Chapter Ten: In Which Reasons Are Unjustified
"She went to ask him if you could come straight to us this summer," he said, "But he wants you to go back to the Dursleys, at least at first."
"Why?"
"She said Dumbledore's got his reasons," said Ron, shaking his head darkly.
Harry choked. There was this feeling he couldn't describe. It was too much, he couldn't bear it anymore, he was going to explode if he didn't say anything right now.
"Are you feeling ok, Harry?" Hermione said, sounding concerned. "Should I get Madam Pomfrey?"
"NO! I AM MOST CERTAINLY NOT OK! DUMBLEDORE'S PLAYING GAMES WITH MY LIFE AGAIN, DECIDING WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO AND WHAT I'M NOT!"
Harry's heavy breathing was clearly audible. He began, "I just — I can't —"
Hermione understood. His frustration had never had any outlet for his whole life, and now that he had friends who would listen to him, who would believe him, who would help him, he couldn't articulate what he felt.
Harry sobbed for what felt like a lifetime. Cedric was dead because of him, Voldemort was back and wanted to kill him, Dumbledore wanted to send him to live with the Dursleys. He was feeling too many things at the same time and one person possibly could not feel that much. He cried out his pain on Hermione's shoulders. She held him and shed a few tears of her own.
Hadn't he suffered enough? Hadn't he been through enough?
"I'm not going back to the Dursleys."
The words seemed to radiate the sort of indefinable power that tore apart entire universes.
"What?" asked Ron.
"I'm never going back to the Dursleys. Voldemort took my blood, he can get in through the protections now."
"Does Dumbledore know?" asked Hermione.
"Doesn't he always?" said Harry bitterly.
Ron said, "There must have been some mistake, Harry —"
"There has been a mistake, but it isn't one he made. It's one we all made when we decided to trust Albus Dumbledore. He put me with them. He sent me back every year to get trod upon, saying that it was necessary for my own protection. What bloody justification does he have now that Voldemort can waltz in and murder me in two seconds?"
AN: Albus freaking Dumbledore just told Harry to go back to the people that abused him for over thirteen years! And this time he doesn't even have his mother's protections because Voldemort has already bypassed them.
And he knows! Dumbledore knows! Direct quote — 'It seems Voldemort has overcome that particular barrier.'