I really want it to be Hermione, because that supports the awesome canon connection that we saw in Halloween's troll fight - not one but TWO prophesied boys, not one but TWO pureblood sons of iconic families, and one Hermione (disenfranchised as she may be).
The Harry-Draco connection is really interesting in this game when compared to Harry-Ron in canon - in both cases, Harry doesn't have much of a family of his own (maliciously neglected by the Dursleys in canon, benignly neglected by the LP in Alternity) and is taken in by a family that really symbolizes the predominant thinking about magical castes (the Weasleys in canon, who support the dominant and accepted opinion that Muggleborns and Muggles are human beings worthy of respect; the Malfoys in Alternity, who support the dominant and accepted opinion that Muggleborns and Muggles are less than human). The bit that's pinging my "awesome!" radar here is that Alternity is doing what fandom always wanted - Harry's bridging the gap. He's still friends with Ron, still drawn to Gryffindors despite his *cough* reassignment. He's still using both sides of himself and reaching out to both Draco and Ron, who arguably represent the Slytherin and Gryffindor facets of Harry. Without the small but powerful influences he has in canon that drive him to reject Slytherin so forcefully, is this a Harry who can strike a balance between cunning and courage? Between the aristocracy and the working class? Between his wizardly heritage (by blood and adoption) and the idea of rising from humble circumstances (by blood - Lily was a Muggleborn, after all - and by friendship with the Weasleys [lower-class purebloods], Hermione [Muggleborn] and maybe others [oh, how I would love to see Harry's sense of right and wrong come up against the Muggle internment camps ... although maybe not until he's done some preliminary thinking against the regime]).
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The Harry-Draco connection is really interesting in this game when compared to Harry-Ron in canon - in both cases, Harry doesn't have much of a family of his own (maliciously neglected by the Dursleys in canon, benignly neglected by the LP in Alternity) and is taken in by a family that really symbolizes the predominant thinking about magical castes (the Weasleys in canon, who support the dominant and accepted opinion that Muggleborns and Muggles are human beings worthy of respect; the Malfoys in Alternity, who support the dominant and accepted opinion that Muggleborns and Muggles are less than human). The bit that's pinging my "awesome!" radar here is that Alternity is doing what fandom always wanted - Harry's bridging the gap. He's still friends with Ron, still drawn to Gryffindors despite his *cough* reassignment. He's still using both sides of himself and reaching out to both Draco and Ron, who arguably represent the Slytherin and Gryffindor facets of Harry. Without the small but powerful influences he has in canon that drive him to reject Slytherin so forcefully, is this a Harry who can strike a balance between cunning and courage? Between the aristocracy and the working class? Between his wizardly heritage (by blood and adoption) and the idea of rising from humble circumstances (by blood - Lily was a Muggleborn, after all - and by friendship with the Weasleys [lower-class purebloods], Hermione [Muggleborn] and maybe others [oh, how I would love to see Harry's sense of right and wrong come up against the Muggle internment camps ... although maybe not until he's done some preliminary thinking against the regime]).
This game is so cool.