I haven't read it, but all of you people doubting the writing style - keep in mind that the epilogue is the chapter she had complete since the beginning. I notice a significant change in writing style between book one and book six, so I wouldn't necessarily rule out the epilogue, whatever is written in those screen shots, as fake. But to hell with reading it. I read a few of the chapter titles and they seemed relatively legit, so I quickly stopped.

Ack, directly doctoring an image like this in Photoshop would be rather challenging. The page is bent, the text would have to conform to the perspective of the page, which is possible to do, but any small mistake would be easy to spot. Most likely (if this is fake) someone created the pages in Photoshop and printed it out, stuck in in a book, added a printout of the cover and wrapped it around the book (If I remember correctly, in some pictures it looks like there is a bit of clear tape holding the cover on, is that normal?)...then took a picture. AKA: They would have had to create a mockup of a book (A very good one at that) and take the picture (I think most people realize this but it seems other people are thinking otherwise) The lynchpin holding this whole think together to me as possibly real, though, is that illustration. A few people have said that it is easy to mimic an artist's style. This really isn't true, if anyone else had created that art, there would most likely be very subtle, but noticeable differences in the styles (Style encompasses more than just drawing style, take into account the shading style, the texture, the softness, contrast, etc.) Though I won't count it out as impossible that someone could make a convincingly fake chapter art.

The cover is ORANGE and BROWN without the jacket. I distinctly see some green on the "epilogue" cover's edges. Can we dismiss this completely now? I know I'm sleeping easy, knowing that I haven't been spoiled.

Hey, last message today, I swear. What if this is a message, letting us all know that we need to find something to do in our lives after the book comes out. We've been obsessing all day, myself included, about this. Our lives will be empty without HP, and after we bawl our eyes out, we'll need to do something. Someone was hoping we'd figure it out by ourselves, but they've realized that we have less than a week until every true HP fan becomes a pile of self-grief over HP, so they gave us this. Look at us, we've reached over 1000 comments over 3 unconfirmed spoilers. It's not like Jo posted the whole book on her website or even confirmed any of it. Just think about it. Alright, I'm done.

that cant b jo's HP. it's just not her style. also if it was real the guardian would get the ^&%$*& sued off them, right?

It doesn't QUITE sound like Rowling. Not going to spoil it for anyone, but it doesn't even bear a similar-to-Rowling feel to it. Well, a little, but not quite. x_o; I'm going to feel like such a fool when the book comes out and that's going to be the first thing I read. X_X;

i hope that is how the book actually starts. so exciting!

LISTEN! !A van carrying the books to a local main library here morroco was carjacked and the books removed n given to the locals cos the jackers thought it was worthless. A journalist friend of mine found the books and has said that 'the dark lord ascending' is indeed the first chapter. There's is no spoiler here ... I won't do that to you guys but he has read the book and harry indeed dies after snape. Vold is pushed through the veil and the archway dias broken.

Sectumbumprahaha, hth is that NOT a spoiler? You had me going for a second, but once you said that Voldemort would fall through the veil and that afterwards the veil would 'die', I knew that you were lying. Why on earth would Voldemort go back to the Department of Mysteries? He's already got what he wants from there. And how would him falling through it cause it to be destroyed?

I disagree with whoever said this Epilogue doesn't give 'closure' to the series. Of course it does. It's basically an 'and they all lived happily ever after' ending, which, let's face it, is how most things end. Complete closure would be Harry dead, which AIN'T NEVER GONNA HAPPEN!! Harry dying would make for a miserable Epilogue. However, the kids' names ARE a little suspect. Albus I would buy, but he just wouldn't name two of his kids Lily and James. Seriously, would you name two of your kids after your parents? OK, I suppose some of you might, but I find the idea a little stupid. Maybe you could get away with James, but not Lily as well. Madness. And Hugo for Ron's kid? If it's true then Jo is crazy :)

That guy with the carjacking story in Morocco... you have issues man. Mugglenet staff, even if it's most likely made up. this guy's putting fake spoilers to the book in your comments box, man... "Sectumbumpraha ha"... you should get his comments off of here.

I doubt that's how it starts. Even gramatically: "The two men...", since there would have been no reference to these two men previously since it's the first paragraph, the word "the" is not needed. Jo wouldn't do that even if this was a draft. Nice try.

personally, i think this is 100% fake. if it's not... then it's kinda disappointing

Actually i think it was real, but she probably changed it in some way or another. It could also be fake. Well, we will find out in 5 days and a bit of time won't we :)

Yeah, I'm getting off of Hary Potter sites now until next Saturday. That "Epilogue" was close enough. (I figure even if it IS real, which is very unlikely, I'll resist looking at the table of contents and the end of the book until I'm finished. So if it IS the real epilogue, it'll still be a surprise! haha loophole!) And yeah, carjacked library van haha. What a predictable ending! Voldemort is not dying the same way as Sirius, you can't just push the darkest wizard in the world into a freaking hole in the world! Anyway, I expect Snape and Harry to die anyway.

Cl3, you mentioned tape on the edges... Could it be that these were books at a library? I think they have special covers that are laminated and I think they tape them.... not 100% sure though.

I'm sorry but it HAS to be real. 1) On the British Friday Night with J.R. Interview JKR said something along the lines of "no the scar is NOT the final words but its near there, its a few words back" not a verbatim people but close. And if you read the last line it is exactly as she describes. 2) The drawings of like Harry & Ginny , Malfoy Manor, Kings Cross Station are TOO real, there is no way photoshop could have created them. 3) People are saying there are spelling mistakes but if we all think back to GoF that had I think ONE or even two spelling mistakes. I wish it wasn't :( But It has got to be.

Virri: I'd like to point out that Jo ALSO said that she had been rewriting and rewriting the epilogue throughout the entire series so that it would be written perfectly. It wouldn't have the same style as she did when she first began writing the series. As for the rest of you... COME ONE!!! Would you REALLY believe that Harry and Ginny would name one of their children "Albus Severus Potter"? That would just be STUPID. -snickers-

ive seen the chapter art... at least 2 of them... they look authentic... it would be very hard to replicate that art style if you were just a prankster. so i dont know... im still tentative in saying this... but i think these spoilers might be real. after all... the books are now arriving at the stores and there is now plenty of chance for this stuff to be leaked out. thank god alot of the chapter titles (even though i read very few of them) dont give anything away. and i dont understand why some of you are complaining about being spoiled when you yourself are the ones who read the epilogue... just dont read it... i didnt.

I think she started off with 'The' because they're significant. That alone, to me, wouldn't make or break it's authenticity.

Sectumbumprahaha, even if what you say is true, which i choose not to believe, why would you ruin it for everyone else? Don't be a jerk.

performingmonkey, it doesn't give closure at all. In a way, it makes you want more story. JK will want to end her book in a way that doesn't have fans BEGGING for more, even if they'll most likely want it.

Well it certainly wouldn't be the thing to do, to name your children after people who were murdered eeven if they were your parents. It is very fan - ficcy that Harry would do that.

omg. i really wish i hadnt read the epilogue. it kind of doesnt sound that real though..i really really really hope its not..omggggggggg. if you havent read it yet, dont. but i mean, it doesnt really flow as well as JKs writing usually does, but it looks like the book..but i mean, you can do just about anything with photoshop. but the names dont sound real. at all.

I sooo think its fake. Too fanficish sounding to me and its too much like the opening of the 2nd chapter of HBP!

It says snape was a headmaster?!?!?!?! i don't care if he killed DD because has was bad or bc dumby asked him 2 no hogwarts panel or whatever would all a murderer to become headmaster.

heather23renae, Perhaps, I saw the tape on the top left part of the book on the chapter list scans. The colors on the cover look like those one the official cover. I just wasn't sure if the tape was part of the packaging in the boxes or just a way for someone who was building a fake book to keep the cover from falling off. Though I think they do use some type of tape on library books...:O, it's hard to know for sure.

So sue me, i never said the archway dies, i said D I A S.. Not DIES.. How can an archway die anywho? They got to the ministry of magic after Vold cornered harry in hogwarts , got the sword to make into a horcrux. Harry figured out earlier in the book that the room of requirements doorway is a portal to rooms you desire. The room just doesn't appear when you desire it. Harry desired the ministry of magic death room, n Vold followed... . The figures on the american cover is indeed departed souls as the archway was used as a room to execute wizards before azkaban

Snape headmaster, what? Never happen. Who on earth would let him be in charge of children? Oh for gods sake. He may prove to be a 'good' person, he is not a nice or decent human being.

OMG!!! I am so excited! That it so interesting! I hope that is real!

Daleboy, they'd obviously want to end the epilogue in such a way as to resemble what JK has already revealed about it. If they didn't, then people would know right away that it was fake. The information you mentioned isn't hard to come by (I believe Mugglenet mentioned it as well); the person who made that made sure to do their homework. As for the artwork...A person's style is difficult, but not IMPOSSIBLE to recreate. Believe it or not, I've seen someone's replication of the Mona Lisa done in MS Paint, and some else's done in toast. If they can do that, then this should be nothing in comparison.

It's not even in her style.... I don't believe this, just like I don't believe that spoiler of the ending posted on here a while back. It's far too short.

It sounds pretty real to me. Ah well. Wait for saturday, it's almost over!!! But this really sounds genuine. It's not the first time we see a first chapter not through Harry, and I think it would mean that Voldemort will be omnipresent in the book. Maybe he will try to take over the Ministry, or Hogwarts even!

Wow. I hope that's not real, because it's some seriously bad writing.

Uh....where is this epilogue people are talking about? Can someone clue me in, please?

I must say I am HIGHLY doubtful this is the actual passage from the book. Personally, I will be looking over the video to see if this is possible (and if it even shows it). But for now, I am going to be taking this as a rumor!

Daleboy: Oh, honestly! 1) There are MANY people who could have read/listened to that interview with JKR and thought, "Oh! I'd better make sure my epilogue corresponds with what she said so that I can fool the stupid peoples..." 2) Some people really are that good with Photoshop -- I know a few. 3) One or two spelling mistakes in an ENTIRE 400 page book is one thing... 5+ spelling/grammatical mistakes in ONE chapter (one that she has been rewriting for years, I may add) is just not right for her. Some people... honestly.

i dont think its real. i mean it just doesnt sound like jk!

To Sakibou and Everyone else: OH look we've gotta admit that its REAL look theres too many things pointing that way. Okay its not her style but every book varies, you read POA the style is soo varied from the following 3. PS in no way resembles the last two. She does vary her style. But as for the epilogue being fake I just can't see it. Maybe we don't like how it ends and thats why people are being so strong with there feelings of its FAKENESS but Its real I mean look at those drawings, look at the font, look at the way its been quickly layed into a scanner and uploaded. Just like with HBP we knew before it and happenend and just with DH we now know how it all ends :( I hate the fact that we do but its true :*(

Sectumbumprahaha, I assumed you'd made a type, since as far as I know, 'dias' isn't a word...at least not in the English language. And you ask me how an archway could die...I was wondering the same thing. Anyhow, you do try, but the more you type, the more it sounds like a lie. For starters, Voldemort wouldn't need to MAKE the sword into a horcrux, because he already has all the horcruxes he plans to make. The Room of Requirement can't transfer you to other places, it just recreates itself to suit your needs.

You can say that this is fake because there are some mistakes. The one that I noticed is where it says the taller of the two. It should be the tallest of the two. And plus this doesn't match any style of her writing from the first to sixth book. FAKE

It is an editors job to correct spelling and grammer mistakes. If there are mistakes (that many in six pages) well then it isn't really the book. You can do a lot with Photoshop if you like. Not hard, I saw a pretty convincing knock up, that someone did in ten minutes (pictures and all)

X_@; Where is this epilogue? Anyone?

Actually, you CAN say 'the taller of the two'. Daleboy, saying that the fonts are correct doesn't really support your arguement. I could go and download every single font from that book right now if I wanted to. They're all over the internet. There is no way on earth that JK would end her FINAL book in such a corny way. It doesn't say what happens to all of the remaining characters. It BARELY says what happens to the characters that it DOES mention. It's not all that descripting. The names suck. Bottom line, it's totally fake.

Susan14, my cousin read one of them (where "Albus Severus Potter" is Harry's son... -pffft-) on Portkey, but I'm still trying to figure out where the other one is. No one is telling me and I'm too lazy to look. ;D

ohmygodholyhell.

My dear, have you read the book? There is a proper explanation provided in a memory left for harry on the magic surrounding the room of requirement... Dais is the word, it is a typo. The sword was the only item Vold could not get. And the number of horcruxes that dumbldore assumed was heresay, it was Not fact. The room does recreate itself but the exact replica so to speak of the room desired such that it functions as the real room. Snape is is injured terribly in Vold's last ditch effort to rip his soul further in desperate moments but he dies just before harry

Actually 'the taller of the two' is actually more grammatically correct in this instance then tallest. The epilogue is a bit silly; it is more concerned about their children and their names (all of their names are stupid). The story isn't about them. Confusing. If it is true, well thats the way it is.

Sectumbumprahaha are you serious? Please be lying... It sounds so true.. unless you have a really good imagination but please be lying omg :[[

Sectumbumprahaha, I don't believe a word you say. However, if by some bizarre twist of fate you are actually telling the truth, well...Let's just say that for your sake, you had better be lying. Don't think I won't come after you.