HBP prediction contest

[arielock2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 132489

Compulsory Questions:

1.  Who will be the most major character to die?
       Cho or Trelawney

2.  Who is the Half-Blood Prince?
     Godric Gryffindor

3.  What is Lily's big secret?
     a) she was a metamorphmagus.
     b) she was a DADA teacher.  Her death spawned the "no one has lasted more than a 
year" rumor.

4.  Who will be the new DADA teacher?
     Someone we haven't met yet.  DD will teach it in the last book.

5.  With whom will Harry have a romantic relationship?
     Hannah Abbott.  I suspect he will wind up with Ginny in the end, but they will only 
become close friends this year.
       
6.  Who will be the new Minister of Magic?
        Amelia Bones

7.  What is that bowl-thing on the green U.S. HBP cover?
        Salazar Slytherin's pensive

8.  Will Harry take Advanced Potions?
     of course, as will Hermione and Draco.     

9.  Will Neville take Advanced Potions?
     Not this year.
       
10.  How many OWLs did Harry get?
     All that he attempted
       

Five Predictions:

1.  Hermione will be allowed to apparate (outside the Hogwarts grounds obviously) as 
soon as she turns 17 (a few weeks into the semester).  Both Harry and Ron will be jealous.

2.  Harry is going back into the Chamber of Secrets, possibly with DD and Fawkes.

3.  We will return to Knockturn Alley.

4. Fred and George make quite a bit of money at their joke shop.

5.  We will find out that Petunia was at least one year younger than Lily.  She saw her older 
sister Lily go to Hogwarts, and thought that it must be most wonderful place in the world. 
Petunia probably couldn't wait until she was old enough to go, too.  Both sisters (who may  
have been very close at that point) and their parents must have expected little Petunia to 
get a Hogwarts letter the year she turned 11.   Every break Lily would come home and 
show little Petunia all the amazing things she learned.  Lily told her how much fun she 
would have when she was old enough to join her.  It must have been the most painful 
moment of Petunia's life when she realized that she was not magical (as she probably 
believed she was) and would never become a part of that world.   She felt like a failure. She 
hates the wizarding world so passionately because, at one time, she loved it, believed it 
was in her future, and it rejected her.  I mean, honestly, doesn't this just make sense? She 
raised Dudley to hate Harry and magic so that her child would never suffer the pain of 
wanting what she knew he would never have. 


Extra predictions, worth no credit, only bragging rights:
1. Tom Riddle was a Seeker (more likely to learn this in book 7, though).
2. Peter will live through this book, because he will somehow kill Voldemort in book 7.