Harry leaving Privet Drive

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 93540

Kimberly wrote:
> My thought has always been that once Voldemort was defeated, Harry
would be able to leave Privet Drive and call some other place "home".
 I've more recently had the thought that perhaps in book 7 something
happens to all 3 of the Dursley's and Harry, having lived there for 16
or so years and perhaps being "of  legal age", automatically acquires
the house due to their death.   (This is assuming they don't have it
willed to someone else, but there are no other relatives on Petunia's
side and the only relative we've heard mention of on Vernon's side is
Aunt Marge).    If this is the case, then Harry could still call
Privet Drive "home" and the charm from his Mother's sacrifice would be
with him always.   

Carol:
That's an interesting thought, but since he'll probably inherit
Sirius's house (after a legal struggle with the Malfoys), I don't
think he'll need another house, especially in Muggle Little Whinging.
More to the point, I think the "blood" protection applies only when
Petunia is alive and only against LV himself. If LV is permanently
destroyed, the charm will no longer be needed or valid.

Possibly he'll choose his seventeenth birthday, the day he comes of
age, to leave the Dursleys permanently. What terms that would be on, I
don't know, but I for one don't want him to stoop to their level and
throw a bunch of hexes in revenge. It would be funny, though, if he
could just "banish" his luggage to Hogwarts, send Hedwig ahead of him,
and apparate (with some red and gold sparks thrown in for effect)
right in front of their eyes. A conspicuous bit of magic to embarrass
and "disgrace" them in front of the whole neighborhood.

On second thought, I don't think he'll be able to leave so
dramatically or permanently at that point because LV won't have been
defeated yet and he'll have a whole school year in front of him before
the final battle. It will be too soon to burn his bridges and safest
to leave the "blood" charm in effect as long as he can. Maybe he'll
even end up saving the Dursleys, or at least Dudley and Petunia. But I
very much doubt that he'll inherit their house, or that he would want to.

Carol