Harry's shortest stay at Privet Drive - Birthday Party

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 93381

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "suehpfan" <stanleys at s...> wrote:

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> Sue Here:
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> ...edited...
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> As far as leaving Privet Dr., I think Harry will leave on his own 
> accord either to protect the Dursleys or because the Order need him 
> for something.
> 
> Sue

bboy_mn:

I'm going to chime in here with one of my favorite predictions. I have
no evidence that this will occur but it is what I want to occur.

The Birthday Party Theory-
I think Harry, Ron, and Hermione will get an invitation to Neville's
Birthday party. Since Harry was born at the end of July, we can assume
Neville was born at least a few days before him.

Since Harry would have to go, or at least, would want to go into the
wizard world to buy Neville a present, he would arrange to meet Ron
and Hermione in Diagon Alley to do some shopping. Now, on the day of
the party, Harry would have to travel into the magic world to get to
Neville Grandmother's house, or at least use magical mean of travel to
get there. As long as he is already in the magical world and away from
Privet Drive, he will just stay there and spend the rest of the
holiday with Ron. That could mean either 12 Grimmauld Place or the
Burrow, or both.

So, why would I want such a thing?

Because I want Harry, Ron, and Hermione to set Grandma Longbottom
straight when she starts ragging on Neville, and complaining about how
inadequate he is. That really irritates me, so I think it's high time
someone put that woman in her place. I seriously doubt that Neville
talks to Gran very much about what goes on at school. Seems a
reasonable assumption since he doesn't talk much about himself with
anyone.

Time for a long overdue wake-up call for Gran, and this would create
the perfect situation for it to happen, and would create the perfect
situation for Gran to shoot her mouth off, and tell us more about
Neville and his family life. Might even be a good opportunity to meet
Uncle Algie.

I know I'm not alone in being a supporter of this Birthday Party idea,
I've read posts from other people saying the same thing. 

So, mark my words ...book SIX ...birthday party. You heard it here first.

bboy_mn