Harry finds a love in Potions like his mother before him. with Muggle chemistry, math and biology at hand can he impress Severus enough to get him to take him on as an apprentice? and will he become what he dreams of becoming? a potions Master?

What happens if Harry was rescued from the Dursley's in the middle of the summer by Fleur, and adopted into the Delacour family? How will his power grow on his journey to learn how to love Fleur and his new family? PowerfulHarry/GoblinFriendHarry Dumbles/Molly/EventualRonBashing

harry was raised by his grandfather after his parent abandoned him in the favour of his younger brother.watch as he raised in power in the magical world. slytherin,prodigy,eidetic memory,parseltongue harry, older brother harry, wbwl

James Potter, having studied under Mad-Eye Moody is more than a little paranoid, especially when it comes to his Heir. And of course, one should NEVER underestimate a mother's instincts. A trunk left for Harry has unexpected consequences to Dumbledore's plans. Evil, manipulative Dumbledore. Warnings for slash (Wolfstar) swearing, and mentions of child abuse. Eventual HHR.

A Father's betrayal lead to an attack on his newborn son on the eve of his first birthday, how will his childhood be growing up in the wizarding world. Part 1 of 8

Lily couldn't take it anymore to see her youngest son being treated so badly. She decided enough was enough and flees the wizarding world with young Harry. There she meet an old friend and discovered something from her parents rather shocking to say the least...

Harry is fed up with being treated like a hero one day and despised the next. Being forced to compete in the Triwizard Tournament became the final straw. Now Harry is done playing the saviour and plans to extract revenge against his enemies. How does Harry plan to accomplish his goal? Read on to find out. Rated T!

Harry walks away from his time at the Dursley's scarred, jaded, and with an unusual talent for illusions. Possessing an independence streak a mile wide, hidden behind a well maintained facade of normality, how will the wizarding world deal with a 'savior' who thinks nothing of them. Jaded and dark grey Harry, sisterly Luna, Harry/Fleur. Attempted no bashing.

What happens when Harry gives in and reads one of Hermione's favourite novels over the summer holiday and then gets stuck in Austinland in his head after the Dementor sucks out Tom instead of him on the Hogwarts Express because Remus is too worried about doing anything the Headmaster might not like to move quickly?

Sequel to The Accidental Animagus. Voldemort's back, and this time, he's not alone. Harry and his family are caught in the middle as the wizarding war goes international. Years 5-7.

Pettigrew was caught Harry's first year, Sirius is a free man. Harry's whole life is going to be better, right?

Fleur came to Hogwarts to compete in the Triwizard tournament. Her mind was filled with expectations of glory and honour, instead she finds a messy haired student by the name of Harry, who is different to every other student in the derelict school. A Veela's curiosity is a dangerous beast and Fleur's demands that it is sated.

The night James and Lily die Sirius makes a choice. He takes Harry and heads to the Longbottoms and prevents the attack on them. From there they make the choice to move and raise the boys away from England and the influence of Albus Dumbledore. Manipulative!Dumbles. Dumbles bashing. Mentions of Rape in chs. 7,8,9,&10 mentions of child rape in ch.9

After the fall of Lord Voldemort, Harry s brother Max is hailed the Boy Who Lived. and Harry himself slowly starts to drift from England to his new life across the English Channel. (Harry Potter/Fleur Delcour Story)-Sequel Up

Smart Harry figures out that the headmaster isn't as good as he likes to pretend and refuses to be a pawn in a game decades old. instead Harry writes his own rules and ruins the headmasters plans.

In his dreams Harry discovered Voldemort was going to attempt to get him into the TriWizard Tournament. In retaliation he tricked the Goblet of Fire to emit the names of the people who wanted him in the tournament. Four names came out, including Albus Dumbledore. Now the new Supreme Champion is forced into the tournament. See how he fares. Dumbledore!Bashing.

Harry and his twin sister Helena are the only children of James and Lily Potter. Or so they thought. When their appearances start to change, they realize that they aren't who they thought they were. They are the only children of Death Eaters Bellatrix and Rodolphus Lestrange. And they will do anything to get their children back. But their children are looking for them, too...

After a five-year-old Dudley pushes Harry into the ocean, the BWL is rescued by a young mermaid and her father; who allow Harry to become a part of their family. After a constant stream of disasters, can the family stand the test of time or will outside forces cause barriers that will cause the family to slowly split apart at the seams?

A new dawn is coming- a world of purity and beauty is on the horizon. The Golden Boy finds his love of the dark arts beside his Master the Dark Lord. One day the tale of the Serpent and his White Wolf will no longer be a legend but fact... ANIMAGUS HARRY! DARK HARRY! Takes part just after Order of Phoenix.

Harry Potter was never treated like family by the Dursleys. He never believed that he would ever be free from their wrath, until a visit to Paris turned that around. Will Harry finally get a loving and caring family he deserves? Read on to find out. Rated 'M' just in case. As of January 2019, this story is in collaboration with 5UP3RN0V4.

Based on "Hatal Fart Attack" by Corwalch, "Royal Ward" follows the changes in Harry's life after he gains the personal attention of the Queen. My thanks to Corwalch for permission to write a sequel. Reading "Hatal Fart Attack" first is recommended, but not absolutely required. Please note that this story begins in 1989, shortly before Harry turns 9.

Harry Potter was sent to the Dursleys after the death of his parents. Dumbledore believed that he had hidden Harry safely away from the magical world and neglected him after leaving him with the Dursleys. However, unknown to Dumbledore, a group of wizards was actively seeking for Harry: American wizards that wanted Harry to become the heir to the Potter family in America...

Derek and Spencer track a pair of criminal masterminds

One prank in school leads to a different life for Harry Potter. Now Harry Black, son of Bellatrix Lestrange he protects his sister, Rose Lillian Potter. Not gonna lie, sucky summary and I dont plan on continuing this for a long while so you can adopt it if you wantt

Dumbledore had forbidden Harry to write letters to is friends. So he decided to write to his enemies. Writing to his enemies reveals several things he never knew. The wizarding world does not know what is going to hit them at the end of that summer. Bashing!Dumbledore Bashing!Weasleys Sane!Voldemort Father!Snape Mother!Bellatrix

What if Harry was raised by a family that was thought to be loyal to the Dark Lord Voldemort?

Harry gets sorted into Slytherin. Students and staff are shocked, but none more than his own head of house. Follow Harry as he makes a name for himself and worms his way into even the hardest of hearts. Mixed POV but it will be clear who is who. Snape mentors/adopts Harry.

GoF AU. Harry was raised by the Flamel's and brought up to grow to his fullest potential. That means legendary dueling skills, and an immense amount of knowledge to make him a proud Ravenclaw when his name is entered into the Goblet of Fire and draws him out of hiding. Pairing Harry/Daphne. Neville plays the best friend and a major role in the story. Powerful Harry, but not OP.

After being called for a case consisting of the murders of the inhabitants of Number Four Privet Drive, Sherlock finds a boy hidden under in a cupboard under the stairs. Eight years later, a mysterious boy comes to Hogwarts and takes the whole wizarding world by storm. Yet no-one can find Harry Potter anywhere. What's become of the Boy-Who-Lived, and just who is the Holmes prodigy?

Harry is the Black Archer. He is the best there is. With the help of his girlfriend they take on the Wizarding and Demigod world. With the Potter's alive and showing favouritism for his brother Charlus. Harry learns to do things on his own...Dumbledore/Weasley/Hermione/Potter Bashing

Pettigrew was captured in 1991 and Sirius was declared innocent and demands the custody of his beloved godson. However, Sirius discovers certain unexpected secrets about Harry and decides to set things right. Warning: Abuse by the Dursleys. A Sirius and Harry, Father and Son fanfic

The night Voldemort killed the Potters he left something behind inside of Harry's scar. However due to the magical backlash it wasnt the only thing left inside his head. A certain redhead has a plan for her baby boy, how will it help when a girl who seems to real to be true steps in and comes close. Harry/Fleur. This is the promised full story of The ritual T for now going up later

In his veins, flows the blood of the Potters. However, despite them being alive, he finds himself being raised a Black. This is the story of Harry Potter, or rather Hadrian Arcturus Black, Sirius' only son and heir to the Ancient and Noble House of Black. Pairings undecided. Most likely Harry/Fleur or Harry/Daphne. Semi - AU Plot.

Dumbledore is an evil dictator obsessed with power and control. Snape and Lupin band together to try and protect Harry from the ravings of a senile old man

The Potters had a plan for when the Dark Lord struck on Halloween. It was risky, but it worked. Lily and James Potter both survived the encounter, and their son was now the marked boy who lived. Eleven years later he sets off to Hogwarts with training to change the world. Little does he realize the Dark Lord he thought was gone, would return sooner rather than later. HannahXHarry

Dudley's birthday is always a special day, but this year it has just gone from bad to worse. First there was the missing present, then there was the snake. Now there is a strange woman, with a strange letter, and a claim that threatens to turn the life he has known inside out.

James saves the life of a girl the Christmas of his fifth year. She goes back to Hogwarts with him and becomes a maurarder and eventually goes into hiding. She wasn't there when peter betrayed them and harry goes to the Dursley's. She takes him with her and tells him everything while working on Sirius' case. Manipulative!Dumbles, independent!Harry, bit of Weasley bash, HP/DG, OC/OC

Roweena Ravenclaw has a vision of a little boy beaten down and left alone. Shes furious, with the help of her friends Helga, Godric, and Salazar they set plans in motion to free him of the lies and manipulations of his life. How will Harry's life turn out with some help a thousand years in the past? Pairing undecided open to suggestions

At the end of first year Harry sends a letter that will end up changing his life for the better.

What will happen to Harry's life as he is raised by his godfather Sirius, Remus, and eventually Sirius's wife Amelia? Having been raised with two Mauraders who then start their own business and make changes in the Wizarding world. And how do Fred and George fit into the picture? Rated T for possible language and other small things. Now year 4. AU as well.

What if Harry met the Tonks instead of the Weasleys in kings cross. What if he was also a metamorphmagus? Harry becomes a Puff and has to resist Dumbledore's machinations and learn what it means to be a member of the Hufflepuff house. this story is adopted from Ironicism. The first three chapters are all his/her work I don't have any credit for the first three chapters. REWRITE

The Triwizard Tournament has come to Hogwarts. It should be a chance to meet witches and wizards from other countries and create ties to them. But somebody has it out for Aaron again. Harry Potter will show the world why you don't mess with his Family. Sequel to Older Brother

Something went different in 1981. There was a sacrifice, there was confusion, there was grief for the loss of life. But there was also a job given to a special boy. And he would not fail to protect his little brother.

Meet the Paranormal oddballs of Namimori. Or as they like to call themselves, the Paranormal Investigator Squad. Chrome and Mukuro are the group's mediums, Ken is capable of tracking down all sorts of supernatural things, Tsuna can See things and talk to the dead, and Chikusa is their ever loyal tech support. The Mafia has no idea what's about to hit them.

When Voldemort went to kill the potters he brought along some one to witness his rise to glory but instead all that was seen was his down fall. Lucius having seen the fall and survival decided to take young Harry with him and raise him as his own. However no one was prepared for the changes that choice would bring.

Harry is completely done with all the manipulations and people being so fickle, so what does he do? Why, he goes to another school, obviously. Probably slash, creature, greyish and maybe some lemons, Harry might get buff. Hey, It's my first fic, why not go all out? Starts in the summer after GoF. Harry/OMC? Reviews are welcome and I hope you enjoy reading.

On the 1st of September 1991, Harry Potter chose Slytherin over Gryffindor, and suddenly, Second Year is no longer what it would have been.

Harry gets cold waiting on the front porch of number 4 as a baby, so he does something to get warmer, which changes things immensely (Animagus young Harry, no living with the Dursleys) Chapter 2 up

Everyone wrongly believes that Harry Potter's twin brother is the Boy-Who-Lived, completely forgetting about him. Will he every grow out of his shadow and realize his destiny?

Harry Potter, the Boy-Who-Lived, left England with his Godfather after the death of his parents. Living in Switzerland, educated at Durmstrang, and best friends with Viktor Krum, his life seemed to be perfect until his past finally caught up to him. Now he must face, not only the Tri-Wizard Tournament, but also the darkness that looms over the Wizarding world.

Harry enter's the wizarding world and learns alot about himself and where he comes from. This is a rewrite of an old HP fic.

Harry's brother James is declared the boy-who-lived. Lily and James ignore Harry but James Jr doesn't they heard they were going to be split up. So they run away to Gringotts to find a place to hide where they find their true families and inheritance…Potter/Weasley/Dumbledore Bashing…Harry/Harem…Nice Malfoy's, Lestrange's, Death Eaters and Twins

Harry is a septuplets. Voldemort attacks when Lily and James are out. Six of the septuplets are accounted the children who lived. The Potters begin to ignore Harry all but his siblings. They send Harry away when he is 5 to the Dursley's on Dumbledore's idea. Badly abused Harry re-enters the magical world and gains an adopted family…

Harry runs away when his two out of 6 siblings are declared the boy and girl-who-lived with the help of Sirius the rest of the children leave and finds others that become his brothers, sisters and soulmates. He also has the gods at his side. Now they come back to help deal with Voldemort…Harem

Harry was rescued from the Dursleys by his father Thor. But then when he was 9 Thor and Loki were banished to Midgard for their rash and childish actions. Harry ends up taking on all the duties his father and uncle would do…

Harry is neglected by the Potters after Halloween in favour of his twin Charlus who was declared the BWL. Sirius takes Harry to the USA when he was 5 after Harry was raped at a party. Now they are back for the Triwizard Tournament for Ilvermorny. Harry is different and has betroths and he has to face his old family…

Harry Potter has always been smarter than kids his age, he could do unexplainable things too. He knew he was different from a young age, so when he's eight years old and a lady named Cassiopeia Black visits Privet Drive asking for custody for Harry, everything changes and he's introduced to a whole new world and he must accept his legacy and powers.

Harry Potter is neglected by his family and left to raise his siblings alone while his twin is spoiled. he's going to show them who is the true boy who lived.

Harry Potter is beginning his education at Hogwarts. How will things turn out now that he's been sorted into Slytherin and Severus Snape is his Head of House?

At the first task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament Harry sees his chance to strike down his enemies - and takes it. Here is a Harry who knows how to think and reason. Really Bash!AD, EWE, Clueful!HP Eventual HP/HG/DG/FD NL/HA/SB and others. Unapologetically!AU.

When five year old Harry runs away from home, he mets a young lion cub. Five years later, he's whisked back to the magical world of Hogwarts but his friend remains by his side through thick and thin. Canon all the way-for both categories Not Slash!

James and Lily Potter leave several Letters to different people and these are those letters. Companion Piece to French Savior. Mild Bashing rated M to be safe.

Harry is now 17, time to take care of some revenge. Dumbledore/Granger/Molly/Ron/Ginny Bashing. abuse mentioned. No relationships.

What if on the night of October 31, 1981; someone else had arrived before Hagrid and had taken Harry to raise as his own. Hogwarts and the Wizarding World are in for a surprise when Harry Lokison comes back and brings a couple friends along.

An invitation to visit a muggle house in Surrey England, the next morning, the 25th July 1991, is received by Director Amelia Bones. It is the home of one Harry Potter. That visit changes everything.

Hadrian Black returns for his fifth year of schooling. Having participated and half won the Triwizard Tournament Hadrian's life has changed irrevocably. He now must deal with the fallout of the tournament and continue his education. Sequel to Raven of Durmstrang. Rated T.

Hadrian Potter takes his godson Teddy and relocates after traumatizing events. Leroy Jethro Gibbs just wants some coffee. What happens when these unlikely people meet? Will love blossom or tragedy strike? Harry/Gibbs

Harry was sent to Azkaban for the murder of Cedric Diggory. Feeling his pain his allies get him out and too the goblins and everything begins to change…

After the Tri-Wizard Tournament Harry is sought out by MI5 agent Michael Bidston, who works Office M. See what happens when Harry has the support of professionals.

What if Harry wasn't as trusting and more intelligent then what people give him credit for. What if he learns early about who and what the Ancient house of Potter is really about. I had 38 chapters finished but due to my USB drive dying i lost all but the 11 i posted, I am working on it. Enjoy and please R&R

Ziva adopts Harry when he is left on the Dursley's door stop. Rated T because I'm paranoid. I am rubbish at summaries, sorry. May be Dumbledore and Weasley bashing in future chapters. Manipulative!Dumbledore Evil!Weasleys.

This is my nano, Harry is blinded by Vernon and left on Mount Fuji after a business deal goes bad. Its a combination of three stories. Harry Potter, Blind Fury and Zatoichi.

Harry isn't exactly idle when he's stuck in Diagon before third year. Thanks to the goblins he is able to contact his grandfather's family in Italy. No one told him it would bring him into the mafia though! Not that he's complaining when he gets a new older brother out of the deal. Old alliances are tested and new ones are forged as this wizard makes his own way in the underworld!

The ICW or The International Confederation of Wizards' High Court has lost all trust for Albus Dumbledore after the Triwizard fiasco and have decided to fix up all of Britain's ministry of magic mistake themselves instead of leaving it to idiots British wizardkind. WARNING(!): male/male slash

After the incident at the zoo, Harry leaves his abusive home, only to encounter two mysterious figures who introduce him to the world of magic where nothing is as it seems. Watch as Harry discovers the truth about his past and comes face-to-face with the evil that hides in the light. Evil Dumbledore, Adopted Harry, SLASH... Evil Dumbledore; good Slytherins, implied past abuse

Harry Potter, grew up neglected, all because his twin brother Hayden was the supposed Chosen One. When the Dark Lord attacks the Potter family, young Harry is taken in by the Dark. He is given a home and a family, but when Harry goes to Hogwarts and meets his brother again, it starts a chain of events that no one could have perceived. (Slytherin Harry) !AU

Takes place during third year on the Hogwarts Express. What if instead Harry saw a memory, instead of Lilly Potter's scream. What if it was a different memory altogether, which revealed to him the lie he has been living?

AU Bellatrix raises Harry. What if Harry was raised by someone that was thought to be loyal to Voldemort? What if the Lestrange's were forced to join into Voldemort's circle? Good Lestrange's, Godfather Severus, Good Malfoy's, Sane Alice and Frank Longbottom

Lily couldn't take it anymore to see her youngest son being treated so badly. She decided enough was enough and flees the wizarding world with young Harry. There she meet an old friend and discovered something from her parents rather shocking to say the least. (Being rewrite completely)

Harry gets tired of the magical world after he killed Voldemort. Mobbed when he goes out by the people in the Alley and Hogsmead. Molly constantly yelling at him to marry Ginny and her trying to run his life. The ministry telling him he is A going back to Hogwarts for his seventh year or B joining the Aurors to help hunt down the rest of the death eaters. So he forms a plan.

Harry Potter saves Gabrielle during the second task, and Fleur in the third. Little did he know, however, that saving Veela comes with some strings attached... HarryXFleurXGabrielle Note: Hermione and Ron will take minor roles in this story. Reposted! T with mild references to Mature content.

Harry was given a home and family one night when he was four, and since then he has become a dedicated member to the Dracula family. He loved his father Vladimir and mother Merina and his little brother Ingeras, his life was simple. But when he goes to Hogwarts for the Triwizard Tournament, everything changes when he meets the love of his life, and a sinister plot against his life.

She was an exiled Princess, and he was a Warlock from two ancient lines. Under any other circumstances they never would have met, let alone joined forces. Found by Xanxus, the two make the most terrifying duo the Varia has ever seen...which only gets worse when Mammon joins their ranks. Will the wizards survive their return, or will Belphegor's past catch up to her?

Hadrian Black is entering his fourth year at Durmstrang Institute, and looking forward to it. He has excelled during his time there, and hopes to bring pride to not only his aunt, but his school as well. And, he has been given the chance with the reemergence of Triwizard Tournament, only problem it is being held at Hogwarts. Rated T.

Instead of Durmstrang Academy, Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was invited to take part in the 1994 Triwizard Tournament. When Ilvermorny arrives at Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore is shocked to see the long-thought-dead Harry and Lily Potter appear, as well as the missing Sirius Black and Remus Lupin. Harry/Hermione/Daphne; Gabrielle/OFC; Alternate Universe. TEMP. HIATUS

What happens when Harry's horcrux is removed earlier than Dumbledore intended? Who will be able to establish a new plan to control the wizarding world? Powerful!Harry Some Weasley!Bash Manipulative!Dumbles Harry/Fleur

Harry escapes the Dursleys with a unique bout of accidental magic and eventually winds up at the Grangers' house. Now, he has what he always wanted: a loving family, and he'll need their help to take on the magical world and vanquish the dark lord who has pursued him from birth. Years 1-4. Sequel posted.

AU. "Slytherin," Harry pulled the hat off his head to see a shocked and silent Great Hall staring at him.

The Dursleys decide that they want nothing to do with the freak left on their doorstep. They leave him at an orphanage in America where he is adopted by Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Can the magical world handle a Harry Potter that is smart, loyal, brave, and cunning, already knows several forms of magic, and has no intention of being walked over by anyone? He is going to do this his way.

What if the hat ignored Harry's pleas and sorted him as he saw fit instead? Harry struggles with adapting to an unfriendly House and the bullying of his fellow students. Still, the Boy Who Lived won't let this drag him down and together with his friends, he takes on the dangers we all remember. Will the outcome still be the same? And will the journey? I do not owe Harry Potter.

Hagrid wins a dragon egg...only what is inside is no dragon. Harry is the first to make eye contact with the creature inside...and ends up with a most unusual familiar. Watch out Hogwarts...things are about to get prehistoric!

Just before his 7th birthday, Harry meets a surprising friend of his parents and she takes him to her home, rescuing him from Durzkaban. He finds out info about Voldy early on. Powerful Harry, misguided Dumbles, but not evil. HP/SB/HA pairing. Animagus and pureblood Harry. M for a bit of language and light sex references.

Harry Potter, abandoned by his parents, and abused by the Dursleys, is rescued by an ancient order of Knights. Trained in their ways, he will lead their forces into Britain and begin a new Inquisition. Abandoned!Harry. Super!Harry. James and Lily alive. Manipulative!Dumbles. Possible Bashing. Elements of Fate/Stay Night. Currently: Pre-Hogwarts. Rated T for now.

Hayley Caine is a witch, she loved Hogwarts and is the godmother of Harry James Potter. But when a murder in Miami catches the eye of the only magical CSI, she has to take her team and her son to Hogwarts to investigate. With Kyle turning eleven and Harry starting Hogwarts as well, the Miami CSI's have their hands full in a school full of magical wielding children/teenagers.

Someone killed Snape and Amelia is stumped, so she calls in the new team from America to help figure it out. Some bashing. Set in Harry's first year, pre NCIS series.

After his first year at Hogwarts Harry discovers a startling truth that throws him into an entirely new world. He finds a new family and a new home that drastically changes his life for the better, if not crazier. After all when you're the son of Tony Stark, the one and only Iron Man, life is bound to be interesting.

Loki's in for it now. Odin has had enough and has banished him to Earth to relearn some lessons. Too bad he hadn't paid attention to where Loki ended up. Now Harry Potter, the Boy-Who-Lived, has to deal with memories that aren't his own while he gets his revenge on those who sought to use him as a weapon. Can Harry regain what he lost, or will his past self take control first?

Strange things happen at Hogwarts, and it never fails to include Harry Potter who has a Vampire/Were-Cat inheritance. Prophecies from the moon and ghosts speaking directly into the Potters minds. What will happen to those involved in the Vampire World? Yaoi - Draco/OC, Harry/Severus do not own HP

What will happen when a goblin-raised Harry arrives at Hogwarts. A Harry who has received training, already knows the prophecy and has no scar. With the backing of the goblin nation and Hogwarts herself. Complete.

Raven is a vampire desperately trying to remember his humanity, and to step off the road to Hell. Harry Potter is an abused eight year old soon-to-be wizard. Their meeting profoundly impacts both their lives. And the world was never the same. Because they had some objections to it.

After a car accident leaves Harry alone in the world once again, he is shipped off to live with his last remaining blood relative. Eventual Jibbs.

Merlin, not happy with how the future unravelled for the life of Harry Potter, intervenes early to set the course of history back on track. Implied Pairing Only. Smart!Harry Bash!AD Idiot!RW

Set before 4th year and after Quidditch World Cup, Harry has a surprise encounter with one of his teammates. He later makes a surprise discovery at Gringotts. HP/KB/AS/AJ fanfic. Rated M for sex scenes and language

A strange muggle style murder at Hogwarts, calls for NCIS to come in and solve the case. The team finds out curious things about Ziva in the process of unraveling the mystery...

When the Director of the Auror Office is killed by a sniper in the Ministry, and Director Vance narrowly avoids a second bullet, Gibbs and Harry investigate and find the murderer. Watch out. Pretty graphic first chapter.

Harry has learned the prophesy and he does not believe that a schoolboy can defeat Voldemort, so he decides that if he is going to die then he is first going to live.