The green liquid in the basin

[puduhepa98 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 165792

>Mike:
>skip>

BTW, the more I think on it, the more I'm  convinced that Voldemort 
didn't put the locket in the cave nor did he  transform the potion. 
I'm convinced that was all Bellatrix Black-Lestrange.  <skip>

It could be that Voldemort made some preparatory changes  then 
instructed Bella to put the locket there. The problem with that is  
then why give the locket to Bella in the first place? No, I think 
that  Voldemort had been to the cave, had made the little boat to get 
to the  island (then subsequently hid it), and found out what was 
originally in the  basin. 

It was much later in his career, after he made the Hxes that he  gave 
the locket to Bella, told her where to hide it and instructed her to  
protect it by transforming whatever was originally in the basin into  
something that would protect the locket. But I think the green liquid  
was all Bella. And I think those tortured memories come from her,  
whether they are hers or those of people she tortured and extracted 
the  memories from. The first time I read those utterances, to me, 
they sounded  like they came from a woman. In fact, they sound eerily 
similar to what Lily  said to Voldemort, "Not Harry, please no, take 
me, kill me instead -" (PoA  p.179, US ed.)


>Pippin:
>My theory, which I apparently didn't explain clearly  enough, is that 
Regulus learned of the horcrux while Bella still had it.  He
transfigured a locket to resemble Slytherin's, stole Slytherin's  
locket from Bella and left the other in its place before it was
hidden in  the cave, leaving Bella and Voldemort none the wiser.
 
Nikkalmati
 
I have advocated the Regulus switch from Bella theory for a long time now  
starting in April last year ( messages 150465, 150548, 150762, 153599 160510),  
but I can't recall if I got the idea from someone else or not, so feel free to 
 claim it.  The theory that Regulus took the true Horcrux from Bella who had  
been given it by Voldemort to place in the case simplifies things a great  
deal.  We don't have to worry about how a junior wizard could get into and  out 
of the cave and he doesn't require any help to do the job.  Bella would  have 
been carrying the necklace in some container and may not have given it a  
close look.  Regulus could have made the switch at Grimauld Place.   Just like he 
gave the diary to Lucius, LV gave the necklace to Bella with  instructions 
what to do with it.  The bowl in the cave was filled only  once with the potion, 
which was on instructions of LV and probably provided by  him. Regulus was 
discovered to be a traitor and killed before he  destroyed the necklace or he was 
killed trying to open it or he already had  been discovered and stealing the 
necklace was his last act of defiance.   

Nikkalmati (good ideas just keep coming  back!)


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