Summer of HPatHBP - call for theories

[tinglinger]

No: HPFGUIDX 129190

To continue how the summer might begin, and to flesh out
the events of the previous post a little more ....

5. Voldemort finds out about the potter interview published
in the Quibbler and wants revenge. What better irony than to
have his most illiterate and brutish DE go to the quibbler,
trash the place, burn it down, and kill Mr. Lovegood.
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Meanwhile.......

When Voldemort got ahold of the Quibbler, he also saw who
GAVE the interview [1] - good old Rita Skeeter.
We know from GOF that Rita may have some sources within
the Death Eaters and the Ministry (her information about
Ludo Bagman and Fudge).

So, while Goyle is busy dispatching the Quibbler and
Mr. Lovegood,

6. Voldemort and Bellatrix pay a little visit to Rita
and get her attention with the cruciatus curse. When Rita
is resistant, Bellatrix reaches into her cloak, pulls out
an aerosol can of RAID, and brandishes it before the now
terrified unregistered animagus who promptly admits that
Hermione Granger forced her to interview Harry by 
threatening to tell the MoM she is an unregistered
animagus 
Voldemort now knows that it was Hermione who was mainly
responsible for ruining the secrecy of his return.

7. Somehow Rita has too many connections and is too much
of a survivor to be done away with this easily. I don't have
any theories just yet as to her fate, so to continue...

8. Voldemort and Bellatrix (or choose other death eaters if
you like) set out to find Hermione Granger, who is with her
parents at the start of the summer.

9. Somehow the Grangers will be warned (I will be looking for
a clue on this in my rereads..) and will escape to a hiding
place under the care and protection of .....

10. Arthur Weasley, author of the Muggle Protection Act,
who has interacted with the Grangers on several occasions,
including the famous Gilderoy Lockhart book signing and at
the end of OOP. Can you think of a better set of muggles for
him to protect?

10a. I get the distinct feeling that Arthur will end up as the
Secret Keeper for Hermione's parents before Book 6 is too far
along.

11. For all of you RH shippers out there, this scenario makes
the most sense as to how a relationship can develop. R and H
need to be away from outside influences (and Harry) for things
to happen.
Hermione sees the good qualities of both Ron and his family
up close and personal, away from Harry, who is off with Luna
somewhere......

12. As to who survives and who doesn't, that is for another
post.... but I do not see JKR killing off Hermione, so either
her parents are toast, or Mr. Weasley, the great Muggle
Protector, dies trying to protect them.

There are at least two instances of Hermione "separating
herself from her parents" in OOP; I wonder if this is a
very subtle foreshadowing?

I just CAN'T SEE JKR killing off Hermione, but this 
scenario makes such an event possible.... In any event, her
parents and/or Mr. Weasley are definitely at risk

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[1] "I don't think Daddy exactly pays people to write for the
magazine." said Luna dreamily. "They do it because it's an
honor, and of course, to see their mames in print."



tinglinger
who loves concocting these scenarios, more of which you 
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