Sneaking suspicion about Neville's parents...

[Lucila]

No: HPFGUIDX 71997

~ Nisha (aka tharqueen) wrote:

> 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.  >>>


Hi, Nisha, IIRC, Bellatrix & Co. tortured Neville's parents after 
Voldemort had vanished (after he tried to kill Harry). And it was 
because they thought Frank and Alice Longbottom had some information 
about where V could be.
I found it, Crouch says: "We have heard the evidence against you. The 
four of you stand accused of capturing an Auror - Frank Longbottom - 
and subjecting him to the Cruciatus curse, believing him to have 
knowledge of the present whereabouts of your exiled master, He Who 
Must Not Be Named-" (GoF, ch. 30 - The Pensieve, p.516 UK ed.)

Lucila.