What's in the locked room?

[jmjklj]

No: HPFGUIDX 89132

>  I speculate that Harry will have to pass through The Veil in 
order 
> to defeat Voldemort, and that because he did this willingly, he 
> will be allowed a choice: either to "go on" as Nick put it, or to 
> return at a price. I think he will return, emerging from the 
locked 
> door, at the cost of his powers.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Pippin


Oh I hope not!  For the first five books, the magical world has been 
Harry's only true "home", a place where he truly belongs.  If he 
lost his powers, he would no longer really fit in and he'd be "squib-
like".  Granted, he'd be the ultimate hero, having given up what he 
valued for the sake of all wizard-kind and the magical world in 
general.

Some have speculated that maybe at the end of the series that all 
discrimination in the magical world would end, and there may be an 
open relationship with muggles!  If Harry was "lowered" to squib-
like existence in a new world where muggles and the magical world 
coexisted, that wouldn't be as dramatic.  I would hate to see 
muggles and the magical community united.  That is purely selfish, 
given it's awfully nice to leave the "real world" for a quick jaunt 
to the Potterverse! <g>

Honestly, I think I'd rather see Harry die than lose his powers.  I 
can't believe I'm writing those words.  I dread that fact that I 
deep down think that Harry will die.  But that would be better  than 
Harry living without his powers.   How could Harry live without his 
Firebolt?

-ktg