Petunia's pact (long)

[meltowne]

No: HPFGUIDX 110161

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<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:

 
> Alla:
> 
> I realised that I did not finish my post. Thanks! I also agree that 
> Petunia is likely to be the late bloomer, but what if her magic 
will 
> wake up again after it was binded?

What if it is not Petunia whose magic is binded, but Dudley's?  We 
know Harry's name was down to attend Hogwarts from birth.  What if 
Dumbledore knew that so was Dudley?  He seemed to know enough about 
the Dursleys not to arrange a meeting to drop Harry off, but to leave 
him with a note.  Perhaps she knew Petunia was afraid of Dudley being 
a wizard, and took care of that, in exchange for her raising Harry.  
Maybe Dumbledore's "last" was an agreement to supress Dudley's magic.

Or maybe even more far fetched - Petunia had ability, but the family 
was in hiding and needed to keep a line of desendants hidden.  Thus 
only one daughter could attend Hogwarts, while the other had to 
pretend to be a muggle.  What better way to pretend to be a muggle 
than to pretend you hate wizards?  Maybe she is a witch, and 
Dumbledore is her secret keeper.  And maybe she gets to return from 
seclusion when LV is defeated.