Ron to follow Voldemort?

[JoAnna]

No: HPFGUIDX 93057

Disclaimer:  I don't have access to my HP books at the moment (I'm 
at work), so quotes/plot points are from memory.  Please feel free 
correct me if I'm wrong with anything from the books.  :)

patchworkgirl82:
> > 5) None of the triad can die.  But something's gotta happen to 
> them.  
> > they just cant walk around triumphing over evil in every book.
> 

fauntine_80:
> Who says none of the trio can die???
> 

I have to agree with fauntine on this one.  I have a horrible 
suspicion that Ron will die in book 7 - more specifically, I believe 
he will sacrifice himself to save Harry and/or Hermione.  

This suspicion comes from two clues presented thus far in canon:

1.  Ron's new wand has a unicorn hair for a core.  Cedric's wand 
also had a unicorn hair.  In SS, one of the centaurs (Ronan?) says 
in reply to Hagrid's query about hurt/dead unicorns:  "Always the 
innocent are the first to die."  Cedric, an innocent, has already 
died.  Ron may be next.  (Yes, I originally read this at the 
Lexicon; thanks, Steve.)  :)

2.  In SS, when the trio are getting through McGonagall's giant 
chess set, Ron decides that he must be sacrificed to win the game.  
(He says something like, "Yes... it's the only way... I have to be 
taken.")  Harry and Hermione protest, and Ron says, "That's chess!  
Sometimes you have to make sacrifices!"  IMO, this means that Ron, 
at some point, will sacrifice himself to save Harry and/or Hermione 
so that Harry and/or Hermione can defeat Voldemort.  

I hope against hope that I'm wrong... but I think that Ron will be 
killed in Book 7, right before Harry's final confrontation with LV.  

patchworkgirl82:
> > p.s.  10 dollars says Neville's going to become a healer
> 

fauntine_80:
> I hadn't thought about that, but it makes for really good a really 
> good ending if he became a healer due to his parents' situation.  
> I like it!  He's good at Herbology too(possibly similar to Organic 
> Chemestry - major course for "muggle" doctors)

Perhaps, especially in light of Neville's frequent exposure to St. 
Mungo's while visiting his parents, but one would think that being 
adept at Potions would also be a qualifier for Healer training.  I 
can't remember if this was mentioned at all during the "Career 
Advice" chapter in OotP - I remember that Ron (or someone) was 
looking at a pamphlet, but I can't remember if the O.W.L./N.E.W.T. 
requirements for becoming a Healer were ever fully outlined.  

- JoAnna (who forgot to sign her name on her last post, sorry about 
that)  :)