Nicole's theory

[christi0469]

No: HPFGUIDX 36021

Nicole wrote,

> My *theory*
> First some things that I got from the books:
> -In PS I think Hagrid mentioned something about Voldemort... that 
it was odd 
> that he didn't try to approach the Potters before (and it *seems* 
to me that 
> he had plenty of time to do this). And in PoA (or GoF,  I'm not 
quite sure) 
> it says that it was just a year before the death of Harry parents 
that a spy 
>   (Peter) began to give  Voldemort information about Dumbledore's 
group, 
> and, if I'm not mistaken, that is at least close to Harry's birth 
day.
> -In PoA Dumbledore says something about the divination professor. 
When Harry 
> tells about her *prophecy*, Dumbledore says something about that 
being the  
> second one. So what's the first one?
> -In PS when Harry asks to Dumbledore why Voldemort want him, 
Dumbledore says 
> that he cannot tell him at that time, that when he became older he 
would 
> know.
> So Peter tells Voldemort about the prophecy and Harry, and since 
then 
> becomes a spy. Voldemort then prepares himself to kill Harry. 
Dumbledore's 
> spies inform him about that and Dumbledore began to try to protect 
the 
> Potters, until they finally decide to cast the charm of the secret 
> keeper.(You know what happens, and) Then Voldemort goes to the 
Potters with 
> the intention to kill Harry.
> 
<snip>

> Maybe Voldemort killed all the Potter family, but I believe that 
it was just 
> in order to find out where Harry was. And about the heir thing, I 
believe 
> the Potter family could be the heir of Gryffindor but that 
wouldn't be of 
> extreme importance as I said before(IMHO)


 I was very curious when Dumbledore brought up the existence of 
Trelawney's first real prediction, and I too thought it probably had 
something to do with why Voldemort wanted to kill Harry. This 
theoretical prediction could have been the catalyst for Peter's 
defection. I wonder if it could also have been the catalyst for 
Snape's defection. We know that he defected sometime before 
Voldemort's downfall, and IMHO he would have needed time to prove 
his loyalty to Dumbledore. His timing could certainly have coincided 
with Peter's. I suspect that Voldemort's reason for targetting Harry 
(or Harry and James) is going to be extremely significant; 
unfortunately, I also suspect that JKR will save it for the seventh 
book, when Harry becomes of age.


Christi