Who is the HBP?

[causley_cottage]

No: HPFGUIDX 103511

A few theories

Almost a wild guess, but I'm going for Dudley Dursley. A couple of 
reasons. 

Other than the royal connotation, a prince is a pampered and spoilt 
little boy. Dudley certainly fits the bill there.

I don't think Petunia Dursley is as pure muggleish as she makes out. 
Her explanation for knowing about the dementors was highly 
unconvincing. This is the real longshot could her and Lily possibly 
be related to moaning Myrtle? The highly tenuous links are that they 
are both muggleborn and all 3 of them have floral names. Could Lily 
and Petunias mother/ father have been a half-blood squib and cousin 
of myrtle or something? Not exactly convincing, but I did say it was 
a longshot. 

Another possibility is Mark Evans, who if 10 at the beginning of OOP 
would be just right to start at Hogwarts at the beginning of HBP if 
he does indeed turn out to be a wizard.

As it was an alternative title for COS, but JKR didn't want to 
include the associated information at that point in the series, it 
could well be that the HBP is a character introduced in that book, in 
which case I would put my money, either on Colin Creevey, or Justin 
Finch-Fletchley who certainly sounded upper class.

Just some thoughts.

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