Predictions for Book 7

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No: HPFGUIDX 172139

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

No


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

Tricky. The prophecy said vanquished not killed, although HP and DD 
talk about killing.  Sooo - I think Voldemort will be mentally and 
emotionally crushed, but possibly will remain "suspended" in the 
locked room in perpetuity.  (See my own predictions to make more 
sense of that.)


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

Sorry, but Snape will probably have to go.  
Neville (he really should have left Bellatrix well alone. Will 
probably get points deducted for this one!)
       

>>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? 

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?     No
     b. Draco?     No
     c. Hermione? No
     d. Luna?     No
     e. Ron?     No
     f. Neville?     No
     g. Ginny?     No
I don't think Hogwarts will be open - no-one would trust the security 
with DD gone.
 
   
>>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?" 

Filch.
 

>>8. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will be the: 
     a. Head Boy?     Terry Boot
     b. Head Girl?     Hannah Abbot
     c. DADA Instructor?    None
     d. Potions Master or Mistress?  Slughorn
     e. Headmaster or -mistress?    McGonegall 


>>9. Where do Snape's ultimate loyalties lie? 

With Dumbledore  - so now with himself asDumbledore is gone and not 
there to protect him. I don't think he feels loyalty to the Order.  
Ultimately I see him paring up with Lucius Malfoy - before Snape gets 
snuffed that is -  IMO they both want Voldemort out and Lucius 
in.        


>>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. Hufflepuff's cup
     d. Ravenclaw's tiara - either in room of requirement or at 
Bill/Fleur's wedding
     e. Slytherin's Locket - probably with Aberforth or in Kreacher's 
den
     f. Harry
     g. In 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? 
    
Boggart - James telling him that he still owes him a life debt.
Patronus - bat (which possibly turns into a phoenix)
 

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

Love in its most potent, purifying form - like 'last judgement' love, 
a mirror in which the soul sees itself, and every action it has ever 
done.
 
 
Other Predictions
 
1 The final confrontation between Harry and Voldemort takes place in 
the Locked room in the Department of Mysteries which is purifying 
love. Harry will destroy all other horcruxes (or they will have been 
destroyed) leaving himself as the last Horcrux.  Harry will lure 
Voldemort into the locked room. Voldemort and the part of his soul 
that is in Harry will be unable to survive the experience of 
purifying love. Harry survives because his heart is pure and he can 
therefore withstand the awsome judgemental power of love. In other 
words, he will survive because he can love.  Possibly, you can only 
get out of the locked room if you have successfully faced yourself, 
and as Voldemort refuses to do that, he may just have to stay in 
there.
 
2 Harry will get bitten by Nagini at some point.  Just as Voldemort 
got some of Harry's blood into him, which was important, so Harry 
will get some of Nagini's venom, which created Voldemort's body.  
This will be significant.  Don't ask me why, the intricacies of the 
prophecy are just too mind boggling, but it could be something to do 
with being able to get into the locked room in the Department of 
Mysteries. The antidote to Nagini's venom is known by Healer Smethwyk 
and is probably dragon's blood, which Slughorn has a small bottle of.

3 Harry will find out information through the pensieve. DD left 
memories in his pensieve - memories can survive the death of their 
owners.  Harry uses his own memories of Godric's Hollow via the 
pensieve to find out what happened there. 

4 Going out on a limb here  - what the heck! The reason Dumbledore 
trusts Snape is because Snape told him that Wormtail was the spy 
right from the off. Dumbledore used Wormtail to feed false 
information to Voldemort for the year before the Potters were killed, 
and had no idea that the secret keeper had been swapped.  This 
perhaps was one of Dumbledore's huger mistakes. 

5 Caradoc Dearborn will come back into the story.  He has been hidden 
by DD since Voldies downfall.