Neville (my theory)

[Rachelle Elliott]

No: HPFGUIDX 8813

> Subject: OWLS/Neville

> "A small, sorta unanswerable thing, page 213: "He watched, as though
> somebody   was playing him a piece of film, Sirius Black blasting
> Peter Pettigrew ( who   resembled Neville Longbottom ) into a
> thousand pieces." Why did JKR put that part in parentheses about
> Neville there?  Many times,   little things that we just overlooked
> at first has ended up that ended up   being a forshadowing of some
> sort... Can this be one?  If it is, in what way?    Any theories?
> It's true that we don't know much about Neville except that he
> seems to be really really clumsy.  Is Neville hiding something?  Or
> maybe   it's something that even Neville doesn't know about... I
> don't know... I'm   kinda just blabbing."

I have a theroy,  I may be completely off base but... Maybe in future books,
Neville is approached by the dark side to betray Harry the same way Peter
was to betray James and Lily.  The difference being that Neville will have
enough courage to stand-up to the Dark Lord.  Neville has suffered directly
(ie his parents untimely demise) from Lord Voldermort and his followers.
Neville may end up pay the ultimate sacrifice for his friends.

'You don't understand!' whined Pettigrew.  'He would hav killed me, Sirius!'
'THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED!, roarded Black.  'DIED RATHER THAN BETRAY YOUR
FRIENDS, AS WE WOULD HAVE DONE FOR YOU!'