Snape outing Harry as Parselmouth (was Re: If DD knows, then why..?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 94042

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "vaseemf" <vaseemf at y...> wrote:
> As for the 2nd year serpensortia thing, I seem to agree with you. 
> It is akin to conjuring, something that 5th years haven't reached. 
> It was also a live animal (a vertebrate no less). I think it may 
> have been a slight flint, because I doubt Malfoy is that skilled, 
> esspecially when it doesnt seem as though he had practiced the 
> spell thoroughly before he used it.

Susan:
Oh, I'm not so sure he'd never practiced that spell before. ;-)  
Remember how comfy Draco was on a broom?  I suspect that he & Daddy 
spent a good bit of time in Draco's pre-Hogwarts life working on all 
sorts of magic--especially dark spells.  If Snape really did whisper 
the serpensortia suggestion to Draco, perhaps he did so because he 
knew it was the kind of thing Lucius was likely to have taught dear 
Draco.

Siriusly Snapey Susan