HBP prediction contest: comments wanted

[Barnabas the Barmy]

No: HPFGUIDX 129169

1. Who will be the most major character to die?
Molly Weasley. She will be killed by Antonin Dolohov because, in his
words "The only thing worse than a Weasley is a Prewitt"

2. Who is the Half-Blood Prince? (If "The Old Lion Guy,"
describe more.)
Salazar Slytherin. It will be revealed that Slytherin was a
half-blood, his mother being Scottish royalty. Because his father
railed about Muggle inferiority after her death in childbirth (much
like Tom Riddle's birth), Slytherin became captivated by blood purity

3. What is Lily's big secret? (This question will be eliminated
and full credit given to everyone if no big secret is revealed.)
She is a direct descendant of Salazar Slytherin. While Her parents
were muggles, her grandmother was a squib, and her great aunt was the
mother of Tom Marvolo Riddle

4. Who will be the new DADA teacher?
Snape, finally getting his wish

5. With whom will Harry have a romantic relationship?
Gabrielle Delacour. She will transfer to Hogwarts after coming to live
with her sister for her own protection. Harry will realize that she
was older than she appeared to him during the Tri-Wizard Tournament

6. Who will be the new Minister of Magic?
Mafalda Hopkirk, as a compromise candidate to prevent trouble between
the Fudge and Dumbledore factions

7. What is that bowl-thing on the green U.S. HBP cover?
The mother of all pensieves, one which holds the collective memories
of all deceased wizardkind who did not become ghosts

8. Will Harry take Advanced Potions?
Yes, as Snape no longer is there to enforce the O minimum on your
O.W.L. policy

9. Will Neville take Advanced Potions?
No, he will stick to his plants

10. How many OWLs did Harry get?
11, considering two part O.W.L.s as separate exams


1.Rita Skeeter will parlay the fact that she was the only reporter to
report the truth about LV's return (albeit not of her own choosing)
into becoming publisher of the Daily Prophet

2.The spectres of Salazar Slytherin and the other founders (not
ghosts) will appear before the entire school. After Slytherin
denounces his former belief in blood purity as ill conceived, a split
will form within Slytherin house between traditionalists (Malfoy,
Crabbe, Goyle, Parkinson et al) and those accepting this new stance
(Nott, Zambini and others). This appearance will occur either at the
Sorting Ceremony or on Halloween.

3. Members of the breakaway Slytherin faction will join the D.A.

4. Some of the outlandish things that have been published in the
Quibbler will be discovered to be true

5. The Centaurs will suffer a horrible defeat at the hands of the
Death Eaters because of their failure to ally with the wizarding
community because of their superior attitude. This will awaken many
wizards to the inequity in their own beliefs


And now, the ballet dancing troll lumbers back into the shadows
Barnabas the Barmy