Clues Convergent

[tinglinger]

No: HPFGUIDX 134809

Here's what might have happened at Godrics Hollow
My thanks to Bunnycollins for providing a key piece of
the puzzle!

1. James and Lily are in hiding at Godric's Hollow

2. Snape hears the first part of Trelawney's Prophecy
while still under the employ of LV

3. Snape runs to tell LV of this critical discovery.

4. LV deduces that there are only two boys who this
prophecy can apply to

5. LV deduces that Harry Potter is the bigger threat

6. Snape loves Lily, who was the only person ever shown
to be decent enough to be concerned about him (with the 
possible exception of his mother),

7. Pettigrew provides LV with unimpeachable proof that
the Potter are hiding in Godric's Hollow

8. Snape panics, realizing that Lily will undoubtedly
be killed when LV gets to Godric's Hollow - Lily and
James are members of the Order after all.....

9. Snape tries to makes a deal (unbreakable vow?) with
LV to spare Lily as a reward for his loyal service him.

10. Snaps is an expert occlumens so LV, though an expert
legillimens, cannot read Snape's mind to read his love of
Lily and the fact that it might threaten his mission at
Godric's Hollow.

11. LV is NOT as good an occlumens as Snape is a
legillimens and Snape sees that LV may not be entirely
truthful in his promise. Harry was able to break into the
Dark Lord's mind, why not Snape? And, even if LV made the
Unbreakable Promise, will he die if he is immortal?
So what does the Dark Lord have to lose?

12. Meanwhile, Dumbledore, knowing the prophecy, and with
the help of his partner Nicholas Flamel, had already
prepared the Elixir of Life for Harry, and made sure that
Harry drank it, making him temporarily immortal. This
would make Harry at least partially immune to the AK.
[Note - why didn't they take it? There wasn't enough to
go around for all of them - maybe there wasn't enough time.
They didn't know that Pettigrew betrayed them.

13. Snape runs to GH to warn the Potters of Voldemort's
impending visit. After hearing what he has to say, James
laughs at him and throws him out, but not before Snape
manages to filch James' invisibility cloak. Once outside
he puts on James' cloak and waits for Voldemort.

13. Voldemort arrives at Godrics Hollow, kills James
and faces Lily, who is protecting Harry.

14. LV did not need to kill Lily because he had already
killed James. This gave him the power he needed to
accomplish what his REAL purpose was - to plant a Horcrux
in Harry. He knew that DD or anyone else could not kill
a baby - which guaranteed that a piece of his soul would
always remain.

HE NEVER INTENDED TO KILL HARRY AND
HARRY WAS NEVER HIT WITH AN AK.

LV knew he was dealing with alchemists and he certainly
knew enough to know that Flamel and DD were partners who
could make the Elixir of Life. That is why he had
originally agreed not to kill Lily in the first place.....
But Lily did not let him near Harry and Voldemort AKed her.
What did he care? WIth Harry as the vessel of part of his
soul he would indeed be immortal.....

15. But someone DID care ..... While Voldemort entered GH,
e was unaware that Snape had followed him in, wearing James'
invisibility cloak.

16. When Voldemort killed Lily, Snape cracked ----
Simultaneously with LV turning Harry into a living Horcrux
through his scar, Snape silently AKed LV, whose body
exploded. THough he never knew who or what hit him, 
oldemort's soul survived because he already had a number
of Horcrux's - six to be exact - Harry being his seventh
and final one.....

17. Snape returns to DD telling him what happened, how he
had tried to protect the Potters and kill LV but failed
and was truly TRULY repentant because Lily had died.
Maybe he had turned to DD, maybe not - he was certainly 
a good enough Occlumens so that DD, trusting by nature,
had no choice but to trust him......... This also explains
why DD wanted Snape to teach Harry Occlumency -- noone was
better at it - he was even able to delude the Dark Lord......

18. Snape takes Voldemort's wand and leaves James'
invisibility cloak (or as Clemenza would say
"leave the gun take the cannoli" )


And thanks to Bunnycollins for providing a key piece
of the puzzle (see below)
very impressive for a first time poster !


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Bunnycollins:
I too am thinking that Snape was present at Godric's Hollow, however
I'm tinkering with the idea that Snape didn't try to save LV, but
that he tried to kill him. That LV broke a promise to Snape that he
wouldn't harm Lily but when Lily was murdered, Snape's rage was so
uncontrollable that at the precise moment when Voldemort was AKing
Harry, Snape was AKing Voldemort. As we don't know what happens if
someone performing AK is AK'd themselves, maybe it's just possible
that this would explain why Harry lived, why LV was reduced to less
than nothing and why the whole house was destroyed.
That Snape hated LV enough to attempt to kill him would be good
enough reason for DD to trust Snape so much and ofcourse DD would
have been reluctant to reveal all this to Harry on the grounds that
Snape only cared about saving Lily and to heck with James.
Oh, and LV doesn't remember a thing about what Snape did, because the
rebounding curse knocked the stuffing out of him lol.
This was my first post, so please be kind.

Bunnyc