Escaping Trevor/Neville's magic suppressed? (was: Re: Trevor -- similarity to

[eloise_herisson]

No: HPFGUIDX 113209

Angie:
> Trevor's attempts to get away from Neville in SS made me think of 
> Wormtail trying to get away from Ron in POA.   

Well, I always had a slight suspicion about Trevor's desire to get 
away having something to do with a need/desire to go and sit on a 
hen's egg, though I doubt it's really anything so dramatic. 

Perhaps Trevor is somehow instinctively/magically aware that Neville 
is in danger and *that*'s why he's so keen to escape. Neville surely 
is in danger, both as possibly the one referred to in the prophecy 
and as Harry's friend.

A tangential and certainly unoriginal thought crossed my mind. I'm 
sure it's been suggested that it could have been a Longbottom who 
overheard the prophecy and, realising that their own son was in 
danger arranged that his magical tendencies should be suppressed 
without the knowledge of Gran and Uncle Algie. Alternatively, 
Dumbledore or the overhearer of the prophecy could have warned Frank 
and Alice. Then, having been killed, they would have been unable to 
reverse the magic, leaving Neville with his apparently impaired 
abilities and Gran and Uncle Algie desperate to force magic out of 
him. And of course the gum wrappers are intimitely involved. 
Somehow. ;-)

This magical suppression could be what Trevor is aware of. 

But yes, that Uncle Algie is a bit of a worry. A liability whichever 
side he's on, I'd say.

~Eloise