ST's 2nd Prediction and the 2nd War (was New Minister for Magic)

[celletiger]

No: HPFGUIDX 96573

Jim Ferer wrote: 
>The DE's must feel a pressing need to attack Hogwarts. They can't
>allow Dumbledore and Harry to exist in a secure base, free to plan 
>and launch attacks on Voldemort and whoever remains or manages to 
>rejoin him.
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>We both seem be close to agreeing that the DE's will attack in a 
>much more direct way than they have before.  I think the DE's will 
>go right after the source of all their troubles. (and I don't mean 
Voldemort)
Jim Ferer

Celletiger's first post: 
The scene in POA which Trelawny predicts the Dark Lord will rise 
again more terrible than before, is always super frightening to me.

My question in relevance to the above post is this: Can Voldy War II 
*really* be as bad as that prediction sounded?  I'm just not 
convinced.  Perhaps because HP's multiple escapes, it seems 
redundant that Harry will come up against Lord Thingy and beat him 
again in HP6 and again in HP7.  

I just finished OOP again and I was intrigued by the fact that Harry 
and the gang, while certainly getting taken out one-by-one by the 
DEs were holding their own with simple things like hiding under 
desks, locking doors, and shouting an occasional "Stupefy!"  Then 
the Order emphatically enters the Death Chamber and are dueling like 
mad with the DEs - wands and spells whipping around everywhere, so 
fast Harry can hardly see what the heck's going on. I wonder what 
kind of spells they were using?  Then DD throws out the lasso and 
the action is over.  

It seems that if that awesome prediction were to come true, DD has 
to be killed, there needs to be more backstabbing and spying within 
the Order, students need to be killed, just more all around 
nastiness -at Hogwarts.  

I want to be as excited/frightened as I was for that prediction, I 
want it to come true, and in the end, I do want Harry to beat Tom 
Riddle.

celletiger