Prophecies

Prophecies are extremley fascinating tools that enable one to foresee what is going to happen in certain situations or to certain people. While prophecies look millions of years old at first glance, they were made by a current teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, professor Sybil Trelawney. She created the information within each and every one of the prophecies.

Prophecies, themselves, are beautiful glass orbs that come in a variety of siezes, each depending on the scale of the situation. They lay dormant in the Ministry of Magic's "Hall of Prophecies." They wait for their presumed owner to come and collect them. Other than that they do not provide us with anything.

Introduced in the fifth Potter installment, "Order of the Phoenix," a prophecy is extremley sought after, by the evil Death Eaters. But unfortunatley, they need boy wizard Harry Potter to come and retrieve it for them. And that is the base of the fifth book (And Movie). It all revolves around a prophecy.