Possession

[a_reader2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 90468

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Barry Arrowsmith 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
>(snip usual interesting analysis ... but you missed the bit about 
whether they really had girl's loos 1000 years ago; have not heard an 
adequate explanation of that one, and it must mean another/different 
entrance exists)
 
> Now for a  wild guess. Diary!Tom was destroyed when the diary was 
> destroyed.
> The spirit of Salazar Slytherin will be destroyed when a certain 
> something in the Chamber is destroyed.
> 
> Expect a big show-down under Hogwarts!
> 
> Kneasy

Carolyn:

Well, what else do you expect if you tickle a sleeping dragon ? Bet 
Dumbledore knows exactly what's down there..can't remember the name 
of the dragon under the Lonely Mountain (?Smorg?) but same archetype. 
However, this dragon is not necessarily evil, just a bit single-
minded in guarding its 'treasure'.

I can envisage a brisk and bloody battle taking place on Hogwart's 
boundaries, and we all think Tom/Voldy is trying to get in to get at 
Harry, but actually Tom's suddenly realised he has to get in to get 
to the dragon under Hogwart's first, and kill it, in order to finally 
vanquish his oldest and deepest foe, Dumbledore. 

Dumbledore knows all this too, but also knows that if the dragon is 
killed, not only will he die, but the source of Hogwart's magic will 
disappear forever...(the dragon is guarding some fount of ancient 
magic, rather than a pile of gold this time, and this is the real 
reason DD won't leave Hogwarts for long, even to be Minister of 
Magic; this immense and hugely powerful dragon is also the only 
magical creature tough enough to do battle with the basilisk which 
has been loose down there for the last 1000 years).

Needless to say, our trusty hero will be the only one who can 
possibly defend DD and Hogwarts against this dastardly threat, and he 
will obligingly leap into the fray at some inopportune moment. But in 
killing off Tom, DD knows that Harry may well kill off himself, 
because of the transfer of powers that happened at Godric's Hollow. 
There is also a good chance the dragon will kill them both anyway, it 
being pretty terrifying, and not very particular when its attacked.

So, another pesky moral dilemma for DD, to let Voldy live or die ?? 
What's the best thing for the WW ? For Harry ? For himself ? No 
wonder he thinks there are things worse than death.

Next creaky installment of this totally unsupported theory coming 
soon ...