[HPforGrownups] Re: The Death of Book 5

[Kelly Grosskreutz]

No: HPFGUIDX 59308

>
> now for shinesse:
> "Always the innocent are the 1st victims," he said "So it has been
> for ages past, so it is now." Ronan Ch 15 SS/PS
>
> Though this quote is about the unicorn in SS/PS I feel this holds
> true for the rest of the series. With that being said I feel anyone
> of the innocent can die. JKR has certainly set us up for the
> unexpected before.
>
I agree with you, Ronan's quote did not concern just the unicorn.  But I
think we've already seen this quote come to fruition.  Frank Bryce, the
Muggles tortured at the QWC, Bertha Jorkins and, most notably, Cedric.  They
were all innocents, and they were all the first victims of Voldemort's
second coming.  I also don't think we've seen the last of anything having to
do with that unicorn scene in the forest, either.  Or the centaurs
themselves, for that matter.  One thing that haunts me about that scene is
when the centaur that's with Harry (name escapes me right now, no access to
book) talks about what happens to those who drinks unicorn's blood.  I have
the scary thought that this will come back to haunt us in a dreadful,
terrible way.  The image that came to my mind is Harry, lying at death's
door, unconscious.  One of his friends (Ron, for the sake of this, but not
necessarily him), is desperate to save him, and knows that only drinking the
blood of a unicorn will save Harry.  So he goes out and slays a unicorn and
brings the blood back for Harry to drink.  Harry is unconscious and
therefore has no idea he's drinking it.  I can almost see something like
this happening, and have wondered if Harry would be cursed in this case,
since it wouldn't have been his fault he'd drunk it.

Kelly Grosskreutz
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