Ruminations on "THE" Veil - a Speculative History

[kempermentor]

No: HPFGUIDX 127847


> bboyminn:
...what appears below is old old old news, as I've said it so many 
times before, but as long as I'm on the subject...
> 
> I have to believe something as bold and significant as the Veiled 
Archway has to have some larger role in the greater story. Many of us 
in discussion have speculated that in someway perhaps Harry will make 
a short trip beyond the veil to perform some act or learn some secret 
that will help him fulfill his hero's journey.
> 
> Perhaps, in the final battle Harry will drag Voldemort through the 
Veil where he will be dragged down to the depths of hell. Whereas 
Harry will meet his parents and Sirius who will tell him that it is 
not his time, and that he must return to the land of the living, 
which, though reluctant, Harry will do. This would tie in the many 
modern day references associating near-death experiences and the 
expression 'beyond the veil".

Kemper now:
Arch and Veil do seem significant, but here's my what if.  

Harry and Voldemort are dueling near the Arch.  Harry starts to hear 
the whispers though he can't make out what the say.  Voldemort, who 
has much more hands on experience with death both from watching and 
from killing, hears the voices as well.  But the voices he hears are 
much more clear, and because he has so much more death experience, 
the voices now have some form.  Form of shadow, but some forms in 
body.  While dueling, near the Arch, arms of shadow and arms of body 
reach out from just beyond the Veil, snatching Voldemort in an anti-
disapparating grip of death, draggin him back beyond the Veil.

But, as he's dragged to the otherside, will he be
a: terrified and numb
b: terrified and screaming
c: terrified and crying
d: other

Steve, you heard it here first.

Kemper