The only one he ever feared?

[Eustace_Scrubb]

No: HPFGUIDX 117267


Becki wrote (in her sign-off):
> 
> "Becki (who bets a bundle that there was a prophecy about Voldys
> upcoming birth)"
> 

Then Kim commented:
> 
> You think you've read nearly all the clever ideas possible, and then
> someone comes up with another one!
> 
> It sure seems likely that a wizard of Dumbledore's wisdom, skill, 
> not to mention advanced age, would have somehow known that
Voldemort 
> would be on the way eventually.  Why not a prophecy about the Dark 
> Lord'sbirth, as Becki suggests?  Trelawney's prophecy about Harry's 
> birth (and defeat of Voldemort) was only one of many on the shelves 
> in the Dept. of Mysteries, wasn't it?  What's in all those other 
> prophecy balls (spheres?)?
> 

Now Eustace_Scrubb:
Well, of course there are a _lot_ fewer prophecy orbs than there were
before the sextet and the Death Eaters had their little get-together.

I wouldn't be surprised if there had been a prophecy foretelling the
rise of Voldemort.  And hasn't JKR said that we'd learn more about the
circumstances of Tom Riddle's birth at some point (Book 6? Book 7?)

It's always possible that we've _already_ heard part of this prophecy.
 Remember when Lucius Malfoy deflected Bellatrix' stupefy curse and it
broke two of the orbs.  Each released a wispy ghost-like figure which
spoke their prophecies and dissolved, and little could be heard of
them over the ruckus caused by the DEs.

But this is what we do know:
"...at the solstice will come a new...' said the figure of an old
bearded man.

"...and none will come after...' said the figure of a young woman.

Now we have no idea how the orbs are/were filed:  by seer's last name?
subject's name? recipient's (i.e., whoever _heard_ the prophecy)? 
Chronological order? The ones destroyed were about a foot to the left
of Harry and it appears the students were still right where they had
found the Dark Lord/?Harry Potter orb.  Perhaps there had been a
number of Dark Lord-related prophecies.  All filed under "Dark Lord"?
 Maybe _all_ evil overlords in the WW are called "Dark Lord" until
they're defeated?  

But let's just say it's possible one or both of those smashed
prophecies applied to Voldemort.  I've always read those fragments as
illustrations of how the orbs worked, so that we'd understand later
that when Neville dropped the DL/?HP orb and it smashed, the record of
the prophecy was gone for good.  Maybe in true JKR fashion, they're
more than that.  (Then again there was that Mark Evans thing a while
back that had me thinking...)

Cheers,

Eustace_Scrubb