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[Sherry Gomes]

Jo wrote:
Hi.

Here's my summary of events at the end of DH, I *think* this is what
happened but am still uncertain!

Harry found out that he was a HRX from Snape and therefore decides he has to
die. He trundles off into the forest for his great sacrificial moment only
to find himself at King's Cross with Voldy in tow. There DD informs him that
due to the blood that Voldy took from Harry he can return for the finale. In
the forest Voldy has also been AK'd, not because of Harry's sacrifice but
because of the shared blood thingy. Voldy can't die because he still has one
Nagini shaped HRX left and doesn't turn into Vapour!Mort because his current
mortal form is linked to Harry by blood. Voldy doesn't return from King's
Cross until Harry does so we can deduce that if Harry had 'gone on' then
Voldy would be vapour once more. On his return Harry and all of his comrades
are immune to Voldy's magic because of Harry's sacrifice, thus Harry does
not feel the Cruciatius curse and Neville isn't immolated by the sorting
hat. In the last standoff Harry et al cannot be killed by Voldy (sacrificial
shield again) but Voldy can be killed by them because the blood thing is a
one way deal. However, Harry is not prepared to AK Voldy but does believe
that the Elder wand isn't working properly for Voldy, therefore, as long as
he can deflect Voldy's AK, by any means at all, Voldy will kill himself. The
spell Harry casts is immaterial as it acts only to punt the AK back at
Voldy.



Sherry now:

Frankly, I'm still confused about the ending, and I've read it twice.  I've
read it in audio, so maybe I'm missing something, and I'm going to try
reading the scene again in braille this weekend.  But, if Draco had
Dumbledore's wand, how could Voldemort have gotten it from Dumbledore's
tomb?  And if Draco didn't have it, why didn't he?  He did disarm DD in HBP,
right?  So, Draco disarmed DD, Harry disarmed Draco, ... then wasn't it
Harry who had the elder wand at the end?  Or was it?  I am hopelessly
confused by who really had it and why and how Voldemort was actually killed.

Sherry