Lord's going to rise again... that his servant's going to 
go back to him... Professor Trelawney looked thoroughly startled. The 
Dark Lord? He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named? My dear boy, that's hardly 
something to joke about... Rise again, indeed <snip> I would 
certainly not predict anything quite as far fetched as that."

She would say he should not joke about such things or just say that 
the dream meant nothing. And she most probably would have gotten mad 
at Harry for telling such rubbish that she would have given out extra 
homework.

Fred