My *One* Most Rock-Solid OoP Prediction

[vivamus42]

No: HPFGUIDX 59814

Okay.   One most rock-solid prediction.  Let's see, it's making *one* 
that is hardest.   Some, like Arabella Figg as DADA and Harry's Secret 
Keeper, Ron as Gryffindor Keeper, and Hagrid going to the Giants are 
too obvious.

Ahh, I know.  I made this prediction last year on another list, but I 
haven't seen it in here yet (but I haven't read everything, by far.)  
It's actually an entire chain of predictions, but they all hang 
together.   And I think the rock it is solid on is more like ice in a 
spring thaw, but it's too interesting not to mention.  Anyway, here 
goes . . .

We will see St. Mungo's as Neville goes to visit his his parents there 
(and by the way we will see Lockhart there, and learn more about why 
he was a nasty climber, but he's coming out as a better person this 
time.)  In the visit, we'll find out that Neville's memory is bad 
because he can't bear the memories of seeing his parents suffering, 
and his grandmother charms his memory so he won't remember it at 
school.  

Somehow (perhaps as a result of an encounter with Lockhart) the memory 
charms aren't placed this time, or break, or stop working because of 
Lockharts anti-forgetfulness treatment.   So Neville returns to school 
knowing, for the first time, his parents condition.  He leaves school 
with Ginny Weasley on some kind of quest to help his parents -- 
perhaps their suffering will go away if the ones who placed the curses 
on them were to die.  

In the course of the book, Neville will save his parents, who will be 
freed from their curse, but Neville will die, either in the process of 
saving his parents, or in the process of saving Harry.   If Neville 
lives, he will of course no longer be an almost-squib.  If he dies, 
his death will be the "horrible death."

To be even more specific, I think the Neville/Ginny team will be 
successful in saving Neville's parents, and that will open a whole new 
world of ability and happiness for Neville.  When Neville dies saving 
Harry's life (or maybe Ginny's) at the end, it will be all the more 
horrible for all that Neville suffered, only to be struck down by 
Voldemort in the end.

Ginny will have been dating Neville through most of OotP, and their 
relationship will finally break the little-girl-crush pattern of her 
relationship with Harry, and Neville's death (I think saving Harry's 
life with Ginny's assistance) will pave the way for Harry and Ginny in 
a future book.

Vivamus