Different Accounts of the Prophecy (Was Snape, Apologies, and Redemption--Lupin vs. DD)

[rebecca]

No: HPFGUIDX 152635

>Deeble said:

>Someone has probably brought this up already, but Half-Blood Prince
>introduced the possibility that there's something odd about the way
>the supposedly loyal Death Eater Snape reported the prophecy
>to Voldemort.

<snipped canon for DD & Trelawney accounts>

>This new perspective on the situation seems to suggest that Snape overheard 
>ALL of the
>prophecy. (One could argue that Snape couldn't make out the second half 
>because the
>"uncouth barman" interrupted him, but he certainly wasn't thrown out 
>halfway through.)

>So either Snape, on his own, decided to report only the first half -- or 
>someone told him
>to do so. Someone who gave Harry a somewhat different spin on these events.

<snip>

Rebecca:

There are actually several ways that Snape could have overheard only a 
portion of the prophecy which would explain DD's account and Trelawney's 
differing accounts quite neatly, and since we're missing a full accounting I 
thought I'd share.

Aberforth could have spotted Snape meander aimlessly up the steps, waited a 
few, and followed.  If Aberforth was concerned with stopping Snape from 
eavesdropping, all he'd have to be is within line of sight of Snape at the 
door and performed a nonverbal Muffliato spell (or another spell like it 
that would work), then confronted Snape and pulled him into the room. . The 
fact that Trelawney says this part is what made me think of it:

'Yes, there was a commotion outside the door and it flew open...."

IMO, if I were Aberforth I'd be more concerned with my brother's privacy 
first rather than confrontation immediately - and Snape, on another note, 
could just as easily heard Aberforth coming and tried to come back down the 
stairs and not have heard the whole thing.  He could then have been forced 
by Aberforth back up and into the room after the prophecy was complete.

The possibilities, the possibilities...

Rebecca