[HPforGrownups] predictions

[Angel Lima]

No: HPFGUIDX 171963

HP (Harry Potter) for Grownups I have been reading the flurry 
of posts through the last couple of days and though I have not 
read the spoilers touted biggest fricking spoilers ever by TK 
<g> I really want to put out my predictions seeing as it is the 
first and last time I will be able to do so.

Long time member but have never managed to post successfully - 
yes am a twat... unfortunately this is really rushed as I am at 
work but caught a snippet warning the predictions will close 
early due to the above mentioned spoiler.

Compulsory Questions (50 points total):

If you believe the answer to a question is a new character, 
write "new character" *and* describe relationships to old 
characters or characteristics of new character for full credit.

1. Will Harry die and stay dead at the end of HPDH

I wish, but no, he lives.

2. Will Voldemort die and stay dead at the end of HPDH?

No his punishment is to live also - death is easy...besides 
children's book here and to have Harry be a murderer ...well 
only du Maurier had a hero be a murderer somewhat successfully.

3. Excluding Harry and Voldemort, who will be the most 
prominent character to die and stay dead?

It will break me to read of Snape's death, sniff!  Luckily 
Hagrid snuffs it too <g>

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

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? Yes

c. Hermione? Yes

d. Luna? Yes

e. Ron? Yes

f. Neville? Yes

g. Ginny? Yes

They are all enrolled but do not attend.  Their enrollment is 
important to be able to get back into Hogwarts to recover the 
horcrux hidden there.

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?"

At first I thought Argie Filch but then Dumbledore's brother 
must surely be older than Argus, so Dumbly's bro instead.

8. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will be the:

a. Head Boy? Harry

b. Head Girl? Hermione

c. DADA Instructor? Doge or Shacklebolt if the ministry can 
spare him

d. Potions Master or Mistress? Prof. Slughorn

e. Headmaster or -mistress? Professor McGonagall

9. Where do Snape's ultimate loyalties lie? 

Dumbledore's man through and through!

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. Tom Riddle's diary (destroyed)

b. Gaunt's ring (destroyed)

c. Merope's locket 

d. Hufflepuff's Cup (with RAB)

e. Quidditch Cup

f. Nagini (GoF and HBP)

g. Inside Voldemort

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 boggart?

Snape's Patronus : Acromantula

Snape's Boggart : Mimbulus mimbletonia

Alternate 2. What is behind the locked door at the Department 
of Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic?

Love; as much as time, death, knowledge etc were in their rooms 
though I think here, it would take pure love to open the door 
and call forth its powers - perhaps representations of loved 
ones without physical form - hallows?  After all, one's loved 
ones never die when they are kept true to.

Predictions (10 points each / 50 points total):

Make 5 predictions not covered in the Compulsory Question section.

All my logical predictions have been dispersed for the grandeur 
of farfetchedness and the unexpected <g>. If any of these even 
hint of realisation then hailing me would not be adequate reward 
<beg>

1. There is a thing about "hand" that is mightily discombobulating, 
one's right hand in particular. Dumbledore, Peter and Harry lost 
theirs, Peter 's replaced, Harry's regrown.  Even Voldemort was 
"regrouped" <g> by Peter's and Harry's right hands.  From lack 
of any other thoughts on this subject I'd say Peter slays Fenrir 
to save Ron.

2. Snape did not AK Dumbledore.  In a volume about non-verbal 
spells and from a character championing such a prowess as well 
as the ability to "put a stopperer on death" I dare say 
Dumbledore was already dead from the ring except Snape put 
a stopperer on it - a clamp - hence the very dead "blackened" 
hand.  Snape merely removed his "magic" and thus could not 
have murdered Dumbledore as he was already "dead", could not 
rip his soul by committing such a heinous act as murder and 
at the same time save Malfoy and himself from Voldemort's 
order and the UV. It would also explain why he was a willing 
participant of the UV in the first place.

3. Petunia and Lily are descendents of Ravenclaw - hence 
Petunia's secret (her family is from a lost line of magick.  
Their parents response to Lily's magic implied they were much 
more than happy to discover a witch in their midst. Perhaps 
thier euphoria "pride" according to Petals was in rediscovering 
a witch in the family) and being named after flowers will 
coincide with the roots of Rowena from the rowan tree as will 
Lily's red hair, coincidentally I wonder if Harry mistook a 
rowan for a beech in Snape's worst memory and where the trio 
once studied. Rowena Ravenclaw might be buried under there.

4. I have always thought Minerva was Voldemort's most loyal 
servant-  so unlike Minerva's character to be subservient and 
evil yet I could never sway the nagging feeling of why Dumbledore 
did not trust her completely whereas he trusted Snape implicitly. 
It would also explain why she was extra-eager to recover the 
Quidditch Cup as I believe it might be another horcrux, perhaps 
fashioned by Rowena.

5.  Amelia Bones plays a significant part in DH. I very very 
much doubt she is dead as her skills were renowned.

6.  R.A.B Regulus Arctrus Black?  I'm hesitant as Sirius spoke 
of him almost as an idiot with a lot less talent than the 
Marauders, yet Peter proved too quick for Paddy when he 
slaughtered 12 muggles as did Uglytrix when she snuck in 
a jab whilst Sirius was too busy laughing and mocking her. 
So beloved as he is <g>, Sirius is undoubtedly not a very 
good judge of character.  Still, Dumbledore told Harry 
recovering that locked required two, I wonder then if it 
was Regulus and Kreacher on that trip. It is only because 
of Kreacher that I am willing to count Regulus as RAB 
otherwise was at first inclined to lean towards Amelia 
Bones but seeing as she is ASB I would have thought Borgins 
was a better choice but alas will stick with Regulus and 
Kreacher.

7. Harry's friends are vital to the final battle. Whereas 
the deatheaters do Voldy's bidding out of fear, Harry's 
friends would stand infront of an AK for Harry out of loyalty 
and love, though they don't do that in DH, it is Ron who slays 
Nagini and depending on how far the epilogue takes us to, he 
becomes the future Minister of Magic.

8. The dead play a major role in Deathly Hallows. The upside 
is we get to see Harry's family as he saw in the Mirror of 
Erised but in no way does Harry go through the veil, dies 
and comes back to life ... that is preposterous even for my 
handy dandy Trelawny crystal ball.

9.  I made this my final prediction as these are children's 
books and thus highly unlikely, still I think Draco might be 
Snape's son as I cannot fathom otherwise, why Narcissa sought 
his help.  Snape's worst memory verified he was a loner and 
did follow the Marauders - Harry describes him as wondering 
without aim, yet stopping when the Marauders had stopped etc. 
That tree and all those people are linked, but Lucius was not 
there. Lily was at the lake with other girls that Harry did 
not recognise, one of them might have been Narcissa. Her 
saying Lucius always trusted Snape rings false as their 
only shared bond was that of death eater. Also it is Narcissa 
that is blond not Lucius as the movies have made him, besides 
the way Severus stitched up Draco after the sectumsempra curse 
when he found him spoke of caress not just efficiency.  

Cannot wait for Harry to fall at Snivvy's feet and plead 
forgiveness <beg>

Angel Lima