TBAY: Longbottoms and memory charms

[mooseming]

No: HPFGUIDX 132335

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dungrollin" 
<spotthedungbeetle at h...> wrote:

> Have I missed something obvious? Do you have any can(n)on to help? 
> Or do you want to sink me now? Do tell, do tell. Either way, 
there's 
> champagne and little sausages on sticks to be had, and we can 
polish 
> off the firewhisky and watch the sun go down sitting on the slowly 
> sinking wreckage, if necessary. 
> 
> Dungrollin
> Fervently hoping that all in London are well.



The air is hot and humid, the usual breezes seem reluctant to stir 
themselves, all over Theory Bay torpor has descended. Regular 
deckhands are lethargic and irritable sensing the futility of action 
in the face of the gathering storm.

The incongruent bustle accompanying the launch of Crouching Tiger, 
Hidden Cat Poo has attracted idle navvies, old hands impressed by 
the audacity, or possibly arrogance, of a captain flying a new flag 
so close to immanent destruction.

One such lag, Mooseming, is provoked to shame, recalling perhaps 
that the call of the sea was never for the faint hearted. Giving a 
rousing speech on the subject of a true sailor's courage, she 
launches the MINISUB and sets out to join Captain Dungrollin

Meanwhile, opting to remain dockside, her erstwhile crewmates heckle 
and jeer, knowing the real lure is the offer of free champagne.

Mooseming is not empty handed however, the Sailor's Code demands 
fair exchange, only Captain Dungrollin can decide if her goods are 
acceptable. What does she store in her hold to tempt such an 
esteemed skipper? Nothing. She comes only with the travellers 
standby, a story.

Pulling aside the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Cat Poo she calls "Parley" 
to the Captain and this is the tale she has to tell.

Voldemort is defeated and Harry Potter is victorious for the moment, 
he is hidden by Dumbledore, protected by Lily's blood charm. The 
Longbottom's are free from threat and Barty Snr sends his trusted 
son to convey the glad tidings. 

Barty Jnr, however, is a DE bent on seeking revenge for his master's 
mishap. He visit's the Longbottom's, not to bring good news, but to 
divine Harry Potter's bolt hole. Along with Bella and her men, he 
tortures the Longbottom's, determined to locate the infant Harry and 
avenge the Dark Lord. They are unsuccessful, destroying the minds of 
Neville's parents. What of Neville though? As he is, he's useless, 
no longer potential `Prophecy Boy' he is simply a contemporary of 
the boy who lived, similar background and of an age, the closest he 
will come to fame is by meeting the real McCoy. Ah, there's the 
leverage! Barty Jnr places Neville under the Imperious curse 
compelling him to "Find Harry Potter and befriend him. Tell the toad 
all. Further instructions to follow." An Imperious curse, 
experienced at such a tender age, leaves Neville's mind confused, 
the only indication, however, is a poor memory. The DE's are 
captured but not before they have created a sleeper agent.

Years pass. The Longbottom's remain in hospital, kept there by drug 
dosed sweets lest they expose their compromised son. Neville does 
indeed find and befriend Harry, he tells Trevor everything. In his 
fourth year at Hogwart's Neville is once again exposed to Barty Jnr, 
in the guise of Mad Eye Moony. Barty takes him to his office 
ostensibly to give him a book but in truth to strengthen and extend 
his Imperious curse. 

In the future Neville will learn that Harry is the chosen one and he 
is not, that Harry is the reason his parents were attacked, they 
suffered because of Harry and not in defence of their own son. 
Neville may become resentful he may, provoked by a latent Imperio, 
betray Harry.

This is the cargo onboard MINISUB:
Mind Imperioed Neville Inspires Sleeper Underdog Betrayer

Will Captain Dungrollin crack open the Bubbly and await Hurricane Jo 
in the company of Moosming, or must she sink in shame, submerged and 
sober (a terrible fate me hearties)?