Snap4-Azkaban
The bright light of the cloud-wrapped sun hurt the black-haired boy's eyes.
"Come along, my boy. Sirius is waiting for you at Headquarters," said a twinkle-eyed Dumbledore.
Harry Potter scowled. "I ain't your boy, old man. You left me to rot in Azkaban, you think I wanna listen to your blather?"
"Harry, my boy, surely you understand? There was nothing I could do! Minister Fudge was adamant, and he had the law on his side!"
"Law sh-mall, I was attacked by dementors! I saved myself and my worthless lard of a cousin!" Harry was getting angry. He had been found guilty of underage magic and breaking the Statute of Secrecy, and sent to the worst prison in the world.
"But my boy, no one could know that they were your relatives. Your safety is key! No one can know where you live! You want to protect your family, don't you?"
"Stuff it, you bastard. They were never my family, and you knew it. I was stuffed in a cupboard for ten years!"
The as-yet unnoticed aurors gasped. "Is this true, Headmaster?" Shaklebolt asked. "Did Harry Potter have to live I a cupboard? And you knew?"
"This is all a misunderstanding, my boy. You will see." Dumbledore's twinkle, had, however, dimmed. This was the true confirmation that the accusations had hit home.
"You know what, shut your traps. I've done my time, now I'm gonna get my fun. I've had a crummy life, and it was all your fault. You didn't help me when I was suffering at the Dursley's, being their slave, you didn't help when I was assaulted every year at Hogwarts, and you didn't speak up for me at the trial. Well, I have news for you, Bumbledore, I quit. You can find someone else to be your poster boy. I'm gonna leave, and find a place where I can actually be happy and safe. From now on, you're on your own."
And with that, Harry Potter disappeared. Some say it was a portkey, some argue it was wandless, wordless, soundless apparition. However, all will agree that that was the last time anyone in Britain saw the Boy-Who-Lived. And for the first time since the reign of Grindelwald, Dumbledore was rendered speechless.
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