Opening of Book 6 - Theories, Anyone?

[dungrollin]

No: HPFGUIDX 114296


> > Dungrollin apologies for a thoroughly insincere post. :)
> 
> Annemehr again:
> Silly!  Why be so moderate?  Let's have Peril and Explanations at 
> both ends!

Dungrollin: Foolish me...

> Actually, now that I think of it (better late than never), we 
> already had this sort of thing in the beginning of OoP: Dementor 
> attack in Little Whinging, Harry whisked off at Dumbledore's 
> behest and given info by Sirius, and trouble with the Law 
> including a hearing where he very nearly *didn't* get off. 

Dungrollin: True enough.

> So tell me, did you peruse the last 80% of that book feeling smug 
> and picking up details?  Because, truth be told, I spent it 
> thinking "Eh? What just happened here?"  :))

Dungrollin:
Hoist by my own wossername! No, I read it as fast as I could to get 
to the end so I could start breathing again...
:P
Ok then, how about this: 
Voldemort knows that Harry's safe from everyone including him when 
he's at number four, because that's where his mother's blood dwells. 
However, is anyone protecting Petunia and Dudley?  It would seem 
obvious that if the only thing protecting Harry at No.4 is that 
Petunia (and possibly Dudley) live there (and this protection 
appears to cover only Harry), then would try to make them stop 
living (there), and he could surely do that with a minimum of fuss.

So, Petunia and/or Dudley will be attacked/kidnapped/killed, and 
Vernon throws a massive wobbly and chucks Harry out.
Any takers?

Dungrollin

PS (gloomily) Actually, in all of the books something exciting has 
happened before he gets to Hogwarts on September 1st.  PS - loads of 
stuff, CoS - Dobby and the flying ford anglia, PoA - the Grimm and 
the Knight bus, GoF - all that kerfuffle at the QWC...

"Oh can't I have just a little bit of peril?"
"No.  It's too perilous."
- MP&THG.