Neville; Fourth Man/Snape; James and Lily/Pettigrew, Order of Merlin/Pet.-Nevi.

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Hello there!
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I was re-reading PoA last night, and kept coming across interesting 
little things, nothing major. This is my first post... I've been 
keeping up with recent theories and threads, but I haven't gone very 
far back. But none of this stuff seems to have been mentioned for 
awhile, at least, so I apologize if it's incessantly annoying to 
someone in some way!

PoA, hard cover

p 137. 
"Hook-nosed and menacing, Professor Snape stepped out, his eyes 
flashing at Neville. Neville backed away, his wand up, mouthing 
wordlessly. Snape was bearing down on him, reaching inside his 
robes. 'R --- r--- riddikulus!' squeaked Neville."
 This is the scene of Lupin's first DADA class with the third year 
Gryffindors. My thought is that the reason Neville so strongly fears 
Snape, when there could be other things that scare him more, is 
because he remembers (or doesn't, depending on your take on the 
memory charm theory) Snape threatening his parents. I realize that 
Snape was a spy for Dumbledore... but he still would have had to do 
missions, to keep the death eaters happy. He would have had to 
*seem* like he was evil, even if he wasn't.

p 204.
Fudge dropped his voice and proceeded in a sort of low rumble. "Not 
many people are aware that the Potters knew You-Know-Who was after 
them. Dumbledore, who was of course working tirelessly against You-
Know-Who, had a number of useful spies. One of the tipped him off, 
and he alerted James and Lily at once. He advised them to go into 
hiding."

If the reason Snape tried to save Harry in Book 1 is because he 
wanted to repay hi debt to James so that he could return to hating 
him in peace, as Dumbledore says it is, wouldn't it hold true that 
he would have tried to save them by telling Dumbledore about 
Voldemort's plot? I realize that it could have been a number of 
spies that told DD, I just feel that Snape is the most logical one.

p 208.
"Black was taken away by twenty members of the Magical Law 
Enforcement Squad and Pettigrew recieved the Order of Merlin, First 
Class, which I think was some comfort to his poor mother."

I wonder if his mother is still alive? And the real reason I put 
this up here is the Order of Merlin, First class. For remarkable 
bravery? Did Dumbledore earn his by defeating Grindelwald? For his 
work against Voldemort? I'm sure we'll find out, at some point.

p 213.
"(Harry) watched, as though somebody was playing him a piece of 
film, Sirius Black blastin Peter Pettigrew (who resembled Neville 
Longbottom) into a thousand pieces."

He wasn't actually asleep at the time, so this can't be one of his 
oddly prophetic dreams. However, he seems to compare Peter to 
Neville in his mind. Maybe we should watch for this. After all, in 
the first book, if a fourth friend was to be choosen for Ron, 
Hermione, and Harry, it would likely have been Neville.


Well, that's it for me for now! Thanks for reading!

Becky, who has a cold-sore in her mouth that she really wishes Madam 
Pomfrey would take a look at.