Snapes as killer?

[RhianynTheCat at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 60634

Rhianyn sets a tidy black paw 'pon her book to hold her place (pg 150 of SS, 
paperback):

"Harry told the turban he didn't want to be in Slytherin; it got heavier and 
heavier, he tried to pull it off but it tightened painfully -- and there was 
Malfoy, laughing at him as he struggled with it -- then Malfoy turned into the 
hook-nosed teacher, Snape, whose laugh became high and cold -- there was a 
burst of green light and Harry woke, sweating and shaking."

Apols if this has been discussed to death before.  But doesn't it seem odd 
that after his very glimpse of Snape Harry should dream of him connected with 
the green light that is his last "memory" of his parents and (presumably) their 
death.

Could Snape have killed James and Lily with Voldemorte's wand?  Or, 
conversely, could he have been there and tried a counter curse that managed to deflect 
Voldies curse enough that Harry was saved but Lily was not?  Could that be the 
seat of his apparent hatred of Harry, that his heroic efforts were "wasted" 
on him instead of on Lily (this of course, pre-supposes the theory that Snape 
had feelings for Lily).


:::Curls fluffy black tail about herself just _so_ and returns to napping by 
the fire::::
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