Petunia's Secret and Dudley Demented

[joyfulstoryteller]

No: HPFGUIDX 172117

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sgahagen" <sgahagen at ...> wrote:
>
> I was reading the first few chapters of Order of the Phoenix the other
> night, and I began (once again) pondering just what Aunt Petunia
> knows, why she knows it, and why she has never told Harry any of it.
> As I was reading and thinking, a new theory (at least to me) occurred
> to me.  What if Peter had not been the Potter's secret keeper after
> all?  What if Petunia was the secret keeper?
> 
-snip-
> 
> Petunia would have been a great choice for secret keeper as she was as
> far removed from the wizarding world as it is possible to be while
> still knowing about it.  The only way Voldemort could have found her
> is if one of the Potters friends let him to her.  This is where Peter
> comes in.  He would most likely have known that Sirius suggested using
>  Peter as secret keeper.  So Peter knew the Potters still trusted
> Sirius, and, most likely, Peter himself.  This means they all
> suspected Lupin of being the spy.  So if Peter was not the secret
> keeper, and he knew that neither Sirius or Lupin was either, he could
> have figured out that the Potters may have turned to Lily's muggle
> sister as secret keeper.  She would have been a particularly good
> choice as we know that she liked to pretend her sister and the
> Potter's didn't exist.
> 
> Peter could then have led Lord Voldemort to Privet Drive, where they
> attempted to force Petunia to reveal the Potter's hiding place.  When
> she refused, they probably tortured either her or Dudley (or both)
> with the crucio curse.  Aunt Petunia buckles under the pressure and
> pain and reveals the Potters hiding place.
> 
-snip-
> 
> sgahagen
>

I think I'm leaving lurkerdom for good...

Oh!  I wish I had read this before sending in my predictions!  What a wonderful theory.... it 
ties in well with Dudley's first word "won't" if he heard Petunia saying "I won't tell you" or 
something along those lines over and over again.  This theory also makes Jo's assertion 
that we will learn Petunia's "secret" in DH so much more tongue-in-cheek.

Well, I will take this opportunity to add the other prediction that I forgot about ... Hagrid 
will be the new Head of Gryffindor, and Slughorn will return to his position as head of 
Slytherin.

Hoping that UPS will break with their standard policy of not making deliveries on Saturdays 
so I can get my book along with the rest of the world....

Joyfulstoryteller