Harry and the Phoenix/ McGonagall

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 43597

Richelle Votaw wrote:
> Still, I think there's something more, something deeper and darker
> that is the true reason Voldemort was after the Potters.  And I can't
> quite put my finger on it, naturally.  Still, let's go on a darker
> path for a few moments.  Could the Potters have been working
> undercover for someone?  Doing what?  Perhaps something that would
> sound bad, even if it weren't.  Which would be why Dumbledore's
> keeping it from Harry.  Or I could be in left field again. :)
> 
> Richelle

I don't believe in the heir theory myself, and you've just touched one 
of the words that make my favourite theory run: "undercover". According 
to my (exteneded) version of MAGIC DISHWASHER, the Potters were working 
in a secret project for Dumbledore, as part of the ongoing plans of 
Dumbledore to beat Voldemort. Voldemort heard of it through his spy, 
and decided that it had to be stopped, at least James' investigation. 
As far as I'm willing to go, Lily was studying the ancient magic 
(especially, ancient protection spells), and James was working on some 
magic that involved Harry in some way. For example, a magic formulae 
that increased a wizard's power, but in this case your guess is as good 
as mine. Dumbledore knew that what they were doing was very important, 
so he encouraged them to go into hiding, and finally someone though of 
the Secret keeper spell.

Voldemort's reason of killing the Potters was that he was suspicious 
and afraid of what they might discover, especially of what James might 
discover (Lily's study would have been ancient spells with love 
component, and Voldemort wouldn't understand what good those would 
possibly do, so that expalins why Lily didn't have to die). So, to 
prevent James form discovering something, he decied to destroy him and 
the notes of the experiment (including Harry). Of course, what LV 
didn't understand was that Lily had made discoveries as well, and that 
one of the spells she finds would protect Harry form thew AK.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf