Om Lucius Malfoy är korrekt, och med bevis på Broderick Bode verkar det som om han är
[T]he only people who are permitted to retrieve a prophecy from the Department of Mysteries, Potter, are those about whom it was made, as the Dark Lord discovered when he attempted to use others to steal it for him.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - p.693 - Bloomsbury - Chapter 35, Beyond the Veil
(See also Adamant's answer)
'Avery told me Bode would be able to remove it.'
'Bode could never have taken it, Master ... Bode would have known he could not ... undoubtedly, that is why he fought so hard against Malfoy's Imperius Curse ...'
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - p.516 - Bloomsbury - Chapter 26, Seen and Unforeseen
Jag tror att det inte finns några tvivel om att Neville inte kunde ha plockat upp det.
Det avgörande citatet följer för mig från citatet Adamant:
'Then - it might not be me?' said Harry.
'I am afraid,' said Dumbledore slowly, looking as though every word cost him a great effort, 'that there is no doubt that it is you.'
'But you said - Neville was born at the end of July, too - and his mum and dad -'
'You are forgetting the next part of the prophecy, the final identifying feature of the boy who could vanquish Voldemort ... Voldemort himself would mark him as his equal. And so he did, Harry. He chose you, not Neville. He gave you the scar that has proved both blessing and curse.'
'But he might have chosen wrong!' said Harry. 'He might have marked the wrong person!'
'He chose the boy he thought most likely to be a danger to him.' said Dumbledore. 'And notice this, Harry: he chose, not the pure-blood (which, according to his creed, is the only kind of wizard worth being or knowing) but the half-blood, like himself. He saw himself in you before he had ever seen you, and in marking you with that scar, he did not kill you, as he intended, but gave you powers, and a future, which have fitted you to escape him not once, but four times so far - something that neither your parents, nor Neville's parents, ever achieved.'
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - p.742 - Bloomsbury - Chapter 37, The Lost Prophecy
Profetian är ganska explicit. 1
the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal,
Detta var Harry, inte Neville.
but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not
Tja Neville verkar ha haft den makt också, kärlekens kraft, i stor utsträckning. Men det var verkligen Harry som gick in i Profesiens Hall med sin mammas charm som skyddar honom. Och Harry visade sig visserligen vara något unik i djupet av sin kärlek och i sin uthållighet:
'You are protetcted [from the desire to become one of Voldemort's followers], in short, by your ability to love!' said Dumbledore loudly. 'The only protection that can work against the lure of power like Voldemort's! In spite of the temptation you have endured, all the suffering, you remain pure of heart, just as pure as you were at the age of eleven, when you stared into a mirror that reflected your heart's desire, and it showed you only the way to thwart Lord Voldemort, and not immortality or riches. Harry, have you any idea how few wizards could have seen what you saw in that mirror?
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - p.478 - Bloomsbury - Chapter 23, Horcruxes
Skulle Neville ha visat en sådan kärlek? Skulle Nevillas mamma ha dött för honom och gett honom ett obrottligt skydd? Eventuellt. Men det spelar ingen roll. För att hon inte gjorde det? Det hände inte med Neville, gjorde det? Profetian berättar om någon som kommer att ha en makt som den mörka Herren inte vet, och en del av det verkar vara hans mors charm, och Neville har inte det, om han kunde har haft, eller skulle ha haft, är oumbärligt, har han inte
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Och i alla fall kommer den mörka Herren att markera honom som hans lika . Profetian förutsätter att Voldemort plockar en pojke, och den pojken kommer att få makten att besegra honom. Voldemort plockar en pojke och ger den pojken kraften att besegra honom. Den pojken är inte Neville.
1 Harry Potter och Phoenix-ordningen - s.741 - Bloomsbury - Kapitel 37, Den förlorade profeten