What if the Weasley's are the heir's of Slytherin?

vmonte vmonte at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 29 12:55:29 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 87729

Is it possible that the Weasley's are the heir's of Slytherin?

Voldemort may be an heir of Slytherin, but what if the Weasley's are 
too?
In OOTP Sirius tells Harry that pure bloods are all related. Maybe 
the Weasley's are related to Salazar Slytherin?! In book 2 Voldemort 
was not the one to open the chamber of secrets, his diary was; and 
Tom Riddle wasn't human yet so the only way the chamber was opened 
was via the body of Ginny--another Slytherin heir? 

What's interesting in book two is that the diary (or rather Tom 
Riddle) can only be reborn via sucking the life out of Ginny. Maybe 
he needed to specifically use a Slytherin heir to be reborn again. 
And why did Riddle choose Ginny anyway? He could have picked any 
other kid, like Malfoy, who is also a pureblood (he would have been 
only to happy to open the chamber). 

So why choose a Weasley? 

In book 2 when Collin Creevey is petrified, Dumbledore says to 
McGonagal: 'The question is not who has done this, but how?' 
Dumbledore knows that Voldemort is not in the school at this time, 
but he doesn't know that the diary exists; so, he must know that 
there is another (or other) Slytherin heir(s) at the school. 

Therefore Dumbledore knows who the heir(s) is (are) but he does not 
know how the chamber was opened. Hence his remark: 'The question is 
not who has done this, but how?' 

It is interesting that Riddle did not choose Ron, George, or Fred to 
open the chamber (Lucius could have easily put the diary in with 
their books). He chose Ginny because she was a "silly little girl" 
(who would not attract attention).

I think that Riddle's big mistake was choosing Ginny because I think 
she is going to turn out to be a very powerful witch. She may also 
have gained some of Voldie's power via their personal encounter (just 
like Harry did through his encounter with Voldemort). 

There is a wizard geneology book back at the OOTP headquarters that 
someone will probably read in book 6 or 7. Sirius uses the book to 
smash a spiderlike thing that grabs onto Harry (during the house 
decontamination section). The book will be mentioned again! It's the 
only reason why the title of the book would be stated in the first 
place. Maybe someone will trace back their origins and make a 
startling discovery. 

If the Weasley's are descended from Slytherin it would prove that 
destiny is shaped by the person and not by their heredity.








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