Was Percy's sickle <snipped>/Percy's Betrayal

[gelite67]

No: HPFGUIDX 150771

>Angie wrote: 
> >I thought there was some sort of tradition about finding a coin in 
food
> >being good luck.  But then again, when I first read about Percy 
finding
> >the sickle, for some reason, I thought of Judas and the 33 pieces 
of
> >silver.
> 
> 
> 
> E.T. again-
> 
>       You're right, Angie.  Finding the coin is supposed to bring 
you 
> good luck. Then again, Percy almost broke his tooth on it!  <snip> 
 
> Your Judas association is interesting and sort of leads in the same 
> direction.  Are you thinking that Percy will betray someone into 
the 
> hands of LV?  A family member perhaps?  We've grown so attached to 
the 
> rest of the Weasley's (including Harry as honorary member) that if 
he 
> gave up one of them to LV it would be truly horrendous!  Or perhaps 
> just the fact that he's basically estranged himself from his family 
and 
> allied himself with the "official" ministry is in itself the 
ultimate 
> betrayal and all that was being foretold?
>
Angie again:

Perhaps the sickle symbolizes Percy's career with the Ministry -- it 
appeared to be what he hoped for -- but the fact that he nearly broke 
his tooth on it symbolizes that it, in fact, was not what he hoped it 
would be (not what it was cracked up to be? :) )

I sincerely hope that Percy's betrayal is limited to the family 
betrayal.  I have a hard time believing Percy would deliberately 
betray anyone to LV.  Percy is a pompous git, but I don't believe 
he's evil.  However, I believe he could betray someone inadvertently, 
Bagman-style.  Then again, I think there's enough canon-fodder so 
that it wouldn't be too contrived a stretch if he did it 
deliberately.  JKR has planted just enough seeds to keep us 
guesssing.  At least Ron wouldn't be too surprised, it seems.  If 
Percy does betray someone, I think it will either be Harry or a 
family member.

Given that it appears the Ministry promted Percy in the hopes that he 
could get them inside information on his own family, I think it is 
significant that the Ministry kept Percy in his "lofty" position even 
after it was clear that he was estranged from his family.  Unless my 
calculations are off, Percy's position as a Weasley was of no actual 
use to the Ministry for at least a year-and-a-half (during Christmas 
in HBP).  I guess the Ministry banked on Percy kissing and making up 
at some point.

Which raises a question to me:  did the Ministry believe that Percy 
would deliberately give them info on his family or inadvertently?