RAB

[quigonginger]

Ok, I'm pretty well convinced that RAB is Reg Black.  Some have 
suggested that he is now an Inferius.  If I remember correctly, there 
is a Reg in the Discworld series who is a zombie.  It's been a while, 
so I may be wrong.

Anyway.  Having more time than galleons, I set about to find another 
RAB that hasn't been discovered yet, and to build a theory around 
him/her.  Just for mental exercize, of course, although I will gloat 
like mad if I'm right.  But you knew that.

So.  On to the theory.  R.A.B.

We know those DE's are a nicknamey bunch, starting with Tom "Elvis" 
Riddle himself.  We have Wormtail, the HBP, so what if RAB is a 
nickname?

What if he is (drum roll, please) Rabastan Lestrange.  They may have 
called him Rab for short, and someone came up with a nice little 
phrase for which RAB was an acronym.  Say he grovelled to everyone 
and was known as RAB- Royal @$$ Buffer.  Or something like that.  

So now he's RAB.  Kind of a hanger-on, following the lead of his 
delightful sis-in-law and her devoted hubby.  But he gets tired of 
it.  He knows he's going to die if he leaves, so he sits on the 
idea.  Toady that RAB is, LV decides he is about as trustworthy as 
anyone.  Upon hearing the prophecy, LV wants to go check on his Hx.  
But he needs someone to drink the goo.  LV takes RAB to the cave, 
knocks him out, uses the levilicorpus (thanks, Snape) so he isn't in 
the boat, and gets him to the other side (mobilicorpus?).  Makes him 
drink the goo, shoves a bezoar down his throat (thanks again, Sevvie) 
and takes him back, to the other side.  The Hx is sitting pretty.  Of 
course LV doesn't mention that he has others to RAB, he'll check on 
those seperately. 

RAB goes back, bezoar in hand.  He drinks the goo, bezoar in his 
mouth counteracting it, and replaces the locket.  He waits for LV to 
discover his treachery.  But he never does.  That night, LV goes to 
GH.  And the rest is history.  

RAB thinks that LV is gone for good, so when Bella shows up some time 
later, with news that fellow DE Phil Intheblank has told them to go 
to torture the Longbottoms, he thinks, "Hey, why not?"  He figures it 
won't do any good, and it makes him look good in front of Bella, thus 
promoting family harmony.  

There's my little theory.  What do you think?  Not likely, I know, 
but at least it's someone that hasn't been thought of before.

Side note to Filk Fans, CMC is updating Harry Potter Filks as each 
new filk is contributed.  There are some cute ones.  Check it out!
http://home.att.net/~coriolan/prince.htm.  There are now 38 new filks.

Ginger, who likes CMC's filk "Plague of Inferius" to the tune of Age 
of Aquarius.