Ultimate Predictions contest (hope I'm doing this correctly)

[phoenixmum]

No: HPFGUIDX 171610

My Predictions: 

1. Will Harry die and stay dead at the end of HPDH? 
	No, but he will go through the Veil of Death to remove the piece of
Voldemort's soul from him, "dying" in a way; since he has two "souls"
in him, he can give up one and still be alive.

2. Will Voldemort die and stay dead at the end of HPDH? 
	Yes.
3. Excluding Harry and Voldemort, who will be the most prominent
character to die and stay dead? 
	Snape.
4. From HBP (p125, American Hardcover), in the shop while the trio
were listening with Extendable Ears, what did Draco show Borgin that
scared him? 
	The Dark Mark on his arm

5. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will return as a
student, which means enrolled in classes whether or not they attend
the classes (answer yes or no for each): 
     a. Harry? Yes
     b. Draco? No
     c. Hermione? Yes
     d. Luna? Yes
     e. Ron? Yes
     f. Neville? Yes
     g. Ginny? Yes

6. Which will be the most prominent couple to marry, if any, during
the time period covered in DH, excluding any epilogue? 
	Bill and Fleur 

7. Who will be the unusual person who performs magic for the first
time "very late in life?" 
 	Araella Figg
8. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will be the: 
     a. Head Boy? Ron
     b. Head Girl? Hermione
     c. DADA Instructor? New character; another former colleague of
Dumbledore 
     d. Potions Master or Mistress? Slughorn
     e. Headmaster or -mistress? McGonagall  

9. Where do Snape's ultimate loyalties lie? 
	For revenge against Voldemort because he killed the women he loved;
and to Dumbledore because AD's goal is the defeat of LV.  Snape sees
AD's plan as his best chance for revenge against LV.

10. Identify the seven Horcruxes. (If you think there are more or less
than seven, write "n/a" or add extra letters as necessary. Horcruxes
in previous books and previously inactivated Horcruxes must be
identified for full credit. If you think one of the soul pieces is in
Voldemort so there are six external Horcruxes plus the bit still in
him, then write "In Voldemort" for one of the answers.) 
     a. Diary
     b. Ring
     c. Locket
     d. Hufflepuff's cup
     e. something of Ravenclaw's (possibly the wand in Ollivander's
shop window)
     f. something of Gryffindor's (a clue to this will be found in
Godric's Hollow)
     g. the snake, Nagini
     h. a piece in Harry (by the scar); Voldemort was not aware of
this piece before he made the other seven horcruxes.
     i. Voldemort still has a piece of soul in his body; he must have
to still be "alive;" but this piece cannot be killed until all other
pieces are destroyed, including the piece in Harry.

In case Hogwarts does not reopen, or in case we do not have sufficient
information to answer #5 and #8 above, these two alternate questions
will used in place of #5 and #8, above. If #5 and #8 are sufficiently
answered in DH, the alternate questions will be used as tiebreakers. 
 
Alternate 1. What are Snape's patronus and boggert? 
	Patronus = snake; boggert is Lord Voldemort realizing Snape's duplicity 
 
Alternate 2. What is behind the locked door at the Department of
Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic? 
	The Room of Love, because it is the most powerful and dangerous; Hary
will gain access to it through a colleague of his mother, who was an
Unspeakable; there Harry will find out information essential to making
the love charm that will protect him in the final confrontation with
Voldemort. 
 

Additional Predictions:

1) Obsessive love will be a key component of defeating Voldemort:  
This is why Slughorn talks about the power of obsessive love in HBP. 
Snape is committed to the downfall of Voldemort because of Snape's
obsessive love of a woman that Voldemort killed, probably Lily Potter.
(This is why Voldemort says to Lily that she should step aside, and
tells Harry that his mother did not need to die: Voldemort promised
Snape that he would not kill Lily, since it was only her son that
Voldemort needed to kill.)  Snape hates Harry because he looks like
James Potter, who "took" Lily's love, and because Harry is a constant
reminder that Snape "lost" the chance to have love.  When Bertha
Jorkins saw someone kissing behind the greenhouse, it was Snape
kissing (or trying to kiss) the woman he loved, Lily or an unknown
character.  Also, the reason that the memory Harry observes from the
pensive is "Snape's worst memory," is because in his embarrassment
over James' jinxes,  he struck out at Lily when she was trying to help
him, thus ruining any chance he might have had for having a
relationship with her. (He never had a chance, but Snape doesn't know
this.) 

2)  Dumbledore's ironclad reason for trusting Snape is that Snape made
an unbreakable vow to protect the child of the prophecy (Harry) with
his life.  

3) Dumbledore will have left his pensive and some bottled memories for
Harry, and/or will provide information through his portrait.  One
piece of information will be how he destroyed the ring horcrux and
blackened his hand. This information will help Harry destroy other
Horcruxes.

4) -Because Harry saved Wormtail's life, Wormtail will do something at
the end that will help Harry.

5) There will be a complex spell that utilizes others love for Harry
and his for them in creating some form of protection to be used in the
final confrontation with Voldemort.

-Harry will learn to do silent magic.  This combined with his ability
to do wandless magic, and his ability to make quick decisions and do
actions without thinking will allow him to do something unexpected to
defeat Voldemort.

-Bill will provide a charm to break some protection guarding one of
the Horcruxes; Fred and George will provide items from their joke shop
that will prove helpful in the quest for the Horcruxes and the
confrontation with Voldemort; Charlie will provide a dragon, probably
Norbert, which will be used in the search for the horcruxes.