Neville - the boy who knew too much.

[laikokae]

No: HPFGUIDX 85813

I'm not sure if this has been brought up already, but anyway.

Neville knows more than a) he lets on most of the time and b) he 
himself knows. 

He's clearly had a memort charm worked on him. This is fairly widely 
accepted, yeah? JKR certainly isn't being too subtle on this point. 
Neville has a terrible memory and as we learn in GoF, people who 
have had extensive memory charms worked on them (Bertha Jorkins for 
instance) generally sustain damage to their memory in general. So 
for some reason, someone decided that Neville knew too much and 
wiped some of his memories.

But even so, I just re-read OotP and got the distinct feeling that 
Neville knew more about what was going on than the others. 

When Harry goes to take the prophecy, Neville doesn't hesitate or 
say he thinks it's a bad idea like Hermione does. Instead he snaps 
suddenly, "No, dont!", while looking tense and stressed out. 
Conclusion: Neville knows something about the prophecy. 

During the following fight with the death eaters, it is also Neville 
who is most vocal about keeping the prophecy away from the Death 
Eaters. "Whatever you do, don't give it to them!" The others don't 
seem to care nearly as much, because the others, unlike Neville, 
don't know what's at stake. 
   
Okay, it's a bit of a stretch, but I think it has some merit.

Neville also knows that its the LeStranges who tortured his parents 
without being told. Which makes me wonder how much more he knows 
about the Death Eaters and their trials...particularly Snape.  

Grasping at straws,

Laik