LV in the MOM Atrium; Harry's Possession?

[vmonte]

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Chys wrote:

Ok, I have a question- The whole purpose of the OoTP event in the
Ministry of Magic's Department of Mysteries was that Voldemort
himself NOT be there, that Harry do the dirty work of retrieving the
prophecy for him, correct?

So then was Voldemort ever actually IN the Atrium that evening?
Or was it that he was posessing Harry to attack Dumbledore? Could
that be why Harry had no idea what was going on on the other side of
the statue that was 'defending' him and herding him away- when in
actuality it was LV posessing him and he just didn't know what was
going on as he was too concerned with trying to get a good look at
the unfolding action? He obviouly wouldn't see it from behind a
statue, when he was the centerpoint of said action.

This has been nagging at me, as I can't remember a scene where
Voldemort's actually -seen- in that battle. DD could have been
talking to LV through Harry, and couldn't that be why it sounded like
LV kept trying to get DD to kill Harry? That he was not there at all,
but fighting -through- him?


vmonte responds:

Voldemort was definitely there. Don't you remember that he was
spotted by several wizards from the community at large--including
Fudge? That's why Fudge could no longer deny that LV was back.

Vivian