[HPforGrownups]: Snape in James' debt?

[Michelle Malfoy]

No: HPFGUIDX 76652

Hi,

Just a ramdom thought, could be right could be wrong. But in the prophecy it 
says that James and Lily went up against Voldemort three times, during one 
of those encounters whouldn't it be possible for James to encounter some DE 
and have Snape being just one of those DE's? When James realizes that one of 
the DE's is his old 'friend' Severus Snape could he have not spared him, 
leaving Snape in his debt. This would obviously spark even more hatred for 
James in Snape's heart. Yet, Snape is left in the debt of James, he owes 
him. Snape does not strike me as the person to want to stay in somebodies 
debt, especially his arch rival, James' debt. Now, when one of Volemort's 
spies finds out about the curse and comes and tells Voldemort, Snape hears 
this and goes to Dumbledore. Thus, enabling James and Lily to hide there son 
and eliminating Snape's debt to James!

I can only support this by these following questions:

1.     How does Dumbledore, know that he was being over-heard in Hog's Head 
Inn? He says that he learned that night that is was not safe to assume that 
you are not being over heard when in Hog's Head Inn.

          Dumbledore would have to be told that he was overheard in the Inn, 
because he states that in the fifth book that there is only one person who 
remembers the prophecy perfectly. Since, Professor Trelawney has proven in 
the past to have no knowledge of here prophecies. So in my opinion it was 
safe to say that Dumbledore believed that he was the only one who heard it 
until Snape shows up and tells him that somebody else heard part of the 
prophecy.

2.    How does James and Lily know that they are being targeted themselves? 
The prophecy leaves the door open for two couples to be possible targets. 
Why then had not Neville's parents went into hiding?

      Snape telling Dumbledore that Voldemort was going after Harry could 
allow James and Lily to go into hiding before it was too late.

Could this by why Snape is soooo angry at James, and notice just James. 
Snape doesn't have a lot of hard feelings for Lily. Snape wants to believe 
that James is an arrogent, self-centered bully that delighted in torturing 
people. With James sparing Snapes life, it would show to Snape that James is 
not what or who Snape orginally thought him to be. This would also explain 
the fact why Snape hates Harry, Harry is a constant reminder of James and 
what James did for Snape. Also, it would support why Snape in Book #1 was 
actually using a counter-curse on Professor Quirrel's curse to attempt to 
curse Harry's new broom, if Harry died, Snape's betrayel of Voldemort would 
have been in vain.

I would interested on what anyone else has to say, this is just one of my 
theories. I really have only speculation to rely on when it comes to this 
plot, but could you imagine Snape in James' debt. Interesting story-line, at 
least in my opinion. I am anxious to hear peoples thoughts on this.

Michelle_Malfoy

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