OoP: Petunia, expelled?

[pegruppel]

No: HPFGUIDX 64836

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Erin" <erinridgeway at b...> 
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> I theorize (get ready) that Petunia is...a failed witch. I theorize 
> that, just like her sister, Petunia recieved the Hogwarts letter 
and 
> shipped right off, pleased as punch. I also theorize that somewhere 
> along the line, something went bad wrong and Petunia was expelled, 
> had her wand snapped, and was sent packing from the WW for the rest 
> of her life. 
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Imagine having a taste of something 
> really wonderful, then having it taken from you. Then imagine that 
> your sibling comes prancing home from school showing off her mad 
> skillz, waving her wand around. Wouldn't that just *burn*? It would 
> certainly give her incentive to be awfully jealous. Imagine, too, 
> that you're stuck with said sibling's offspring, who could 
> conceivably go off to Hogwarts and come prancing home showing off 
his mad skillz, waving his wand around. Wouldn't that give you a 
desire to stamp out all signs of magic in the kid? 
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> Given all of this, I also theorize that Petunia is our girl who 
will 
> develop magical talents late in life. If she is a witch, imagine 
what 
> she could do with all of that pent-up emotion, if they gave her a 
> wand and some proper instruction. 

Me:

Erin, I really like this.  I think it explains many, many things.  I 
have a quirky memory, and it seems to me that there were tests at the 
end of the first year that determined whether or not the students 
would be able to continue into second year.  If Petunia failed those 
tests for some reason, she might have the exact reaction that you 
describe.  She either wasn't as skilled as Lily or she did do 
something to get expelled (something I consider rather unlikely, 
really).  Unlike Hagrid, she didn't have Dumbledore as a protector, 
and she went home in disgrace.

Peg