Trelawney as Voldemort's Next Target?

[antoshachekhonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 97175

I was listening to the Battle in the DoM scene at the end of OotP with my younger daughter 
last night (sheesh, nice way to get her ready for sleep, huh? Good thing she's already had 
it read to her twice), and a horrible thought occurred to me: aside from the globe, which is 
now broken, Dumbledore, who has been unasailable, and possibly Harry himself, though 
his mind didn't show any signs of it when LV last peaked in, Lord Thingy has one source of 
information regarding the prophecy he seems so obsessed with learning--Sybill Trelawney 
herself.

Now, we know (based on her *second* prophecy, at Harry's Divination final in PoA) that 
she doesn't remember her true prophecies. But LV wouldn't necessarily know that. Or 
might believe that a little properly placed Legilimancy would pry the information out of her 
unconscious mind.

This would explain why the heck DD's kept Sybill around, when she's such a terrible 
teacher (I think Ron'll be taking the class over any day ;-D  ). It also explains why he made 
so certain she didn't have to leave the castle when Umbridge sacked her.

I therefore think it entirely possible that Trelawney's abduction (or an attempt thereof) is 
going to figure as a large plot-thread in one of the remaining books....

Usual disclaimer: I tried to do a search on the Yahoo group search engine (which is... um... 
not very effective) and didn't find anyone who had raised this point. If I'm going over old 
ground, my apologies.

Antosha, who almost feels sorry for Sybill