Polyjuice!Arabela and other Polydoubts

[pippin_999 <foxmoth@qnet.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 53077

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Morgan D." 
<morgan_d_yyh at y...> wrote:
> I'm gonna risk bringing up this old topic again, in hopes that
I 
can add up a point or two that hasn't been exhaustedly 
discussed yet.
<snip fascinating Arabella theories>

I have another to add to the mix. Doesn't it seem a mite 
suspicious that we have two sets of twins in Harry's generation 
(the Patils and the Weasleys) and none for the Marauder years?

Now in fan fiction it's usually Remus who has a twin, the 
Romulus/Remus connection being irresistable, but here's an 
alternative:

What if Arabella Figg and Mrs. Lestrange are twins? We don't 
have a maiden name for either of them, do we? Suppose that 
Quirrell kidnapped Mrs. Figg and smuggled her into Azkaban, 
swapping her for Mrs. Lestrange, who then took Mrs. Figg's 
place in Little Whinging? 

There'd be no need for polyjuice if the women are twins.   As for 
the cabbage-y smell...aging potion? 

Mrs Lestrange may indeed have made more than one attempt to 
harm Harry (the funny tasting chocolate cake comes to mind) but 
been thwarted by the protections Voldemort speaks of. And how 
would he know they're so potent if he hasn't tested them? 

Pippin