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

[Goddlefrood]

No: HPFGUIDX 167197

> Betsy Hp

> Things of Which I'm Smugly Sure:  
(Yeah, this is what'll come back to bite me if I'm wrong <g>)
 
> -- Voldemort will be defeated.  (What? I'm going out on a 
limb here! You got to give me an easy one.)

Goddlefrood:

I'll certainly concede this one ;) and indeed your second, being 
that Harry will be the one to do it;). My own little theory is
that the gu... sorry, showdown will take place at Godric's 
Hollow where the story of Harry's interaction with LV began.

> Betsy Hp:
  
> -- Harry will live.  Happily ever after, however Harry (or 
JKR) defines it, with magical abilities intact and all of his 
surviving friends.  (Yes, OBHWF for all. :/ )

Goddlefrood:

This one I can not take as a given, I hope it is correct, but
have a nasty feeling it may not be :), as this is predictions
in a nutshell, no further expansion as yet. If he does survive
he will no longer have the scar.

> Betsy Hp:
 
> -- Draco Malfoy will play an important role in helping the 
good guys beat Voldemort and the Death Eaters. Oh, and he'll 
survive.

Goddlefrood:

I have some confidence on this one also, I have stated it on 
another forum some time ago. My reasoning comes down to the 
old proverbial that redemption often lies with the young.

> Betsy Hp:

> -- Snape is, and has been for the course of the books, solidly 
and unwaveringly DDM. (SNIP)

Goddlefrood:

This one is difficult to agree with, for me. I have a post in
outline that may appear within a reasonable time. Basically I 
believe Snape will ultimately redeem himself but for a reason
that I'm not prepared to go further into, yet ...

> Betsy Hp:

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

Goddlefrood:

Unfortunately I can not agree with this, if for no better reason 
than DD never mentioned the possibility to Harry during their
discourse on Horcruxes in the Chapter of the same name in HBP.
That part of the plot, I believe, is not a great mystery, in that
there will be the locket, the cup, something of Ravenclaw's or
Gryffindor's and Nagini. IOW I agree with DD.

I also agree with a certain post in this thread that says 
Zacharias Smith will have a role in the discovery of the 
Hufflepuff Cup, this despite the fact that Smith is the most 
common surname in the British Isles.

One of the Horcrux items will be found in a tomb, is another
prediction I have. Nagini will survive the removal of the Horcrux
from her and ma end up in Brazil or Burma or wherever snakes are
happiest :)

> Betsy Hp:

> -- I still think someone we think is good will turn out to be 
working for Voldemort.  No real solid clue on who though.

Goddlefrood:

It is possible but I have to say unlikely. The only possibility
I can divine at present is the duplicitous one, but I don't think
he's been working for Voldemort either, at least since he "turned"
to the side of the good ;)

> Betsy Hp:

> -- Somehow the four houses of Hogwarts working together will be 
a key to defeating Voldemort (finding the horcruxes maybe?).

Goddlefrood:

As JKR has said the Sorting Hat is usually right ;), and I agree
the final resolution will involve improved relations between the
houses. It will also, in my divination, involve a resolution of
the old conflict between Salazar ad the other three founders.

> Betsy Hp: 

> -- I'm pretty sure both Hermione and Ron will survive the end 
of the series.

Goddlefrood:

I'll give you this one too a happily ever after, with just minor 
bouts of bickering :)

> Betsy Hp:

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

Goddlefrood:

I lean the other way, towards Luna, if anyone. Neville will, 
naturally, discompose the six-gilled shark and also assist 
Harry in other ways, as will Luna and Ginny. 

> Betsy Hp:

> -- If Snape actually killed Dumbledore, he'll for sure die.  
If not, he might, *might* live.

Godlefrood:

Severus is in a lot of trouble afaik, I predict he will die, and
may the Lord have mercy on his soul :)

> Betsy Hp:

> -- There's a link of some sort between Snape and Lily (fingers 
crossed it's friendship and not romance).  

Goddlefrood:

I've never bought the Snape loved Lily theories. I agree a 
friendship of sorts will be uncovered and go out on a limb to
say that Lily will have had a greater influence on Snape's
Potions ability than Uncle Horace ever did.

(SNIP) - Balance as it is time for my turn on what would be good
to see, from my pov ;)

On other characters:

Uncle Horace was never a Death Eater, he may transpire to have 
been somewhat like the elder Blacks in that regard. That he
regrets his involvement in the Horcrux business leads me to this
view.

All the Weasleys, bar one (which may be one of the twins) will
survive. Bill may find some comfort in the application of 
dittany :).

Dumbledore is dead, but not without his uses and Harry will find 
a way (probably a Pensieve moment) to find out a great deal about
Albus. It may also be that Harry's source will be Aberforth, oh
and Aberforth will help with the locket Horcrux, if with no 
other.

It will also be Aberforth who finally clears up the Prophecy 
matter, that is he will make clear which of the two current 
slightly conflicting versions are true. If Snape is DDM then it
will be Aberforth who reveals that, but Harry may not believe it
at first.

Hogwarts will remain open but some of the teachers will not
survive. My best bet is Minerva, I hold out hope for Rubeus.

At some point Harry and friends will visit a tomb, most probably
Gryffindor's.

My other pet theory is that Peter Pettigrew will have a moment
of Gryffindor splendour and survive having seen the error of his
weak-willed ways.

These are subject to further negotiation with my Pensieve 
material, but stand for now.

Goddlefrood, who says that the significance of 1692 as the date
when the WW passed the Statute of Secrecy is not unconnected
with the Salem Witch Trials, which happened in the same year :)

PS I do hope Snape is good because as I've said before here if
he's not Harry is in a lot of trouble, LV has possibly the 
nastiest crew ever assembled with him and Severus is in the top 
three most gifted alive wizards in the books. That's for another 
time :)