Harry's protection

[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 112626

Romulus Lupin wrote:
> Ok, I know someone else must have pointed that out by now, but 
> Fake!Moody does name the spell as an AK, when he says to the 
> 4th-year Gryffs that the only survivor to the AK is sitting in
> front of him. 

Hannah replies: I think the consensus was that Moody *assumed* it 
was an AK that LV used, but didn't actually *know*.  This would seem 
to be a reasonable assumption, but as no one (as far as we know) was 
there at GH, it can't be proved.  Most, if not all, the WW think it 
was AK, but perhaps they are wrong.

Romulus Lupin:
> What interests me about the protection issue is how did LV know 
> about it? And he did know, so much so that he was willing to put 
> off his reappearance a whole year just to steal Harry's blood and 
> get the protection himself.
> 
> Harry does tell DT about his mother's sacrifice leaving a protection
> in him, but how did this bit of information pass from Diary!Tom to 
> LV? Are they connected somehow? (This would also explain how DT knew
> so much about his future, apart from Blabbering!Ginny). Or did PP 
> tell him? I don't remember if Scabbers was with them when the Trio
> discussed the subject. IIRC, Scabbers spent most of his time dozing 
> on Ron's bed, rather than in his pockets.

Hannah replies: LV knew from PS/SS that he couldn't touch Harry.  He 
was probably able to work out why, since he's a good wizard.  LV 
knew that Lily needn't have died and sacrificed her life for her 
son, since it is he who tells Harry this.  In the years between 
PS/SS and GoF, he would have had time to think things through and 
put the two pieces of information together.  The idea of Diary!Tom 
communicating with LV is interesting, but IMO they didn't.  Diary!
Tom knows little about GH and other events that LV would have been 
able to enlighten him on. 

Hannah