Lily's Protection

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No: HPFGUIDX 74260

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Paige Meeker" 
<PaigeMeeker at s...> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Something I've been thinking about for awhile; I believe that Lily 
> gave Harry protection against any sort of mortal danger - whether 
> it's a curse or a muggle trying to kill him.  (Brought up as a 
> question in the DD Death line of letters...)
><snip>what if Lily's gift plays a part in things 
> when Harry has nothing left... I mean, Quirrel (true, he had LV as 
a 
> part of him) melted when he touched Harry to kill him.  Harry's 
very 
> skin was like a poisen.  <snip> (pg. 5, US version)  "Harry gasped; 
for a few seconds they 
> struggled, Harry pulling at his uncle's sausage-like fingers with 
> his left hand, his right maintaining a firm grip on his raised 
> want.  Then, as the pain in the top of Harry's head gave a 
> particularly nasty throb, Uncle Vernon yelped nad released Harry as 
> though he had received an electric shock -- some invisible force 
> seemed to have surged through his nephew, making him impossible to 
> hold."<snip>  There is no mention that Harry did this magic 
himself; I think it's a part of Lily's  lingering gift to her son.
>  What do y'all think?
>  Pager


This reminds me of the part in OoTP, during Occlumency lessons, when 
Snape rubs his wrist and asks Harry if he meant to use a stinging 
hex..  Harry says no...  other than SS, I never paid too much 
attention to just how much "unintentional" magic Harry does.  Great, 
yet another thing to obesess over!  LOL!