OOP:Spoiler:The first prophecy that broke

[Michal]

No: HPFGUIDX 66871

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ezzleberry621" <ezzle at a...> 
wrote:

> My first reaction to the first prophecy that broke, was that it 
> referred to Dudley! Might be crazy, but here's why I thought that--
> 
> According to the HP Lexicon, Dudley's birthday is somewhere 
> around June 22nd. In my part of the world (America) & Harry's 
> too, the summer solstice is usually on June 21st, but every so 
> often, it falls on the 22nd. My birthday is June 21st, so when I 
> was a kid I was always so happy that my birthday was on the first 
> day of summer, which was also the last day of school in 
> northeastern US. I nearly had to be sedated...but I digress. 
> Anyhow, maybe the summer solstice fell on the 22nd in the year 
> of Dudley's birth.
> 
> Now I don't know what the words mean...
> "at the Solstice will come a new" (a new threat to the one who 
> will have the power to vanquish the Dark Lord?)
> 
> "none will come after" (literal: big D is an only child OR maybe 
> Dudley will be the only real threat to Harry ?)
> How big of a role will some or all of the Dursley's play in the 
next 
> two books? This theory sounds a bit crazy, but I immediately 
> thought of Dudley when I read about the "smashed prophecy", so 
> I thought I'd throw it out there.
> 
> Erin

Don't forget, though, that the lines "at the solstice will come a 
new..." and "none will come after..." were from two *different* 
smashed prophecies. They could both still refer to the same person 
(Dudley, if you must), especially since they were next to each other 
on a shelf, and also near Harry's prophecy. But yeah, they were two 
different prophecies: One given by an old man, and one by a young 
woman.

-Michal