the opening of Book 6

[Justine]

No: HPFGUIDX 100869

I have a silly idea that we're actually going to find out *exactly* 
what happened at Godric's Hollow on Hallowe'en 1981 in the opening 
chapter of the sixth book.  Why?  It just seems to fit.  The quote, 
from her official website, about it:

"I have come close to using a chapter very like this 
in 'Philosopher's Stone' (it was one of the discarded first 
chapters), 'Prisoner of Azkaban' and 'Order of the Phoenix' but 
here, finally, it works, so it's staying. And that's all I'm going 
to say, but when you read it, just know that it's been about 
thirteen years in the brewing."

We know, from a Christmas 2001 BBC special, that she wrote and 
discarded fifteen chapters of PS that simply gave too much away.  On 
her wesbite, she tells us that:

"There were many different versions of the first chapter 
of 'Philosopher's Stone'[...]The trouble with that chapter was (as 
so often in a Harry Potter book) I had to give a lot of information 
yet conceal even more. There were various versions of scenes in 
which you actually saw Voldemort entering Godric's Hollow and 
killing the Potters[...]"

PoA and OotP were quite obviously the books *most* connected to the 
MWPP era, and were therefore the most likely candidates for 
inclusion of a glimpse at the tragedy of Godric's Hollow.  However, 
it was probably still far too early.  But now, with only two books 
left...

My heart is in my throat.

Justine