[HPforGrownups] Has Voldy "used" a Horcrux?

[Kathryn Jones]

No: HPFGUIDX 133520

melhersheybar wrote:
> Here is a question I have been wondering about as I have read
> discussions about the Horcrux's creation and timeline.  Do you think
> it is possible that VD has already "used" one of his Horcruxes?  I
> mean, when the AK rebounded in the Potter House, something kept him
> alive - that something was the fact that he had gone farther than
> anyone else to make himself immortal by creating the Horcruxes.  So it
> seems to me that in order to be the half life he was for so many
> years, he would have had to get to one of his Horcruxes to release
> that piece of his soul to keep himself alive.  So, what was that
> piece?  Where was it?  Did he create a replacement one later or are
> there really only five left? 
> 
> Mhersheybar
> 
Kathy writes:
    Since he had already killed twice that night, James and then Lilly, 
there would have been two splits and the original. What if one split 
(Lily's) was accidentally encased in Harry when V tried to kill him. The 
original would have been destroyed by the rebounding curse, which then 
left one split (James) to survive. Could go either way.  We have been 
told about 12 times how much Harry looks like James and the same for 
Lily's eyes. Voldemort would only have wanted to use Harry's death for a 
horcrux because he was the most significant due to the prophecy. That 
would explain why Voldemort wanted to kill Harry himself and still does. 
That may answer why Snape killed DD as well.  If he was killed as a 
result of something that V. had set in place, would he be able to use 
that death to make another horcrux? Dumbledore was certainly significant.
KJ