HBP prediction contest: comments wanted

[Megan]

No: HPFGUIDX 129347

> Compulsory Questions (0-5 points each):
> 1. Who will be the most major character to die?

     DD... he is going to get it in the final battle of the book, 
and that he and Harry will have had a tiff or misunderstanding 
_right before_ he dies, and this will really get to Harry. It will 
be more difficult on him that Sirius' death has been (see non-
mandatory questions below for more).

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

     The Half-Blood Prince is Hagrid, because he is half-human and 
half-giant. He is going to be very important to keeping non-human, 
half-human, human (muggle and wizard) interaction during the war 
peacable and (if possible) help the different groups to unite to 
fight Voldemort, who hates all half-bloods and creatures he cannot 
control.

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

     I think that Lily and Petunia's big secret is that one of their 
parents was a squib, but that the two of them were both magic. Both 
went to Hogwarts, where Petunia was a rebel and Lily was "the good 
girl". They had a fight over something (a boy?) and Petunia 
eventually got kicked out/expelled from school, and in her 
anger/angst, she disowned all she knew about the WW. She married 
Vernon Dursley, as he is as Muggle as you can get, and then tried to 
live in denial of all she knows about the WW, even her sister and 
her family.


> 4. Who will be the new DADA teacher?

     Harry Potter, as no others are available (I would like to see 
Lupin back, but I think he is doing important things for the Order 
now...)

>  5. With whom will Harry have a romantic relationship?
     Luna Lovegood... 

>  6. Who will be the new Minister of Magic?
     Percy Weasley... and while he may not be under the power of the 
Imperious, I think that he is somehow associated with the dark 
side/dark arts, and that his father or mum will die from his 
actions, and then he will try to repent of his wrong, but it will be 
too late... and then he will die. (in a horrid way at the hands of 
Voldemort)

>  7. What is that bowl-thing on the green U.S. HBP cover?
     It is a pensieve in the department of mysteries, and Harry is 
looking back to the night his parents died and he lived to learn 
some secret about how Voldemort can be defeated.

>  8. Will Harry take Advanced Potions?
     Yes, as he still is on the track to be an auror - and Snape 
will end up saving his skin, by teaching him something that comes in 
handy at a most unexpected time.

>  9. Will Neville take Advanced Potions?
    Yes, he gets an O on his testing, and this gives him much 
confidence... and armed with a new wand, he accomplishes much.

>  10. How many OWLs did Harry get?
    six.

>  Predictions (0-10 points each):
     1. We will see how Harry deals with Sirius' death, and he 
begins to ask more questions about life and death. These questions 
make him think more about his parents' deaths and about Voldemort. 
DD will answer Harry as much as he can about death, but Harry won't 
like some of the answers or that DD doesn't tell him everything he 
knows. This will make Harry more upset, much like he was in earlier 
cases where people withheald truth from him.

      2. Neville will have much to do in this story, despite what 
JKR says on her site about him just not being that important for the 
prophecy. He will have a new wand and much more confidence. We will 
see him act with self-confidence, but he will still have the same 
personality (he is shy and quiet, which is good and has nothing to 
do with confidence). We will see him and a girl get together too. (I 
love Neville, and I want him to be happy!!)  :)

      3. We will learn more about Snape. I think this book is where 
we will get answers about his background, where he came from, what 
made him go to the dark side, what made him become loyal to DD, and 
how we know Harry can trust him.

      4. We will find out if Lupin or McGonnagal (sp?) are ESE!. I 
think that this will be the major surprise of the book, we will have 
signs pointing to Snape, but then in the end we will see that it was 
someone that we have trusted all along, and this will leave us with 
big questions for book seven.

       5. Ron will do a smashing job at Quidditch, and even outshine 
Harry as the best player on the team. Ron will become the captain 
and lead the team to win the house cup.  He and Malfoy will have a 
fight, over Hermione, and this will finally show Hermione that he 
likes her... but I dont think they will hook up.

       6. Hermy and Viki (Krum that is) are still sweet on each 
other, but something happens to break them up. I think we will learn 
something about a secret Viktor has been hiding. It may even 
(physically) harm Hermione.

       7. We get to see more of Hermione's parents, and learn 
something about her growing up. 

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