My *One* Most Rock-Solid OoP Prediction

[Rehan Shamim]

No: HPFGUIDX 60260

OK everybody, I am coming out of the Land of the Lurkers to offer my 
one Rock-Solid prediction for OoP.  The only problem is that I'm 99% 
sure it won't happen.  I'm choosing it as my Rock-Solid prediction 
because I have nothing to lose.  If it turns out to be true, I will 
be shocked.  But hey, it's all in the name of fun anyway, right?  
*Grins nervously*

My prediction is that the Order of the Phoenix is a group of 
wizards.  BUT, the order is comprised solely of Dark Wizards (mostly 
Death Eaters), and Voldemort is the head of this order.

How does one gain membership into the Order of the Phoenix?  Quite 
simply, they must rise from the dead.  We have already seen 
Voldemort do so, in the Graveyard scene of GoF.  Technically, 
Voldemort was not dead, but for the sake of my argument I am 
proposing that in his Ugly-Baby form he was as good as dead.  He 
needed Pettigrew to take care of him, and it was pretty clear that 
he was unable to survive on his own.  

How does JKR describe Fawkes in CoS just before his rebirth?  Fawkes 
was a "decrepit-looking bird that resembled a half-plucked turkey." 
(CoS, Chapter 12, Page 206 US Edition).  Similarly, just before 
Voldemort's rebirth, JKR describes him as "hairless and scaly-
looking, a dark, raw, reddish black.  It's arms and legs were thin 
and feeble, and its face...flat and snakelike...The thing seemed 
almost helpless." (GoF, Chapter 32, Pages 640-641 US Edition)  There 
are some similarities between the descriptions of Fawkes and 
Voldemort, noticeably the lack of feathers/hair and the appearance 
of being very weak.  Yet, both Fawkes and Voldemort rise from this 
weakened state to a new, powerfully-magical body.

I think that Voldemort will find the bodies of all the Death Eaters 
who died in his service 14 years ago.  After all, these are, in his 
estimation, the most loyal servants he had, and he will want them 
back in his army.  He will convert the bodies of Rosier, Wilkes, and 
whichever other DEs into their Ugly-Baby forms.  Then, he'll put the 
Ugly-Babies into a potion like the one he made for himself, using 
the bones of their fathers, the blood of an enemy, and the flesh of 
a servant (not sure exactly who the servant would be - maybe the DEs 
have some sort of hierarchy system?).  This will resurrect them from 
their own ashes (their own bodies), bringing them back to life as 
members of the Order of the Phoenix.

Dumbledore does say that "no spell can reawaken the dead," (GoF, 
Chapter 36, Page 697 US Edition) but as any L.O.O.N. will tell you, 
the method Voldemort used is NOT a spell.  He describes it himself 
as "an old piece of Dark Magic, the POTION (my emphasis) that 
revived me tonight." (GoF, Chapter 33, Page 656)  Since it is 
an "old" piece of Dark Magic, it seems unlikely that it was created 
for the sole purpose of restoring someone who was existing in 
Vapor/Ugly-Baby form to his body.  More likely, it was a potion used 
to resurrect the dead.

So there you go.  There's my crazy prediction.  Besides the obvious 
implications of bringing dead DEs back to life, Harry will also have 
to fight the urge to bring back his parents using this method.  He 
can do what is easy (give in and embrace this Dark Art so he can be 
with his parents) or what is right (accept that his commitment to 
the Forces of Good means that he has no way of seeing his parents 
alive).  This second part is more of a corollary to the main 
prediction than part of the prediction itself.  Let me know what you 
all think; I look forward to discussing it for about 7-8 days!

Rehan