More Points to Ponder: The Prophecies

[KathyK]

No: HPFGUIDX 75144

meltowne: 
> > There were 2 potential subjects of the first prophesy - Neville 
and 
> > Harry - but something caused LV to go after Harry First.  That 
> > something was Wormtail telling him where to find Harry.  
> 
> Sof:
> 
> It hasn't been stated that LV went after Harry on Wormtail's say 
so. The books say 
> thatthev Potters knew LV was after them and that Dumbledore 
suggested the best 
> way to hideout would be with the Fidelius curse. Upon being named 
Secret-Keeper for 
> the Potters, Wormtail revealed their whereabouts to LV. Voldemort 
may very well have 
> decided to go after the Potters of his accord since he was looking 
for them prior to 
> their going into hiding.

Voldemort could have been after both the Potters and the 
Longbottoms.  We don't know what means the Longbottoms used, if any 
to keep themselves and Neville safe from Voldeomort.  Until the 
Potters made Wormtail Secret-Keeper, I think Voldemort actively 
searched for both families if he didn't know which one was the one 
that would fulfill the prophecy.  When Wormtail became Secret-Keeper, 
able to divulge the whereabouts of the Potters, Voldemort decided to 
go after them first because he knew where to find him.  If he could 
get rid of Harry, he'd at least be assured that one potential threat 
was gone, if not actually destroying the threat if Harry turned out 
to be the one in the prophecy.
I can't keep my eyes open anymore,
KathyK