neville's raw power (previously "how can they tell who's a muggle?") AND filk

[Jonathan Pessin]

Elkins says,

"Everyone believes that Neville is magically weak, even though all of 
the evidence actually points to him having quite a bit of raw magical 
power."

What evidence is this?  I'm new to the group, but all the evidence I've
seen points to Neville lacking much raw abiliby in magic (except in
herbology, which doesn't seem to require too much real magic, and more
merely human skills such as remembering what type of soil to use).  

On a less scholarly note, I wrote this filk as a bit of a lark.  It's
to the tune of "This is the Moment," from the Broadway musical Jekyll
and Hyde (music by Frank Wildhorn).  I thought it was a bit witty.

The First Task

This is the moment.
This is the sec.
When I will have to fight the dragon 
for an egg

For this endeavor,
I wanted never
To even reach this pass,
But I was forced, alas!

This is the moment,
This is the hour.
Oh, how the acid in my stomach 
feels quite sour.

Give me one moment 
all that I want!
I need to fetch my broom
Hope this wont mean my doom!

This is the moment,
When all I've done -
All the training,
learning and straining,
Become one!

This is the day 
(Wow, those flames really shine) 
When Ill make that gold egg
Become mine!

The other three, 
have faced the task alone,
And now the time has come
To prove to them
I'll make it on my own!

This is the moment 
Hope that I know
The way to summon,
Make sure my brooms comin,
by Accio!

Hear the crowd cheer,
Hope I don't trip and fall.
This is the moment,
The scariest moment
The freakiest moment of them all!

Thank you, thank you ::bows to the crowd::

Paddywaack