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What a cute "epilog".
Not.
A cliffhanger for a sequel that is thirteen years late?
That's worse than the Canon crapilog.

The story is worth reading as a character study on a Harry Potter who grows thru adversity. I greatly enjoyed the storytelling and plot, as well as the very well done "expanded" Sorting Hat.
It is, however, Not Complete.

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In eight hundred years Harry was the only one to make an attempt to befriend Sternley. And, if Harry learned about anything from the Dursleys, it was loneliness.
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Damn. That's definitely rough. Not the first time I've seen Hat as a horcrux, but the first time I've seen him have a personality that wasn't just a dirty old man.

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I've already started work on a sequel, which I hope will be ready to start getting posted
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13 years later:
*sad sigh*

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"Come, Harry," said the Headmaster in a quiet voice. "Sit."

Harry didn't sit, instead he stepped over to the window, opened it and took in a deep breath of the fresh night's air.
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Nice. Your sheep is not doing tricks at your command dumbles... that had to sting.

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All of the magic that infused the castle, every charm, enchantment and secret Hogwarts had to offer. He could discern old spells pulsing through the school like his own heartbeat. But it wasn't natural; there was something polished and exquisitely engineered about it, almost like an intricate machine.
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Whoa... what's up there? Has he gained a magic sensing skill/ ability?

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The details of the prophecy are not important
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At least he gives Harry the gist, even if he does continue to play head games

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"That voice I've been hearing," said Harry, realisation blossoming in his head. "That's—?"

"No," said Dumbledore. "No, that's not Voldemort inside your head. The Dark Lord wouldn't help you."

"So who—?" began Harry again.

"That's not my story to tell," replied Dumbledore. "Is it, Sternley?"

"I suppose not," replied the hat, sounding extremely reluctant. "That would be mine."
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*mind blown*

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"You've really never tried it before? Your aunt or uncle never offered you a sip of theirs as a kid?"

"I didn't really have that sort of childhood, professor."
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You better follow up on that Remus, or you're no better than the coward you were in Canon.

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"We've plenty of time when we're both at school for 'professor'."

Harry considered this. Was Lupin trying to instill some sense of comradeship between them? Was he putting them on a level playing field in order to win points with Harry? He snorted to himself; he was being paranoid.
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It's not paranoia if...

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Could you teach me how to duel like that?"
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"Considering how often this manner of situation seems to arise," he said. "I think it best if he did.
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No shite Sherlock?

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"Then I blew him into a thousand pieces of pompous confetti."
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Well, Harry has come A Long Way in his ability to process death.

Simply fantastic.
This is the first mention of a sequel and I am brokenhearted to see that it has been 5 years since you've posted anything. I'll finish this, of course, but I can only hope and pray that you are all right and that you are able to return to writing and finish this story.

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After all, what harm could come of a little light reading?"
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Yet another phrase Harry would never have thought himself saying just a few months ago.
Then again, there is very little of Harry's current circumstances that he would have thought possible. Even the day after the chamber this would sound too far fetched to consider as more than one of the "Young Harry Potter" fables sold to children

Very exciting stuff Harry may not be the most authoritative of leaders but he is definitely showing an early glimpse into the young man that led Dumbledore's Army at the age of 15.
I wonder if he is using the malfoi money? I would love love love! the irony of that!

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"I'm fine, Professor," replied Harry and found that, in all honesty, it was true. He was out of the woods, so to speak. "Believe it or not, somehow all of this has helped me. It's changed me, for better and for worse. I'm not as broken any more. Or at least, not in the same way."
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Very insightful... and kinda sad.

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"You, Harry," said the Headmaster, after a long time
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"Are a great deal wiser than you have any place to be."
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If necessity is the mother of learning then survival might just be Harry's 'mother' of wisdom

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"But I did once help a man escape it."
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Hah! OK, I admit that I am starting to not outright despise your Dumbledore.

Good old dumbles...

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Essentially, the better I feel about the way this is received, the more inclined I'm going to be to write more of the sequel.
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Ahhh, it's too be bribery then. Very well, I'm that case...
I shall go create another account and sneakily give another 50 stupendous reviews. You'll never see a frontal assault like that coming, just ask Sternley!

*Mind Blown*
I'm not sure where but sometime in the midst of walking thru these trials and overcoming personal demons, Harry Potter grew up.
And he is a badass.
And I love it!

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People keep telling me that these 'serial' chapters are too short. Other people tell me they're just right. I was considering, once the story is finished, going back and perhaps compiling them into longer chunks comprised of multiple scenes. Similarly, I was considering writing any potential future Valbonë sequels in longer, but more infrequent chapters. Any opinions?
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Write how you want to write, when you want to write. If readers don't like it, offer them their money back.

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It struck him that a month ago he wouldn't have considered a lie-in decadent. But he also realised that Valbonë and Bajram-Curi, not to mention the people of Cerem had changed his outlook on life. If not his fundamental character.
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Yeah, dumbles is not going to be pleased with the changes to his sacrificial lamb.

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"Climb?" he asked, and brought him to stand on the opposite side of the ridge, looking down into the adjacent valley. "I think not. You shall fly."

Harry gasped; for nestled inside a cleft in the steep valley side was a helicopter.
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Finally, something is going right lol
I do wonder, where is Vocerr's sword?

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"They're happy?" he asked Edi.

The man smiled.

"They're content," he corrected, and at Harry's frown, he continued. "They have their friends and family here to support them. Why wouldn't they be?"
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Something Harry will certainly be able to relate to... oh, wait.

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When she pulled away, she laughed at his horror-struck expression and bright red face.

"Whenever a warrior returns in the old tales, he is greeted by a kiss," she explained.
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HAH! He's got quite the little harem building. Not that any of them would likely tolerate sharing, but the trope is too good to ignore :D

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"Let's talk of war then, hat," he said and the three of them started to plan the defence of Albania.
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Fantastic!

While I can definitely see where some people would be upset with Harry's rather childish decision about Voldemort, I think it worthy of note that he is in fact still a child in many ways.
His decision was born of self-preservation as much as altruism, preservation of who he was as a person, knowing that if he didn't get rid of voldy quickly (and as peacefully as possible) that he might just become a dark lord in his own right.

Being sought as the Drangue - by grateful soldiers! - is a particularly excellent plot twist, nice job!

Holy Sheeee It!
Intensely written, excellent fight scene, well done!