Authors Note: I had planned on writing 10 facts about each of the characters in my up coming, next generation fan fiction 'From Shadows Cast' simply as an instrument to learn more about the characters. Then I realised other people might be interested in learning more too, my cousin Lia comes instantly to mind, so I figured I wasn't losing anything by posting them. So here's the first one, I hope you enjoy...
10 Random facts about Harry J. Potter
1. At first Harry only became friends with Ron because it was something he'd never had before, and something the Dursley's could never take away from him. He didn't realise exactly how much that friendship would come to mean to him, and that sometimes frightens him.
2. Harry will never forget the sense of relief and irrepressible happiness he felt when the hat contemplated putting him in Slytherin. Not because he ever wanted to be in Slytherin, no, but because the hat even considered it meant he truly belonged at Hogwarts. And Harry had never belonged.
3. When Harry heard Molly say he was as good as her son, he was filled with such overwhelming warmth and was more than a little touched. He never could quite shake the guilt he felt afterwards though. The guilt that he already had a mother, the guilt she had died to save him, the guilt that he had tried to replace her.
4. The first time Harry saw the way Ron looked at Hermione as more than his 'friend' Harry was surprised to feel something akin to jealously. It wasn't until he received a long lecture from Ron on how to treat his little sister if he didn't want hexing to oblivion that Harry finally understood.
5. Harry had never really felt Ron was like a brother to him, whereas he had accepted Hermione as his sister without question. Maybe this was because Ron had 6 already, and he and Hermione had no-one. Or maybe it was because sometimes it took Ron that much longer to see past his legacy. Or maybe, just maybe it was because having a best friend was better than having a brother.
Standing in the middle of the common room, his eyes solely filled with Ginny. Harry stopped asking.
6. As he made his way to confront Voldemort, Harry's first thought as he prepared himself for death was that at least, if he died, he wouldn't have to deal with the pain of losing someone else close to him. He's never quite forgiven himself for that.
7. It wasn't until James was put into his arms that Harry fully understood what had been taken from him on Halloween all those years ago. He hadn't thought he could hate Voldemort any more than he already did.
He was wrong.
8. When James had just turned one, on Harry's request, Harry, Ginny and James moved to Godric's Hollow where it all began for him. Instead of finding the comfort and solace he had always imagined, all the village held for him was the sense of 'what could have been'. It wasn't until they moved back to Ottery St. Catchpole to be near the rest of the family that Harry realised he was truly home.
9. Contrary to popular belief, Harry had only chosen the names for one of his children, Albus Severus. It was Ginny's idea to name Lily and James after his parents. He asked her about it once, and she smiled, and simply said, "Because I owe them everything."
10. Sometimes when everything is quiet and Harry has a moment to think, he can't help but think how lucky he is. And sometimes just sometimes, he thinks that everything he ever went through was worth what he has now. And once and only once, he thought those that died where worth his children growing up in a world where they had nothing to fear.
He will never forget the way Teddy Lupin looked the time he asked if his parents had died because they hadn't loved him enough to stay alive.
He hated himself just a little after that.
