[HPforGrownups] Re: Petunia's protection of Harry

[Kagome Shikon Seeker]

No: HPFGUIDX 82053

Richard says:

An interesting point here is that Voldemort KNOWS about the
protection at Privet Drive, and we may assume from his comment on the
subject that he knows it to be effective.

Kagome (me):

But _is_ it effective anymore?  At the end of GoF, after Harry's blood is
used in the spell, LV is able to touch him, and says:

QUOTE:
"His mother died in the attempt to save him -- and unwittingly provided him
with such a protection I admit I had not foreseen.... I could not touch the
boy."

Voldemort raised one of his long white fingers and put it very close to
Harry's cheek.

"His mother left upon him the traces of her sacrifice.... This is old magic,
I should have remembered it, I was foolish to overlook it... but no matter.
I can touch him now."

/QUOTE

The fact that he's able to touch Harry, and his indication that it negates
the sacrifice of Lily, implies that it might mean the negation of
Dumbledore's charm, which built on the sacrifice Lily had made.  It's like
removing a brick from the bottom of a stack; the rest of the stack becomes
unstable, and if pushed the right way, can topple very easily.  The
protection Harry enjoyed up until this point is now gone, meaning that it
could weaken and even eventually topple the protection he has at Privet
Drive.

I'm not saying it would, but the implication is there.  He may no longer be
protected at Privet Drive, not with the blood charm, at least.  Not if it
relied on the protection he had gained through Lily's sacrifice, since we
know that is now gone.