Harry Will Be Accused and Locked up in Azkaban/ His Escape

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50910

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tom Wall <thomasmwall at y...>"
<thomasmwall at y...> wrote:
> 
> Kathleen writes:
> Lucius NEEDS to discredit Harry, ...
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> Tom Wall (I think): 
> 
> ..edited...They can portray  Harry as nuts, but Azkaban? 
> ...edited...
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> 
 
> Jim writes:
> The Death Eaters need to neutralize their two main enemies,
> Prof. Dumbledore and Harry, and deprive them of their main base,
> Hogwarts. ...edited... So they have to find alternatives:
> 
> ** accuse Harry of killing Cedric himself so that he could win the
> Triwizard Cup himself, which fits in with the "glory-hunter" image 
> <snip>
> 
> ** portray Harry as a nutter <snip>
> 
> ** Play up the Draco incident on the train <snip>
> 
> ** concoct a story that Dumbledore and Harry are conspiring to make
> Dumbledore the next Dark Lord
> 
> I reply: (Tom)
> ... you're *all* right - the Death Eaters are going to have to 
> neutralize both Harry and  Dumbledore... somehow.  
> 
> And then again, if he did go to Azkaban, it'd be interesting to see 
> what happens when/if Voldemort calls on them as his natural allies.
> 
> -Tom

YUMMY! This is a really great topic. First I think the 'neutralize the
 good guys' is a very likely subplot in the next book.

Option 1-
They do accuse Harry of assorted misdeeds but the best Lucius can get
is Harry commited to St. Mungo's. This is better than Azkaban, because
it still allows a lot of the story to occur from Harry's perspective.
He may even discover that the Longbottom's are not as 'out of it' as
has been assumed. People have speculated that the Longbottoms are
being kept in an incoherent state to prevent them from identifying
their torturers. So, lots of story possiblities there.


Option 2-
Please allow me a brief side track into highly compressed FF.

Harry is in the courtroom giving testimony in his own defense, no one
is buying it, it looks bad for Harry, everyone is convinced he is
going to Azkaban for sure. Suddenly, the doors to the courtroom burst
open; it's Sirius Black looking hale and hearty.

Sirius: You've got the wrong man, it was me all along. I did it all.

Harry: NO... NO... yada yada

Fudge: Summon the Dementors; perform the Kiss.

Harry: NO... No... don't do it.

Sirius: It's for the best Harry.

The Dementor comes to perform the kiss, Harry jumps from the stand,
the bailiff rushes over to restrain him, Harry grabs the bailliffs
wand, stuns the bailliff, Rushes over and stands in front of Sirius
using his own body to shield him, Harry summons Pertronus, Ron tosses
Sirius his wand, Harry and Sirius make a break for it, and live their
lives on the run.

Still allows the story to be told from Harry's perspective and gives
Harry and us a chance to get to know Sirius better, Sirius takes over
teaching Harry Defense Against Dark Arts. He's a good teacher; Harry's
a good student.

Option 3-
Harry does go to Azkaban, but went Voldemort comes and frees all the
prisoners, he frees Harry without realizing it. Harry takes a wand
from a Death Eater, and Harry confront Voldemort once more, and of
course defeats him. 

Still quite a few unresolved detail in this last option, but it has
possibilities.

Side Note: 
The Azkaban wandless Petronus. It's possible Harry will under stress
cast a Petronus (like a mist) sufficient to allow him to retain
control of himself while in Azkaban. We know he can do magic with out
a wand, and there have been hints that this ability will be
significant at some point in the story. This could be where his
ability to control his magic without a wand comes into the story.

Just a few thoughts.

Sorry, must run now, the fuel pump on my car has died. 30 degrees
today, 10 degrees tomorrow.

bboy_mn