Book 6 Predictions

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Laura Bainham 
<snapesangel2002 at y...> wrote:
> Hey Everyone,
> I'm starting to feel that familiar impatience I got whilst waiting 
for OotP, so to help fill the wait for book 6 I thought I'd come up 
with some predictions. I'm no Cassandra Trelawney so feel free to 
shoot down my guesses or add your own. Here goes...OotP spoilers 
mind!
>  

I agree about the impatience! I'm finding that I'm frequently 
checking www.the-leaky-cauldron.org for news about book 6. Nothing 
yet...

> #1: Harry fails to get 'Outstanding' in his Potion's OWL, but gets 
into NEWT Potions anyway thanks to a new, more understanding Potions 
Master or Mistress (Tonks perhaps? She must be good at Potions 
seeing as she's an Auror and all).
>  

I think I agree with Mo, that he'll do well on his potions OWL. He 
was making some pretty good potions at the end of book 5, when he 
put his mind to it.

> #2: Snape on the other hand is finally given the DADA job, as DD 
accepts that Snape won't let it "bring out the worst in him", and 
pupils are v. behind anyway so they need someone highly skilled (I 
always assumed he would get the job towards the end of the series 
ever since we were first told he wants it, and especially since 
Umbridge inspected his class).
>  

There have been conversations about the DADA position. Every one has 
been a new character to the story, so far. Also Harry has met, in 
some way (whether he was aware of it or not), every single one 
before the start of term. So I think we'll meet someone new early in 
book 6 who will turn out to be the teacher. Poor Snape. Passed over 
again.

> #3: Harry resumes Occlumency lessons, whether with Snape or DD I'm 
not sure, but it's more important than ever that Harry learns to 
block LV from his mind, esp. since that vision of Sirius. Although 
LV must know Harry mightn't fall for other visions again, we know 
it's possible for LV to get information through Harry. *If 
Dumbledore does teach Harry Occlumency, it would be a great 
opportunity to learn more about DD, who we know surprisingly little 
about. Which brings me to my next prediction...
>  

I agree. I kinda hope he continues with Snape, but wouldn't be 
surprised if it's DD. Maybe Lupin steps in for special lessons? At 
the Shrieking Shack?

> #4: DD will be killed in the fight against LV after we've found 
out more about his background. Last time we found out a lot about 
someones history was with Sirius, and he was killed off <sob>. Maybe 
the same will happen with DD? That would leave the Order in some 
trouble for book 7!
>  

I agree with Mo again. DD will probably be around at least until the 
end. He's the one who keeps the mystery unfurling through the series.

> #5: We will find out about Hogwart's staff's spouses. As JK said, 
a few of them have had spouses, information which is "sort of 
restricted", and I'm betting we'll discover that DD had a muggle 
wife years ago but outlived her. Also, maybe Snape fell for and even 
married a muggle female, but she was murdered post-Voldemort when 
Deatheaters were still murdering muggles. Is this part of the story 
he told DD for him to trust him?
>  

I have such a hard time picturing Snape married! Yikes! But maybe he 
was a better person before and something horrible that happened to 
his wife is what has helped make him so obstinately bitter now. We 
don't know that he was complete jerk before. Only that he was in 
regards to James and Co., and frankly, he had good reason. DD with a 
muggle wife I can picture.

> #6: Harry discovers the average wizard's lifespan at last.
>  

Cute!

> #7: Ron finally kisses Hermione!

I can see it. If they get together and then break up, it's going to 
be hard on the dynamics between the threesome. 

>  
> #8: Deatheaters inevitably breakout of Azkaban and rejoin LV. 
Lucius Malfoy leads a wave of muggle torture and murder, the 
beginnings of which Harry hears about on the news at Privet Drive 
before the new school year (I'm sure I read somewhere JK said 
muggles would notice more happenings in the next book).
>  

I can see this too. I'm not convinced they'll break out as early as 
Privet Drive, but I can believe they'll be out in book 6.

> #9: This is the last straw for Fudge, and he resigns as MoM before 
he's sacked for not acknowledging LV's return in the first place. 
He's surprised when DD refuses to take the job as MoM, but he can't 
leave Hogwarts as Voldemort would jump at the chance to control the 
school with DD gone. Instead Arthur Weasley is surprisingly voted in!
>  

I would be surprised if Arthur Weasley was voted in! Otherwise, I 
don't have much feel for what Fudge is going to do.

> #10: In the annual end-of-term showdown with LV, Harry comes face 
to face with Snape (being the spy of course), whom he must trust in 
order to escape. Harry's Occlumency skills will come in handy here 
too, so as not to reveal Snape's true loyalty.
>  

This would be very cool, in my opinion. I'm convinced he's a double-
agent and it would be a very interesting way to reveal this to the 
readers.

> So there you have it, ten perhaps far-fetched predictions for book 
6! Sorry if they've come up before, I haven't had a chance to read 
all the posts. So what do you think? Any other ideas?
>  

I'm also leaning towards the speculation made by others that there 
will be an attack at Hogwarts itself, possibly in book 6. There's 
gotta be a bigger role that Marauder's Map is going to play, beyond 
a tool to help students into mischief.

A thought occurred to me about book 7 -- I wonder if the final 
showdown between Harry and LV will take place at Privet Drive? DD 
said something that jumped out at me in book 5, during his regular, 
end-of-book "debriefing" of Harry. He admitted that all the charms 
and spells he could have put on Harry could not have guaranteed his 
protection. To quote, "I knew that even my most complex and powerful 
protective spells and charms were unlikely to be invincible if he 
[LV] ever returned to full power." 

But he made it clear that Voldemort can't hurt him at his aunt and 
uncle's house, as long as he can call it home. "While you can still 
call home the place where your mother's blood dwells, there you 
cannot be touched or harmed by Voldemort." This isn't anything new. 
We've heard DD say it before. But that's what also caught me -- the 
repetition of that piece of information.

I doubt LV knows this, so wouldn't it be cool for the OotP or Harry 
himself to lure him there?

Ellen