Who Will Betray the Order? (Part 2)

[Antbee78]

No: HPFGUIDX 76354

"Wendy St John" <hebrideanblack at e...> wrote:
> I've been thinking rather a lot lately about who the "betrayer" of 
>the order will be (following the recent thread on this subject). I 
>do think that someone we trust (and someone Harry trusts) will prove 
>to be Ever So Evil by the end of Book 7. 
> ... is it more likely 
>that the person who betrays Harry will be one of his
> peers, or one of the adults that he trusts? 
> 
> I've generally thought that it would be one of the adults....
> The adults all have more backstory than the children (just by
> virtue of having lived longer), so an adult would have more potential
> reasons to switch sides at some point. It also seems to me that one 
of the
> adults is far more likely to have been evil all along - can you 
> really imagine Hermione, for example, coming to Hogwarts already having 
> evil intentions of joining Voldemort? So I think I've been mostly 
> operating under the assumption that one of the adults in Harry's life will 
> betray him, and have considered McGonagall and Lupin, and most recently 
> Molly, as being the most likely candidates.

AntBee's response:
I think it will most likely be an adult that betrays Harry too rather 
than a peer of Harry's because I can't see anyone that Harry is 
really close to in his peer group having a reason for betraying 
Harry. 

Here is my list of the likely betrayers out of Harry's peer group, 
but out of the five people listed, only one would be able to get 
close enough two of them would be close enough to Harry to betray 
him, but even Percy and Cho aren't really that close to Harry.

1. Michael Corner -If he turned out to be a traitor, it would set up 
a pattern of Ginny and Cho, trusting the wrong people, but since he's 
such a minor character that I doubt he will turn out to be the 
traitor.
2. Zacharias Smith -I think he'll have some kind of role later on, 
but it's probably too obvious that he'd be the traitor.
3. Percy Weasley -Before OotP, I thought he would never turn his back 
on his family, so I'm just hoping that he comes to his senses in time 
before he gets recruited to join the DE's, or I hope that he's 
actually been undercover. I think like with the case of Zacharias 
Smith though Percy is too obvious a choice to be the traitor.
4. Cho Chang -I doubt she would betray Harry on her own, but I could 
see Marietta Edgecomb on the sidelines pumping Cho for any 
information on Harry and his friends to get revenge. I could also see 
Marietta suckering Cho into getting Harry and his friends, especially 
Hermione, at a certain place, in order to spring a trap on them.
5. Seamus Finnegan -If Kirstini's theory on Dean dying in book six 
comes true, then I could see Seamus possibly turning against Harry, 
if he feels Harry is responsible. However, I really don't think JKR 
would rehash the ill will between Harry and Seamus again. 

Here is my list of suspects out of the adults that Harry knows, and 
four out of the five are either very close to Harry or could get 
close to Harry.

1. Lupin -Although I'm not ready to get on Pippin's ESE!Lupin boat 
yet, some of his actions do make me quite suspicious of him. However, 
I do think that having two traitors in Harry's parents' inner circle 
would be a little much. 
2. Hagrid -Since it seems like hardly anyone ever considers Hagrid as 
being ESE, I put him on my list. Of course, he probably wouldn't 
knowingly betray Harry, but he's already been fooled by Voldemort two 
times. 
3. Mrs. Figg -For some reason, I'm suspicious of Mrs. Figg. Sure 
she's a squib, but since I don't know enough about her to say for 
sure that she would say no to any kind of offer by Voldemort to gain 
magical powers, at this time, I'm listing her as a suspect. 
4. One of the aurors that rescued Harry (except for Kingsley 
Shacklebolt and Tonks) -I can't even remember their names, but they 
do know the layout of the Dursley's home now. 
5. Snape (For Darrin) -I am watching him closely because of what JKR 
said at the Royal Albert Hall, but I think he's too obvious a choice.

Finally, I forgot who posted this a few days ago, but now that I've 
thought about it, I do think that Harry could end up being the 
betrayer, depending on how JKR writes his anger and grief in book 
six.