The Prophecy (was Re: Lily being spared)

[nikkalmati]

No: HPFGUIDX 189905


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> > So we agree? DD says there are 2 boys who could fit the prophecy,
> the prophecy doesn't say there are 2 candidates.
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> I take this to mean that DD feels LV had to choose between 2 boys
> that it could have been, and LV chose Harry. I still maintain that
> if LV had chosen Neville first, he could still have attacked Harry
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> June:
> I never said it was the prophecy that said it was two boys (and
> stop making me type that work because I know I am spelling it
> wrong lol). Dumbledore said there were two boys it fit but you
> have a point. If he had gone after Neville and killed Neville he
> probably would have the same affect on Harry if he had gone after
> him too, however if he had gone after Neville first and killed
> him don`t you think it would have been likely that he would have
> just considered it job done and not gone after Harry at all? But
> then again Voldemort being Voldemort maybe just to be save would
> have gone after Harry anyway. Here's a thought, do you think
> there was a third boy killed before Harry that Dumbledore didn't
> mention? LOL
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> Nikkalmati

I always felt there was a reason why Bella et al. went after the Longbottoms.  LV had to know there were two children born at the right time whose parents (singly or together?) had defied him 3 times.  After all, the Longbottoms were Aurors.  He chose to go after the Potters first, but I think he also intended to kill Neville.  That is why Bella and friends went to the Longbottom's.  They knew LV intended to go there.  He had obviously been successful at the Potters (Harry was in hiding), so if something went wrong it must have happened when he went to kill the other child, Neville.  

Did DD offer the Longbottoms any protection?  Had they come out of hiding after LV was destroyed?  Did LV choose Harry just because he knew where to find him, thanks to Wormtail? 

Nikkalmati   
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