TBAY: The arrival of SILK GOWNS (reformatted)

[Jenny]

No: HPFGUIDX 80592

erm, it looked pretty unreadable, so I reformatted it...hope it looks 
better this time...


The sun glinted like diamonds across the calm waters of Theory Bay, 
leaving behind little reminder of Hurricane Jo, almost some three 
months past now.  Here and there, wreckage lay immersed, forgotten, 
in shallow waters. Captain Jenny watched them carefully as she guided 
the sleek, sturdy sailboat toward the docks, sails billowing.  She 
did not intend to join that wreckage, though she knew well enough 
that even powerful vessels can fall to the unexpected.  This ship, 
she was certain, had been built with canon sufficient to ride out any 
storm, and its hull strong enough to withstand attacks from others.  
It appeared deceptively simple, this sailboat, to the untrained eye.  
Only when looked at closely were all the intricate details truly 
appreciated.
 
Jenny glanced around her as they prepared to dock, eyeing her crew, 
all decked out, as she was, in various bold-colored silk gowns and 
looking quite confident in their vessel.  They were bound to catch 
the eyes of many, she was certain, and that would lead to questions.
 
Sure enough, a small crowd soon appeared on the dock, some to examine 
the ship, and others to eye the attire with skepticism.
 
"SILK GOWNS," one of the crowd Jenny recognized as a skeptic 
spoke. "And just what does this mean?"
 
Jenny smiled.  It was the moment she had savored.
 
"SILK GOWNS is the belief in the Suspiciously Insane Longbottoms, the 
Key is the Gum Or Wrappers Neville Saves."
 
"Our ship," she continued, "is dedicated to Frank and Alice 
Longbottom.  As you are likely aware, both are currently considered 
insane, and reside in St. Mungo's. Frank and Alice were Aurors and 
members of the original Order of the Phoenix. They defied Voldemort 
three times during his reign and were tortured into insanity by 
Bellatrix Lestrange and Co. after his downfall. They have one son, 
Neville, who was born at the end of July the same year as Harry, and 
could have been the one prophecied about with the ability to defeat 
Lord Voldemort. Neville is raised by his paternal grandmother. 

 
"A worthy cause, perhaps," continued the skeptic, "but why a cause at 
all?"
 
"Frank and Alice Longbottom are being kept from recovering at St. 
Mungo's," Jenny stated confidently.  "Despite having been there for 
14 years now, they do not appear to be recouperating in any fashion, 
which is contradictory with canon references to other patients of the 
long-term ward(3a). This points to foul play."
 
The skeptic raised her eyebrows in challenge.
 
Taking a deep breath, Jenny continued.
 
"My crew and I believe someone is using something to keep the 
Longbottoms from recovering. We know that Alice has given Neville 
countless Droobles Blowing Gum wrappers throughout the years(2). 
Therefore, the gum is the only thing we know the Longbottoms have 
been in contact with regularly throughout their stay at St. Mungo's. 
This makes it the primary object of suspicion. But there were no 
bluebell-colored bubbles(2d) in canon at the long-term ward, leaving 
us with two options that are most likely to explain their absence: 
1. The Longbottoms don't actually chew the gum, and it is the 
wrappers that are the tool that affects them.
2. The gum is tampered with and whatever is in it affects 
its "special effect", so it doesn't create the bubbles.
Note also that Neville, whom we know has touched the wrappers, and 
Healer Strout, who has also likely come in contact with wrappers 
during her tenure with the Longbottoms, appear to have memory issues. 
Neville has a notoriously poor memory, and Healer Strout, who would 
have needed to score high on her NEWTs in Herbology to become a 
Healer, failed to recognize Devil's Snare when she delivered the 
present to Bode(3b)."
 
Gaining momentum, Jenny added, " we believe there are three possible 
suspects; Lucius Malfoy, Uncle Algie or Mrs. Longbottom."
 
The crowd around SILK GOWNS had grown since Jenny had begun, and 
another person spoke.
 
"Yeah, but how could any of them have done it, the Longbottoms are in 
a hospital!"

"The killing of Broderick Bode emphasized that outside factors can 
influence a patient's well-being at St. Mungo's," Jenny reminded 
them, "and we have discovered several options that could be possible, 
supported by canon.  These options aren't necessarily exclusive of 
each other, either."
 
Seeing she had their attention, Jenny jumped in.
 
"Option A: Lucius Malfoy, a generous contributer to St. Mungo's(4a), 
may contribute more than money to St. Mungo's.
Notice that Broderick Bode, along with his Devil's Snare potted 
plant, receives a calendar of hippogriffs(3b). A connection can be 
made between Malfoy and the hippogriff calendar due to Malfoy's 
vendetta against Buckbeak(4f). This could be a symbolic reference to 
Malfoy's ability to influence the fate of Buckbeak (though thwarted 
by Harry, in Buckbeak's case), and serve as a reminder that he is 
able to determine Bode's fate as well. If Malfoy were in a habit of 
sending gifts to St. Mungo's of various forms, certainly one of those 
gifts could be endless supplies of Droobles Blowing Gum for Frank and 
Alice Longbottom. 

"Option B: Lucius Malfoy's contributions are bribes.
It is a corrupt Fudge, other corrupt St. Mungos officials, or the 
actual tampering with the Longbottoms been being done by a nurse, 
doctor, or orderly. 
If it is the latter, it could be easier to stop. Locate the person 
(or few people) who've been tampering with the Longbottoms. High 
marks on the OWLs and NEWTs are necessary to train as a Healer, and 
Hermione recognized Devil's Snare in her first year. Busy or not,
an 
aggressive plant like that should be instantly recognized by somebody 
who is supposed to know these things. The Healer could have been 
bought off.
If, however, this is a case of corruption from the top down, it gets 
uglier real quick. After seeing the way the Ministry is run, it is 
believable that there could be major corruption in the top levels of 
management at St. Mungos. 

"Option C: Alice and Frank are under the Imperius Curse.
Alice is aware of what she is doing, and that she is actively trying 
to send Neville a message. There are two possibilities here: that her 
brain is addled right now, and it is probably taking all the 
willpower she can muster to pass him these gum wrappers, or that she 
is not really as crazy as we've been led to believe, but her primary 
problem is a lack of ability to communicate (for some reason). In 
other words, that she can still think clearly to some degree (at 
least some of the time) but isn't able to communicate any of her 
thoughts or feelings properly. 
The first scenario, that most of her brain is incapable of doing what 
she tells it to do, but there is a small voice far in the back 
somewhere that knows the truth and is SCREAMING loudly enough to give 
her the ability to get those gum wrappers to her son, is reminiscent 
of the way Harry describes being under the Imperius curse(canon from 
GoF needed). Also, the way Alice is described(2b) is reminiscent of 
Barty Crouch Sr's appearance at the end of GoF. Harry and both of the 
Crouches have proven that you can fight the Imperius Curse in GoF(7). 
Alice be able to at least fight back against whatever is affecting 
her just enough to try to let somebody, anybody, know what's 
happening to her and Frank. 

"Option D: As a relative of Frank and Alice, for Uncle Algie to send 
gum to them on a regular basis would not be looked upon with 
suspicion. Uncle Algie has been mentioned several times in the book 
by Neville, though we have never met him. He spent years trying to 
force some magic out of Neville(8a), bought Neville his toad(8b), 
Trevor, and also bought him his Mimbulus Mimbletonia(8c). While 
arguments can be made for and against Algie's liking of Neville, all 
are based on differing interpretation of the same canon(8). Was Great 
Uncle Algie the old man who was going to visit Broderick Bode the 
first day the Weasleys and Harry went to St. Mungo's? The Devil's 
Snare that killed Bode could also have a connection to Uncle Algie, 
who seems interested in plant life(8c).

"Option E: The person who went to visit Bode(3d) may have been a DE 
keeping an eye on Bode's recovery. Logically, someone could be 
keeping tabs on the Longbottoms as well, to ensure the gum/wrappers 
is doing the job. 

"Option F: Severus Snape is making a potion for Lucius Malfoy that is 
used to "poison" the gum(6). 

"Option G: Lucius Malfoy is making a potion that is used to "poison" 
the gum(4d). 

"Option H: Mrs. Longbottom is giving the bubblegum (with potion) to 
Alice and Frank so that they stay in their non-recovered condition as 
a way of protecting them. If they recover then they may be in more 
danger if indeed they know "something". Also, they would probably 
want to get in to the fight again. People can do off things when 
trying to protect loved ones, and parents are not perfect as hard as 
they try! 

"Option I: Strout is under the Imperius Curse. That is why she allows 
gifts sent to the patients on her ward through, no matter how odd 
those gifts seem. Someone with her background should not be letting 
hazardous plants get near her debilitated patients(3b). 

"Option J: The message in the empty wrappers is just that - they are 
empty. Candy could be part of the healing process at St. Mungo's, 
just as an emotionally unsettling encounter with Dementors can be 
fixed with just some chocolate. Part of the therapy for the 
Longbottoms could be to give them gum, but they've just been given 
empty wrappers instead of the gum itself. That's why it's important 
for us to know that Neville received empty wrappers when there were 
no bubbles around in the room."
 
A long silence greeted Jenny as she finished, out of breath.
 
"But...why would anyone want to do this to them?" a young boy asked 
in disbelief at the possibilites.
 
Jenny sighed.
 
"We don't know," she said simply. 
 
"What do the Longbottoms know that is so significant it is worth the 
risk of keeping them in their incapacitated state? Why not just kill 
them? Killing Bode proved they are capable of doing so and making it 
appear unsuspicious. We know that Bellatrix and Co. tortured the 
Longbottoms for information about Voldemort's whereabouts(1a). What 
is it that led them to believe the Longbottoms had such information? 
And, given that the Longbottom's testimony of the event 
was "unreliable"(1c), how can we be sure that is the true reason they 
were tortured? Malfoy was probably not involved in Longbottom's 
torture. They were some of the first to come back to the good side 
after LV's downfall. To get caught, or even named, as one who 
tortured the Longbottoms would rip their story that they'd been 
bewitched to shreds(4c)," Jenny explained.
 
"The question of why has been a nagging problem as we built the ship, 
and though the vessel sails fine without it, we know an answer would 
make our ship invincible," she continued with a note of longing.
 
"So say one of those comes true," the skeptic pushed her way back to 
the front of the crowd. "What could possibly come of it?"
 
"Hopefully, the Longbottoms will recover," Jenny answered happily, 
thinking with joy about their possible reunion with Neville.
 
"We have possible solutions, of course," Jenny added hastily, "they 
aren't necessarily exclusive of each other, but here goes:

"Solution A: Lucius Malfoy is currently in Azkaban (although we don't 
know for certain that his name has been publicly mentioned in 
connection with the kerfuffle at the Ministry). If he is, indeed, 
discredited, he may no longer be able to pay off whomever he's been 
paying to keep the Longbottoms insane. So, there is a chance they 
won't need to be rescued. 

"Solution B: Neville, Frank and Alice's son, stands a chance at 
accomplishing this, for it is he who has the wrappers, and therefore, 
the clues. 

"Solution C: Perhaps one of the great things about Neville's Mimbulus 
Mimbletonia will be it's function as a cure (in the form of a potion, 
wouldn't that be ironic??) to whatever is doing this to them.

"Solution D: Luna will make the discovery that saves the Longbottoms. 
Note her penchant for decoding, her suspicious nature, her inclusion 
in Ravenclaw house, and that she does not need outside confirmation 
to believe something. She is the antithesis of Hermione; though 
Hermione takes Ancient Runes classes, Luna is reading ancient runes 
upside down on the Hogwarts express for another reason entirely(9a), 
viewing things from a different perspective, and Luna will believe 
(probably) anything, whereas Hermione only believes information 
gained from what she deems a reliable source (books, people she 
respects)(9b). 

"Solution E: Luna's discovery (above) will be connected to the gum 
wrappers.

"Solution F: Who do we know that is named for candy? Cornelius Fudge, 
of course! Alice is in no condition to tell anyone that the gum is 
doctored and that the source is Fudge. Her abilities are limited, so 
she does the best she can. The wrappers, then, are both the smoking 
gun and the message. Luna, a new factor, and a puzzle-solver, will 
finally make that connection--she's a "true believer" in weird 
things, and could very well make the leap between "Fudge" candy 
and "gum" candy. She's been taught to mistrust Fudge, anyway, and 
would be happy to help get him thrown out of office. We already know 
that Fudge is in love with his office, and if he believed that the 
Longbottoms could damage his position, for any reason, he'd be happy 
to feed them something that would keep him out of the way. Lucius 
Malfoy has had a lot of access to him, and if Fudge mentioned that he 
had "reservations" about the Longbottoms, Malfoy would be sure to 
supply him with something that would protect Fudge's position, and 
bring Fudge under his control. Malfoy could always threaten to reveal 
Fudge's role in keeping the Longbottom's in the hospital. 

"Solution G: Neville tells the gang, which now includes Ginny and 
Luna, that Alice has stopped giving him the gum wrappers. Hermione 
questions this, and this is how they start to figure out that someone 
has been hindering the Longbottom's recovery."
 
Jenny looked around, trying to guage the reactions of the crowd.  
 
"It's all here, really," she confirmed, and swept her hand over the 
detailed canon.

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CANON

(all page references are US editions unless otherwise noted, and 
paperback references will have pb next to them.) 

1. The Longbottoms:
A. "'Yes, they were talking about Neville's parents,' said 
Dumbledore. 'His father, Frank, was an Auror just like Professor 
Moody. He and his wife were tortured for information about 
Voldemort's whereabouts after he lost his powers, as you heard.'
'So they're dead?' said Harry quietly.
B. 'No,' said Dumbledore, his voice full of a bitterness Harry had 
never heard there before. 'They are insane. They are both in St. 
Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. I believe Neville 
visits them, with his grandmother, during the holidays. They do not 
recognize him.'
Harry sat there, horror-struck. He had never known...never, in four 
years, bothered to find out...
C. 'The Longbottoms were very popular,' said Dumbledore. "The attacks 
on them came after Voldemort's fall from power, just when everyone 
thought they were safe. Those attacks caused a wave of fury such as I 
have never known. The Ministry was under great pressure to catch 
those who had done it. Unfortunately, the Longbottoms' evidence was - 
given their condition - none too reliable.'"(GoF, Ch. 30 p.602pb)
D. "'The four of you stand accused of capturing an Auror - Frank 
Longbottom - and subjecting him to the Cruciatus Curse, believing him 
to have knowledge of the present whereabouts of your exiled master, 
He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named-'" 
"'You are further accused,' bellowed Mr. Crouch, 'of using the 
Cruciatus Curse on Frank Longbottoms' wife, when he would not give 
you information.'"(GOF, Ch30, p.595pb) 

2. The Longbottoms and Droobles Best Blowing Gum: 
A."'My son and his wife,' she said, turning haughtily to Harry, Ron, 
Hermione, and Ginny, 'were tortured into insanity by You-Know-Who's 
followers.'
'They were Aurors, you know, and very well respected within the 
wizarding community,' Mrs. Longbottom went on. 'Highly gifted, the 
pair of them.'
....
B. Her face was thin and worn now, her eyes seemed overlarge, and her 
hiar, which had turned white, was wispy and dead-looking. She did not 
seem to want to speak, or perhaps she was not able to, but she made 
timid motions toward Neville, holding something in her outstretched 
hand.
'Again?' said Mrs. Longbottom, sounding slightly weary. 'Very well, 
Alice dear, very well - Neville, take it, whatever it is....'
But Neville had already stretched out his hand, into which his mother 
dropped an empty Droobles Blowing Gum wrapper.
'very nice dear,' said Neville's grandmother in a falsely cheery 
voice, patting his mother on the shoulder.
But Neville said quietly, 'thanks, Mum.'
His mother tottered away, back up the ward, humming to herself.
....
C. 'Well, we'd better get back,' sighed Mrs. Longbottom, drawing on 
long green gloves. 'Very nice to have met you all. Neville, put that 
wrapper in the bin, she must have given you enough of them to paper 
your bedroom by now....'
But as they left, Harry was sure he saw Neville slip the wrapper into 
his pocket."(OotP, Ch23 p.514-5)
D. "...along yet another wall were 'Special Effects' sweets: Droobles 
Best Blowing Gum (which filled a room with bluebell-colored bubbles 
that refused to pop for days),...."(PoA, Ch10, p.197) 

3. Broderick Bode:
A. "'This is our long-term resident ward,' she informed Harry, Ron, 
hermione, and Ginny in a low voice. 'For permanent spell damage, you 
know. Of course, with intensive remedial potions and charms and a bit 
of luck, we can produce some improvement.... Gilderoy does seem to be 
getting back some sense of himself, and we've seen a real inprovement 
in Mr. Bode, he seems to be regaining the power of speech very well, 
though he isn't speaking any language we recognize yet....'"(OotP, Ch 
23, p.511)
B. "'And look, Broderick, you've been sent a potted plant and a 
lovely calendar with a different fancy hippogriff for each month, 
they'll brighten things up, won't they?' said the Healer, bustling 
along to the membling man, setting a rather ugly plant with long, 
swaying tentacles on the bedside cabinet and fixing the calendar to 
the wall with her wand." (OotP, Ch 23, P.512)
C. "St. Mungo's Hospital promised a full inquiry last night after 
Ministry of Magic worker Broderick Bode, 49, was discovered dead in 
his bed, strangled by a potted-plant. Healers called to teh scene 
were unable to revive Mr. Bode, who had been injured in a workplace 
accident some weeks prior to his death.
Healer Miriam Strout, who was in charge of Mr. Bode's ward at the 
time of the incident, has been suspended on full pay and was 
unavailable for comment yesterday, but a spokeswizard for the 
hospital said in a statement, 'St. Mungo's deeply regrets the death 
of Mr.Bode, whose health was improving steadily prior to this tragic 
accident.
'We have strict guidelines on the decorations permitted on our wards 
but it appears that Healer Strout, busy over the Christmas period, 
overlooked the dangers of the plant on Mr. Bode's bedside table. As 
his speech and mobility improved, healer Strout encouraged mr. Bode 
to look after the plant himself, unaware that it was not an innocent 
Flitterbloom, but a cutting of Devil's Sanre, which, when touched by 
the convalescent Mr. Bode, throttled him instantly.
'St. Mungo's is as yet unable to account for the presence of the 
plant on the ward and asks any witch or wizard with information to 
come forward.'"(OotP, Ch 25, p.546) 
D. "A very old, stooped wizard with a hearing trumpet had shuffled to 
the front of the queue now.
'I'm here to see Broderick Bode!' he wheezed.
'Ward forty-nine, but I'm afraid you're wasting your time,' said the 
witch dismissively. 'He's completely addled, you know, still thinks 
he's a teapot....Next!'"(OotP, Ch 22, p.486) 


4. Lucius Malfoy:
A. "Fudge, who wasn't listening, said, 'Lucius has just given a very 
generous contribution to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies 
and Injuries, Arthur. He's here as my guest.'"(GOF, Ch 8, p.101pb)
B. "'Malfoy was cleared!' said Fudge, visibly affronted. 'A very old 
family - donations to excellent causes - '"(GoF, Ch36 p.706pb) 
C. "'I've heard of his family,' said Ron darkly. 'They were some of 
the first to come back to our side after You-Know-Who disappeared. 
Said they'd been bewitched. My dad doesn't believe it. He says 
Malfoy's father didn't need an excuse to go over to the Dark 
Side.'"(SS/PS, Ch6, p.100pb)
D. "I have a few - ah - items at home that might embarass me, if the 
Ministry were to call....'"
"'- and as you see, certain of these poisons might make it appear -
 '"(CoS, Ch4, p.51pb)
"'Father's got some very valuable Dark Arts stuff. But luckily, we've 
got our own secret chamber under the drawing-room floor - '"(COS, 
Ch12, p.224pb)
E. "'Malfoy's been giving generously to all sorts of things for 
years.... Gets him in with the right people...then he can ask 
favors... delay laws he doesn't want passed... Oh, he's very well 
connected, Lucius Malfoy....'"(OotP, Ch 9, p.155) 
F. "'Father's not very happy about my injury - '
'Keep talking, Malfoy, and I'll give you a real injury,' snarled Ron.
' - he's complained to the school governors. And to the Ministry of 
Magic. Father's got a lot of influence, you know.'"(PoA, Ch 7, 
p.125pb) 

5. Neville Longbottom
"Neville struggled frantically, his fists flailing, trying 
desperately to get at Malfoy who looked, for a moment, extremely 
shocked."(OotP, Ch24 p.361) 

6. Severus Snape
A. "'I dont expect you will really understand the beauty of the 
softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate 
power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, 
ensnaring the senses....I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew 
glory, even stopper death -'"(SS/PS, Ch 8, p.137pb)
B. "'Tell me, how is Lucius Malfoy these days? I expect he's 
delighted his lapdog's working at Hogwarts, isn't he?'"(OotP, Ch 24, 
p.520) 

7. The Imperius Curse
A. "It was the most wonderful feeling. Harry felt a floating 
sensation as every thought and worry in his head was wiped gently 
away, leaving nothing but a vague, untraceable happiness. he stood 
there feeling immensely relaxed, only dimly aware of everyone 
watching him.
And then he heard Mad-Eye Moody's voice, echoing in some distant 
chamber of his empty brain:Jump onto the desk...jump onto the desk....
Harry bent his knees obediently, preparing to spring.
Jump onto the desk....
Why, though? Another voice had awoken in the back of his brain. 
Stupid thing to do, really, said the voice.
Jump onto the desk....
No, I don't think I will, thanks, said the other voice, a little more 
firmly...no, I don't really want to....
Jump! NOW!
The next thing Harry felt was considerable pain. He had both jumped 
and tried to prevent himself from jumping - the result was that he'd 
smashed headlong into the desk, knocking it over, and, by the feeling 
in his legs, fractured both his kneecaps.
'Now, that's more like it!' growled Moody's voice, and suddenly, 
Harry felt the empty, echoing feeling in his head disappear. (GoF, Ch 
15, P.232pb)
B. "'But Winky didn't know that I was growing stronger. I was 
starting to fight my father's Imperius Curse. There were times when I 
was almost myself again. There were brief periods when I seemed 
outside his control. It happened, there, in the Top Box. It was like 
waking froma deep sleep.'
....
'The sound of their voices awoke me. My mind was clearer than it had 
been in years."(GoF, Ch 35, p.686pb)
C. "'After awile he began to fight the Imperius Curse just as I had 
done. There were periods when he knew what was happening.'"(GoF, Ch 
35, p.689pb)
D. "And Harry felt, for the third time in his life, the sensation 
that his mind had been wiped of all thought....Ah, it was bliss, not 
to think, it was as though he were floating, dreaming...just answer 
no...say no...just answer no...
I will not, said a stronger voice, in the back of his head, I won't 
answer....
Just answer no....
I won't do it, I won't say it....
Just answer no....
'I WON'T!'
And these words burst from Harry's mouth; they echoed through the 
graveyard, and the dream state was lifted as suddenly as though cold 
water had been thrown over him - back rushed the aches that the 
Cruciatus Curse had left all over his body - back rushed the 
realization of where he was, and what he was facing...."(GoF, Ch 34, 
p.661-2pb)


8. Uncle Algie
A."'My Great Uncle Algie kept trying to catch me off my guard and 
force some magic out of me - he pushed me off the end of Blackpool 
pier once, I nearly drowned - but nothing happened until I was eight. 
Great Uncle Algie came round for dinner, and he was hanging me out of 
an upstairs window by the ankles when my Great Auntie Enid offered 
him a meringue and he accidentally let go. But I bounced - all the 
way down the garden and into the road.They were all really pleased, 
Gran was crying, she was so happy.'" (SS/PS, Ch 7, p.125pb)
B."'Great Uncle Algie was so pleased he bought me my toad.'"(SS/PS, 
Ch 7, p.125pb)
C."'It's really, really rare,' said Neville, beaming. 'I don't know 
if there's one in the greenhouse at Hogwarts, even. I can't wait to 
show it to Professor Sprout. My great-uncle Algie got it for me in 
Assyria. I'm going to see if I can breed from it.'" (OotP, Ch 10, 
p.186) 

9. Luna Lovegood
A."...and an article on ancient runes, which at least explained why 
Luna had been reading The Quibbler upside down. According to the 
magazine, if you turned the runes on their heads they revealed a 
spell to make your enemy's ears turn into kumquats." (OotP, Ch 10, 
p.193)
B. "'There are plenty of eyewitness accounts, just because you're so 
narrow-minded you need to have everything shoved under your nose 
before you - '" (OotP, Ch 16, p.345)


10. The Prophecy
"'Sibyll's prophecy could have applied to two wizard boys, both born 
at the end of July that year, both of whom had parents in the Order 
of the Phoenix, both sets of parents having narrowly escaped 
Voldemort three times. One, of course, was you. The other was Neville 
Longbottom. (OotP, Ch 37, p.842) 

*Note, they are not dead, only the people who are clearly dead will 
definitely not come back, per JKR. 
 
 
 
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