Moody's death (was: Dumbledore's authority WAS: Re: Fees for Harry)

[Carol]

No: HPFGUIDX 179507

a_svirn wrote:
<snip> Harry only survived because of that wand thing (which was *not*
part of Dumbledore's careful planning), and even so it a was pretty 
near miss. 

Carol responds:

On the contrary, Harry is protected by the mere fact that only LV will
try to kill him. the DEs are under orders not to do so. Consequently,
Harry would not have been in extreme peril had he not revealed his
identity by using Expelliarmus. He was not being pursued by Voldemort
himself but only by two Death Eaters, one of whom was the Imperiused
Stan Shunpike, Harry having Stunned or otherwise defeated all the
others. Evidently, Voldemort did not suspect that Harry would be with
Hagrid in the sidecar of the motorcycle. (he must have expected Harry
to be with an Auror and/or on a broom, making Hagrid the most unlikely
protector in LV's eyes.) Only when Harry gave away his identity by
using Expelliarmus and the second DE summoned Voldemort was he
actually in danger of being killed. 

Granted, "that wand thing" saved his life, but, unfortunately, it also
destroyed Lucius Malfoy's wand, initiating LV's search for a stronger
wand and leading him to find out about the Elder Wand. *Not* a good
thing. (He was saved from a second AK, with LV about to use Selwyn's
wand, by the magical protective barrier, which also, evidently, broke
Hagrid's fall. Whether "that wand thing" would have come into play
again is immaterial, as it was the protection set up by the Order that
saved his life.)

At any rate, Harry would have survived without giving himself away and
without Voldemort in pursuit had he not used Expelliarmus. As Moody
says (paraphrased), not even Voldemort can be in seven places at once,
and only Voldemort was trying to kill the Harrys. It was the
protectors who were in the greatest danger, and all but one of them
survived.

Carol, who thinks that Harry would have been a dead duck had it not
been for the six decoys, who drew most of the DEs away and kept LV
away from him for most of the flight