Who is R.A.B., really?

[deborama59]

No: HPFGUIDX 138354

Nuadan4me wrote:

> Like just about everyone else, when I came across the message 
> contained in the locket that was meant for Voldemort to read, I 
> wracked the HP part of my brain, and came up with Regulus Black.
snip 
> However, it just seemed too easy, too much (if you'll pardon me) of
a 
> no-brainer.  We all know how JKR loves riddles, hidden clues and
the 
> like; so I figured that maybe there was more to this "R.A.B."> 


Deb:
 In message #134899 Jen Reese made an interesting case for little
Amy Benson being R.A.B. That was an idea I was nursing also mainly
because of how difficult it would be to find the cave unless you knew
where to look or had been there before.
 
 As Jen postulated, perhaps Tom Riddle scared some magic out of Amy in
the cave. I believe Tom would have been 4 or 5 years older than 
little Amy and that as arrogant and taken with his own *specialness* 
as he was, would not even have noticed her later at Hogwarts. It is 
possible that she was adopted and had changed her name but not 
necessary to stay below the radar of our budding sociopath Tom.

 One drawback of course-the locket at 12GP. Well, here goes...
LV becomes aware of Amy at last and sends Reg to dispatch her. When
Reg finds her she is aready dying after drinking the potion to get to 
the locket. She tells him what it is and begs him to help her destroy 
it. He takes it but does not destroy it and leaves her to die. He 
takes it to his parents' home and begins to have second thoughts 
about being a DE and is killed before he tells anyone about the 
locket. 

 But who helped Amy drink the potion? Perhaps her Muggle husband,
Dennis? Or her Squib daughter... her namesake...Rosmerta Amy Bishop?
More on that later.

Deb
Who will have plenty of time soon to keep up with all the posts
while recuperating from surgery!