The Last Mon Standing

Millions of Harry Potter aficionados from around the globe are now drooling for the coming end of the Harry Potter Series. But since we do not have the eyes that befit a seer like Professor Trelawney, nor do we boast of the ancient knowledge that centaurs like Firenze has, we can only make some fine speculations about the coming ending of the Seventh Installment of the until now untitled book.

                If you haven’t read the fifth (Order of Phoenix) and the sixth (Half-Blood Prince) I might as well advise you to refrain to read beyond this …
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                Sneaky pants, you have been warned… yet you dare. Now prepare to perish in the perils of spoilers that lie just ahead…. Beware. Watch where you threading, you nosy muggle.

Expectations for the 7th Installment

This are the things that might happen next based on the fifth and sixth book and JK Rowling’s Interviews.

There will be a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher;

                It has been a tradition for the HP books to introduce a new teacher for the post since not one ever lasted for more than a year. It was said in the wizarding world that the job was jinxed. Among the professors who took the position were Quirrel, who died in the first year, Lockhart, who had a terrible amnesia, Lupin, who was sacked, Moody, who was imprisoned in a briefcase for the whole school year, Umbridge, who was ran over by a herd of centaurs, and Snape, who flew away after killing the headmaster.

                Rumors say that Fleur Delacour might be the next professor if ever Hogwarts reopens.

Hogwarts MIGHT not be the setting of the untitled book;

                The seventh book might see more outside sceneries this time since Harry swore in the 6th book that he’ll look for the Dark Lord and avenge his parents’ death.

                It was clearly said in the last Chapter of the 6th book that he’s “not coming back even if it (the school) reopens.”

Two of the three main characters will die;

                Sadly, JK Rowling confirmed the death of 2 among Harry, Hermione, and Ron. Whoever it is, she won’t tell though.

Some Puzzling Questions that are to be Answered by the Last Book

                So what are the queries that we’ve been dying to be answered? These are some of the most popular questions that have been running through the heads of Harry Potter Maniacs.

Will “the CHOSEN ONE” survive the war against “the Dark Lord”?

                “The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches… and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives….” And so the prophecy goes.

                JK Rowling wrote in her website that “myself and Madame Trelawney worded the prophecy very carefully” thus making the ending more unpredictable. However, she was also quoted in a TV interview that she would be willing to kill Harry in the end to stop other writers from writing a sequel. So now the questions remain, who will kill who? Who will triumph in the end? Will the “boy-who-lived” conquer the Dark Lord?

Will Sirius Black return from the dead?

                “Harry saw the look of mingled fear and surprise on his Godfather’s wasted once-handsome face as he fell through the ancient doorway and disappeared beyond the veil…” after Bellatrix Lestrange shot a killing curse on him.

                But Sirius’ body was not found.

                If Luna Lovegood was correct when she said that, “In that room with the archway. They (the souls of the departed)   were just lurking out of sight. That’s all. You heard them,” then this means that Sirius’ body was thrown with his soul in the spirit realm. Can this mean that Sirius’ body was not separated in the process? If so does this mean he’s still….

Is Snape really Eeee-vil?

                Severus’ allegiance still mystifies a lot of people even if he did kill Dumbledore in the 6th book. Maybe this is because of the author’s amazing skill in turning her stories upside down. Take for example Sirius Black who was described as the number one fanatical follower of He-who-must-not-be-named while Peter Pettigrew was a good loyal friend and yet in the end it turned out that it was the other way around.

                Could this be the case with Snape? Did Dumbledore’s trust with Snape have any basis? Did he actually plead Snape to kill him because he knew everything about the spell of unbreakable vow that Severus made with Narcissa Malfoy? Or was Snape just jesting all along?

               Who can be certain when we all know that Snape is very proficient in legilemency (reading other people’s mind) and occlumency (shutting the psyche from intruders who uses legilemency)?

                Hmmm… curious… curious….

Who is R.A.B.?

                RAB is definitely the number one in the list of the Harry Potter mysteries.

To the Dark Lord

I know I will be dead long before you read this

But I want you to know that it was I who discovered your secret.

I have stolen the real Horcrux and intend to destroy it as soon as I can.

I face death in the hope that when you meet your match,

You will be mortal once more.

RAB

                Who is indeed RAB…? Some say it was Dumbledore’s brother. While some, like me, reckon it was Regulus A. Black, Sirius’ brother, who was killed by none other than You-Know-Who, himself because of an uncertain reason.

                Plus just as what Ella said last DEcember here

*rolls eyes* You know, I figured THAT out months ago….Regulus Black IS R.A.B.!!!! Remember, he had wanted to leave the Death Eaters, and he was killed for it… and also remember a heavy locket was found in the Black house that couldn’t be opened … could this be the missing Horcrux from the cave?

Posted by: Ella | December 21, 2005 01:31 AM