Newbie theory - Harry at Godric's Hollow

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No: HPFGUIDX 163970

Angie <plantladywithcfids at ...> wrote:
>
> I love this theory, what does everyone else think?
>    
>   "Harry finds a time turner in Godric Hollows and uses it to go 
back in time to the night of his parents death.   There he sees the 
truth about what really happened and it turns out that it is he who 
was the other person there that night.  Harry tells DD about what 
happens and that is how DD knows exactly what to do with the baby and 
why he is so elusive about telling Harry any more than he absolutely 
has too.   (snip)

Ginger says:
Welcome Angie!
Of course I think it is a brilliant theory, but I am biased since I 
thought of the same thing (sort of, with variations) before.

It was back in message 142162.  I'll repost part of it here:

Begin repost:
<Ginger invites the assembled to put on their imagination caps and
join her in a fanciful journey>

Suppose Harry travelled back in time to GH, after being solidly
convinced not to interfere, only to observe.  He takes his IC with
him, hides, and views the events.

After it is all over, DD steps out of a closet and begins to leave
(yes I know the house was destroyed, but the closet was intact for
the purposes of this exercise- grant me that much?).  Harry is
outraged and calls out to him.  DD stops, turns and listens as Harry
berates him for allowing his parents to die.  DD asks why Harry
didn't do anything himself, to which Harry replies that he has time-
turned to be there and realizes he has broken the "you must not be
seen" rule.

DD smiles and explains that he didn't interfere as he is there under
the same circumstances as Harry.  He, too, is time-turning, but from
3 hours in the future.  He has left Harry in the care of Hagrid and
has time-turned to GH to find out what happened so he will know what
to do with baby Harry.

Harry realizes this is a golden opertunity to have a final
conversation with DD and to warn him of everything that will happen
in our stories, but before he can begin, DD warns him that anything
Harry tells him will be considered interference with time.  Harry
blurts out "But Snape- you mustn't trust him!" to which DD
replies, "Professor Snape, Harry, and I trust him completely, and
someday, so shall you."  With that, DD disapperates.

Ok, end of my little fantasy, but you can see all the plot bunnies
multiplying here.  Harry could time-turn back further and try again
to talk to DD.  He could write DD a note and time-turn back and leave
it in DD's office.  He could disguise himself as a seer, time-turn
back and tell DD he has an important prophecy for him.  The
possibilities are endless.  And the way they could effect DD and how
he seemed semi-omnicient would be equally infinite.

If it happens this way, I call dibs on the chapter summary.
Ginger, whose mind just blew from overload.  It was an Evil Overload.

End repost.


Now, to the present.
I know that there are very good arguments about the time-turners 
being destroyed, and the nasty calculations involved in getting to 
the right place and time, but it could be done.  Just because we 
can't go haywire making up plot devices doesn't mean JKR can't ;)  

Your idea that Harry tells DD everything about GH is a good one.  
Somehow, some way, DD did find out.  There are other ways, of 
course.  Portraits, ghosts, baby Harry's memory in a penseive, and 
several others have been mentioned.  It has also been guessed that 
there was someone else there (Snape being the biggie), but I don't 
think Harry was the one who told Lily to run.  

I like this idea because it would be an emotionally powerful scene to 
read.  I also agree with you that there could be some sort of a clue 
that gives Harry an idea of how to defeat LV for good.

Ginger, hoping the blast from the past didn't get too long.