HBP prediction contest: comments wanted

[kmgardner14]

No: HPFGUIDX 128697

Hi guys, this is my first post to this group. I have not been reading
most of the other messages (bad netiquette, I know), so please forgive
me if I inadvertently steal other people's predictions. I at least
_think_ I'm being original.

"tigerpatronus" <tigerpatronus at y... wrote:

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

Bill Weasley. I actually have no clue who will die. I'm just saying
Bill because it would upset me a lot, and so I'll bet JKR will do it.
I still have not forgiven her for Sirius.

2. Who is the Half-Blood Prince? (If "The Old Lion Guy,"
describe more.)

The Half-Blood Prince is the last descendant of a line of outlaw
royalty that once governed half-bloods. They have not had any power
since the wizarding world became a democracy, but instead dedicate
their lives to fighting dark wizards. (Okay, that was lousy, but I
couldn't think of anything else.)

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

There is no "big secret" exactly. We will find out what Lily did for a
living, but possibly not until book seven. I predict that it was
something having to do with ghosts - either working in the "Spirit
Division" of the Ministry, or researching them as one of the 'learned
wizards in the department of mysteries' that Nearly-Headless Nick
mentioned at the end of OotP. Lily would have been interested in
ghosts because she wanted to put their spirits to rest, and help ease
some of the unhappiness that made them ghosts in the first place.  She
wouldn't be studying them as specimens or trying to regulate them. If
Lily actually has 'special powers' related to her eyes, it will be
something that she could use to do her job.  I doubt that there will
be many more 'special wizard powers' revealed, however.   Harry is
already pretty special.

4. Who will be the new DADA teacher?

The 'lion' guy.

5. With whom will Harry have a romantic relationship?

Now that Harry is considered a hero again, a lot of girls will be
after him. However, I predict that he will be a bit too
preoccupied for a real relationship, and he won't have much use for
girls who think his trials and tribulations have made him "cool".
Harry and Ginny will get much closer, but as friends.

6. Who will be the new Minister of Magic?

It will not be one of Fudge's cronies (like Umbridge, Edgecombe, or
the wizard with the walrus mustache from Harry's hearing). It will
also not be one of the Order or their close allies (i.e. Amelia
Bones). I'm betting it will be someone with a Bartemius Crouch,
hard-line stance on dark wizards. I'm going to say Amos Diggory.

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

The Pensieve. Why is a Pensieve important? See prediction #1 below.

8. Will Harry take Advanced Potions?

Yes.

9. Will Neville take Advanced Potions?

Tough call. I'll say no.

10. How many OWLs did Harry get?

Harry got OWLs in Herbology, Potions, Charms, COMC, DADA,
Transfiguration, and - just barely - in astrology. So seven. He did
not achieve a pass in history of magic or divination.



Predictions (0-10 points each): Make 5 predictions not covered in
the Compulsory Question section.

1. You-know-who still has a special connection to Harry's mind, and
now Harry knows the prophecy that he was so desperate to hear. Harry
will have to put his memories of the prophecy into a Pensieve to
protect them from V., the way Snape protected his memories during
Occlumancy lessons. This will happen as part of his new Occlumancy
lessons with Dumbledore.

2. Professor McGonnegal will replace Dumbledore as Headmistress of
Hogwarts when Dumbledore dies in book seven. The new Transfiguration
teacher will be Hermione Granger.

3. Ron will be the captain of the Gryffindor Quiddich team. He will
also be Head Boy in book seven. Essentially, Ron will wind up getting
everything he wanted when he looked into the Mirror of Erised at the
age of eleven. I'm guessing that by that time, he will have grown
beyond the point where those things are enough for real fufillment.

4. "Ron and Hermione, sitting in a tree...." by book six. Harry will
feel left out, and that will just add to his sense of
alienation.

5. Harry will be one of the few great wizards in history to befriend a
griffin.

6. (because prediction 2 is really about book seven) The Order of the
Phoenix does not disband or come into the open, even though the
Ministry is now willing to fight Voldemort. The reason is that the new
Minister for Magic will not want the help of giants, centaurs, or
goblins, unless they are willing to take orders and behave like
wizards' inferiors.  Remember how Amos Diggory treated Winky?

That's all.

-K.M.G. (kmgardner14)