HBP prediction contest

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No: HPFGUIDX 128687

Tigerpatronus:

Compulsory Questions (0-5 points each):
If you believe the answer to a question is a new character,
write "new character" *and* describe relationships to old characters
or characteristics of new character for full credit.


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

Snow:
Molly Weasley would be a good candidate - the twins would seek 
vengeance and Percy would finally realize what his family means to 
him. The statement Lupin made to Molly (The Woes of Mrs. Weasley) 
about taking care of her kids if anything ever happened to her would 
come to pass. However, the biggest character to get the axe may be 
Ron because it would cause the ultimate pain for Harry (and the 
readers). JKR's website offers a smidge of foreshadowing to this 
death in the Weasley family:

Extra Stuff- Characters
"Ron was the only one of three major characters whose surname never 
changed; he has been 'Weasley' from start to finish. In Britain and 
Ireland the weasel has a bad reputation as an unfortunate,"

And of course there is always Ron's middle name to be considered; 
Bilius, who died after seeing a grim. 
  
2. Who is the Half-Blood Prince? 


Snow:
I've always liked Albus Dumbledore to be the Prince of the Half-
bloods. There are so many Half-bloods that he has taken in and gave 
protection to. 

3. What is Lily's big secret? (This question will be eliminated
and full credit given to everyone if no big secret is revealed.)

Snow:
The experiment Lily was working on as an unspeakable in the Dept. of 
Mysteries, along with coworkers Mrs. Lovegood (the first to attempt 
the experiment and die) and Mrs. Longbottom (tortured for what she 
knew). 

4. Who will be the new DADA teacher?

Snow:
Felix Felicus-Double lettered initials are common as far as teachers 
go
 MM and SS, not to mention the four founders; GG, SS, HH and RR. 

5. With whom will Harry have a romantic relationship?

Snow:
Ginny-if her mom and/or Ron does die, Harry would be the most likely 
to console her, which could spawn a relationship


6. Who will be the new Minister of Magic?
Albus Dumbledore- foreshadowing for this would be Umbridge in the 
chapter Career Advise stating that Harry would be an Auror when 
Dumbledore became MOM. McGonagall's response was good chance then. 
(Not verbatim)

7. What is that bowl-thing on the green U.S. HBP cover?

Snow:
It is a Pencieve in the Dept. of Mysteries. It appears old, cracked 
and on a pedestal (not Dumbledore's); if Lily had been working there, 
it would have been somewhere she may have placed her memories for 
contemplation when considering her eventual protection blanket for 
Harry.

8. Will Harry take Advanced Potions?

Snow:
Of Course!

9. Will Neville take Advanced Potions?

Snow:
Yep, Cause Snape will finally get the position (in the end) he always 
wanted and they will need a new potions teacher. We do know that one 
of the kids gets a teaching job at the end. Hey! You need herbs for 
potions, right?

10. How many OWLs did Harry get?

Snow:
Harry did extremely well in DADA and he thought he did well in 
Transfiguration, Charms, Potions and Magical Creatures. I think he 
may have performed well in Herbology and Astronomy also. So I think 
that Harry will receive 7 OWLs in these subjects, which will be the 
classes that he will take next year. 

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Predictions (0-10 points each):
Make 5 predictions not covered in the Compulsory Question
section. "Negative" predictions, i.e., "The Centaurs will *not* come
skipping into Hogwarts offering free pony rides," will receive no
credit. Obvious predictions, i.e., "Harry will be in his 6th year at
Hogwarts," will likewise receive no credit.

1. Harry learns about his grandparents' deaths through memories left 
in an ancient Pencieve that Lily used. The memory in the Pencieve:
Lily and James, while dating, came home to find the Morsmordre Symbol 
over Lily and James houses.
  
2. Harry will find that James taught DADA before he and Lily were 
forced into hiding; James put a jinx on the position until which time 
he either returned or Voldemort was destroyed.

3. Draco's mommy tries to protect Draco from the Voldemort side of 
the war, now that daddy is imprisoned, but Draco bolts mommy's 
protection attempts and detours to save his father thereby connecting 
to a side of the war that he is not fully capable of committing to 
any more than Regulus Black was
 and we all know how that ended up. 

4. Neville figures out the clue that his mother is giving him through 
the gum wrappers, which leads him to the room she was experimenting 
in at the DOM as an unspeakable.

5. Sirius and his second cousin Tonks switched places before they 
went to the DOM. See post # 93618 for details. 

Snow