Snape's Patronus (was: Patronus)

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> Carol wrote:
I wonder (in contrast to my previous bitter speculations on Harry or
Wormtail using Snape's own spell to kill him) whether Snape's Patronus
will tell Harry that Snape is not evil after all.

<leslie41 at y...> wrote:
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> And of course JKR would be revealing too much to say what it is.  
> Again, we assume he has one because it seems to be a necessary part
> of being in the order, and I would assume that Dumbledore knows what 
> it is as well.
> 
> My guess?  A phoenix. 

What if Harry is visited by a mysterious patronus, something he might 
trust, like a phoenix (or something that was, perhaps, similar to what 
he finds out was Lily's patronus).  The patronus somehow leads him 
toward/gives him information on finding the remaining 
horcruxes...later to find out that the person with this patronus was 
Snape.  My guess is also a phoenix, particularly because of that 
healing incantation he did on Draco that sounded almost like song.

Cheryl