Undercover Percy

[n_longbottom01]

No: HPFGUIDX 80954

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "klaustininia" <kaustin at d...> 
wrote:
> My theory is that Percy is deeply undercover as a spy for 
Dumbledore and his parents don't know.
> 
> 1.  Someone let Dumbledore know that Harry's trail time was 
changed. It may have been Percy.
> 
> 2.  The letter was worded strangely.  Percy may have been trying to 
let Ron know what was going on but had to be careful how he put his 
words.
> 
> 3.  Percy left before Dumbledore stunned the Aurors,Fudge and 
Umbridge.  He may have left to help in the means of Dumbledore's 
escape.
> 
> 4.  Percy is in a position where he could easily pass information 
since Fudge thinks Percy is 100% loyal to him.
> 
> Until proven otherwise I think Percy the undercover spy is a very 
likely possibility.
> 
> "Klaustininia"

now me, n_longbottom01:

I like the evidence you present, especially #1 and #3.  I really want 
to believe this theory, and it's nice to at least have a little 
circumstantial evidence pin my hopes to.  I want to believe it, 
because Percy is a Weasley, and I hate to see a Weasley go so far 
wrong.

On my first, and second read through of OotP, it didn't strike me 
that Percy was acting out of character in anything that he said or 
did.  I am still 90% convinced that Percy made the decision on his 
own to place his career above everything else, and that decision lead 
him to sever ties with his family, and to send that letter to Ron.  I 
was thinking that something would happen in book 6 or 7 that would 
cause him to see that he's been a fool.

If the Undercover Percy theory is correct, though, maybe Percy 
already came to the realization that he had been a fool at the end of 
GoF, when the truth came out about Barty Jr.  He might have realized 
that his ambition was blinding him at that time, and then been 
approached by Dumbledore to do some spying.  In order to get in good 
with the MoM he would have to appear to head further down his path of 
foolish ambition, but in reality, he's only playing a role, and his 
heart is in the right place.

n_longbottom01