Bathroom scene- A different outcome

[eggplant107]

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 juli17 at ... wrote:

> I'm been thinking, what if Snape HADN'T been lurking nearby when
> Harry used the Sectumsempra on Draco? What if Draco had bled
> to death on that bathroom floor before Harry could find help?
> What would this mean for Harry, and for the story?

It would mean Dumbledore would still be alive and the world would be a
better place

> Though he might still be expelled
> from Hogwarts, if we go by McGonagall's canon comments.

McGonagall is strict but fair, I just can't imagine she would expel a
student for defending himself against a unforgivable curse. But it
wouldn't be McGonagall's call to make, it would be Dumbledore's. But
it's all irrelevant, Harry isn't going back to Hogwarts. 

> But how would it affect Harry emotionally?
> Would Harry be able  to  live with the
> knowledge that he killed someone?

In a time of war millions of people have done just that, people who
were once little boys just as nice as Harry. And remember, Harry is no
longer a little boy.  

> I know police officers who have killed
> in the line of duty often have a hard 
> time dealing with that fact

I like to think Harry is tougher than that. If Achilles had wept EVERY
time he killed someone in battle who was trying to kill him we
wouldn't be remembering the Iliad 2500 years later. I certainly hope
Harry kills someone before the series is over. Besides, Draco is a
slime ball, in war good people often kill people much better than Draco. 

Eggplant