Biggest suprise in Book 5 ?

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No: HPFGUIDX 59948

While many HPFans are trying to figure out who dies in Book 5, the big story may prove to be the one who is no longer an active part of the trio at the close of Book 5. As long as the original trio is intact, the other Griffendor characters will always be relegated to minor roles and will not have a chance to develop - particularly Neville or Ginny.I think that Hermione is the most likely candidate to leave the trio for the following reasons -

1) Hermione has once before left the conscious world of the actively living when she was petrified in CoS,
2) Hermione was also traveling in time during PoA when she was taking 2 classes at once as well as when she helped save Sirius, thus making her eventual return more explainable than Ron or Harry,
3) Hermione went to the Yule Ball with Viktor Krum, who is a favorite student of Karkaroff, the Death Eater who fled Voldemort. If she becomes further involved with Krum or is otherwise lured to Durmstrang, she may be imprisoned or otherwise placed in jeopardy while away from Hogwarts and her friends, 
4) Hermoine has become involved in Elf rights, and though elves may seem exploitable and weak, they can clearly harness significant power as Dobby demonstrated to Lucius Malfoy at the end of CoS. We have already heard about the emergence of a not so friendly and cuddly elf in Book 5, and we do not know what an elf under the influence is capable of, and
5) Hermione is named after the queen in Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale. In this play Hermione is assumed dead for 17 years and comes back to life after being preserved as a statue.
So although, there will be a death in Book 5, that death may not be what creates the biggest buzz in the Potter universe.
Thankfully, just 10 more days ..................... 

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