p style="font-size: 16px; border: 0px solid #d9d9e3; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; caret-color: #374151; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"The atmosphere in Dumbledore's office was thick with tension. Harry, his face flushed, looked into the headmaster's twinkling eyes./p
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p style="font-size: 16px; border: 0px solid #d9d9e3; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; caret-color: #374151; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;""No, em style="border: 0px solid #d9d9e3; box-sizing: border-box; -tw-border-spacing-x: 0; -tw-border-spacing-y: 0; -tw-translate-x: 0; -tw-translate-y: 0; -tw-rotate: 0; -tw-skew-x: 0; -tw-skew-y: 0; -tw-scale-x: 1; -tw-scale-y: 1; -tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; -tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; -tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; -tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); -tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; -tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; -tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; -tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent;"you/em need to understand," Harry interjected. "I don't owe you or this world anything. You want to use me like a pawn, even plan on giving Ron the credit?"/p
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p style="font-size: 16px; border: 0px solid #d9d9e3; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; caret-color: #374151; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;""Doesn't include me any longer," Harry said./p
p style="font-size: 16px; border: 0px solid #d9d9e3; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; caret-color: #374151; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"Harry then turned to leave. He had /br /p
p style="font-size: 16px; border: 0px solid #d9d9e3; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; caret-color: #374151; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"Harry told only a few close allies—Remus Lupin and the Weasley twins—of his plans. They supported him without question. With their help and the aid of goblins, Harry removed the Horcrux from his head and acquired a new, virtually untraceable wand. He took the last of his belongings and confronted his aunt and uncle./p
p style="font-size: 16px; border: 0px solid #d9d9e3; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; caret-color: #374151; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;""I'm not coming back," he said, feeling a strange sense of closure./p
p style="font-size: 16px; border: 0px solid #d9d9e3; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; caret-color: #374151; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"His cousin Dudley nodded, "You've got my support, Harry."/p
p style="font-size: 16px; border: 0px solid #d9d9e3; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; caret-color: #374151; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"Harry nodded back, appreciative./p
p style="font-size: 16px; border: 0px solid #d9d9e3; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; caret-color: #374151; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"Harry moved to Los Angeles, California. He found a house in Beverly Hills and, legally emancipated and endowed with his parents' and Sirius' estate, didn't need to worry about money. However, he took up a job as a mail clerk. It was something to do, something to keep him grounded./p
p style="font-size: 16px; border: 0px solid #d9d9e3; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; caret-color: #374151; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"Thanks to a program by the United States Department of Magical Affairs—a unity initiative conceived in the Kennedy era—Harry was able to catch up on his non-magical education. His tutor was a first-generation witch, deeply committed to his academic success./p
p style="font-size: 16px; border: 0px solid #d9d9e3; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; caret-color: #374151; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"A personal trainer ensured his physical well-being, preparing him for the day he might have to face Voldemort. That day would come on his own terms, not Dumbledore's or anyone else's./p
p style="font-size: 16px; border: 0px solid #d9d9e3; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; caret-color: #374151; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"Back in England, Dumbledore felt a sense of loss. Despite his best plans, Harry was a wild card he could no longer control. As years passed, Dumbledore could only hope that Harry would come back, ready to face his destiny./p
p style="font-size: 16px; border: 0px solid #d9d9e3; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; caret-color: #374151; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"Little did he know, Harry Potter was creating a new destiny—one that wasn't written by prophecies or manipulated by wise old men. For the first time, Harry was writing his own story, far away from the world that had brought him nothing but pain./p
p style="font-size: 16px; border: 0px solid #d9d9e3; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; caret-color: #374151; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"In Los Angeles, Harry looked at the skyline from his balcony. He was ready for whatever came next. It was a new dawn, and Harry Potter was finally free./p
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