As he receives the letter informing him of his expulsion from Hogwarts for defending himself, Harry breaks. It's as if all his hopes shatter at once, irreversibly.
Haunted. Exhausted. He feels nothing anymore. Only emptiness.
His eyes drift over Dumbledore's letter with that same vacant gaze. Then, something ignites. A flame. Silent. Fierce.
Harry makes a decision.
One that will change the course of History.















