Sneaking suspicion about Neville's parents...

[logic_alley]

No: HPFGUIDX 71989

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "tharqueen" <tharqueen at h...> 
wrote:
> Ok what do you think about this...
> 
> I've been wondering why Neville's parents were tortured and an 
> answer just hit me. It all ties into the prophecy of course.
> 
> Perhaps Voldy did think of the possibility of Neville and Harry 
> being the foretold ones. So, he sends Bellatrix (who seems to be 
> his most loyal follower) to find Neville. She cannot find him 
since 
> his parents have hidden him. She proceeds to torture them 
> using the Cruciatus curse to find out his whereabouts which they 
> never tell her.  Meanwhile Voldy is told of Harry's location from 
> scummy Wormtail and events unfold as we know them. 
> 
> [...]
> ~ Nisha (aka tharqueen)

I think there is definitely a lot more to learn about the 
Longbottoms.   

Dumbledore tells Harry they were tortured *after* Harry defeated 
Voldemort, by the Lestranges who were trying to get them to tell 
them where Voldemort had gone.

That is a very strange explanation when you think about it.   So, 
there are two possibilities:
1) Dumbledore isn't telling the truth 

2) It is true -- but that raises a lot of questions - like, why 
would they think the Longbottoms or anyone for that matter knew?   
The way we get the story "Voldemort is gone" - he's just ... gone.   
Then people assume for 10 years that he's dead.   So why are the 
Deatheaters running around trying to torture people to find out 
where he is?

And why the Longbottoms?   Is it because of the prophesy?  

Where did Voldemort go after the encounter with Harry and how did he 
get there?   

I agree it is more believable that the Longbottoms would resist 
torture to the point of insanity to protect Neville than to not 
reveal something that they never knew.   But was it their choice?   
If the Lestranges just didn't stop torturing them.

Now who do the Lestranges remind me of?   Someone who said "We can't 
find any weapons of mass destruction, therefore they must be hiding 
them!"



-- logic alley --