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

[Jim Ferer <jferer@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50943

Kristen:"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."

Fake!Moody makes that remark to a class that has had no instruction in
how to cast AK.  Harry, as we've seen, is an extraordinarily talented
wizard who is already casting spells most others his age can't.

Kristen:"I have to say that I simply cannot believe this theory [Harry
being railroaded into Azkaban] 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."

One of Harry's defenders you name is under a worse than death sentence
and another one is of a despised and distrusted group, werewolves. 
They have negative credibility in the eyes of the wizard world. 
Dumbledore remains a strong defender, but he now has the enmity of the
Minster of Magic.  How independent is the wizard judiciary?  We might
find out.

Kristen:"There is no way they [Dumbledore, Sirius, and Remus Lupin]
would allow it [Harry being sent to Azkaban] to happen. If the risk
even came up, Dumbledore would send Harry away to a safe place."

THAT I agree with completely.  Sirius or Lupin might even take a page
out of Crouch's book and go there *as* Harry via Polyjuice Potion
(which someone ought to sell in six packs, the stuff gets used so much).

I also like your "Harry gets rescued from St. Mungo's" scenario. Who
is in on it is open to speculation, of course, but why not Arabella
Figg? She's going to be an interesting character, whatever she does.

Jim Ferer, who'd get a six pack of the George Clooney polyjuice for
the weekend.