Priori Incantatem ( was Why Voldemort would Spare Lily)

[sewabearbear]

No: HPFGUIDX 112103

My first post. Ever. :)

> MacFoTUK now writes:
> 
> I asked myself this question - 'Where in canon does it say that LV 
> killed James *and then killed Lily* (before going on to try to 
kill 
> Harry)?' 

I think this was implied in PoA when Harry heard his parents' voices 
when dementors (or boggart-turned-dementors) neared him. For e.g., 
on pg 178 (UK):
'That's the first time I've heard (James) - he tried to take on 
Voldemort himself, to give my mum time to run for it...'

MacFoTUK:
> Where is the AK sent at Harry? - It seems distinctly 
> MISSING!. 

Priori incantatem produces a "reverse echo" of AK spells performed 
if they killed someone. Since the AK LV meant for Harry didn't 
actually kill anyone, there shouldn't have been any ghost like 
figures from that spell. What I found interesting was that no part 
of LV emerged. If the AK reflected back at LV killed any part of his 
being, wouldn't there be some kind of faint shadow of him?

Or would this spell be completely reversed and LV would regain the 
powers he possessed at the time he tried to kill Harry? I was under 
the impression when Harry was retelling the story in front of Sirius 
& DD that the spells would reverse out of the wand unless somebody 
was killed because spells can't reawaken the dead.

Sarah