Longbottom/Potter Friendship

bohcoo sydenmill at msn.com
Mon Oct 6 23:23:02 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 82403

(As always, searched and didn't find, so if you have posted on this, 
please refer me. Thanks!)


How does this sound?
It struck me when re-reading about the torture of the Longbottoms 
that perhaps they, and their infant son Neville, were visiting the 
Potters that fateful evening when Lord Voldemort came to call. Why 
else would Belladrix torture them to insanity, convinced that they 
knew where Voldemort was, unless they had been there when Voldemort 
disappeared? 

Since the Potters were dead and Voldemort suddenly gone, it makes 
sense that the Longbottoms would know where he was, but only if they 
had been present at his disappearance. Why else would they be 
targeted as a source of this information?

It has been mentioned that the Potters and Longbottoms were in the 
original Order together --and, young couples with small children the 
same age would most certainly have a strong bond of friendship, 
visiting oneanother frequently, etc.

So, if the Longbottoms were there that night, they could have 
immediately notified Dumbledore about what had just happened -- 
(remember, Dumbledore told Harry that members of the Order had more
reliable ways of communicating than the Floo network) -- destroyed
the Potter's house in case any Order information was there, and
taken Hagrid and little baby Harry to their house, to await further 
instructions.

Meanwhile, slimey little Pettigrew, hiding out of sight to watch the 
show when Voldemort arrived, rushes to tell his fellow Death Eaters
what he knows about the Longbottoms being there that night, and 
Belladrix hunts them down.

It could be that Voldemort came to kill both children that night but
got AK'd to oblivion in rebound before he could get to them both.

That would explain an awful lot, wouldn't it? 

Bohcoo






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