Harry's Use of Cruciatus curse and why no one noticed

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 110065

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cathy Drolet" <cldrolet at s...> 
wrote:
> Geoff said:
> "Someone mentioned the matter of the Crucio which Harry tried to 
cast. 
> Don't forget that there were at least two attempts because Bellatix 
> cast a return Crucio in Harry's direction and there were at least 
two 
> Avadra Kedavra spells cast, one cast by a Death Eater (possibly 
> Jugson or Dolohov) at Hermione and one by Voldemort at Harry."
> 
> 
> DuffyPoo:
> I don't mean to be contradictory, but the spell Dolohov used on 
Hermione, the one that put her out of commission, was described 
as, "a streak of what looked like purple flame passed right across 
Hermione's chest."  I thought Avada Kedavra was green? 

Geoff:
Wrong place.... I said possibly Jugson or Dolohov because I was 
extrapolating from the text:

'As the door flew open, Harry, Hermione and Neville dived under 
desks. They could see the bottom of the two Death Eaters' robes 
drawing nearer, their feet moving rapidly.
"They might've run straight through to the hall," said the rough 
voice.
"Check under the desks," said another.
Harry saw the knees of the Death Eaters bend;
poking his wand out form under the desk, he shouted, "STUPEFY!"
A jet of red light it the nearest Death Eater; he fell backwards into 
a grandfather clock and knocked it over; the second Death Eater, 
however, had leapt aside to avoid Harry's spell and was pointing his 
own wand at Hermione who was crawling out from under the desk to get 
a better aim.
"Avada - "
Harry launched himself across the floor and grabbed the Death Eater 
around the knees, causing him to topple and his aim to go awry.'

(OOTP "Beyond the Veil" p.695-96 UK edition)

I'm not sure it was Jusgson and Dolohov. I was working on what they 
heard Malfoy shouting beyond the door just before this. But is was 
certainly another attempt at Avada Kedavra.