A few thoughts

[Auria]

No: HPFGUIDX 137081

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> Geoff:
> While rereading HBP, some thoughts occurred to me which some of you 
> might also have had.
> '"Oh, hi, Luna."
> "I went to the hospital wing to find you," said Luna, rummaging in 
> her bag. "But they said you'd left..."
> She thrust what appeared to be a green onion, a large spotted 
> toadstool and a considerable amount of what looked like cat litter 
> into Ron's hands, finally pulling out a rather grubby roll of 
> parchment that she handed to Harry......
> 

Auria writes:
I think that the cat-litter-like substance may be significant, mainly 
because it is SO absurd.  
I have always wondered what happened to Luna's mother who she saw die 
(and hence could see the Thestrals in book 5).  Perhaps she was also 
killed by the DEs.  What do you think?