[HPforGrownups] Harry and the Chamber of Secrets (was Lily, Harry, and Voldemort's demise)

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 41994


> 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 CoS."  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.

Denise replied:

> 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.

All right, I'll admit Harry didn't actually open the chamber since it was
already open.  But Ginny really didn't open it, Riddle did, using Ginny.
She was sort of possessed by him, or else she would've been completely aware
of what she was doing.  Nonetheless, again according to Professor Binns:
"The school has been searched for evidence of such a chamber, many times, by
the most learned witches and wizards."

So Harry just happened to find (and open) what the most learned witches and
wizards couldn't?  Surely not.  I still think the Parseltounge thing is more
than just residue left from the bouncing of the AK/absorbtion from
Voldemort.

Richelle