[HPforGrownups] Re: Priori Incantatem Order

[Peg Kerr]

No: HPFGUIDX 1805



Tallonclaw at aol.com wrote:

> I remember someone saying something about the Polyjuice potion and since the
> Priori Incantatem spell *was* emphasized so much I was thinking, what if
> James and Lily had taken the potion and turned into each other, and when
> Voldemort came and shot the spell at psudo-James it was really Lily whom he
> killed, and then James as psudo-Lily whom was protecting Harry was killed
> next. I don't know why they would do this but it might tie in with the whole
> Gryffindor heir thing.

Intriguing theory; I was quite taken with it for a few minutes. The one thing
that bothers me about it, however, is that Voldemort reported (and Harry's
memory seems to agree) that Lily "pleaded for Harry's life."  According to this
theory, that would have actually been James--and I have a hard time picturing
James pleading with Voldemort for the life of his son: he'd try to fight
Voldemort instead, even disguised as Lily.

Peg