Voldemort's Pursuit of Potters

[lightglasshope]

No: HPFGUIDX 35663

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "hermione_ew" <hermione_ew at y...> wrote:

> Going back to the Magic Eyes theory from a while ago, Harry must 
be a 
> wizard with some sort of elevated powers, significant enough that 
he 
> was a real threat to Voldemort.  Voldemort wanted to eliminate 
Harry 
> while he was a baby, and posed no apparent threat.  Voldy must 
have 
> known that once with Dumbledore, Harry would be able to practice, 
and 
> pose an even more significant threat to the dark side.


I've been lurking for a week or so, and this is my first post so I 
hope I don't tread on any toes or make any huge no nos. 

Anyway, after reading this post, I went back and thought about it. I 
don't know if this has been posted before, so I apologise if it has.

It does seem clear that Voldemort was after Harry, and possibly 
James, but not Lily. But there must be some reason for him to want 
to kill a baby, as obviously, a baby wouldn't normally be a threat. 
So there has to be something that Voldemort knows, and Dumbledore 
knows, but is not common knowlege, otherwise with all the wizarding 
children around, someone is bound to have let leak to Harry by now.

My mind immediately sprung to perhaps a prediction. Professor 
Trelawney obviously came to mind and this quote in PoA by 
Dumbledore "That brings her total of real predictions up to two. I 
should offer her a pay rise"

What was the other prediction? I don't believe Dumbledore mentioned 
it. Could it have been that Prof Trelawney predicted LV's downfall 
by the hands of Harry Potter? Could that have been what caused LV to 
be so desperate to get to him as a baby. Anyway, just a thought.