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1. Cairo Doesn't Need a Chosen One by The_green_fairy

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   23 Nov 2025

   Tags

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   • Harry Potter/Severus Snape
   • Harry Potter
   • Severus Snape
   • Rejection of Destiny
   • Post-Order of the Phoenix
   • Harry Potter Refuses the Call
   • Harry runs away to Egypt after Sirius dies
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Harry Potter Needs a Hug
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Breaking Free from Voldemort
   • Protective Severus Snape
   • Wordcount: Over 100.000

   Summary

   After Sirius falls through the veil, Harry realizes he has a choice: die as the Chosen One or live as himself. He chooses himself.

   Armed with self-taught Apparition and a photograph torn from a muggle magazine, Harry disappears to Egypt. He trades his wand for anonymity, his galleons for a flat in Cairo, and his destiny for the simple freedom of surviving one more day.

   When Dumbledore sends Snape to drag him back, Harry refuses. And slowly, against all odds, he convinces Snape that they both deserve to live too.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   114,227

   Chapters:

   22/?

   Comments:

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