Predictions at Madison Square Garden

[boyd_smythe]

No: HPFGUIDX 79117

In the green corner, the obvious HP-allies: H/R/H, DD, the OoP, the 
DA. Seems fair to add the rest of the Hogwarts staff (maybe not the 
DADA-lol), Gryffindor and Fawkes. Give me the creature castoffs, too: 
Firenze, Grawp and Dobby.

And in the red corner, the obvious Voldie-allies: DE's and Dementors. 
Maybe big snakes. I'm done. Have I missed anything?

Yes, yes, I know that LV has been recruiting other races to his cause. 
So has DD.
Yes, yes, I know that ESE!Fudge is a possibility. And a host of other 
individuals, too.

So Harry has the most powerful wizard and a group of supporters that 
is growing in size and ability. LV's supporters are on the run. In the 
last battle (in the MoM), Harry's team clobbered the DE's despite a 
late start by the OoP and DD. Harry's group is the champ to LV's 
chump.

So now my predictions for how this becomes less lopsided.

First, LV and the DE's must eliminate two or three key OoP members 
ambush-style. Sorry, Lupin lovers, but it's a fire sale and all 
powerful parent-types close to Harry must go! You, too, Arthur & Molly 
Weasley! Ron, why did you tell Harry, "it's all your fault"? 
Whoa, Moody, I have other plans for you.

Second, meanwhile the goblins and Dementors smell blood in the water 
and start wreaking havoc in their own unique ways. Dementors take a 
few souls at the MoM and even in Muggledom! And Goblins go on the 
warpath against their long-hated foes, the WW. MoM nearly collapses 
under the constant financial and mortal threats. The newspapers take 
opposite opinions on everything (as usual), muddying the water so 
completely that the average wizard doesn't know what to do. Chaos is 
LV's friend.

Third, the marauding DE's drive Harry from his new home at Hogwarts, 
so he must now spend all his time with the completely frightening, 
gut-wrenching duo of
Snape and Mad-Eye Moody! Yes, watch Harry as he 
twists in the wind, separated from his friends and mentors. Relegated 
to the company of two of the most inhospitable companions imaginable! 
Once Tonks joins their exciting trio, see Harry grow increasingly 
convinced that one of them is an agent of LV
then incorrectly (as 
always) guess that it's Snape! Ah, the joys of JKR's continuing 
lessons in not judging a book by its cover.

Fourth, watch as Dumbledore walks into a trap and is vanquished by a 
turncoat in his midst. Back-stabbing at its best, my friends! Of 
course, he could be vanquished by a memory charm or time-turner! 
There's got to be a return trip for dear, dear DD in JKR's world, 
right?

Fifth, see Harry saved by Moody, Tonks or Shacklebolt and taken to a 
beautiful reunion with his SHIP-mate and two or three other close 
friends (all schoolmates, of course). Tears flow, Harry blames himself 
and then vows to never let someone so close be taken from him again. 
So he disappears. End of book 6.

Now, I'm not going to guess where he goes for protection when he 
disappears, but there are a few forest-dwellers who know and support 
him, and could both keep him hidden and help train him for his 
confrontation in book 7
. Could the first few chapters of book 7 be 
written for the first time from the perspective of the character most 
like JKR herself? Hermione, anyone? At last establishing in cannon her 
feelings for Harry (whether friends or SHIPmates) and the way Harry 
appears to everyone else.

OK, I'm done. Throw your yellow flags, I can take it. But I can also 
show through cannon that all of the above are continuations of 
existing themes and trends!

Remnant
But first, Harry, you must master yourself.