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Chapter 1

The Grand Escape

He wasn't even aware of deciding to do it. All he knew was that his legs were carrying him forward as though he was on casters and that he had shouted stupidly at the snake, "Leave him alone!" And miraculously - inexplicably - the snake slumped to the floor, docile as a thick, black garden hose, its eyes now on Harry. Harry felt the fear drain out of him. He knew the snake wouldn't attack anyone now, though how he knew it, he couldn't have explained.

He looked up at Justin, grinning, expecting to see Justin looking relieved, or puzzled, or even grateful - but certainly not angry and scared.

"What do you think you're playing at?" he shouted, and before Harry could say anything, Justin had turned and stormed out of the Hall.

"So anyway," a stout boy was saying, "I told Justin to hide up in our dormitory. I mean to say, if Potter's marked him down as his next victim, it's best if he keeps a low profile for a while. Of course, Justin's been waiting for something like this to happen ever since he let slip to Potter he was Muggle-born. Justin actually told him he'd been down for Eton. That's not the kind of thing you bandy about with Slytherin's heir on the loose, is it?"

"You definitely think it is Potter, then, Ernie?" said a girl with blonde pigtails anxiously.

"Hannah," said the stout boy solemnly, "he's a Parselmouth. Everyone knows that's the mark of a Dark wizard. Have you ever heard of a decent one who could talk to snakes? They called Slytherin himself Serpent-tongue."

There was some heavy murmuring at this, and Ernie went on, "Remember what was written I the wall? Enemies of the Heir, Beware. Potter had some sort of run-in with Filch. Next thing we know, Filch's cat's attacked. That first year, Creevey, was annoying Potter at the Qudditch match, taking pictures of him while he was lying in the mud. Next thing we know - Creevey's been attacked."

"He always seems so nice, though," said Hannah uncertainly, "and, well, he's the one who made You-Know-Who disappear. He can't be all bad, can he?"

Ernie lowered his voice mysteriously, the Hufflepuffs bent closer, and Harry edged nearer so he could catch Ernie's words.

"No one knows how he survived the attack by You-Know-Who. I mean to say, he was only a baby when it happened. He should have been blasted into smithereens. Only a really powerful Dark wizard could survive a curse like that." He dropped his voice until it was barely more than a whisper, and said, "That's probably why You-Know-Who wanted to kill him in the first place. Didn't want another Dark Lord competing with him. I wonder what other powers Potter's been hiding."

J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

The Dueling Club

That incident had started it all. After the first confrontation with Ernie and the other Hufflepuffs, he realized what was going on. It explained why everyone was avoiding him. Well, not everyone he supposed. Percy would still greet him, the twins always stopped to tell him a joke, and Neville was the only one who sat next to him willingly in classes. It was unbearable. He had hoped to find a world where he could, if not fit in, at least not be disliked. He had hoped for better than he had left behind. This was worse if only because he was shunned for having an ability while at Privet Drive he could hope that the others only did so because of Dudley. The way things were now, it would be better to go back to the Muggle world. That was a thought. Why couldn't he? What did he have left here really? He could buy books at Flourish and Blotts by owl and teach himself magic. He could run away from the Dursleys. If he left England using Muggle ways would anyone ever be able to find him? It would take effort but he was sure he could do it. He would succeed. He had to.

He was skipping Transfiguration but the dorm was empty. As quickly as he could, he packed everything and shrunk the trunk. It had taken a whole day of preparation to master the charm and find a way out if the castle and decide on a plan. He stuffed his trunk into his pocket, pulled on the Invisibility Cloak, and headed to the Owlery.

Just as he had expected, Hagrid unlocked the gate to walk down to the village. He knew that if he wanted to use the Floo Network without any questions, he'd have to go to the Hog's Head. As soon as he saw the village, he slipped away from Hagrid who was heading to the Three Broomsticks. He tried to remember what he'd heard of the Hog's Head, and soon, he was inside. He walked up to the bartender and asked to use the Floo. Although the man looked at him suspiciously, he handed over the tin for five sickles. Remembering everything he'd read about using the Floo, he took and deep breathe and stepped into the grate saying, "Diagon Alley."

The goblins looked at him strangely as he entered. He ignored the glances and walked right up to a teller. As soon as he had some money, he converted all of it into pounds before he left. Under his Invisibility Cloak, he left the Leaky Cauldron undetected and stepped into Muggle London.

After a couple hours at the nearby library, he took a bus to London City Airport and was trying to decide where he should go. Obviously, it had to be an English speaking country and the plane had to leave as soon as possible. The next plane to leave would go to America, some place called Gotham City. Perfect.

He wished the people would stop staring at him. The whole time he'd been on the plane, people stared, wondering what a kid was doing on a plane by himself. One of the flight attendants had already asked and he had smiled, lied through his teeth, and told her he was going home to see his parents. She bought it and no one else asked. Still, he was glad the journey was over. This was his new start. He would start over and create the life he wanted. They said no one could run from their past, he was determined to do it.

Sorry if people seem OOC, but this is how I really see them. Now, for why Ron and Hermione aren't sticking up for him is that this is how I actually expected them to react. It's not that I think they're bad people but that at this point, Ron is really superstitious (like with the Grim in Third-Year) and Hermione places a lot of value on what books say.

On the other hand, I doubt Percy would let anything get in the way of being a good Prefect no matter what he believes about Harry and the twins aren't likely to care.

Neville has always struck me as the really loyal friend and he's unwaveringly loyal to Harry.

Harry himself is like this because this is something I've always wondered. Why is he the way he is? I'm personally on the nurture side of the nature vs. nurture argument and Harry's gone through a lot. The way I saw him, he was so eager to go to Hogwarts because it was a new start where he could have a better life. If almost everyone, including the people he thought were his friends, turned on him in the world where he was hoping for that better life, why wouldn't he seek another start? On that note, Harry has survival skills. I think that when it came down to it, Harry could plan and is actually really smart if he bothered to apply himself. Like with the Patronus Charm, if he thinks it's important, he tends to pick things up quickly. If he saw his escape as important, he would apply himself and he would succeed.

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