New Gryffindor Quidditch Captain

[Athena Appleton]

I'm only saying that someone will change houses because Rowling herself said it. I'm looking for a possible excuse for someone changing houses, and disbanding Slytherin makes sense to me.

[Evil Wizard Petting Zoo]

paintballdecoy:

Why would the other beater not be a beater anymore?

Jack Sloper hit himself in the head with his own bat, so he's an idiot, I figured the other one may have improved over the summer. Only my wild guesses.

I wonder how the change of houses for the person will be announced. Will the sorting hat, after sorting the 1st years, say "I've made a mistake" or will it be a decision made by professors.

Yall are starting to get me hooked with the Slytherin disbanding thing, but I'm not convinced yet!

[Athena Appleton]

I wonder how the change of houses for the person will be announced. Will the sorting hat, after sorting the 1st years, say "I've made a mistake" or will it be a decision made by professors.

This is actually what made me start considering alternatives to the obvious sorting hat thing... I don't know how it'll be done, but I think it will be in a delicate manner, and that Harry and Co. won't have full knowledge of what happened (I think it'll be in private, and they'll just notice the results)

[Nobby]

Come on guys is it only athena and i that see dumbledore splitting up certain slytherins. if this does happen it seems logical that dumbledore would put malfoy in gryffindor, as he is probably one of the worst and here ron,harry,neville,hermoine,ginny and co can keep eyes on him!

[Alice I]

OK lets say you and Athena are right Nobby:
Where would Malfoy go for instance.
Would they put another bed in the sixth year's dormitory?
Would DD want Lucius Malfoy's son to have intimate access to Harry and co.?
Would Harry and co. want Malfoy that close?
I am not saying that it won't happen but I just don't see how (how did Hermione put it in the trailer?)
a foul loathsome evil little cockroach should get the privilege of going to Gryffindor.
If it were to happen the way you say then Snape would be in a bit of an awkward situation as well. Will he continue to take points from Gryffindor?
I guess we'll know soon enough. I heard a rumor that the book is coming out this summer. I do not know if that is a true rumor or not.

[Athena Appleton]

It's not. According to Rowling (and the publishers) it'll be out the summer of 2005 at the earliest, most probably the summer of 2006.

When Order of the Phoenix was to be released in mid-June, they had announced it in January. We don't even know the name of the next book.

I think, if I'm right, then some major reorganizing of the school would have to be done. But I think that desperate times call for desperate measures, and we're in desperate times at Hogwarts.

So, yes, I think adding a bed to the sixth year dormitory would be done (incidentally, I think the setting up of the dormitories is magical anyway, because I don't think there's always 5 boys in all the Gryffindor boys classes)

You raise a good point about Dumbledore wanting Malfoy having intimate access to Harry, but since Lucius is in Azkaban, and since there would only be one of Malfoy and LOTS of good kids in Gryffindor, they're more of a danger to him, not the other way around. I think Dumbledore would also warn Harry, Ron, Hermione, probably Neville and Ginny on the side to keep an eye on Malfoy, but don't let him hear or see too much.

I am not saying that it won't happen but I just don't see how (how did Hermione put it in the trailer?)
a foul loathsome evil little cockroach should get the privilege of going to Gryffindor.

First, he would see it as some kind of punishment, since he loves being in Slytherin. Second, you think it's better that the foul loathsome evil little cockroach stick around with his buddies and cause a real problem in Hogwarts? Have you ever tried killing a drawerful of cockroaches, instead of just one? It's a LOT easier to contain the one.

If it were to happen the way you say then Snape would be in a bit of an awkward situation as well. Will he continue to take points from Gryffindor?

That depends on if the entire house of Slytherin is disbanded, or if it's just the little inner circle. If it's just the inner circle, then Snape would continue being the head of house, taking house points away, etc. If the entire house is split up among the other three houses, then there wouldn't be a need for a head of Slytherin house, so, unfortunately, Snape would lose a part of his responsibilities at Hogwarts.

[Nobby]

yeah, on the lines of what i was thinking. certain twiques dont make much difference though!

[choki]

Did Rowling really mention about someone changing house? It could be a rumour though. I don't know but this changing house affair could really be a blow to the "flowness" of the story. It's a bad bad bad turning point for me, just the same way Sirius fell through the veil and died I mean Sirius could die a lot heroic death than THAT! *grumbles* Oh well, we can't change anything...

It was the sorting hat that placed Draco and co. into Slytherin and I doubt anyone should change that. It's being rude to the intelligent sorting hat which the founders created! (Do I make any sense?)

[Gower]

Yes choki you do make some sense
I don't they would ever disband the entire slytherin house. That would be like saying that slytherin has alaways been worse than the others and needs to be removed. It wouldn't go down well at all with slytherin students or their parents I imagine.

[Aberforth]

I agree that Malfoy shouldn't be too close to Harry. Dumbledore is wise enough to think that the death eaters will find a way out of Azkaban (since the other 12 did and the dementors have turned), so he wouldn't risk Malfoy getting that close.

[Gower]

He knows that Harry and Draco hate each other, so he wouldn't put them too close because it would create pointless arguments and scuffles.

[Athena Appleton]

Honestly, I haven't actually read where she says someone will change houses, and if she didn't say that, then I completely take back my theory.

If she did say it, though, I find this scenario more likely than any other (like, Hermione's smart, she'd probably just switch over to Ravenclaw).

All you guys who are talking about how Malfoy wouldn't like it, the students wouldn't be happy about it, Harry and Malfoy might get into arguements... you act like all this matters. It doesn't. When you're faced with the possibility of a group of students getting together without supervision and paying homage to Voldemort, separating them and making them angry is a lot better an idea than letting them continue their little Voldy club and be happy.

[AngelicS_89]

My opinion:
Harry leaving Quidditch,no way!I mean he probably won't become Quidditch player,but still he won't leave the team!He suffered(sp?) so much b/c of it and invested a lot,and you say that he will walk away just like that!?

There's no way that Malfoy switchs to Gryffindor,unless he becomes good,and if he does become good and changes house he won't kick Ron out of team

Seperating whole Slytherin!????If that is true(that someone will change houses) it will be one or two persons,not whole house

And last thing if Malfoy does get to Gryffindor,and still is bad,he will kill Harry in sleep,for sake of God why would Dumbledoe risik that to happen,and he's not so stupid to think that Malfoy won't kill Harry

[Athena Appleton]

Well, I'm done arguing with everyone about Malfoy switching houses... I see it as a possible next step, no one else does, whatever...

Just wanna note, Harry not playing quidditch anymore doesn't exactly come out of the blue. He hasn't played for two years. Unless she has some major reason to keep him playing quidditch other than "he just likes it", I don't think he's gonna be on the house team anymore.

[Lone_Buck]

So what's going to happen with quidditch

Were all three chasers in OoP 7th years and have to be replaced in the next book. Who do you think the team will be. We'll have those two dumb guys as beaters, Harry as seeker, Ginny as one chaser, and Ron possibly as Keeper. That leaves two chasers. Maybe one of those kids Harry shares a dorm with, the one who loves soccer? Probably one of the 2nd years, to keep the team age diverse.