And the Trelawney award goes to.....(Re: Do we really get our closer?)

[hickengruendler]

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> Jen:  
> > I just realized we never heard a peep from Tiger Patronus about 
> > the prediction contest!  
> <snip>
> > So, here's a chance to impress each other with our awe-inspiring 
> > predictions and mutter and grumble about predictions JKR so 
> > *obviously* would have used if she'd been creative enough to 
think 
> > of them herself. ;)
> <snip Jen's two 'biggest failed predictions'> 
> 
> SSSusan:
> Oh, I'll play!  My biggest failed prediction was that we would 
> discover what happened in the missing 24 hours, and that it 
> definitely involved Snape doing something additional to protect 
Harry 
> before his deposit at the Dursleys.  I was convinced he had used 
his 
> expertise to offer up an additional protection and that this was 
one 
> reason DD was so sure he could trust Snape.  Sigh....
 
Hickengruendler:

My biggest failed prediction was Evil!Scrimgeour. I suspected him 
ever since I knew nothing but his name in OotP, because Tonks said, 
that he was asking funny questions. His somewhat incompetent 
behaviour in HBP confirmed my suspicion, but alas, it wasn't meant to 
be. 
> 
> Jen:
> > My closest prediction was......drumroll......taken straight from 
> > the Prediction contest (throw out that first line <g>):
> > 
> > 3. Dumbledore is Heir of Gryffindor.  Spending his life defeating
> > Dark Lords will be rooted in his past, a trauma in his own family
> > which he was replaying when he drank the potion in the cave.
> 
> SSSusan:
 
> 5. Harry will believe he has to sacrifice himself for those he
> loves, he will be prepared to do so, he will in fact believe he is
> in the processing of doing so... but he will end up not having to do
> so.
> 
> Siriusly Snapey Susan,
> back to posting for the first time in ages
>

Hickengruendler:

My best one, also taken from the Prediction contest:

"2. Even if the Tiara [in the Room of Requirement, which I guessed as 
a Horcrux in the Horcrux question] mentioned above isn't a Horcrux, 
at least one Horcrux will be hidden in Hogwarts, probably in the Room 
of Requirement. Voldemort, who can't stop the Trio destroying his 
other Horcruxes, decides to attack the castle, both, because he wants 
to protect the Horcrux hidden there, and because he wants to take over
the castle anyway. The final battle will be on Hogwarts' grounds,
with most characters we know getting involved."

And I think, that I deserve full marks on this one. ;-)

Hickengruendler