HBP predictions

[allthingshp]

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Compulsory Questions:

1. Who will be the most major character to die?
I am thinking Dumbledore, maybe Hagrid

2. Who is the Half-Blood Prince?
Felix Felicitus

3. What is Lily's big secret?
I don't really know..I have always wondered though why Voldemort tells Lily to "get out of 
the way" instead of killing her outright that Halloween in Godric's Hollow.  Could her secret 
explain something extrodinary about her that Voldemort couldn't touch (or didn't dare) 
and that when he did eventually kill her, resulted in his downfall?  We also already know 
Lily's eye color is important somehow.  May's gem stone is emerald and it's flower is 
lily...so I wonder what significance if any that might give.  Emerald supposably is the gem 
of seers, May is a month of resurrection.....Any clues here maybe?

4. Who will be the new DADA teacher?
A member of the Order of the Phoenix, maybe Kingsley?

5. With whom will Harry have a romantic relationship?
Possibly Ginny (the 5th book hints to her qualities he would be attracted to) though I do 
think we'll see her with Dean Thomas at least for awhile, or maybe Susan Bones (she 
seems to pop up innoculously in the series...usually a clue to future importance... and we 
know she lost a lot of family to Voldemort)

6. Who will be the new Minister of Magic?
Mr. Diggory, Cedric's dad.  (I have no idea here but he works at the ministry so why not?)

7. What is that bowl-thing on the green U.S. HBP cover?
Looking at the rest of the artwork in the US editions I think this looks more like the Goblet 
of Fire than a Pensieve but I can't for the life of me begin to guess why JKR would bring the 
GoF back into the story, so maybe it's something else entirely.

8. Will Harry take Advanced Potions?
Yes...if not through his own OWL score than through McGonagall's intervention

9. Will Neville take Advanced Potions?
No, I don't see Neville voluntarily taking this class even if he had scored well enough on 
his OWLs (which seems unlikely considering his history with Potions).

10. How many OWLs did Harry get?
8....Although could someone reply to this post and explain for me what "getting an OWL" 
constitutes.  Is this just getting an acceptable passing grade or do you need to get an 
Outstanding to have it be an "OWL" you count?

Five Predictions:  (Sorry everyone...mine are awfully boring.  I just can't even begin to 
guess where the story is going!)

• Harry is the heir of Godric Gryffindor (Lion Power)
• Harry will be made the Gryffindor Quidditch captain, Ron will stay on as Keeper and 
Ginny will be the new Chaser (we need the requisite two Weasleys on the Gryffindor team, 
right?)
• The ability of house elves to apparate and disapparate into Hogwarts will be utiltized 
somehow
• Percy will reunite with the family (I hope), although not every Weasley will be accepting 
of his return
• Dean Thomas (and probably Seamus Finnegan too) will have more prominent roles in the 
unfolding of HBP (I say this because I think that may be him on the back cover of the 
American edition of the book)

allthingshp