Three People in the Prophecy

[Amber_ Falls]

No: HPFGUIDX 106091

Cathy <cldrolet at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> On page 736 of the Canadian version of OofP, Dumbledore 
> says: "Voldemort had been *vanquished* hours before..." 
> The first part of the Prophecy is: "the one with the
> power to *vanquish* the Dark Lord approaches..born
> as the seventh month dies."  Has Harry already
> *vanquished* the Dark Lord, now leaving room for
> "THE OTHER"?  
 

Amber:
Well in a way you could say that Harry did
"vanquish" Voldemort, not kill him. It took
Voldemort 15/16 years to come back.

 
> My only problem with the whole theory is this from OotP: 
> 
> 'So,' said Harry, dredging up the words from what
> felt like a deep well of despair inside him, 'so
> does that mean that ... that one of us has got to
> kill the other one...in the end?'
> 'Yes,' said Dumbledore.
> 
> Which at first glance looks like DD is saying Harry
> has to kill LV or LV has to kill Harry, but what if
> it means one of them has to kill Neville?


Amber:
IMHO Neville is excluded from the prophecy the minute
LV marked Harry. I'm sure LV intention was to kill both
boys, but he never got the chance to do that. So I
tend to believe DD that there is no doubt that it is
Harry. I do believe that Neville will play some part in
helping Harry, perhaps? I don't know. Remember "the one
does have power the Dark Lord knows not" and DD has
said that Harry does possess this mysterious power. In
that regard I think Neville is out of the picture.

Just me 2 knuts on the prophecy

Amber