Book 7 predictions

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 98309

> Del replies :
>> That's precisely what's bothering me. Is there a practical 
reason  for Harry's Patronus to be James's Animagus form, or is 
it all just  some kind of mystical mystery ? I guess we would 
need to know more  about Patroni and Animagi to answer that 
question, though. And I'd like to point out that Harry himself didn't 
know how  peculiar his Patronus was, until DD told him about 
James's Animagus  form. He could have lived all his life without 
knowing the  relationship between his Patronus and his 
father.<<

Pippin:
Er, I hate to give a slap-yourself-on-the-forehead answer, but 
Harry lived with his parents for a year. Couldn't James 
have taken stag form to amuse his infant son? 

 We know that Harry's earliest memories often surface in his 
dreams...the green flash, Voldemort's laughter, the flying 
motorcycle. Well, remember the dream Harry has right after he 
first conjures his corporeal patronus?

****
He had a very strange dream. He was walking through a forest, 
his Firebolt over his shoulder, following something silvery-white.  
It was winding its way through the trees ahead, and he could 
only catch glimpses of it through the leaves. Anxious to catch up 
with it, he sped up, but as he moved  faster, so did his quarry. 
Harry broke into a run, and ahead he heard hooves gathering 
speed. Now he was running flat out, and ahead he could hear 
galloping. Then he turned a corner into a clearing and-- 
**** 
PoA ch 13

> Del replies [on the subject of whether Harry is compassionate] 
:
> I agree. But I don't think that's just compassion. It's bravery, 
 courage, self-assurance, recklessness, whatever you want, and  
usually based on compassionate feelings, but it's not 
exceptional  compassion. Most of us, I would think, would have 
the same impulse  to run and help when someone needs help. 
But the difference with  Harry is that most of the time, we stop 
ourselves for following our  impulse. There can be many 
reasons we do so :  <snip snip>. But he doesn't do so 
 because he's any more compassionate or loving that most of 
us. <<

Pippin:
Ah...but you're judging Harry by his abilities, aren't you? <g> He 
doesn't have the ability to feel more compassion than most 
people, therefore he isn't more compassionate than most 
people. But his choices, as you say yourself, *are* more 
compassionate than most peoples'. He chooses, time and 
again, to put himself in danger for the sake of others, when most 
of us would not. And Dumbledore, who thinks it is our choices 
that show what we are, considers him to be an extraordinarily 
compassionate young man.

Pippin