Title: Not Quite Gone

Author: SweetAsheyPie

Summary: Harry leaves the wizarding world after defeating Voldemort. He then disappears without a trace, and creates a new identity for himself. Then things get tricky when his true identity is discovered.

Disclaimer: Harry Potter (and associated characters, likenesses, concepts, etc.) belongs to J.K. Rowling, Bloomsbury Publishing, Scholastic, Inc. AOL/Time Warner, Inc., among others. I make no claim, written or implied, upon Harry Potter. No money is being made and no infringement or disrespect to the creators / copyright holders is intended.

Harry James Potter trudged zombie-like through what resembled a burned down forest with bodies strewn about the ground. Some were bloodied and mangled and some had faces frozen in fear.

All who were left standing stood in shock and watched as The-Boy-Who-Lived approached his long-time tormentor. He walked with a certain air about him and a determination that even Voldemort had to respect. The 20-year-old knew it was likely that he was walking to his death but he also knew that he still had a slight chance and would do everything he could to save the world from the destruction Voldemort would cause if he were left alive with no one to stop him. Harry would give his life to prevent that from happening and in a way, he already had. He spent the past 4 years training for this very moment and now was his chance to do what he was destined to do.

He was now about 10 feet away from Voldemort and had one thing in his possession that had the potential to kill him and trap his soul for eternity: a vanquishing potion developed by Professor Snape using the flesh of Voldemort and Harry among other things. In order to successfully kill him, Harry had to be exact and hit Voldemort in the center of his chest where his heart should be. Harry fisted the potion as Voldemort spun to face him.

"Well, well, well Mr. Potter, how brave of you to come and face me all by yourself," the snake-like man taunted. "Well let's skip the verbal confrontation and get right to the part where I kill you. I got a new wand just for you so what happened last time won't happen again."

"I agree with the skipping the verbal confrontation but the part where you kill me will not happen." Harry immediately pulled out his wand, threw a freezing hex, which Voldemort blocked. The hex served as a distraction and as Voldemort turned his attention to blocking the hex, Harry threw the potion with his other arm. Everyone watched with bated breath as the phial flew through the air and hit Voldemort in the center of his chest. Voldemort began to scream as the potion began to burn him like acid and soon all that was left was an orb then held his soul. That piece of his soul was later taken by unspeakables and eventually was thrown into the veil in the Department of Mysteries.

Harry stood staring at the orb. He could not believe he had done it. He killed Voldemort! But why am I still alive? I don't deserve to be. There was supposed to be a duel and I was supposed to die! This was not supposed to happen like this! So many others lost their lives for the cause and for me.

Harry shook his head and turned around to see all the bodies. He decided he couldn't stay here anymore. He couldn't face anyone. All the guilt was too much. He knew that everyone would blame him. He knew everyone expected him to die. "People would be disappointed to know that I lived." He thought to himself as he walked away from the carnage into an unnamed forest. "I can start a new life! I could live as a muggle where no one would know me. I could be myself without worrying about all the undeserved fame and fortune. That's exactly what I'll do. I'm sure no one will miss me because everyone expected me to die anyway. I mean I did already say my goodbyes to everyone before the battle. I'm sure that me being 'dead' would make everyone's lives easier."

With his mind made up, he apparated away.

A/N: Thanks to Kelly for being my muse and helping me come up with ideas and stuff :) My birthday is the 14th yay! Hope you all like it so far. I'm not sure how many chapters it will be or how often I will update but I'll try to often.