Seventh Book last word is 'scar'

I remeber reading in an interview that Rowling said that the last word of the 7th book was scar. and i was trying to think how the sentence was. maybe " The evil was gone , and life was back to normal thanks to a boy with a scar." or maybe " lord Voldemort had been defeated by the boy with the lighting bolt scar.
tell me your opinions and theories.

I've never heard of that. I could see it work, though the last chapter is suposed to be an exposition of what happens to the "survivors" after Voldemort's second fall. Though, JKR has said she has written the final chapter of Book 7, though she thinks she will rewrite the chapter when she finally reaches it in 2027.

Yes it has been said that Scar is the last word, i am sure there are several threads on this already but heres my inputt.

"Voldermort was really gone, and so was the scar."

2027, LOL, Qeomash!!!! Just becuase it has been said that scar will be the last word, it doesn't mean that whenever book 7 is done that will remain the same.

I haven't heard this before. Interesting that she's already written the final chapter of the book. I suppose it gives her a point to write too.

I wouldn't be surprised if she does rewrite the chapter when she gets there though.

I can't believe there isn't a thread on this already :) I know she said it a long time ago. I hope she doesn't rewrite the last chapter cause I am SO curious as to what the sentences is (well, ok, if she can make it better she can rewrite it, I suppose...)

Still :rotfl: at the 2027 Qeomash.

There are many ways the book could end with "the scar".
Cho could kiss "the scar".
Voldemort was beaten by the boy with "the scar".
What would still be remembered in hundred years was his power - and "the scar".
Rowling said she had the last chapter of HP in her safe. Just roughly 10 years to go and we can read it :D

Voldemort was gone and along with him was the scar.

Did she really say this? I read that it was purely an unconfirmed rumor. Can anyone find the interview?

Originally posted by Johnny Cage (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/a/showthread.php?postid=168131#post168131))
There are many ways the book could end with "the scar".
Cho could kiss "the scar".
Voldemort was beaten by the boy with "the scar".
What would still be remembered in hundred years was his power - and "the scar".
Rowling said she had the last chapter of HP in her safe. Just roughly 10 years to go and we can read it :D



I really like all of these ideas.. and although I always thought that Voldemort was gone, and so was the scar, would be the final line. I think this is the most logical really, but your ideas are all really cool.

I'm anxious.. but unfortunately, we'll have to wait til the very end of our special little series :'( to find out.

I read this too. There are so many possibilities, I can't wait to find out.

well, i think that the last chapter will have something to do with the scar :) like how was it possible for harry to get the scar and all of the technical stuff behind it.

Simple. Title's gonna be Harry potter And The Scar. i think?

Maybe it'll be: And that was the story of the boy with the scar!

Gah! How corny!

Perhaps he'll be thinking about his mum and the scar reminds him of her love and not Voldemort trying to kill him?

The curse flashed off of Harry's wand and Voldemort fell dead before him, a cold grey tint to his deathly pale eyes. Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived, had escaped once again from the Dark Lord.

Dumbledore walked slowly in front of Harry and Ron, picked up his wand, and awoke Sirius. He spoke quickly to Sirius and he immediately left the small chamber at once to go find Hermione, who was still bound and unconscious in the dungeons.

Ron stepped over Lucius Malfoy's body and completely avoided Voldemort's, and shrank into a shadowy corner on one of the plush armchairs.

And now, it seems, Harry Potter's Seventh Year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is finally over. Lord Voldemort finally defeated, Harry felt the spot where his scar had been burning for the last two hours. But the funny thing was, there was no Scar....



this is just one of my ideas...

you did some thinking about that.
maybe like:

It amazed harry how lucky he was. He had great friends, he was a wizard and all evil was gone. He would be legendary for a long time. he had defeated the wizard who had gave him the curse.

or from a negatvie point of veiw

Voldemort stood over dumbledore and made one last laugh. then he said the magical word of a curse that killed instantly, ' Avada Kervada', and all life was gone was gone before a second. he then walked over to harry. he then turned to a boy crying on the ground a crucio curse and watch him suffer. then slowly he raised his hand and said" you thought you could defeat me? Never, Avada Kervada' and he was killed instanly. voldemort had killed the boy with the lighting bolt scar.

Maybe people will be looking at his scar. Like they stare at it or something or it goes away. Maybe she'll change it though in 2027, like Qeomash said.

Where Hermionee fell on the ground, her knee was now showing a scar.

;D, no, Really, I don't know... It'll be something like 'The boy who lived', get what I mean? So meaningful and everything...

Haha that would be a very very very very very wierd and funny ending indeed Stelluna.

I've read about that rumour too. But I won't take it for granted until JKR ssays it herself.

All good ideas. My personal view - we'll see Harry nicely married off, Voldie defeated, etc. He and his new bride (whoever she is) will have a new baby and as they gaze lovingly into his crib . . . on his forehead will appear a lightening scar . . . :'(

I read about this opinion somewhere(don't remember where though), about a boy named Harry waking up from a long dream of adventures. He stared at the mirror and the scar was not real after all. Upsetting. :)

I wouldn't be a happy boy if that was the ending, I cannot imagine JK copping out like that...it's not her style.

Or how about. Voldemort was gone but his dark doings would always be remembered by what would still lay on Harry's forhead, the scar.
LA LA LA!!!
Whoosh!

I think it will be kind of mundane. The last chapter in all of the others books are sort of winding down after the climax of the story. In this case, the climax will be Harry defeating Voldie once and for all (I mean, JKR isn't going to let Voldie triumph, is she?). So, things will be winding down, all the plot threads resolved. Harry will be reflecting on all of the events of the past 7 years, then 'something, something, something.... Harry put his hand to his forehead and touched his scar'.

Or... the scar line could be in the epilogue, not the last chapter. 'Harry lived a long, happy life. The only reminder of the dark past behind him was the lighting bold scar'. Of course, I want Harry to live a long happy life (married to Hermione of course ;) ), so I won't contemplate more macabre scenarios that would lead to the last word being 'scar'.

Harry felt the spot where his scar had been burning for the last two hours. But the funny thing was, there was no Scar....

I like this but could he have another scar as a result of the battle... so all that remained of Voldemort was a new phoenix shaped scar...

Maybe one chapter in book 7 would be named, the boy who lived again. And about the scar, The dark times had passed, and the only faint memory of Voldemort's horror lied on the forehead of the boy who lived again in the shape of a lightning bolt scar.

Perhaps it isn't Harrys scar that it refers to? but a newly created one

That's a possibility but it most obviously seems like Harry's scar.

How about this,
And all muggles and wizards live happily ever after ,all because of that scar.
:D

here's what I think it may be
..harry turned his head hand looked into the mirror at himself. One thing was gone his scar.
or
..voldamort was gone but he had left a deep marking in harry's heart by leaving a scar.(emotanal)( like voldamort killed someone harry loved and left a scar.

I think she'll wind up rewriting it. I read that somewhere in one of her interviews, that she might end up changing it anyway. The ending should be:

Harry hopped on the Underground. He knew he would find his way home thanks to Dumbledore's map-of-the-London-Underground scar. ;)

Or...

Harry leaned back and relaxed on Dudley's couch and watched "The Lion King" on the VCR. He finally figured the name of the bad lion in the movie--Scar!

sorry :)

Maybe like

"After several memory wipes, all the thoughts of the struggle between good and evil were encrypted on a single scar."

Ok I really really think this is gonna be how she ends it. I mean, it always ends at Kings Cross Station, right?

Harry Potter walked away from Kings Cross, no longer a boy at Hogwarts, but still the boy who lived, the boy with the scar.

What if it ended like this:

And then the people all raised their glasses and said, "To Harry Potter, the boy with the lightning bolt scar!"

This would be really cruel:
"Harry suddenly woke up, back in the cupboard under the stairs. He rubbed his scar, to check if what he just dreamed about was real, it was all a dream- there was no scar."

Or - Harry walked into the bookstore, and saw many Muggle children with tatoos on their foreheads. Upon further examination, he realized they were lightningbolt shaped scars :D

thanks to harry the dark lord was gone and so the world would always remember the boy with the scar

or

as harry looked in the miror he saw himself and all that remined him of the last few years was the scar.

or

voldermort was gone and so was the boy with the scar.

well, I have
something i hope :
maybe it will be Harry turned back to the mirror for the last time, then he realised there was nothing on his forehead, not even his scar.
or maybe-
No one knew what happened the night Voldemort was destroyed. Nobody, but Harry Potter, the one with the scar.

or what I dread:
There was silence in the graveyard. The only people in there was Ron and Hermione, standing by a tombstone that read...
Harry Potter
Here lies Harry Potter
He was murdered by Lord Voldemort
There's nothing left but his memory
of him and of his scar.

Okay, I REALLy hope that doesn't happen. But, it's just a thought. :'(

I've never heard of this before. Well, I've heard people mention it, but I've never read it anywhere, so I always assumed it was a rumor. Oh well, I guess we'll all just have to wait and find out.

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I've read this somewhere before, but I hope it dosen't happen:

Harry wakes up, and can't remember if the things has just been dreaming are real. He goes over to look in the mirror, and he realizes it was, in fact, just a dream. There is nothing on his forehead...no scar.

I dunno really how to write it, but someone said 'What if Harry wakes up and realizes that he just dreamed.' I would be so mad if that happened, I would write hateful letters to JKR lol. Plus, I don't think you can dream in such detail for '7 years.'

Yes...It would somehow ruin peoples expectations if it was a dream...

Voldermort had gone, for good. Now Harry was just an ordanary boy, with a lightning bolt shaped scar.
or
(Hermione) "Harry, wheres your scar?"
or
He had achieved so much. The world did not have to live in fear any more, and in years to come, even the muggles would remember Harry Potter, his achievements, and his lightning-bolt shaped scar.

Voldemort lay dead, his malformed body twisted in death, but Harry, Harry laid dead beside him, and on his placid face, there was no sign of a scar....

That would be a great ending...

Originally posted by Qeomash (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/a/showthread.php?postid=168009#post168009))
I've never heard of that. I could see it work, though the last chapter is suposed to be an exposition of what happens to the "survivors" after Voldemort's second fall. Though, JKR has said she has written the final chapter of Book 7, though she thinks she will rewrite the chapter when she finally reaches it in 2027.



Lol, I believe it. I agree that she will probably rewrite the last chapter, as she said this in an interview before GoF even came out. I wonder, if she doesn't change it, what the sentence will be. I don't really like the idea of Harry not having his scar, though I suppose it is possible. It is part of him, plus it has a really cool shape. Maybe it doesn't even have to do with Harry's lightning-bolt scar at all. Maybe she is talking about emotional scars.

Originally posted by Sirius Black (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/a/showthread.php?postid=172601#post172601))
Maybe one chapter in book 7 would be named, the boy who lived again. And about the scar, The dark times had passed, and the only faint memory of Voldemort's horror lied on the forehead of the boy who lived again in the shape of a lightning bolt scar.


This is a really nice rendition of the final words of the book. I really like it... :)

hmmm these are preety silly and the reason why im not going to be an author!
Vodemort had finally discovered how to make himself completely imortal, he had enter Harrys body through his lighting bolt scar. (pathetic i know)
Or
With Vodemort finally destroyed for good, the only memory harry had left of his final moment with his parents was his scar(okay maybe that needs to go in the round file)

Originally posted by DocHollidaywe (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/a/showthread.php?postid=168014#post168014))
Yes it has been said that Scar is the last word, i am sure there are several threads on this already but heres my inputt.

"Voldermort was really gone, and so was the scar."


That's EXACTLY what I thought it would be!!! ''He finaly realized that Voldemort was gone and so was his scar'' That is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool!!! Of course, before I knew the last word was 'scar' I thought the last sentance would be: ''And they all held up their glasses and said in hushed tones, to Harry Potter, the boy who lived!''
Pretty cool, huh?;D

how about something along the lines of...

"And until the end of his days, Harry still had that lightning-shaped mark upon his forehead. The scar."

okay, that's really bad. (I can't write fiction! Even one sentance!)

anyway, it'd be kind of funny if it ended all Cowboy Bebop-esque:
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Harry and Voldemort get into a final showdown. At the same moment, they both cast spells at each other. Voldemort is dead, but so is Harry. As the life slips away from Harry, he utters his last word, "Scar."
*sniffle*

Oh that's just sad...

Perhaps it will end with his scar disappearing. Maybe then he could walk around like a normal person without people staring at his forehead! ;)

I hope it doesn't though, I think Harry's scar is a part of his identity now.

People would probably have learned to recognise the rest of his face by then.

I wonder if 'scar' is expected to be the last word of the main story, or the epilogue we've been promised?

i hope the eoilouge is kinda like 10 yrs from now this happenedand stuff like that.

Im sorry, but why are you that bothered about it, we will all find out on june 21st, although i prob wont pick mine up till the 23rd, after school. Ill be wondering what it'll be like, but i can wait!

Originally posted by supergirly (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/a/showthread.php?postid=170942#post170942))
All good ideas. My personal view - we'll see Harry nicely married off, Voldie defeated, etc. He and his new bride (whoever she is) will have a new baby and as they gaze lovingly into his crib . . . on his forehead will appear a lightening scar . . . :'(


Edited Reason:...Inappropriate language....


Let us watch this now!

Here's a very interesting ending for you.... I was bored....

"Harry you can't go, think of the people who sacrificed their lives for you...... Mrs. Weasley...... Hagrid...... Ron....... Dumbledore....... your mother!!!! Please don't let their sacrifice be wasted. Hermione said in desperation.
Harry shook his head "No, I have to face Voldemort"
"At least let me go with you! I don't want you to be alone when you go through this huge sacrifice!
Harry looked into her eyes and grabbed her hands "Listen to me, Hermione. Your friendship has been more than anyone could have asked for. The world needs me to face Voldemort, before he kills anyone else. The world needs more wonderfull, caring people like you, who will be a fighter for what she believes in, intellegent, caring and most of all, a good friend. "
With a look of understanding, she nodded.
He held her to him for a good long while and gave her a small peck on the lips.
"Goodbye Harry, I love you.. I will always remember your bravery"
After a last hug, he ran off through the doorway and shut the door behind him.
Voldemort was ready and waiting
"Here I am Tom Riddle, come and get me" Harry taunted
Voldemort smiled his crooked smile "Expelliarmus!!!!" He hollared!
Harry then felt very vulnerable..... An instict came upon him to stand tall..... "I'm not going to die.... Do what you want, I'm not going to believe it"
"Imperio!!!!!!"
It didn't affect Harry one bit
"Oh you have to try better than that!!!"
"Crucio!!!!" yelled Voldemort
Harry didn't do much as flinch
"Ok that does it" said Voldemort "Avada Kadavra"
Harry's spirit then came out of his body. His lightning bolt scar started to glow suddenly struck Voldemort with power even he couldn't describe. Voldemort screemed with intense pain.... It was like he was being tortured. Every curse that he seemed to have lain upon Harry in his entire life has reflected upon him while suddenly green light came out and Voldemort was killed...... for good.
Harry then began to spin as he heard the song of the pheonix play louder and louder....

When the spinning stopped, the world has gone dark..... He suddenly heard a voice... It was a woman's voice.

" Harry, Harry, wake up.... come on Harry!"
Harry opened his eyes. It is his mother.
Around his crib, came his father, Sirius and Hagrid all coming to admire the one year old baby."
"Why did Voldemort want to kill Harry especilly" Sirius asked.
"Because he for some reason is closer to Godrick in bloodlines. And he's very powerfull for a such a young baby" James told him.
"That was a close one..." Lucky the giants took care of him before Voldemort reached our house. We would have been gonners.
Baby Harry looks around the world..... At one year old, he has lived the life of one of 17. He liked life like this already better than his dream.... no more rotton aunts, uncles and cousins.... So he had to wait 10 more years to meet Ron and Hermione, so they can embark on all their advantures
Baby Harry looked in the mirror and saw something slight but not totally disapeared. This wasn't a dreaml This was real wasn't it...... Because if you look close enough, one can see the lightning bolt scar.....

wow that's very interesting HPviolinist...I hope you didn't steal JK Rowlings ending!!! hahaha jk...
I think that the last word might have something do with Voldemorts FINAL defeat maybe something along the lines of "and he looked upon Hary for the last time as he died, seeing that accursed scar"

It could be some sort of tribute like: The mourners walked by each adding dirt to the grave, as they all remembered the Famous Harry Potter the Boy Who Lived, and his famous scar."


or something similar like Of all the people at the funeral, not one of them cared about his fame, and for once, Harry was recognized for his actions and not his scar.

I would hate it if the scar disapeared and Harry lived, that would just be...Happy and cleched(sp) HP deserves a sad ending, with Harry dead, and Voldemort eather.

Maybe it will end like the King Arthur VS. Mordred battle where one of them delivers a death blow, and the other uses their final bit of strength before their death to kill the one that gave him that blow, and they both die.

Yes, Kes, the books seem to deserve something better than the old overused "they lived happily ever after". Not that we don't hope for a happy ending, but I think we hope for something more dramatic as well.

OOOO! I really like that idea, hpviolinist. Of course, I'm not an H/H supporter, so it would be a little different in my mind, but that would be a really awesome twist.

Actually, I just thought of something REALLY crazy. What if Harry dies to save someone else (either Ron or Hermione, pressumably) and then in turn gives them the same sort of charm as his mother did for him. Then that person kills Voldemort after deflecting, once again, his own Killing Curse, and then THAT person got a scar. Hmm... ;)

Hmmm, Garnet129, that comes amazingly full circle. Good idea! I hope that comes true (as much as I'd hate to see Harry die.)

How about: With Voldemort's death fading into memory, Harry and (Cho/Hermione/Ginny) looked over their shoulders waving to the crowd assembled outside of Hogwarts, and then got in the car to start their new life; just an ordinary pair of muggles living with their pet dog, Scar.
Oh, please, JKR, do better than that!!!!
Gary

Ah! If that happened I'd be very unhappy...please, no cliche and/or corny endings, please... :scared:

I don't think it will end with just a line like "Voldemort was gone and so was the scar." Just seems so abrupt. JKR doesn't do things abruptly. They are properly drawn out. The final chapter wouldn't be Voldemort's death. It would be the aftermath of getting life back to normal after Voldemort dies. Just my opinion. I don't really know what the last line will be. We've had some good ideas though. BUt that's not even going to happen until 2027 like someone said. So why worry now? What happens will happen and I'm sure it will be great! :)

What if it were Voldemort using Polyjuice Potion to masquerade as Harry? Nah.

Plus, in interviews JK has said that she figures she's going to have to rewrite that chapter anyway.

maybe she'll torture everyone and not give a real ending... leave people to wonder what happened for years...

something like "He was all alone, just him and Voldemort, Harry's wand lay on the other side of the room. Voldemort stood over him, his wand drawn. Harry saw his one and only chance, it was risky, and he doubted it'd work. As he prepared to take his chance he wiped the sweat off his forehead and felt the reminder of Voldemort's evil, the lightning bolt scar..."

that'd be cruel...

She's closing the book, (literally) on Hogwarts after Book 7 so I doubt she'll pull a cliffhanger. She's been very good about not doing that very much in any of the previous books.

i know... i didn't think she'd really do that.... and i didnt mean right another book, just leave it there. but i was kidding

From what I've heard (interviews and such) the last chapter IS supposed to be an epilogue. It's supposed to cover the lives of the characters (those who survive, JKR said cruelly)...I have always had a thought that (if it goes Ron/Hermione) the last sentence could be something to the effect of "And so they named their son Harry, after the boy with the lightning shaped scar", but that's pretty lame and something that just collects dust in the back of my mind...it will be much more elaborate and meaningful than anything we can possibly comprehend at the moment, I'd say. ;)

Is that right book 7 wont be published until 2027?
Wonder why so long when book 6 will probably be out in 2-3 years?

It was a joke because of how long we had to wait for Book 5 which was supposed to be shorter than GoF and the fact that JK has jokingly said that Book 7 would be about the size of "the Encyclopedia Britanica.":D

Thanks I was really worried there for a bit!

2027 is a bit of a small estimate there, don't you think? ;)

OK, ok, I was kidding too...

A coupla years I should think for book 6, then another couple for book 7.

That's probably a good estimate. As previously stated, when Rowling wrote the first book, she wrote the last chapter to Book 7 to sort of encourage herself "You will get here!" She doesn't really have the other two manuscripts stashed away. And she's said that she'll probably have to totally rewrite that chapter when she gets there.

I'd laugh if we'd done all this theorising about what the last word means, and then she does a re-write and it actually turns out to be 'custard' or something.

"...and so, with Voldemort finally out of the way and the Wizarding world that he so loved finally heading for a better tomorrow, Harry Potter, the boy who lived, heaved a happy sigh and turned to finish his bowl of banana custard."

Well, it could happen! ;)

Rowling said the last word of book 7 will be: ''scar''.

So how do you think the last sentence would look like? Post your version of that sentence here, that ends with the word scar.

Do you want: what we think will be the last sentance of the last book. With the last word being "scar"?

All that responsibility weighed on that one boy's shoulders, just because of a scar.

And that is the story of the boy who defeated Voldemort, the Dark Wizard who gave him his scar.


??? :)

Aaaggghhhh!! Nooooo This just spoiled everything!!! Mind aswell rip all my books...No lol..Im juss joking :smile:

And it was gone forever, the only thing left was the momory of his scar.

Everyone smiled through their tears, for they knew that from now on, every person born would bear the mark of love, the mark of sacrifice. Wizard or muggle, boy or girl, each would have the reminder of their saviour. A phoenix feather scar."

Lord Voldemort was finaly gone and so was his scar.

Everyone will always remember the boy with the lightning shaped scar.

He turned his head around to look upon all those who have risked their own lives as well as sacrificed their loved ones, those who believed in him when no one else would and stood strong beside him, those who were courageous enough to fight back against the darkest wizard who ever lived; and smiled at the thought that he would never again feel that wretched pain from his scar.

This is a soppy idea but here goes.
Harry defeats Voldie. In the epilogue we find out he replaces DD as headmaster of Hogwarts, marries Hermione and they have a son. He shows his baby to the rest of his family in the Mirror of Erised and the final line is along the lines of the baby looked just like Harry except for his lightning bolt scar.
It would be a hopeful ending in that Harry finds happiness and it's a nice counter image to the start of the series where his parents are killed when he's a baby.

I personally think Harry's gonna die, so here are some of my ideas regarding this:
1. Like many of you seem to think, the end of the epilogue will say "and this is the story of the boy with the scar." I know it's cheesy, but I'm not ruling it out yet.
2. Maybe scar is the last word of the last chapter before the epilogue, and that's where Harry dies, but we find out about his afterlife in the epilogue, so the sentence would be "and Harry felt weakened as he felt a strong pain pulsate through his scar" or something.

"Harry is now dead...because of his scar"

As Harry gazed fixedly at the gnomes tearing apart the garden outisde he thought peacefully of all of the blessings he had in his life friends, family, and a lightning bolt scar....

hmmmm...i cant wait to read JKR's ending, in 2027 lol, good one!!!!

Harry nicely married off, Voldie defeated, etc. He and his new bride (whoever she is) will have a new baby and as they gaze lovingly into his crib . . . on his forehead will appear a lightening scar
I like that supergirly!!!
But I think it can go 2 ways
1. Harry wins the fight but Ron dies. Harry marries Hermione and names there baby Ron after there best friend.
2.Harry wins but dies, and Ron and Hermione gets married and names there son after the boy who lived, the boy who died, the boy with the scar!

"...and all that was left of him was his scar."

Wa ha ha ha, thats horrible...

Maybe one chapter in book 7 would be named, the boy who lived again.I think that the last chapter will be named 'The Man Who Lived'. This will make people think of 'The Boy Who Lived' and make them realise how much Harry has grown since the beginning of the first book. He isn't just a liitle boy any more, but the wizard that defeted the Dark Lord.

Harry sat alone, staring up at Hogwarts, the place that had been his home for the past seven years. He thought of all the things he had been through since he got that letter from Hogwarts. It seemed like centuries ago. The world had changed so much since then. He had changed the world so much. Harry couldn't believe he was finnally here. Here, in the same place he had been for the past seven years and yet it would never be the same place again.
Harry sat and stared. For the first time in ages he thought about his future. His life. He had been so certain that he wouldn't survive this long, that he would die at the hand of Lord Voldermort and the Death Eaters would rule the world of the wizards and eventually the muggle world too. He hadn't been prepared for winning.
But this was it. Thing were finally over. Voldermort was gone for good and Harry could finally get on with his life. The words of the prophacy echoed in Harry's mind. '...nither can live while the other survives...' Surely this ment that Harry could finally be happy, he could finally have a normal life.
But no, it didn't. Harry knew he could never be normal. He knew he could never be carefree. Harry had been through too much. Some wounds never heal. Harry had far more scars than just the lightning bolt on his forehead. Scars which were more than skin deep.
His soal had been battered and bruised so many times. His heart had been torn out and ripped to pieces so much. His mind was a bombsite of pain and misery. He was filled with emotions so deep and painful, so real. They would never go away.
He thought of all the people he'd lost. The pain was unbareable. He knew it wouldn't go away. It was sixteen years since Voldermort had killed his parents and their deaths still haunted him. He couldn't even remember them and yet the pain of their loss hurt more than the crucio curse ever could. The deaths he could remember caused him even greater pain. To have know someones love and friendship and have it taken was unbareable, but Harry had lost so many people that it was a wonder he had had the courage to face Voldermort at all. He had seen so much death. Ever since the night that Cedric died Harry knew he would never be the same person again. He'd been through too much pain.
Eventually he turned away from Hogwarts and made his way towards the carriages. Soon the Hogwarts Express would take him back to King Cross and back to his life. His life could be anything he wanted it to be. He could do anything he wanted to do. He was finally free.
He smiled as he contemplated all the wonderful ways his life could turn out, but under the smile there was still pain. He didn't doubt that his life would be better. He knew he had so much to look forward to, yet some things would never get better. Even if he played quiddich for England, he could never be completely happy, because there are some things that will always leave a scar.

Wow, I can't believe I wrote all that. I was only going to write 'There are some things that will always leave a scar', but then I decided to set the scene and the thoughts just kept coming.

I didn't mention the specific people who'd died so that it could be used for practically any ending.

What do you think?

Wow, I like your ideas -well, I didn't bother to read the whole thread, but generally your ideas were good.
I have always had something dark and pessimistic imagined since I heard the last word was "scar".
Something like Harry had to die so Voldemort could die, and Harry's life had begun and ended with a scar. (Because his life was doomed when he got the scar.) Lets hope I'm wrong, I like your ideas much better!

Hey Ive got an ending, bit weird but anyway:

Harry woke up in a sweat, tangled in his sheets. The pain in his scar was blinding and getting stronger every minute.Suddenly, he could hear ecstatic laughter. Voldemorts laughter. He knew something terrible had just happend.Sliding and slipping he dashed to the portrait hole and sped off to dumbledores office.

He burst in. 'Proffessor my scar just hu_'
but he was cut off as Dumbledore angrily strode to him and placed his hands around his neck.
'SHUT UP' he screamed. Dont you think that he wizarding world and i had enough of your tarradiddles. Nobody believes you. Now GET OUT.
'But prof_' his words were again cut short as dumbledore roared with rage and threw harry from him with all his might.

There was a mad glint in his eyes harry had never seen before. As he opened his mouth again the door of dumbledores office snapped shut and harry walked slowly back to the common room, feeling that all hope was lost, all the while accompaned by nothing but a searing pain in his scar!

****, that sounds so ridiculous. Me and my brother love making up sickening endings to the harry potter series, and this is one of our faves. lol.

No offence to anyone who thinks Radcliffe is unbelievably gorgeous and squirms at this ending but its only a joke really, it could never happen. :P

But imagine IF the harry potter series really did end like this, what would u lot say..........

I think that the last chapter is an epilouge(sp?). Cause otherwise I don't think JKR would know were to start the last chapter since she hasen't written the second last chapter. And I can't imagine that Harry would die in the last book if the last chapter is an epilouge and the last word is scar. So therefore Harry will live. But it all depends on if the last chapter is an epilouge or not.

"Though Harry killed the Lord Voldemort, he also died in turn. Leaving only one thing left on the world.... A giant gaping wound, that will eventually heal into something that people will see for ages, just like the mark that Voldemort left on Harry, a rememberence of something terrible, but also great. A scar."

I think we can safely assume that the word "scar" is referring to Harry's lightning bolt scar. Unless Dumbledore's map of the Underground becomes particularly prominent in book six or seven, that is.

I'm not really sure how it could be incorporated into a concluding sentence, although the idea about Harry's scar disappearing with Voldemort has always intrigued me.

I suppose having "scar" as the last word more or less confirms Harry will be around until the very end.

The scar is referred to as a curse so the last word scar could mean after battle that it has transferred from Harry to Voldemort's head, symbolizing a defeat and therefore relief from his inner and outer pain.

I think it will be a metaphorical scar. An emotional scar it is refering to. I already posted what I thought the last page could be earlier on in this thread.

I think we can safely assume that the word "scar" is referring to Harry's lightning bolt scar. Unless Dumbledore's map of the Underground becomes particularly prominent in book six or seven, that is.

I'm not really sure how it could be incorporated into a concluding sentence, although the idea about Harry's scar disappearing with Voldemort has always intrigued me.

I suppose having "scar" as the last word more or less confirms Harry will be around until the very end.
unless Harry dies clutching his scar or gives a scar to someone else...

I think we can safely assume that the word "scar" is referring to Harry's lightning bolt scar. Unless Dumbledore's map of the Underground becomes particularly prominent in book six or seven, that is.


hmm...not necessarily. I can see J.K. going both ways with the meaning of the word, which would hurl an ironic twist to all this speculation we've concocted. How: well, it could just as easily be referring to an emotional scar. Example: Everything was finished, complete: Voldemort had been defeated, and he had taken with him the lightning bolt sign that had plagued Harry for nearly 17 years. However, in reality the defeat wasn't a complete victory, Harry knew this. He had lost his two best friends in the process, and now he was left inside with a much more painful, enduring scar. Could this really happen? :scared:

But I also like the whole scar-disappearing-with-Voldemort's-death theory as well. It seems like the most likely scenario to occur at the end. However, I seriously wouldn't bank on this scar being the last word of the series deal to be a definite. J.K. said it a long time ago, and she hasn't touched upon it ever since. She's already stated she's changed a few things around since then, so the information might really be obsolete at this point. And until she refers to it again, I'm not making any theories etched in stone

unless Harry dies clutching his scar or gives a scar to someone else...

What an anticlimax! "And Harry died, clutching his scar. The end."

I suppose we'll have to wait and see if any other prominent scars appear in books six or seven. ;)

"Ron got into the front seat while Hermione, Ginny, Luna & Neville fitted easily into the expanded back, all admiring the vehicle's brand new seat covers. Harry turned on the ignition and they all drove off into the sunset in hi scar."

It's the last word because of a printing error! :p

:lol: Baron_G! But I don't think they use cars in the wizarding world..

If I remember correctly from some intervue, the last chapter will be an epilogue that isn't from Harry's point of view, sort of like the first chapter in PS. This means I doubt it will end along the lines of "Harry felt his scar". It seems too personal. It might end along the lines of "and all this wouldn't have happened if Harry Potter hadn't had his scar".

I guess we'll just have to wait and see..

Unfortunately, Fred and George never did qualify to race for NASCAR...

i heard somewhere that the chapter will end by Hermione saying "Harry, where's your scar?" I dunno, it could be a rumor, but its something.

My idea:

A green flash filled the clearing as the two killing curses collided in one last worthless attempt to destroy the owner of the other. The duelers had long since given up on all other tactics, sweat and blood intermingling on their skin as they fought on, oblivious to their own battle wounds. Then Harry felt his knees collapse under his suddenly much heavier body. He sank to the ground, exhausted from pain and endless hours of futile curses and jinxes. As he lay there, he knew he was going to die, and he didn't care anymore. Voldemort had one, onc and for all, but atleast when he died, he'd have some rest.

Then, a wave of warmth spread over him, and he knew he had to keep fighting. He knew he couldn't give up. He knew all those who had died to help him over the years, his parents, all those Muggles, Sirius, Remus, Hagrid, all needed him. He knew those still alive all needed him. But he couldn't fight. His body wouldn't let him. He was going to die.


Harry awoke in St. Mungo's hours later. Outside in the hall, a crowd of unrecognizable people were gathered around something, mumbling. They all left abruptly, and a huge surge of curiousity came over Hsrry. He wasn't even thinking clearly, but he lifted himself out of bed and walked over to the object, which he now recognized as a body bag. He unzipped and there lay none other than Lord Voldemort. Dead, he was definately dead, Harry decided, but the full effect of that fat had not hit him fully yet. He traced the body with his head and his eyes land on what was unmistakably a scar.

Oh this is so awful I seriously hope the book wouldn't end this way...

Harry: Hermione, I want to watch the Lion King again.
Ron: Yeah! I love the bad lion in that movie....Oh what's his name again?
Hermione: Scar?

I would cry....

When is book 7 coming out?

When is book 7 coming out?

After book 6. I'm kidding. But anyways, she hasn't set a date yet, but the world of obesseing Harry Potter theorists have discovered that the last word of the seventh book will be "scar."

Ok ... you know how baby Harry suddenly skips ten years to become 11 yr old harry we all know and luv between the first and second chapters of the book ... well I read a theory once that at the end of the seventh book the baby Harry is going to wake up and it will all have been his dream, what his life will be like ... i dont think i can remember all the details so i will just try and look it up and post more info about it here :)

The use of the word scar could be anything : -

"Voldermort returned home to his 4 bedroom semi-detached in bouyant mood. He was feeling invigorated after his defeat of Harry Potter and decided to treat the family.

He knew that Mrs Voldermort was working late at the Children's home and his own children had choir practice and so he slipped into a hot foamy bath that relaxed him immediately (he had been eager to try out the new bath salts Lucious Malfoy had got him for Christmas).

After slipping on his bunny rabbit slippers and Simpson's bath robe he headed downstairs, pausing only to wave through the window at the Snape's who were heading into town in Severus' new Land Rover.

He poared himself a glass of Bordeaux and began to prepare his famous chicken casserole (he knew that red wine with chicken was a social faux pas but he had often rejected accepted social trends)

As he was chopping the onion the knife slipped and caught the end of his finger. Voldermort took a sharp intake of breath and swallowed a particularly crude swear word.

That would leave a scar"

:rotfl:

I read somewhere *I can't remember where, though* that the last sentance was rumored to be Hermione saying: "Harry, where's your scar?" Maybe it's true, maybe it's not, it's just a rumor.

Maybe it's something like...'And that's the legend of the boy with the lightning bolt scar.' She said that the last chapter was going to be the Epilouge.

The most feared wizard once again was beaten, by the Boy Who Lived. The only mark left by the final curse was a scar upon his forehead, a lightning bolt shaped scar.

maybe
"The thing that made him known was his scar. It was a symbol of strength and love left to him by his parents, and also a symbol of how love overcame evil. It might not be visual, but everyone has a scar."

"And Voldemort was gone, the wizarding world was rid of the evil... blah blah blah... Harry could be who he was destined to be, and not only in the Muggle world would all people walk by without a second glance, totally oblivious to the lightning bolt scar."

and also, just because shes gonna rewrite the chapter, that doesnt mean that shes gonna change THE VERY LAST LINE. in fact, just by looking at how she goes about saying that the last word is scar thats almost a guarantee that she likes it that way and the last word is going to STAY scar. i feel sure that the last word in the series is going to be "scar" (not just the last word of the final chapter but not the last word in the epilogue).

or there's also the epilogue version

"Little Mariana grew more and more curious with each day. She could hardly fail to notice her father's peculiar history, and people's reaction to him. One day she finally had to ask... blah blah blah.... "Well, hon," Harry started, "it all began with a lightning bolt scar...."

I think in the end another new scar will be given to someone else. I dont know why but i think wormtail.

Well the book is to end with an epilogue suggesting that the last word scar is mentioned at the end of the book and in the future. Perhaps Harry lives, gets married, has a child and the baby is born with the lightening bolt scar while at the same time Harry losses his own.

Or that the book ends where it starts and that it is Hagrid that says the word scar.

I read a good theory in a post on here before (cant find exact words.):

Harry lifted his head out of the penseive and looked down at a small boy with messy brown hair and glasses. He spoke, "That son, was the story of my scar..."

Looking down at his daughter fast asleep on her crib, Harry couldn't help but think how she encompasses everything Voldemort detested: a daughter of a half-blood and that of a muggleborn. Harry reckoned Voldemort should have thought twice before giving him the scar.

Well, there you go. That's my take. :D

Looking down at his daughter fast asleep on her crib, Harry couldn't help but think how she encompasses everything Voldemort detested: a daughter of a half-blood and that of a muggleborn. Harry reckoned Voldemort should have thought twice before giving him the scar.

Well, there you go. That's my take. :D

Interesting theory. You mean Hermione, right? *sees your sig* Of course you do! :rotfl:

Anyways, I don't think that the last chapter is going to be from the point of view of Harry. My theory: It's 500 years after the death of Voldie and Harry's descendent is at Hogwarts, trying to stay awake in Binns' History of Magic Class. Binns is droning on and on about the rise, fall, return, and defeat of Voldie. Suddenly, the whole class (descendents of Harry's Gryffindor classmates) is interested in learning about their ancestors of 500 years ago. Binns ends with something about Harry's scar, and the door is left open for a second series of books.

EDIT: I mispelled "Gryffindor"! Knew I shouldn't have fiddled with Memory Charms...

Well, those two sentences are very good for the term "scar"

I think it will end with two boys on their way to Hogmgwarts for the first time, One Bob Weasly grandson of the great Ron and Hermione Weasle and a muggle born wizzard grandson of Dudley Dursley. Call erm... Paul.

"There called chocolate frogs Paul" Said Bob "their alright but its the cards you really want who did you get lets look"
"I got wow Harry Potter hes my great uncle or something" replied Paul. He'd never been told much about hes great uncle as his family disaproved of magic he looked down at the card.
Harry Potter- Harry Potter is regarded as many as the savour of both the wizzarding world and the muggle world, in the early 21st centary Potter defeated the darkest and most feared wizzard ever Lord Voldemort. Today Harry Potter can still be recognised as the teenaged boy that defeated Voldemort as on his forehead, from the first time voldemort tried to kill him. he has a lighting bolt shaped scar.

I also read somewhere (think it was in an interview with JK herself) that the last line of the book is *Hermione saying "Harry, where's your scar?" *

I think that it might be Ron who ways that. They are closer friends and he'll notice it more.

When did JKR say that "scar" would be the last word? And where?

I think that would be hard to come up with a sentence ending in the word "scar" that doesn't sound corny. :p

I like what Thestral Rider wrote with Hermione saying, "Harry, where's your scar?"

Or maybe something like, "Harry, it's gone, your scar."

Although I find it hard to believe the last book would end with someone talking.

How about...

His name became legend, the one who faced death and walked away with nothing but a scar.

Okay, so it's corny. :p

When did JKR say that "scar" would be the last word? And where?

I've been wondering this myself, but no answer has ever turned up. Guess we won't know until like, ten years from now when JKR finally finishes, eh? ;)

"I constantly rewrite," she says. "At the moment, the last word is 'scar.'" http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/quickquotes/articles/1999/1299-people.html

I do not think that the last sentence will be "where is your scar?" because she also stated that the last chapter is a sort of an epilogue.

In the programme she allows the cameras to see the final chapter, saying: "This is it and I'm not opening it for obvious reasons - this is really I'll wrap everything, it's the epilogue and I basically say what happens to everyone after they leave school, those who survive - because there are deaths, more deaths coming." http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/quickquotes/articles/2001/1201-ananova-staff.htm

Personally, I found this quote the most intriguing...
There will also be further romance following on from Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire in which he has a date with a quidditch team-mate - and develops more of an interest in pal Hermione.
Hmm... Harry and Hermione?

I think it could be anything... but I think I stick more with something of the style of...

She stood in front of the shelf with all the School awards, opening her eyes amazed and curious, reading the names of the students who earned them. Her eyes stopped when seeing a big shiny golden trophy in the center of the shelf
"Special Award For Services To Hogwarts... Harry James Potter... Gryffindor" She read, staring at it
Ron's smile turned bittersweet for a second
She saw the expression change on her dad's eyes "...did ...did you know him? Who was Harry Potter?"
"Yes, I knew him..." answered Ron with a sad smile on his face "He was my best friend" Explained "...the boy who lived, a boy whose life was marked by a lightning bolt shaped scar".

I've always heard that rumor too, and I've wonder what the sentence might be. It seems as though there are only two things that people are thinking: 1. The scar is going to disappear and someone is going to ask where his scar is or 2. someone is describing Voldemort's downfall and how he was defeated by "the boy with the scar." I wonder if book 7 will end in either of those ways...Here's my guess (although I'm sure it's not nearly right!)

Harry stared into the mirror, his face bandaged and bloody, still recovering from the unbelievably brutal battle that he'd just endured. He looked into his eyes seeing the horror that would always be there, knowing that he would hear his friends' screams in his nightmares. Voldemort was gone but so were many of those that he loved, those that he cared for. Was it really worth the price? His eyes fluttered up to his scar, the cause of this 18 year ordeal, this 18 year old battle. He silently cursed, both hating it and loving it. The scar had both cursed and saved him, made him famous for something he could barely remember. Were people more interested in him, or his scar? The question burned inside of him, knowing that the lightning bolt had meant death for so many. He both hated it and loved it, but both ways he knew he couldn't live without it, his scar.

Dumbledore did say that Harry's scar will be with him for the rest of his life, like his of the London Underground, so I doubt he looses it.

I like that idea about the scar though but what if it ends with Hagrid telling us in detail what happened to the Potters and his life up to when he finds Harry with that scar. I wonder what Hagrid would have said when he saw Harry as a baby at the Potters.

Though I prefer your version it sounds more likely.

it could be... voldemort was dead and so was the boy with the lightning shaped scar

oooohhhh i luv the ending by silver:D

I doubt the book will end with Harry having only just got rid of Voldemort or something like that. Presumably there will be a cooling down period, a tying up of loose ends, a nice epilogue.

Maybe it ends with somebody about to tell their little sprogs or grandchildren, years afterwards, the story of the boy with the lightning bolt scar.

Then again, that might be a bit naff :lol:.

Harry will be back in time to Godric's Hollow and kill Voldie before he gets to his parents' house, then it will be a new HP story, about Harry who isn't orphan and has no scar.

Buahh, not good. :huh:

or you could go for the sad and utterly depressing version of the gravestone but i'd rather not think about that...

i dont think the scar will dissappear. i think its most likely to be someone telling someone else about him, "the boy who lived, and his famous scar..."

i love the idea about the chocolate frog card- that's really cool!

I dont think he will loose his scar
It will probably end with someone asking another who was Harry Potter( a bit impossible since everybody knows who is he....).But lets just imagine that a person who dont read the newspapers asks another who was Harry


Though i dont really wanna think about the end of the books ...

I read a good theory in a post on here before (cant find exact words.):

Harry lifted his head out of the penseive and looked down at a small boy with messy brown hair and glasses. He spoke, "That son, was the story of my scar..."

I like that but what if it is Dumbledore that lifts his head out of the penseive instead of Harry.

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some1 who had seen my site sent me a rumor she'd heard about the last sentance of the seventh book being "Harry, where's your scar?"

No matter what Harry does the scar will always stay on his head. DD even comments on it to McGonagal in the first book. As Tane said :)

I don't think Harry will live long enough to have kids or anything. Infact I think he will die because of a minor technicality. Although the prophecy said "Neither can live while the other survives," it doesn't say anything about them dying at the same time. Since the scar forges a deep connection between Vol-aw skip it and Harry then maybe through a powerful curse one of them performs can kill the other. In other words some type of self sacrifice. Please, note the tear at the end of DD's speech in The Lost Prophecy.


Am I making any sense? What is the meaning of Neither? Isn't synonymously used with the word both?

P.S. Harry has to die sometime. He can't survive all the time. That isn't very HUMAN ;), but after all this is a fantasy book. Kids willing to go to school? Please.

Just my two knuts worth. Use them or toss 'em. :)
~Hogwarts4evr

And they all went to live in Madagascar...

or How about:

"Harry dodged the attack and swung behind Voldemort, kicking him sideways into the Bell Jar of Time. Voldemort rapidly turned into a baby. Harry spluttered. This was an advantage! He raised his wand on the figure of Baby Voldemort and shouted the killing curse. There was a flash of green and Harry was thrown from his body. Baby Voldemort sat confused on the ground - with a lightning bolt scar."

This would be an everlasting circle!

Or it could be:-

People all around the globe were raising their glasses and saying - " to Harry Potter; the boy who lived." But Harry wasn't to know. He was sleeping soundly in the cupboard under the stairs, dark and gloomy. There was only one light in the room; a small lighning bolt scar.


Or it could be:

Harry laughed as he lay back in the grass. He turned on his television in time to watch THE LION KING. He watched it all through to the end until Simba defeated Scar.

Or maybe:

Harry flew into the sunset in Mr. Weasleys blue flying scar.

(corrected in later editions to car)

These suggestions are jokes. J.K will probably change the ending.

Maybe something along the lines of...

"Ron's eyes widened in astonishment. 'Harry! It's gone. It's really gone-your scar..."

*Shrug* Who knows. I can't wait to find out though!

Or it could be:

Harry went into Vernon's car.

<_<

Of course, I hope not.

I definately think the scar will disappear. Some of Voldermorts powers were transfered to Harry when the curse was put upon him, and I believe these powers are held in the scar. Harry will use these powers to kill Voldermort in the end, therefore, the scar will disappear. That will also signify Harry returning to somewhat of a more "normal" life.

I definately think the scar will disappear. Some of Voldermorts powers were transfered to Harry when the curse was put upon him, and I believe these powers are held in the scar. Harry will use these powers to kill Voldermort in the end, therefore, the scar will disappear. That will also signify Harry returning to somewhat of a more "normal" life.


Sorry but scars just dont dissapier magical scars or not a scar is like a tatoo is a permanent thing ( there are ways of getting them removed but they just dont dissapier.

Interestingly enough, this ties in to something else I was saying on another thread...whether it disappears or not seems to have a lot to do with why the scar is there in the first place.

Shauna

How about:

As Ron and Hermione each held one of Harry's arms, laughing at his pain, Dumbledore laughed evilly.

"Thank you for getting rid of that thorn-in-my-side Riddle, Harry, but I am going to have to finish you off now...

Harry understood now, that Dumbledore was actually the Dark Lord, and he had just inadvertently helped him rid the world of the noble Voldemort, and his band of freedom fighters, the Death Eaters, the world's last chance at defeating the evil minions of the Phoenix....

"I....I trusted you!"

Evil Albus laughed, as he pulled out his want to kill Harry.

"You stupid boy, you trusted your friends, too, and they were always planted near you to steer you where I wanted. The only one who could have saved the world and defeat me was Riddle, and you killed him, just as I wanted. You see, it was I, not he, who gave you the scar!"

How about:

...and with a flick of Voldemort's wand, all that was left of Harry Potter was his scar.

No, but seriously, I can't think of a way that this ends with the word scar and is not ultimately cheesy. Of course that is probably why Jo is a millionaire and I am surfing the forums posting on her wonderful books.

Here's a great line. "And because I fortold it several years ago, I'll end this book with the word scar."

I like both of these endings, as they make sense and fit in really well with the other Harry potter books :

Ok I really really think this is gonna be how she ends it. I mean, it always ends at Kings Cross Station, right?

Harry Potter walked away from Kings Cross, no longer a boy at Hogwarts, but still the boy who lived, the boy with the scar.

And...


What if it ended like this:

And then the people all raised their glasses and said, "To Harry Potter, the boy with the lightning bolt scar!"

I'm kind of thinking that the last word will be...brace yourself..."THE END" :lol:

I think the ending might be something like a look into the future where some old kook is being bugged by his grandkids to tell the story of the Boy Who Lived, and he'll be like: "Alright then, but its a long story, so brace yourself. There once was a boy named Harry Potter, and the first thing you'd notice about this otherwise ordinary boy is a lightning bolt shaped scar...."

Possibly Ron telling his and Hermiones grandchildren about their best friend?????

Nice idea. :tu: :tu:

Yes it has been said that Scar is the last word, i am sure there are several threads on this already but heres my inputt.

"Voldermort was really gone, and so was the scar."


Ooh! That's good!

How about "the man with the scar."

Yeah I have the idea that the scar will disappear 2, tough I don't know why it would disappear wen voldy is dead, it's just I feeling.

Maybe he'll look in the miror and see it's gone, or feel were it used 2 be or something. We'll have 2 wait and see.

I have an idea of how the 7th book can finish:

Harry awoke with a start to find his parents looking over him. He realised it all must have been dream. He got up, walked across his room to the mirror, looked into it, and saw he no longer had his scar.

If JK finishes the book like this, I will scream!!
This is how I ended my stories at school when I had run out of ideas.

It would be so frustrating if she ended the whole series of good books with this really rubbish ending!!!

I agree.... It has to be something dramatic to finish the series....or i will.....

I can't think of a way that the book could end with scar and not be cheesy lol. But as we all know Jo is an amazing writter and I'm sure the end of book 7 will satisfy all the questions we ask

I hope so.

I think it'll go something like this..
"Look Harry! It's gone!" Hermione and Ron both screamed at once.
"What's gone?" said Harry as they moved him toward the mirror in the corner.
"MY SCAR!!!!!!" Harry yelled.
It of course might not be exactly said like that but I think once he vanquishes He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named that whatever power that binded those two will vanish and with it the scar. I've always wondered how this will happen and not kill Harry but I guess we'll find out won't we?

I think we're jumping to conclusions about the last word, I mean, it could end with something like..
"And Harry returned back to number 4 private drive one last time to say goodbye to the Dursleys when Dudley crossed his path, Harry having enough, tried to curse Dudley but couldn't, and only left a nasty scar..."

haha... that'd be so funny.

Hmmm ... ill probably be too sad that its over to notice what the last word is :upset: ... lol ... o well ... scar ... hmmm ... maybe ... "And so it ends, the story of a very special boy, his two best friends, and his mysterious scar that had caused him so many losses but in the end triuphed over the darkness."

I hope she doesn't use one like this:

Harry lay down on his bed at the weasleys house (he was adopted by them) and knew he could relax. He knew that never again would he be bothered by his scar.

This isn't quite as bad as the other one I thought up and posted further up the page, but it seems like this would by a too happy ending for the book.

No, but seriously, I can't think of a way that this ends with the word scar and is not ultimately cheesy. Of course that is probably why Jo is a millionaire and I am surfing the forums posting on her wonderful books.

I don't know why, but this made me just laugh. Out loud. My brother is looking at me weird :(

'I remeber reading in an interview that Rowling said that the last word of the 7th book was scar.'

Care to provide any proof? :)

it might not mean harrys scar at all.

It could be talking about the scar above dumbledores left knee which is a perfect map of the london underground.

It could be:

Voldemort was defeated. Harry found his way home using dumbledores scar.


again, i hope not

How do we know that the last word really is scar - by the time JK gets to writing it, she will probably have changed her mind!!:)

How do we know that the last word really is scar - by the time JK gets to writing it, she will probably have changed her mind!!:)

I agree. I think she might have been kidding. She does that a lot.

I heard that the final sentence was going to be Ron saying; 'Harry, wheres your scar?" But I think that wouldn't really be a very good ending, and would leave everyone a bit confused as to what happend. It was only a rumour though, I think.

Didn't JK say somewhere that she wasn't going to do any books about Harry after Hogwarts? So that would be a naff ending - unless we already knew about what had happened to Harry's scar and Ron was just seeing Harry for the first time after his scar was gone.

I hope she doesn't use one like this:

Harry lay down on his bed at the weasleys house (he was adopted by them) and knew he could relax. He knew that never again would he be bothered by his scar.

This isn't quite as bad as the other one I thought up and posted further up the page, but it seems like this would by a too happy ending for the book.


I dont think that would work anyway, because if the magic world is anything like it is here in the US, when you're 18 you're legally an adult and won't harry be 17 when he graduates? (if he does) That wouldn't make too much sense to adopt him for only a year, that, and the Dursleys would have to allow it... do we really think they will?

warning: its a bit grim... :)

Harry got up and stumbled across the floor, the room spinning beneath his feet, he saw an archway, and heard the beautiful voices within it summoning him. He got closer and closer but eventually collapsed on the ground in front of the archway, yet he didn't seem to notice, he looked behind him and saw his tired body lifeless as he walked through the arch smiling contently. On the stone floor lay Harry Potter the boy who once lived with the famous lightning bolt scar.

how about.... Harry Potter and The Scar lol!
Notice the cleverly capitalised T on "The"...
Yeah I doubt that would be the title of book 7...

I think, and I'm warning you, it ain't gonna be pleasent....

Ron and Hermione screamed as they fell at Harry's side, 'you! I'll kill you!' Harry shouted as he ran at Voldemort, wand above his head, 'Avada-' he was going to shout, killing Voldemort and gaining revenge on his friends. He never got the chance. Voldemort was far too quick for him, he said the curse as Harry started, the jet of green light hit Harry in the chest, it felt as if Harry's brain was having it's insides sucked out of him, all of his memories, his feelings, he fell to the floor. Dead. 'So ends the great ~Harry Potter, the boy foolish enough to mess with the Dark Lord.' Voldemort said triuumphantly as he turned to Dumbledore, 'see what's happened to your pet Dumbledore? He's dead, and so un needingly too.' He said seethingly, 'on the contary Tom, it is you who has died so un needingly,' Dumbledore said in his usual calmness, Voldemort turned, confused, at Harry's body. The scar was gone. Voldemort started to feel empty inside, as if he was imploding. 'goodbye Tom,' Dumbledore said as Voldemort blew up. 'So ends the life of Harry Potter, the boy who died doing what he did best,' a sobbing McGonagall came up beside him, 'what was that then Professor?' She asked confusingly. 'Defending those whom he cared for.' Dumbledore said as he turned his back on the three bodies, side by side. Just the way they should be.

oh gosh!!!!! I bet something along those lines WILL happen as well!!!!!!! It's going to be so sad :( but one thing's for sure, Voldemort will not live (maybe Tom will I don't know im not going into that), unless J K Rowling decides to go kill off the whole world :)

Hermione granger is cool!

Hmmm...

Not to insult anyone's opinion, but I do not comprehend how it could be possible what the last word of the book is. From what I understand, she's only just finishing the sixth book. how would she know the last words of the seventh book?

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Thats...interesting. I like the idea about the last sentance being something about "the boy witht he lightening bolt scar"

Hmmm...

Not to insult anyone's opinion, but I do not comprehend how it could be possible what the last word of the book is. From what I understand, she's only just finishing the sixth book.

She has already wrote the last chapter of the seventh book, and it is in her safe. Rowling said she would most likely not change it.

I think it's been proven by Jo that the last word will be scar. I don't remember where i read it though...

I like the idea of his scar disappearing. That would be cool. It would be proof that Voldemort is actually gone (if he dies, that is).

oh i really like the idea of the scar disapearing, but i think it would be cool if the last chapter of the seventh book was something noone would EVER expect.
like, say Harry Potter was actually some crazy old man with a scar on his forehead who wandered around the mental hospital talking about witches and wizards and creating this whole little world in his mind, and none of it was actually real... hmm...
i bet there would be chaos though. JK would be murdered in the night.

I always thought the book would end like this...

...and he looked into the Mirror of Erised one last time and all he saw was himself, Harry Potter, the boy with the amazing scar.

oh i really like the idea of the scar disapearing, but i think it would be cool if the last chapter of the seventh book was something noone would EVER expect.
like, say Harry Potter was actually some crazy old man with a scar on his forehead who wandered around the mental hospital talking about witches and wizards and creating this whole little world in his mind, and none of it was actually real... hmm...
i bet there would be chaos though. JK would be murdered in the night.

That would be traumatic for readers around the world. She'd be the most despised writer in all of history!

I heard that the final sentence was going to be Ron saying; 'Harry, wheres your scar?" But I think that wouldn't really be a very good ending, and would leave everyone a bit confused as to what happend. It was only a rumour though, I think.
I was thinking about that. After all is said and done that Harry's scar would dissapear.

I don't think I'd want the scar to disappear! Maybe something like:

"Harry put his fingers lightly to his forehead and rubbed gently. Glancing in the mirror, he pushed aside his bangs and smiled at the reflection, as his thoughts turned to his mother. He thought of how her love had saved him long ago, and had ultimately saved them all. And he knew for certain that he'd think of her forevermore, every time he saw that scar."

Seeing as she's told us the last word any chance of the ten's of thousands of words preceeding it any time soon?!?!?!?!

i think everyone has some really interesting theories, but i somehow doubt that any of them are right. jkr has always surprised us. i know we as fans love to speculate on who the half blood prince could be, what the last word of the series could mean, etc...but remember when she told us that an important "fan of harry's" was going to die in OotP? remember how no one guessed that it might be sirius? jkr tends to always do the thing that we least expected. and of course, as many of you already mentioned, she might edit her drafts so that the last word may not even in fact be scar after all.

I don't think I'd want the scar to disappear! Maybe something like:

"Harry put his fingers lightly to his forehead and rubbed gently. Glancing in the mirror, he pushed aside his bangs and smiled at the reflection, as his thoughts turned to his mother. He thought of how her love had saved him long ago, and had ultimately saved them all. And he knew for certain that he'd think of her forevermore, every time he saw that scar."
That is a real nice idea. I think it would probably be better than it disappearing, because everytime Harry looks at it now, he really doesn't like it, because he hates being staredat because he has it.

The quote is from an interview JKR gave to People Magazine:

"I constantly rewrite," she says. "At the moment, the last word is 'scar.'"

This was in the December 31, 1999 issue. She was one of People's 24 Most Intruguing People of 1999.

Here's the link (http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/1999/1299-people.html) to read the article.

Speculate away, but please don't assume that she won't rewrite the last chapter. I'd be very surprised if she didn't.

2027, LOL, Qeomash!!!! Just becuase it has been said that scar will be the last word, it doesn't mean that whenever book 7 is done that will remain the same.

This is very true. I think JKR will probably change this, I mean she said this ages ago and who knows if it was even true.
Nevertheless if it is I've got a feeling it wont say anything to do Voldamort and the boy with the scar or anything like that, it will be a simple ending of the sorts, I don't know what exactally but I predict it will be good.

Yes , I heard in JK Rowlings interviews that she said the last word was scar. She also said that with Voldemort gone so was Harry's scar. It should be gone because the scar showed up and it was Voldemorts mark on Harry. I don' t know :huh: what will happen but, it really sounds good.

harry sirius james and lily stared through the veil, identical replias of their living souls, just one thing was missing, Harry Potter, the boy who died, lost his scar.