It seems like the best possible thing would be an alliance that gave us a compromise, so that both sides would have to give more respect to the others. I mean...even if Slytherin always wanted to teach Purebloods from the most important wizarding families, was Hogwarts ever closed to Muggleborns? I can't remember. It just seems to me that the Muggleborns are the future but the Purebloods are the past and neither one should be dismissed.

The trouble with having Harry lead an alliance is that by now surely he's firmly associated with Dumbledore. Even Lucius comments on this. I can't believe there are too many students who don't link them together. But that makes you wonder exactly what the Slytherin parents think they're doing in sending their kids to the school where Dumbledore is headmaster. Surely there must be something beyond personal loyalty to this guy.

I wonder, though, if it's possible for the books to show Harry making an alliance...I mean, it would be great if he could make a deal with the Slytherins so that they would go along with the plan without everybody having to join Harry's army, exactly. It seems like there's plenty of groundwork laid for this with all the talk about different races making treaties etc.