Heh, jump_jives, I do believe Delores will come out a head, the question being how much of the rest of her will still be attached to it. I rather suspect she's going to find herself having a most difficult time of things even before then ('twould be merely thoughtful for "The Shadow" to welcome her to Hogwarts this time). I feel sorry for Theo but not a bit for Pansy, she made her choice and paid for it. The bit with Harry knowing that Moody was watching and staging a "show" for him was a nice touch. I wonder how many other interesting "detectors" of things like that Harry has available for use? 'Twould seem that Harry's mentors are definitely quite ahead of the "state of the art" in Wixzarding Brittain, but with the blooders and traditionalists putting the brakes on things, that's hardly surprising. -wicked chuckle- By the same token, these same attitudes explain why Tommy-boy has no inkling of who is really opposing him.