[HPforGrownups] Petunia and Voldemort (was Various)

[Janet Anderson]

No: HPFGUIDX 119591

Ginger said:

>Hima and Juli, I think we may have something here.  We have often
>wondered what happened to Lily and Petunia's parents and why Petunia
>took Harry in.
>
>Perhaps this would explain it:  LV goes to the Evans home after the
>Potters are in GH, threatens them to get the hiding place and finds
>that they have no answer, as Hima suggested.
>
>Perhaps LV killed the parents to show Petunia his power, and then
>(instead of trying to AK her) tells her that if she doesn't give him
>the answers he wants that the same fate awaits her and/or Vernon and
>Dudley.  She would have been far willing to take in Harry to be
>pretected from LV, if this was part of the deal.
>
>The only obvious flaw in this is that Petunia doesn't seem to be
>greiving in the beginning of PS/SS.  Maybe it would work with a
>different timeline.  Anyone?

Another possible flaw is that if Voldemort wanted answers from either 
Petunia or her parents, he would get more use out of an Imperio than out of 
an AK.  He'd then know for sure that they did not know where the Potters 
were. Not that he might not kill the parents on general principles (or to 
try to flush the Potters out of hiding) ...


Janet Anderson