[HPforGrownups] The Prophecy (was Re: Lily being spared)

[June Ewing]

> 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?

June:
The death eaters didn't know about the prophecy. It is my belief that Voldemort had planned on going after both boys and had Voldemort chosen to go after the Longbottoms first and had been able to kill Neville, he would have gone after the Potters also and we would have had the same story less Neville. The reason Bellatrix and the others went after the Longbottoms was that they did not understand what had happened to LV and thought being Aurors that the Longbottoms either had some thing to do with his dissappearance or knew what happened to him.
I have been thinking too and the prophecy may not have meant Neville at all. If LV had gone after Neville first who is to say that his parents would have been able to save him. I don't doubt they would have tried but would they have been able to. Different situations, different methods.