Trelawney: Squib or Not?

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 101452

> I don't think it matter much whether Trelawney is all that 
magical.  I 
> believe that the only reason she was hired is that she is 
the /unprotected/ 
> repository of the Prophecy.  The material prophecy (that is, the 
ball) is protected in 
> the Ministry.  Dumbledore would never let the secret out.  Ahhh, 
but 
> Trelawney; she's the weak link here.  I think DD wanted her at 
Hogwarts and protected, 
> so that LV or his minions couldn't Crucio the Prophecy out of her.
>   And, then in, OoP, there's this, when Trelawny says that she'll 
leave, 
> after Umbridge dismisses her:
> "'No,' said Dumbledore sharply.  'It is my wish that you remain, 
Sibyll.'"
>   I think that clinches it.  While DD is indeed a kind man, I 
think his 
> greatest motivation in hanging onto Sibyll was keeping that 
prophecy safely inside 
> her, inside the castle.

> Ba, certain in her belief that all this has been said before and 
that she 
> just couldn't find it on Yahoomort

Actually, IIRC, Trelawny doesn't remember the prohecies she makes. I 
am pretty sure that in PoA she can't recall predicting that the Dark 
Lord will rise again (don't have my books on hand, can't quote the 
cannon). She probably also wouldn't have remebered the "one with the 
power to vanquish the Dark Lord" prophecy either, and while 
Crucioing her might be fun for LV, I am not sure he'd get anything 
useful out of her (this is different from breaking memory charms, I 
think). IMHO, Trelwany is at the school in case she makes another 
prediction. She's made two correct ones so far, and they both have 
had massively important consequences for the WW. DD, or someone 
loyal to him (like McGonagall) is now in a perfect place to hear any 
new important info. Just two knuts...

Meri