Sneaking suspicion about Neville's parents...

[Ephrem B]

No: HPFGUIDX 71998


~ Nisha (aka tharqueen) 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. 

It seems that protecting their son could be the only thing that the 
Longbottoms would keep secret through the process of such 
torture to the point of madness. A true sacrifice to safe their own 
son. >>>>


Interesting theory.  Just a few points that I wanted to add into it.  First, it was said in GOF during the trails that Harry witnessed that Bellatrix was caught after LV lost his powers and disappeared.  Second, the reason they went to the Longbottom's house was that they had heard the Longbottom's may know where LV could have been hiding and were trying to find him to return him to power.  Of course this is the story that Crouch Sr. believed what they were doing and Bellatrix didn't say that they were ordered to kill Neville.  They just remained quiet untill Bellatrix responded that LV would once again rise to power.  Nor was Neville ever mentioned to be around when the DE's came to the Longbottom's house.  What do you think?

"Ephrem B"