The Prophecy's half fulfilled WAS Re: Neville and the Prophecy

[meidbh]

No: HPFGUIDX 108296

> > Aggie; going off at a slight tangent,
"Does this mean that the first half of the prophecy has been 
fulfilled then?"  

Meidbh;
The first half has been fulfilled. Whether or not we consider Harry 
to have "vanquished" VM in Godric's Hollow really doesn't matter as 
(as has been said) all he had to do was have "the power to 
vanquish". The *most* important part is what is yet to come  "either 
must die at the hand of the other"


> > Aggie;
"but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not..." ???  This could 
be Lily's protection spell/charm or something we don't know about 
yet."

Meidbh:
We know that Dumbledore believes Harry possesses the power of 
a "force...more wonderful and more terrible than death, than human 
intelligence,than forces of nature...(a) power...which Voldemort has 
not at all... (a) force he detests".

Could something this strong be solely a result of the "powerful 
countercharm" that occurred when his mother died for him?
 
I think not.

Even the 16 year old Diary Tom was familiar with this countercharm 
(CoS). His grown self, a great Dark Wizard would certainly have had 
a thorough understanding of the effects of this charm on Harry's 
powers.
But it appears that the extent of Harry's power was a surprise to 
VM. Why else would he be foolish enough to attempt to possess Harry 
as he did at the end of OoP? I think that there is more to Harry's 
power than what he gained during the Godric's Hollow confrontation...

Meidbh :-)