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Originally posted by christiangirl
Oh, that's not what I meant. I just said that Harry may leave the Dursleys in search of a better place to live. I call him fool-hardy because he's made so many bad mistakes after the warnings of those who've tried to protect him. Since I don't see the Dursleys treating him any nicer (do you?) I think there's a good chance that he may go live in the wizarding world no matter what Dumbledore said. For one, he should be old enough to have full access to his inheritance, so that wouldn't stop him (does he have the keys to the vault? he's never gotten money out w/out an adult with him). For two, if this whole Harry/Voldemort thing is settled by Book 7, what danger would there be? He'd be free to live his life.
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I don't think it would be wise for Harry to leave the Dursley's. Here's why...
OotP, chapter 2 (page 40), Aunt Petunia recieves the howler (from Dumbledore but we don't know it was from him at the time) saying "Remember my last, Petunia", she then insists (with complaints from Vernon and Dudley) that Harry stays (with them).
Then chapter 37 (starting on page 835) Dumbledore starts to explain things to Harry, including why he is with the Dursley's. (And I'm quoting directly from the book page 836)
"I am speaking, of course, of the fact that your mother died to save you. She gave you a lingering protection he never expected, a protection that flows in your veins to this day. I put my trust, therefore, in your mother's blood. I delivered you to her sister, her only remaining relative...she may have taken you grudgingly, furiously, unwillingly, bitterly, yet she still took you, and in doing so sealed the charm I placed upon you. Your mother's sacrifice made the bond of blood the strongest sheild I could give you...while you still call home the place where your mother's blood dwells, there you cannot be touch or harmed by Voldemort. He shed her blood, but it lives in you and her sister."
With that being said, yes Harry has done some stupid things (he's a kid) but I don't think he would deliberately leave the Dursley's when he knows that during the term he is safe at Hogwarts and during the summer he is safe at the Dursley's. As much as he despises the latter he knows about the charm now. He knows that Voldemort can't get to him there.
Just my opinion.
