Professor Trelawney's First Prediction

[erisedstraeh2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 43951

"sym_2_one" wrote:

> It is my opinion to say that Voldemort wasn't actually after the 
> Potters as a family.  He was only after Harry.  James and Lily 
> Potter died because they trying to protect their son. 

Now me:

I think Voldemort went to Godric's Hollow intending to kill James and 
Harry but not Lily, based on what he tells Harry at the end of 
PS/SS:  "I killed your father first and he put up a courageous 
fight...but your mother needn't have died...she was trying to protect 
you" (Ch. 17, UK ed. p. 213).  Now I know Voldemort is not the most 
honest of souls, but IMO this statement is confirmed in the 
recollections of his parents' voices that Harry hears when the 
Dementors approach.

"sym_2_one" again:

> I believe that Trelawney made a prediction that Harry would be the 
> cause of Voldemort's downfall, either as a child, or as a man.   
> Whatever the case, Voldemort tried to kill him as quickly as 
> possible, before Harry would grow up to be a danger to him. 

Me again:

I like this theory a lot, but it leads me to wonder who told 
Voldemort about Trelawney's prediction (presumably it wasn't 
Trelawney herself, unless there's a *lot* we don't know about her)?  
Pettigrew is the best possibility, IMO.

~Phyllis