The Second Prophecy

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No: HPFGUIDX 117974


kneasy:
The "chained these twelve years" - strictly speaking Peter hasn't been
chained at all; he could have slipped away from the Burrow or Hogwarts
any time he liked. Unless there's been something going on we don't 
know
about, he's been in a sort of voluntary exile, in hiding. (Though I
might have an idea about that - watch this space. Contradictory? You
bet. But for the moment I'm arguing a different case.)

adi here:
  Remember the prophecy was delivered by Sybil Trelawney. The 
conventional thinking at the time was that Sirius was the servant of 
Voldemort, so when she had the intimation of the future she described 
the servant in terms refering to Sirius. But it turns out to be that 
the servant of Voldemort did escape but he was not Sirius. This makes 
the delivery of prophecies interesting. I think even though they are 
delivered in a fit of impulse they are also clouded by the seer's 
present day knowledge. If this premise is true, it could prove to be 
interesting development in the theory of prophecies that the fandom 
has so lustily developed.