Book Two Discoveries! [Parselmouth!Harry]

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> Griffin782002:
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>> I wonder if Harry will discover another power, will it be Legilimency. In OotP, a short 
time before falling asleep and have that fake dream, he having a look at the head of one of 
his classmates, sorry I don't have the book right now, and he remembers something about 
an O.W.L. question.<<
 


Certainly, in CoS, Harry's ability to speak Parseltongue seems to have happened 
spontaneously when he needed it, even though he didn't know he could do it.  So, if he 
has any other hidden powers, he might not recognize them even if he uses them 
unknowingly.  I grant you that.

Now, you seem to be implying that Harry *does* unwittingly use Legilimency to get some 
information for the O.W.L. test from the mind of the student in front of him.  I don't think 
this is the case.

In OotP Chapter 24 "Occlumency" (pg. 531, U.S. edition), in Harry's first Occlumency lesson 
with Snape, Snape says "Time and space matter in magic, Potter. Eye contact is often 
essential to Legilimency."

Then later, during the test in question, in Chapter 31 "O.W.L.S" (pg. 725, U.S. edition)...

"[Harry] looked ahead for a question he could definitely answer and his eyes alighted upon 
number ten.

"/Describe the circumstance that led to the Formation of the International Confederation 
of Wizards and explain why the warlocks of Liechtenstein refused to join./

"/I know this,/ Harry thought, though his brain felt torpid and slack. He could visualize a 
heading, in Hermione's handwriting: /The Formation of the International Confederation of 
Wizards.../ He had read these notes only this morning...."

Harry doesn't really need to use Legilimency to come up with an answer to this question; 
he's just very tired and having trouble focusing.  Looking at the student in front of him 
was another place to look other than his blank piece of paper while he thought, though it 
turns out to be a bit distracting.

(Pg. 725 again)... "He was sitting right behind Parvati Patil, whose long dark hair fell below 
the back of her chair. Once or twice he found himself staring at the tiny golden lights that 
glistened in it when she moved her head very slightly and had to give his own head a little 
shake to clear it."

But he's gradually able to remember a bit more from Hermione's notes...(pg. 725-726) "/
the first Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards was Pierre 
Bonaccord but his appointment was contested.../"  but in his extremely tired state he's 
having trouble remembering all the details so he stares ahead of him "at the back of 
Parvati's head again" and idly wishes for a shortcut through his struggling.  "If he could 
only perform Legilimency and open a window in the back of her head and see what it was 
about trolls that had caused the breach..."  But he can't perform Legilimency, and even if 
he could, he'd most likely need to make eye contact with Parvati, not just stare at the back 
of her head.

Besides,  ... "Harry closed his eyes and buried his face in his hands, so that the glowing red 
of his eyelids grew dark and cool.  Bonaccord had wanted to stop troll-hunting and give 
the trolls rights... but Liechtenstein was having problems with a tribe .... That was it...."  

Harry comes up with the answer on his own, once his eyes are closed.  I don't think any 
Legilimency helped him get the information.