A new Horcrux theory.

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No: HPFGUIDX 138705

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, James Sharman <jamess at c...> 
wrote:
> I've not seen this one anywhere, so I hope I'm not treading on 
anyone's toes. 

>When I first read HBP, learnt about Horcrux's etc.. I immediately 
had the theory that I've seen banded around that Harry is the 6th 
Horcrux. <snip> 

>He [Voldemort] performs the preparation spell for the creation of a 
Horcrux and performs the killing curse on Harry, the spell we
know rebounds and 'kills' Voldemort. But what if the Horcrux spell 
also rebounded. There is a possibility here that Voldemort has become 
a Harry Horcrux, Interesting idea?

Merrylinks:
I'd say no to both ideas, based on a paragraph in HBP. Dumbledore is 
talking to Harry:

"...You hve flitted into Lord Voldemort's mind without damage to 
yourself, but he cannot possess you without enduring mortal agony, as 
he discovered in the Ministry. I do not think he understands why, 
Harry, but then, he was in such a hurry to mutilate his own soul, he 
never paused to understand the incomparable power of a soul that is 
untarnished and whole."

The first sentence tells me why Harry cannot be a Horcrux. Voldemort 
only has a small fraction of his soul left inside his body. Yet that 
bit cannot stand to possess Harry for even a short time. How could a 
piece of Voldemort's Horcrux soul have managed to live inside Harry 
there for fifteen years?

The second sentence tell me that Harry's soul cannot have been made 
into a Horcrux. In my opinion, Dumbledore is telling Harry that he 
has incomparable power *because* Harry soul is still untarnished and 
whole.


You brought up another point I would like to address:
>Lord Voldemort turns up at Godrics Hollow intent on killing Harry and
creating his 6th and final horcrux from the death (Remember Dumbledore
suggested that this was his intent). He deals with James and Lilly 
and is then faced with Baby Harry. He performs the preparation spell 
for the creation of a Horcrux and performs the killing curse on Harry 
<snip> Voldemort was carrying an object with him with that he 
intended to be the receptacle of his Final Horcrux

Merrylinks:
What happened to the object that was supposed to be the Final 
Horcrux? After the AK rebounded, Voldemort no longer had a body. He 
dropped his wand, which (years later) was returned to him by Peter 
Pettigrew. We assume that he left a corpse behind. If so, was the 
Final Horcrux object on the body and (presumably) buried with it?

We also know that the house was destroyed. Was the Final Horcrux 
object somewhere in the wreckage? Presumably there were lots of 
household artifacts there, so an additional object might not have 
been noticed. Has the Final Horcrux object been buried at the local 
landfill, or is it residing on a shelf at somebody's house in 
Godrick's Hollow? Since Voldemort was not able to use the object 
successfully, this may only be a rabbit trail. On the other hand, it 
may have something to do with the reason that Harry wants to return 
to Godrick's Hollow.

Merrylinks