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

[gkjpo <kristen@sanderson-web.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50939

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jim Ferer <jferer at y...>" 
> I
> don't see any foundation for your assertion that Avada Kedavra is 
more
> difficult than the Dark Mark spell.  Less people would know the Dark
> Mark spell - who would learn it but a Death Eater? - but AK, that
> Harry might have learned during the year, and he can't prove he
> didn't.  The person who was most likely to have taught him how is 
now
> worse than dead.  Proving a negative is a very tough thing to do.
> 
Well, Fake!Moody does say that the whole class could AK him and he 
wouldn't even get a nose bleed.  Therefore, though we cannot compare 
the difficulty to the Dark Mark, we do know that it is a tough spell 
to get correct.

> Harry hasn't been actively accused that we know of.  He was not
> cleared of anything. I agree, I would have expected to hear 
something
> before the end of GoF, but the door is not closed, especially if
> there's trumped up 'new evidence.'  (An example: Draco, Crabbe, or
> Goyle come forward and tell how Harry threatened them with AK,
> bragging that he knows it now so they'd better watch their step.) 
> This would have the benefit from the Death Eater point of view of
> alienating Harry from the Hogwarts students and the public.
> 
> Actually, I agree with you that the "Harry murdered Cedric" scenario
> is less likely than some others, especially some fresh accusation we
> can't yet see; but there's no reason to believe he *can't* be 
accused
> of murdering Cedric.


I have to say that I simply cannot believe this theory at all.  Even 
if there were accusations and a trial (though I don't even believe 
that it would come to that), Dumbledore, Sirius AND Lupin would have 
to be completely discredited and/or dead for this theory to even be 
plausible.  I cannot see that there is ANY way that they would allow 
Harry to be put into the hands of the Dementors at Azkaban.  They 
know that Voldemort is back and that the Dementors will join him 
whenever he asks. There is no way they would allow it to happen.  If 
the risk even came up, Dumbledore would send Harry away to a safe 
place.

What I COULD see happen is where the Dursleys find out about St. 
Mungos and send Harry there (they were tipped off by their affluent 
new client - a reclusive Mr. Malfoy).  Harry arrives and is thrown 
into a cell (built with Lucius Malfoy's money of course).  While 
there he sees Neville come to visit his parents and learns more about 
the true state of the Longbottoms.  In the meantime, Arabella Figg 
rouses Dumbledore and crew to mount a rescue.  It would be an 
interesting way to meet Arabella Figg and find out "all about her".  

Kristen