Slytherin as villains / Ender vs. Harry SPOILERS for Ender's Game

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 179140

Montavilla47
> Unless they flooed from the Hogshead, which really makes the most 
> sense of all.  In which case, Voldemort wouldn't have seen *any*
> students, unless the students made a point of leaving the Hogshead
> by the door--going directly into the Death Eater camp (in 
> Hogsmeade).  

Pippin:
What if it was Lucius who found out from other Death Eaters that their
children had been sent home? Then he begs Voldemort  for any
news about his son (perhaps fearing that Draco is indeed being held
hostage) to which Voldemort replies with his unverifiable statement 
about the rest of the Slytherins having joined him. As Lucius has no
way of telling whether the rest of the Slytherins have joined or not,
why *shouldn't* Voldemort lie about it? He lies for fun. Harry notes
his relish at it elsewhere. 

 Voldemort seems to have removed his forces from Hogsmeade to the 
forest, otherwise he would have noticed that Charlie and Slughorn were 
assembling a counterforce. If he left scouts behind, perhaps they
were overpowered before they could warn him. 

Montavilla:
> Incidently, Aberforth seems to think that the Slytherin students are
> all the children of Death Eaters, since he criticizes the Dumbledore
> forces for not keeping them all hostage.

Pippin:
He says "a few Slytherins hostage" DH ch 31 

He does seem to think that only Slytherins would be children of
Death Eaters. Apparently Pettigrew's defection wasn't enough to
shake the  assumption that dark wizards only spring
from Slytherin. But Wizards aren't noted for their logic. 

Pippin