That damn Prophesy - an alternative take

[B Arrowsmith]

No: HPFGUIDX 75081

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

Most discouraging.

Here I am knocking my pipes  out to try and sort out the Prophesy  and 
what do I get?

One doesn't trust Dumbledore, one doesn't trust Dumbledore *or* JKR and 
a third doesn't like the literary style of the prophesy.

Why did I get up this morning?

The literary style of the Prophesy I can do little about. The other 
two, well I did specify that the Prophecy be accurate and complete; 
maybe you missed that bit.

Despite the lukewarm (freezing cold!) reception, I'm going to stick to 
this. For one thing, it means that James and Lily *must* die if Harry 
is to survive; that we can forget all those dubious ideas about 
switching spells that adorned the site a few weeks back, and to please 
the Siriophiles, it didn't matter that Sirius passed on the Secret 
Keeper responsibility. Unless James and Lily die, Harry is not 
protected. Also, Dumbledore knew in advance that either the Potters or 
the Longbottoms were going to cop it in the neck.

The only drawback? I quite fancied Neville as a late runner coming up 
on the inside until I thought up this one.

Kneasy
Disgruntled and feeling unloved