How would Harry have killed Sirius in PoA?

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49709

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hedge2staxy <hodgins at s...>"
<hodgins at s...> wrote:
> Here we are--that suspenseful moment in Chapter "Cat, Rat, and Dog" 
> of PoA.  Harry has recovered his wand in a scuffle and is now 
> preparing to end Sirius Black's life.  A combination of Crookshanks 
> and Lupin, stop us from seeing if Harry would have killed him, but 
> then I started to wonder.  How?
> 
> ...edited...
> 
> hedge2staxy

bboy_mn:

Harry was angry enought to kill, but he hesitated. Partly for moral
reasons, reason of conscience, but partly because the only spell that
could have done any real damage he didn't learn until the next book. I
think to some extent, he was dazed in his anger. The boiling intent
was there but so was the hesitation, and he didn't know why. He wanted
to utter a curse to destory this person, but no curse came, because
there was not curse there to come. Certainly, jelly-legs, and tickle
charm were out. So I think his mind was blank. He had intent by
nothing to back it up. Then other people arrive and distractions came,
and it was too late.

Now in GoF, the Stunning curse or the Repelling? curse to blask solid
object apart could have probably done the trick when place right over
the heart.

So, I think the ulitmate answer is he didn't use a deadly curse
because he didn't know any, but in the heat of the moment, it didn't
consciously come to him that he didn't know any.

Did that make sense?

Just a few thoughts.

bboy_mn