Accidental Harrycrux : a theory

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 155428

Pat:

> Harry's *dream* specifically showed us that Nagini was 
> not the agent of death here - LV used an AK.  Harry 
> never corrected DD,but the two stories do not jibe.  
> I'm torn between thinking that DD could be wrong about 
> Nagini-as-horcrux here, or if the detail is simply 
> insignificant and doesn't change the outcome.

houyhnhnm:

Harry's dreams about Voldemort seem to have been correct in 
every case except when LV was deliberately misleading him in 
order to draw him to the Department of Mysteries.  I think 
the way Harry saw it is probably the way it really happened.

Dumbledore's information would have to have been at least 
third hand.  This is how I can imagine it:  Snape gave DD 
a report which included information about Nagini.  
Dumbledore's suspicions were aroused and he ordered 
Snape to find out as much as he could about the snake.  

Snape nosed around and he would have to have done so 
cautiously in order not to arouse suspicion.  He may 
have been able to Legilimence Wormtail, but not knowing 
exactly what he was looking for, came away with only an 
image of the snake and the dead Muggle.  Or he may not 
have been able to use Legilimency on Wormtail and had 
to rely on rumors circulating among the DEs.  Either 
way the story got garbled.

In a sense, LV did use Nagini to kill Frank Bryce because 
she was the one who discovered him hiding.  He might have 
gotten away if she hadn't.