Predictions for the End (what I think, hope and know)

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 167193

> Betsy Hp:
> When DH finally comes out, this is the post that will either give me 
> reason to gloat or force me to eat some crow.  A breakdown of what 
> I'm sure will happen, what I think will happen, and what I hope will 
> happen. 

Jen pulls a pen out from behind her ear and jots down, 'Betsy, #167190,
eating crow...check.'  Betsy snickers to herself, certain Jen's and Alla's 
grayish sort of Snape will be firmly put to rest after DH.  'And not a
moment too soon,' she mutters under her breath.

Betsy:
> -- Voldemort will be defeated.  (What? I'm going out on a limb here! 
> You got to give me an easy one.)

Alla http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/167187
>Yeah, Okay I will start with the ones I always do - Voldie will
> loose, Harry will live.

Jen:  YES, you guys are so good at this. <g>  I'm with you on
Voldemort finally dying and Harry living.

Checkmarks down Betsy's list of Harry living happily ever after,
everyone marrying a Weasley (thank goodness there are
enough to go around) and Draco helping with something crucial.

Was it Betsy or Magpie who had the idea of Draco being the only
one who can open and/or destroy the locket? Mark me down for
that one.  Also, Zacharias will help with the cup and Luna with the
Ravenclaw object (a wand).  

(Darn it, why can't the sword be the fourth one?  I'd really like to
have the symmetry there with the four suits, the four hallows
in Grail legends, the four tarot symbols, etc.  I guess it will have to
be the four houses uniting as Betsy mentioned.)

BetsyHp: 
> -- Snape is, and has been for the course of the books, solidly and 
> unwaveringly DDM.  Oh, I'm sure there were moments of "You want to 
> who?  With the what?!?"  But that just goes with the territory of 
> working with Dumbledore.  Snape never considered leaving the old guy.

Alla:
> In short, I will say that Snape killed Dumbledore without any
> requests from DD not on the Tower, not before, but Snape killed
> Dumbledore because he truly felt trapped on the Tower and has
> intentions to help Light side in book 7.

Jen: Hmm, nearing the last chance to pin down the elusive one.

1)  Dumbledore trusted Snape would never return to Voldemort
and he will be proven right.

2)  Snape won't be the first DE to get out of the terminal contract
with Voldemort.  LV intends to use Snape in some way to get to
Harry, and Snape will help Harry in his undercover role until LV
realizes he's been had and kills Snape himself.  (But not before
tempting Harry to act on his hatred and kill Snape--is that too
Star Wars??)

3)  Snape joined Voldemort because of a combination of the Prank,
lost faith in DD, anger/hatred from a hard life & fascination with
the dark arts.  Hey, he's supposed to be complex. ;-)  His return
and remorse were a mix of the life-debt and Lily.  

BetsyHp:
> -- I suspect Harry is a Horcrux, or at least, I think his scar might 
> be.

Alla:
> Except of course whether Harry is a horcrux. Okay, he either is ( or
> something on him - his scar,etc) or at some point he will believe
> that he is and will be fully prepared to sacrifice himself and that
> will not be needed eventually.

Jen:  Harry has a soul piece.  JKR won't treat him as an
accidental Horcrux though so Nagini will still be the fourth
one.  Dumbledore's emotional mistake was overlooking this
possibility.

Betsy:
> -- If a contemporary of Harry dies, my money is on either Neville or 
> Luna.  (I lean more towards Neville.)

Alla:
> I think Luna will go. Maybe Neville (sob), but hopefully not.

Jen:  Wah, my two favorite kids.  Luna will help Harry make it through
the Veil to see his loved ones.  When they are ready to return, Harry
will realize only one of them can go back and discover Luna knew all
along she would be the one to stay behind.

My own predictions:

*Lily will play a major role in DH.  The grand finale will take place
in the locked room with Harry finally able to open the door once
he is able to get past his hatred, identify with Lily and understand
why he is uniquely qualified to defeat Voldemort.  Harry having
Lily's eyes will play a symbolic role.

*Deathly Hallows refers to both All Hallows Eve at GH and the Horcrux
quest.

*Petunia will finally crack and tell Harry everything she knows about Lily.
She will let him read the letters from DD (kept under the creaky stair).
There will be an attack on Privet Drive and the Dursleys will flee to live
at Grimmauld Place.  

*Hagrid will die for some reason connected to saving an animal or Grawp.

*Lupin will be the last surviving Marauder when Peter dies after
unintentionally killing Fenrir with his silver hand (life debt).  Lupin
will help Harry throughout DH with the Horcruxes and also tell him
more about Lily.

*Dumbledore is Heir of Gryffindor and Godric's Hollow was his ancestral
home.  

*Grindelwald had a Horcrux and there's some connection between he and
Riddle.  Dumbledore defeated him in some way besides killing him--
maybe the gong spell from the MOM?

*There's a reason Trelawney wasn't present from the time we see her in HBP
after the tale of the eavesdropper.  I won't say she was kidnapped. *hem, hem*.

*Dobby's socks or portrait of Harry will come back to help and he will
be shocked Harry didn't realize they were magical.  Dobby will help with the
Horcrux hunt (heh, got that from the cover).

*Ron's and Dumbledore's watches will prove to be time-turners and play
a role.

* There will be a big feast in the Great Hall at the end of the story and
everyone will be there to rejoice in the defeat of Voldemort and to
honor the dead.

Jen, who appears to take her predictive power waaaay too seriously but is
really going with the idea that the more she throws out the better chance
a few will stick.