p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"A/N: Hi! This is my first fanfic, and I'm not sure if this will have another chapter or not. Please leave a comment if you would like me to continue this :)/span/strong/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"br /Harry was done being the Dursley's punching bag. Almost thirteen years of his miserable life spent trying to appease them, only to be ground under foot again. He'd tried not to roll his eyes when Dudley called him names, tried to duck when Aunt Petunia took a swing at his head, tried to suppress his own natural abilities, his magic, so Uncle Vernon wouldn't lock him in the cupboard with no food for a week./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"He'd seen the other kids at school growing up, none of them once mentioning horrific punishments or degrading names they'd been called; they were loved./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Once Harry went to Hogwarts, he began to learn of his true worth. No more beatings from Uncle Vernon, no running from Dudley's gang, and as much food as he could stuff into his underfed stomach. He finally felt free./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"That's why, after blowing up Aunt Marge, Harry had decided to pack his things and leave; but he'd have to be quick, the ministry wouldn't take long to find him. He couldn't go to the Weasley's, Ron's dad worked for the ministry and were close allies of Dumbledore, so running there would be pointless (he didn't want to burden them; good people don't deserve to be weighed down by his troubles)./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"He couldn't go to Hermione's, either; he didn't even know her address and was sure her parents would not be so welcoming to some strange boy turning up at their house in the middle of the night./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"He wandered through the deserted streets of Little Whinging, only stopping at the park he used to play at as a kid. He had happy memories there, but they were always interrupted by Dudley and his friends taunting him mercilessly. He wandered further, soon leaving the overly pretentious neighbourhood behind. He caught a muggle bus out of town, heaving his heavy trunk onto the baggage carrier with great difficulty, the two muggles on the bus eyeing Hedwig's cage with nervous suspicion./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Harry didn't care though; he had far too much on his mind to care./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"He got off the bus, dragging his trunk along the stone streets of London. He yawned, not willing to give into sleep just yet. He booked a room at the Leaky Cauldron, covering his face to avoid any attention, thankfully Tom caught onto this and gave him his room key with no questions asked. Harry planned to lie low for a while, make a quick withdrawal from his Gringotts vault and find a new place to live until the first of September. Only he was a fool for thinking he could make it that far without being caught.../span/p