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Was Voldemort properly present during the MoM encounter after trying to possess Harry?


In the fifth instalment of the Harry Potter series, was Voldemort present as a being once finishing possessing Harry Potter? There is a brief period of time where Voldemort attempts to possess Harry Potter (which some may argue was successful), and my question revolves around the events after this. After taking over Harry's body, is Voldemort present as a normal being, with the abilities that come with that? For an example, is he able to use a wand? It would seem so as Cornelius and other Ministry officials spot him before leaving.


The reason I ask this is because I'd like to know if he had the ability to further attack Harry Potter whilst he was wandless and on the ground. Of course, he may have been pressed for time as the officials showed up, and as Dumbledore was actively present in the entire event. If he could further attack Harry Potter, why didn't he attempt to kill him? To my knowledge, he did not know of the blood that tethered Harry to life, so I see no reason in him not trying.


A video to further help you understand this scene can be found here.



Answer



He certainly was.


From this summary of the relevant part of the books:



Suddenly, Dumbledore and Voldemort arrive, and duel each other, with Harry and Lestrange restrained by moving statues charmed out of the Fountain of Magical Brethren. Voldemort then tries to possess Harry, and flees when Harry's love for Sirius chases him out of Harry's mind. As Voldemort returns physically to free Bellatrix, Cornelius Fudge and a number of Aurors, summoned by Dumbledore, arrive and see him.




Re. your second paragraph, recall that Dumbledore was still present and able to fight Voldemort if he tried any sort of ordinary wand-attack on Harry. The only way Voldemort could think of to attack Harry without Dumbledore being able to defend him was to get inside his mind, into a place Dumbledore wouldn't be able to attack him. As @CandiedMango suggests, he may also have been exhausted and/or in pain from Harry's emotions, which had after all been powerful enough to force him out of possession.


If Voldemort had tried to attack Harry physically (rather than via possession) at that point, Dumbledore would presumably have defended Harry in exactly the same way as before, by duelling with Voldemort. And since he'd been unsuccessful in the first duel, and the Ministry officials were arriving to outnumber him, he accepted that "discretion is the better part of valour" and departed.


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