Dumbledore`s silver instrument / Two snakes

[Susan Smith]

No: HPFGUIDX 68262

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "stlcole" <cole.bitting at a...> 
wrote:
WHAT I BELIEVE <SNIP>  So what is the snake that is show divided into 
two? Is it the original Slytherin? Could it be Slytherin's ancestral 
archetype, a meta-slytherin so to say? Could Voldemort get his powers 
from 'channelling' Slytherin? Could Harry now potentially channel 
too? Could the same magic that prevents Harry from being possessed by 
Voldemort allow him to control the spirit of Voldemort?

"stlcole"

<Atropos G.>Just a wierd notion that came to me-what if in addition 
to the two snakes confirming that Harry and Voldemort were still 
separate entities it was also foreshadowing the upcoming dvision in 
Slytherin House?  Recall the sorting hat's new song spoke of the need 
for all houses to join together.  Well-I do not think that Draco 
Malfoy, Crabbe, Goyle, Avery, Nott and others (youngsters at Hogwarts 
in Slytherin) will forget their DE parents were sent to Azkaban by 
Dumbledore and his little army.  

But, I recall that somewhere in OOP, Harry is told not all wizards 
are good or bad (sorry cannot recall canon-I am sure someone will 
speak up).  I, therefore, look for book 6 to start showing us a 
Slytherin divide.  Students named in passing like Zabini, Flint 
(maybe), Bole, Derrick, Bulstrode(maybe) may not relish Voldemort's 
return and could be convinced to join forces with the side of the 
Order of the Phoenix.

Wishful thinking-yes-but I hope true-otherwise how will we ever get 
all of the houses joined in the fight? 

Oh yeah-a long shot the other way!  What if based on the hat's song 
and predictions, Draco begins to suspect that Snape is the Slytherin 
that is joining with the other houses.  What if Draco gets nosy, 
learns too much and turns him over to Voldemort?

Atropos G. (who threw the last in to play devil's advocate)