HBP prediction contest: comments wanted

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No: HPFGUIDX 128886

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?

Dumbledore.  But if he does it will be in an Obi-Wan sort of way.  
Not that I think he will "live on" as a voice in Harry's
head, but 
he will deliberately allow Voldemort to kill him with Harry 
watching.  This will cause Harry to resent DD for his death at 
first, but will later prevent him from hating Voldemort for killing 
his mentor.

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

Felix Felicis

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

The secret is that she, like James, once saved Snape's life, and, 
unlike James, Snape never resented her for it.  It was, in fact, the 
event that precipitated Snape's "turn" to the good side. 
One of the 
reasons Snape hates Harry so much is that he was unable to repay the 
life-debt he owed to Lily (adding that to the life-debt he owed 
James makes Harry's presence insufferable for our dear potions 
master).

4. Who will be the new DADA teacher?

Yeah, Felix again.

5. With whom will Harry have a romantic relationship?

No One!  He won't have the time, and when he finally comes to his 
senses and asks Ginny out, he will find that she has indeed moved on 
and sees him as an older brother and nothing more.

6. Who will be the new Minister of Magic?

I like Amos Diggory for this one.  It would make things interesting 
as well as frustrating.

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

A pensieve
I think it's James's

8. Will Harry take Advanced Potions?

Yes.  Although he only received an "E", Dumbledore will
intervene 
because Harry will need his potion skills before the end.  This 
will, of course, cause much more tension and resentment between the 
two.

9. Will Neville take Advanced Potions?

Absolutely not.  There is no way he managed to even pass his OWL.  
Both he and Snape will be happier for it.

10. How many OWLs did Harry get?
		
Everything but History of Magic, Divination and Astronomy


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. Amos Diggory, the new MoM, will be put under the Imperius curse.  
Harry will misinterpret all his actions as punishment for his 
survival at the end of GoF.

2. We will finally see the reverse of Sirius' "The world is
not 
divided into good people and Death Eaters."  Namely: the world is 
also not divided into bad people and Order/DA members.  In other 
words, someone not actively connected to the Order, the DA or even 
Harry will have a crucial part to play in the fight against 
Voldemort.  And the real surprise here is that it will be a 
Slytherin.

3. Harry, not Ron, will be the new Quidditch captain, and this will 
cause a nearly insurmountable rift to appear between the two of 
them.  

4. Prediction 3 will make quidditch practices unbearably tense, so 
it will be Ginny, not Hermione, who finally brings the two to some 
reconciliation.

5. Harry's fight with Ron will make him spend more time with 
Neville, Luna and Ginny (he will avoid Hermione, because he will 
perceive her attempts to help as siding with Ron).  We will see 
Neville and Luna develop more as a result.

6. Neville's Mimbulous Mimbletona (is that right?) will prove to
be 
highly important to the plans of the Order.

7. Harry, disappointed with his father, will begin to wonder more 
about his mother and her connection to his survival.  He will seek 
out Lupin for more information about her, and it is through Lupin 
that he will discover that Lily once saved Snape's life, in a
much 
more active way than James had.  This knowledge, combined with 
Snape's Worst Memory, will cause Harry to pity Snape, which will 
make Snape loathe him even more.

8.Draco will take his father's incarceration as reason to fully 
support Voldemort in whatever way he can.  Regulus-style, he will be 
appalled by what he learns, and at some point Harry will have to 
make the choice to save his life or leave him in LV's hands.


-Alisha

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