Chapter 1
Chapter one
When the newly formed wizengamot, the aurors, the minister and anyone that worked in law in the ministry of magic rejected Harry Potter’s statement in regards to Severus Snape, Harry watched as shackles were placed on Severus’ wrists before dragging him out of the courtroom where he would be taken to Azkaban for the next five years. Their reasoning for their five year punishment was he had been a death eater, he had the dark mark which meant time in Azkaban, it did not matter that Severus Snape might have helped aide Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore. Anyone found to have a dark mark was sent to Azkaban. The same thing happened to Draco Malfoy, even though Harry explained that the help Draco had given him had let Harry and Ron save Mr. Ollivander, Dean Thomas, Luna Lovegood and a goblin before rescuing Hermione from Bellatrix Lestrange, again it made no difference and he was sentenced to five years in Azkaban as well, he had been there for two months already.
Harry stormed out of the courtroom, pushed his way through ministry officials who tried to get Harry’s attention, he also pushed his way through reporters but said a few words in the hope they would report what he said.
‘Fuck the ministry and fuck the magical world.’
‘Harry, you can’t be serious, now calm down and stop acting like a idiot,’ Ron said hurrying after Harry.
Harry whirled around, ‘And fuck you too Weasley, I hope you end up in hell, you belong there. If you ever try to talk to me again I will take care of you myself,’ Harry snarled then turned and hurried away. He kept moving as he pushed passed everyone even friends who refused to support Harry about Severus Snape.
Harry got back to Grimmauld place, packed his clothes and left the old house, heading away from anything that was associated with him in anyway. He found the secluded cabin deep in the woods that had belonged to his parent’s, they only bought this cabin to help Remus out especially on the three nights of his change. As James Potter came from money and Remus could never get work, the Potters wanted to help their friend out, so the cabin was barely furnished for those nights the wolf emerged, but had just enough furniture for Remus to use during the rest of the time he spent there. Harry had found out about the property when he was given another vault that his parents left him but as the goblins could not find Harry on his seventeenth birthday, they could not notify him of the rest of his inheritance.
Harry looked around, it wasn’t big but it wasn’t too small either. He found the bedroom, unpacked before having a proper look around. He left the small cabin and found the nearby town, being a magical town he could buy all his food, shrink it then stuffed everything in his pocket. As he stepped out of the shop and a woman of about sixty walked up to him.
‘Oh Mr. Potter, I hope you can do something about those remaining death eaters, they seemed to be out of control.’
‘Then I suggest you look towards your minister, I am leaving the magical world.’
‘Oh but why, you’ve done so much good for our world.’
‘I did, but they send my lover away even though he was innocent. Do you expect me to help out after they betrayed me like that. Maybe you can pass on a message from Harry Potter, the ministry better hope another dark wizard doesn’t do what Voldemort did because I won’t be around to help out next time, I’m leaving,’ Harry turned ready to walk away but glanced back, ‘I hope you survive what’s coming,’ with that Harry turned on the spot, vanishing leaving the woman stunned at the cold look the young Potter boy had right before leaving.
The following morning, the front page of every paper or magazine had a large picture of Harry Potter as he stormed out of the courtrooms, then in small writing was Harry’s quote about fuck the ministry and fuck the magical world, but there was also the story from the woman who had spoken to Harry, how he wouldn’t be around to help anymore, not after sending his lover to Azkaban. That piece of news seemed to shock the magical world. The words I’m leaving from Harry Potter sent ripples of fear through everyone because they were so used to knowing that Harry Potter was always around to save them and he did, but not now he had been driven away from their world.
Hermione, Ron, Neville and a few other friends kept turning up at Grimmauld place to try and make him understand why they didn’t speak on Severus’ behalf. Not once did they receive an answer to their consistent knocking. Hermione cast a few revealing charms which told her that no one, human or otherwise was occupying the dwelling.
‘He must have left, moved to some other place,’ Neville said.
‘He’ll come back, he’s just angry, but we did the right thing, that bastard deserves Azkaban,’ Ron said, but he missed the looks between Hermione and Neville, looks that clearly said they should have done right by Harry and spoken up for Severus Snape.
The surprise attacks by death eaters seemed to escalate after the story of Harry Potter leaving the magical world, but attacks on any friends or even acquaintances of Harry happened daily. Ron ended up in St Mungo’s and at one time they thought he wouldn’t make it, he did, but was badly scarred and had a permanent limp. Hermione had suffered similar injuries, one injury she did receive was fiend fyre that caught her hair so the right side of her face was now badly burned, her skin shrivelled and red, and being caused by dark magic, it could not be healed. Padma Patil who was shopping with her sister Parvati, was attacked, but Padma died in her sister’s arms, Michael Corner who had tried to help the girls ended up dead next to his friends. The Burrow was being attacked constantly so the Weasley family had to leave which meant they had to stay with Muriel again, none being too happy about that arrangement. Because Hogwarts had lost all its enchantments due to the battle, they could not be replaced until everything was repaired, so the old castle was also being attacked daily. Argus Filch who survived the battle of Hogwarts even though he was a squib, died when a spell aimed at Minerva McGonagall missed and hit him in the chest. Rolanda Hooch and Pomona Sprout was also killed the following day in another attack. The ministry was overwhelmed with calls for help, the few aurors that remained were working with little sleep trying to find the dark witches and wizards causing these attacks but it seems when the aurors arrive at the place they were hiding, the death eaters were gone, they kept changing their hideout and the ones the aurors found were ones the death eaters used but wasn’t known to the ministry, until now.
Over the first sixth months since Harry Potter left, the attacks were always reported in every paper in the hope that if their saviour would read about one of his friends being injured or killed then he might return which would give the people hope of surviving just like the boy who lived gave everyone hope they would survive Voldemort. Most people thought when the evil dark lord died at the hands of Harry Potter that their world would be safe, but it wasn’t, it was worse, but everyone was blaming the ministry because their hero left. The death eaters and supporters of Voldemort just didn’t seem to care about being seen, they attacked and vanished, they killed without remorse, whether it was a muggle, a witch, a wizard, an elderly man or woman, even a child. Everyone prayed for the return of Harry Potter in the hope he could stop the bloodshed but so far he had not been seen and no one was sure he would ever be seen again. There were even calls to have Severus Snape released straight away in the hope that Harry Potter would return if his lover was given back to him, but those calls were ignored which meant Harry Potter ignored all calls for help. Some who had been close to Harry said he will never return because he felt betrayed. He would usually help and protect anyone, but the magical world took away the one person Harry loved to as far as he was concerned, they were on their own.
Harry read the paper with no feeling what so ever, but he did decide to do something. The ones that betrayed him would hear his word, how to Harry, they were dead.
A large barn owl flew into the kitchen and dropped a letter in front of Ron before flying off. Ron unfolded the letter and read.
‘All you Weasley’s deserve to burn in hell, let’s hope they kill you, HP,’ Ron scrunched the letter up and threw it in the fireplace then looked at Hermione, who had not spoken to him in days, but these days Hermione hardly spoke, she never even lifted her head anymore and kept her hair covering her badly scarred face.