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"What happened?" Delphi asked once Harry had returned
"It went brilliantly" Harry smiled
"Really?" She said in a voice that made it clear she didn't believe him
"Well, no one was hurt...this time" Harry added
"Hmm" Delphi thought about that for a few seconds "that's better than I expected
The next day, Harry was called into the headmaster's office, he wasn't surprised but that didn't mean he was not incredibly irritated, especially when the note arrived when he was eating breakfast. After saying what he thought was an incredibly stupid password, he walked up the stairs to the headmaster's office.
"Alright, what do you want you old fart?" Harry asked in a bored tone as he came in and immediately sat down opposite the headmaster "hmm" he looked around and noticed that it was just him and Dumbledore "alone huh? I must say I'm flattered sir"
"Mr Potter" Dumbledore sighed "I have heard about the conversation you had yesterday, I was informed by one of the professors..."
"Was it McGonagall?" Harry interrupted "I bet it was McGonagall"
"And I was told about what you said" Dumbledore continued, ignoring the question "I am rather disappointed that you still believe the best thing for you to do is to leave Hogwarts as soon as possible"
"Tough" Harry shrugged "I never wanted to come here, you knew that. What? Did you expect me to see a few spells and suddenly change my mind?"
"Mr Potter, it does concern me that you don't seem to be enjoying yourself here, is there anything we can change to help you with that?" Dumbledore asked
"How about the removal and execution of all idiots in the school?" Harry asked innocently
"Somehow, I don't see that happening" Dumbledore said dryly
"Can you pass a rule that says it's a punishment for people to talk to me unless they absolutely have to?" Harry asked
"Again, no"
"In that case, my answer to your question is no" Harry replied "like I've already said, I never wanted to come here and I would've been more than fine with some private tutors."
"Very well" Dumbledore sighed "though I hope that you will change your mind before the end of your fifth year. However, with that being said, you do have a detention and..."
"I'm not going" Harry cut him off
"Mr Potter, please understand, you must go. It is the same for every student, if you do something wrong then you must be punished"
"Oh, is that a rule that applies for everyone?" Harry asked "Is that a rule for life?"
"Yes, yes it is" Dumbledore nodded
"In that case, why did you save Snape the first time around?" Harry asked "According to your words, he should have been punished and sent to Azkaban. Why wasn't he? Because you wanted a spy just in case?"
"Mr Potter, Professor Snape is..."
"Not a professor anymore" Harry pointed out
"Severus Snape has been sent to Azkaban, he has nothing to do with this argument"
"Yes he does" Harry argued "you saved him because he was useful, he avoided punishment because of you. Sure he had a job he hated but he could have made it work with a bit of effort, it would've been a lot better than a prison cell. Now he's back because of his own actions, because he thought you'd save him again. Me, I'm not like Snape. I know there are consequences for my actions, after the incident with Hermione Granger I knew you'd try and punish me. I knew I'd be punished eventually, though I expected it to be a lot earlier.
Either way, I refuse the detentions and I don't give a rat's arse about the point system. So, if you want to suspend me then great, if you want to expel me then brilliant. I don't care what you do, just don't waste my time."
"Mr Potter, please try and work with us" Dumbledore pleaded
"I could do that...or I could do what I want...hmm, that's a difficult choice" Harry said as he pretended to think about it "not, goodbye headmaster, I've got things to do. Chief of which is ignoring you and that's easier when I'm not in the same room" Harry stood up and walked out
"Harry" Dumbledore called out but Harry had already began ignoring him
"Harry" A voice called as he entered the Ravenclaw common room and found most of his house sitting and they had apparently been waiting for him. Delphi shot him an apologetic look.
"What's up?" Harry asked
"Do...do you really not want to be in Hogwarts?" One person asked
"Hmm, word really get's around here" Harry commented to himself
"Why?" One Ravenclaw asked "Why wouldn't you want to be here?"
"I would of thought it was obvious" Harry frowned
"Not really" Cho said
"Fine, I will tell you" Harry calmly replied "I don't want to be here for multiple reasons. Partly because of the pureblood discriminatory bastards who either hate me for being a half-blood or stopping Voldemort or both" Harry said, ignoring the gasps when he said the name "I am also not terribly fond of people judging me and expecting me to be someone I'm not. I don't know which idiot made me out to be a kind and happy Gryffindor but after a rather shitty life I think I have the right to act how I want.
Did you know there were books written about me? Detailing my life and all the adventures I had gone on? Did you know they were bullshit and I only discovered them when I was ten and hired a lawyer to sure those responsible for using my name to get profit without giving any to me? It is incredibly irritating to have people tell me I'm not acting like the parents that I never knew or not acting like Harry Potter is supposed to act. Hermione Ginger had told me something similar the other day."
"Granger" Delphi corrected
"What?" Harry asked
"Her name is Hermione Granger" Delphi explained
"She could be called 'left toe nail' as far as I'm concerned" Harry said dismissively before turning back to the other Ravens "the Slytherin's already hate me, as for the badgers, apart from a few in first year the rest of the Hufflepuff's either look at me with pity or like I'm a dark wizard. A few of the Gryffindor's are also upset I'm not one of them. If that's not enough I have to constantly deal with idiots like Ronald Weasley who wants to befriend me for my fame. On top of that everyone keeps looking at my face, they keep trying to be sneaky about it but I see them. I see them pretend not to look and I've seen the idiots who just straight up look at me without pretending. Let's not pretend there's nobody in this house who hasn't done that" Harry said and a few of the Ravenclaws looked down or away as they realised he was right "besides, let's not beat around the bush here, you all judge me.
Not just the rest of the houses, but you all judge me. You see I know what you all think when you look at me. Some of you may think weak, others may think I should be pitied, some of you think I look horrible, others are trying to work out why I don't act how you expect and look at me like I'm an animal you're supposed to be experimenting on. I have no doubt that some of you think I'm just a loner who Delphi pities and I have no doubt that a lot of you think I'm a freak. So tell me, if I had brought each and every one of you to a place where you couldn't find more than one person who wouldn't judge you for things out of your control, wouldn't you want to leave?
As soon as Snape saw me he judged me for my fame and my parents, and he's a teacher. Guess what Dumbledore did, begged me to spare him and defended him. Here, I have nothing other than judgement and pity and I want none of it. I just want to be me, I don't like pretending to be civil so the lot of you don't suddenly call me a dark lord in training the very second I do something that you don't approve of or like. I want peace and quiet and the only way I get that is to be left alone, hard to achieve in a castle full of hundreds of students and twice as many eyes." Harry clenched his jaw and walked up into his room.
Meanwhile, Delphi looked around and observed the Ravenclaws. A few looked shock, some looked guilty, others looked sad and one or two looked angry but she didn't really think that the anger was directed at Harry. In truth, she was surprised that Harry had talked so much, he usually always kept quiet and said as little as possible. Though, she had noticed his irritation and forced control, perhaps that was just his way of releasing tension.
On the day of the Halloween feast, Harry sat in his common room, relaxing by the fire with a book. Apparently the feast was mandatory but Harry really didn't care. He looked around and was glad that everyone else did as it meant he got some time alone. His interactions with the rest of Ravenclaw were awkward, it seemed that they were still thinking on his words and didn't really know how to react to him. Shadow was out, searching for food.
Harry looked around once more, making sure that nobody was around. He put his book down and slowly knelt down by the fire, he watched as it flickered and swayed in front of him. The bright colours drew him in, the lack of stillness kept him entranced. He slowly reached out his hand, and pushed it towards the burning flames. His hand got closer and closer, he could feel the heat on his hand, he could feel his finger nails heating up. The tips of his finger was mere centimeters away when suddenly he heard a noise, he jumped back into his seat and quickly picked up his book.
Then apparently the whole of the Ravenclaw house came in, all of them were chatting animatedly, something about a troll but Harry didn't pay much attention. Until he heard something of interest.
"Apparently that Gryffindor girl Fay and Delphi were there" One voice, belonging to Padma Patil spoke
"What?" Harry's voice cut through the air, and all conversation stopped "What about Delphi and Fay?" Harry said as he stood up and narrowed his eyes, the shadows concealing his burnt half, making him look quite sinister.
"Um...uh...well, apparently they had fought the troll" Padma replied nervously
"W...what?" Harry's voice took an icy coldness as he growled and began walking past people "Mind raping teachers and now trolls, what the fuck is next? Giant snakes?"
"Where are you going?" Terry Boot asked
"To go find them" Harry replied without looking back
"But you can't, they told us to stay and..."
"Never cared for rules" Harry cut him off and walked out the common room "Delphi if you don't have a good reason for fighting a troll I swear I will hex you" He growled
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