[Quinotto]

My 2 cents into the apparent Snape betrayal: I think Snape and DD set it all up, I think that DD saw it coming and he was becoming weaker and weaker (by his own admission, everysince the failed Avakadevra spell which ended up hitting his "wand hand") and got Snape to earn Voldemort's complete trust by killing him. Harry was no use to Voldermort anymore, he got his blood in order to assume human form again so Harry's death would have been welcomed by Voldermort. Snape went out of his way to protect Harry and just remember his reaction upon Draco's mother request to vow to protect Draco at all expense...and DD's insistence in asking Harry not to be concerned with what Malfoy was planning...I do think DD is dead but I think it was a well-planned, well-thought sacrifice in behalf of Harry and final destruction of Voldemort.

[Grendel9]

One question re Draco. Do you see him returning
to Hogwartz next year? Harry has announced he
won't be coming back. But that could change.
Is Draco now "of age" too? Without Snape and
Draco, how are the Slytherins going to function?
They can't be the same with Prof. Slughorn as their
House Master.

Are the Quidditch matches between the Houses
finished?