Why Lily could have saved herself

[gelite67]

No: HPFGUIDX 152336

> Goddlefrood wrote:
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> It is a part of the history of the wizarding world that Lily is 
> deceased, but it has also been declared, by Voldemort himself, that 
> Lily needn't have died.
> 
> There is a plausible explanation for this, which runs something 
like 
> this:
> 
> Harry discovers that the reason Lily might have been spared was 
that 
> she had discovered some powerful potion that no one (apart from 
> perhaps Snape) is aware of and which has qualities that would 
finish 
> off the evil that men do or strip a wizard of his powers perhaps.
> 
> Only she was capable of making it thus explaining why Voldemort was 
> prepared to spare her life, but she refused to co-operate, as we 
> know, and was, therefore, killed.
> 
> The secret potion then went with her to her grave.
> 
> <snip>


Angie here:
Interesting theory, and I think you're right that we haven't heard 
the last of Lily's potion-making ability. But if LV wanted the 
potion, couldn't he have Imperiused her and forced her to make the 
potion?  Or forced her to take Veritaserum and gotten her to tell him 
how to make the potion?  His only option wasn't to kill her if she 
didn't voluntarily make the potion, was it, or am I missing something?
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