[HPforGrownups] Lily, Harry, and Voldemort's demise

[Peter and Denise Clements]

No: HPFGUIDX 41991


Richelle wrote:

> For the heir of Slytherin:
>
> --Well, Harry did open the Chamber of Secrets.  Sure, he didn't use the
> creature to petrify or kill
>     people, but he did open it.  Good old Professor Binns stated "The heir
> alone would be able to
>     unseal the Chamber of Secrets."  Harry didn't open it for the same
> reasons as Tom Riddle,
>     but he did open it.  Of course, he only could do that because he's a
> parseltounge.  Which is
>     very rare, but that's about all we know.  It could be rare enough to
> mean only the true heirs of
>     Slytherin have it.

I have to disagree. It was Ginny who opened the Chamber of Secrets.
" Haven't you guessed yet, Harry Potter?" said Riddle softly. "GinnyWeasley
opened the Chamber of Secrets. She strangled the schoolroosters and daubed
threatening messages on the walls. She set the Serpent of Slytherin on four
Mudbloods, and the Squib's cat." pg 266, CoS
Harry opened the entrance not the chamber itself.

Denise