Trelawney

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No: HPFGUIDX 110540

If this is an old theory excuse my not crediting earlier posts.

I re-read OotP and it occurred to me that Sybil Trelawney's very 
near ousting from Hogwarts by Umbridge was an ideal way to put 
Trelawney out into the world so that LV or the DE's could get their 
hands on her. With the prophecy unavailable or (as it is now) 
smashed, why not go straight to the horse's mouth? - might require 
some memory interrogation magic (veritaserum?) since Sybil probably 
isn't even aware of the prediction's precise wording herself - any 
more than she was/is about the Pettigrew prediction made in PoA.

I believe that this is why DD took her on and defends her despite 
not rating her as a teacher - to keep her safe from LV.

Umbridge's part in this, and her allegiance to Fudge just adds 
weight to my own view (I do not doubt not unique) that Cornelius is 
either under the imperius curse (Lucius Malfoy?) or else genuinely 
ESE of his own accord - there's been so much evidence of this - he 
isn't simply bumbling or trying to hang on to power.