The Longbottoms (was: Re: OoP Book covers)

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 54210


> 
> Annemehr:
> Yeah.  The Longbottoms could be very important in the fight against 
> Voldemort, and here's idiot Fudge keeping them locked away for the 
> sake of some money and a battle of wills with Lucius Malfoy!  And 
> Harry goes to get them out -- I hope he does it *with* Neville, 
> though.  I've been hoping for more of Neville through three books 
> now...

Well - Harry could be taken to St Mungos, which deals with more than 
just mental problems (at least with Memory-lost case like Lockhart). 
I understand St Mungos being a hospital dealing with all kinds of 
diseases.

There he might meet real Moody and Longbottoms and Neville. About 
Fudge's account of "I've heard of curse scars acting as alarm bells 
before" - well, Moody's the most scarred person and generally noted 
for paranoia (but it isn't, because they really *were* after him?) so 
I reckon Moody said something like that to him & others in the 
Ministry. I presume Harry could talk with Moody about curse-scars in 
general? That might help him deal with the pain on his forehead... Or 
maybe Alastor Moody speaks of his scars like Arabella Figg speaks of 
her cats?

-- Finwitch