Ok I'll have one of those LOLLIPOPS - Snape the Unicorn.

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 138625

Many moons ago I rhetorically asked the group to tell me why Snapes
Patronus would be a Unicorn. The notion struck me quite alarmingly
like thunder whilst I was reading some mythology for a HBP
prediction I was working on at the time. I'm rather ashamed that I
only halfheartedly pursued the line of questioning, because if I had
put a decent effort into it, I might have realised that the Unicorn
would be unfairly entrapped by a virginal (white and golden) princess
holding a silver apple, and been able to predict it accurately in
Tigers challenge, I could have told you that the Unicorn cared for and
guarded children. In short if I had done half the job right, many of
us here might have been able to predict Snapes moves with startling
accuracy.

But enough of the would have could haves.. Snapes Patronus hasn't been
revealed yet, so we could still make a big impact on the next round.
This time I *will* do my homework. :D

Snape has a Unicorn Patronus. This much is certain to me. But what
else can this mean.

Well the legend of Ki'lin (Chinese Unicorn) fortelling the birth of
Confucius says that the Unicorn comes to foretell the birth of wise
and great men, Ki'lin came to Confucius' mother and gave her a piece
of Jade from his mouth, she knew that his appearance was an omen of
good. She tied her ribbon around his horn.

This Ki'lin was caught by hunters many years later still with the
ribbon tied around his horn. Confucious wept over the dead Ki'lin
knowing that it was a bad omen and that in the ribbon was his past.

This may be echoed in Hp with a story of Lily and Snape.
Snape is the one who had overheard the prophecy, and it was he who
told Dumbledore and the OOtP of LV's intent to kill Harry Potter. This
seems to sit well with the legend of our unicorn coming as an omen of
a birth.

The things we would be yet to see, however, are Lily's token given to
the Unicorn, Harry would most likely look upon this after Snape has
died and realise that it belonged to his mother, and the piece of
Jade, which could actually have something to do with Lily's eyes. It
could be that it was those eyes that made Harry and Lily , LV's
target. Jade is symbolic of Royalty, so what exactly did the Prince
give to beautiful Lily to signify the birth of her special child?


Unicorns in HP according to Hagrid, prefer the touch of the ladies
*giggle* but while they're young they are less wary of the males.

According to  variety of legends they are solitary, gentle (usually)
and especially concerned with protecting innocents, but also very
fierce, pliny's account holds them to have a deep bellowing voice,
they are held to be swift and accurate (and even merciless)in battle. 
Finally the horn of the Unicorn is said to be able to neutralise poison. 

Now wheres that Lollipop.. I'll just hold it, not sure I'll find it
quite that delicious.

Valky