"Mr Potter. You cannot simply barge into the Headmaster's office whenever you want."

"Oh it's quite alright Minerva. It's quite alright." Dumbledore said with a raised hand and that was enough to cow the old lioness. "Harry my boy. What brings you to this here today. It's not everyday that a student comes to meet this old man of his own violation." Dumbledore said jovially but Harry's expression remained cold as he passed a piece of parchment to Dumbledore received the parchment with a raised eyebrow.

"What is it my boy?" he asked without a look at the parchment.

"My resignation letter from Hogwarts school sir." He said without a hint of emotion and heard Minerva gasp as his words while Albus went still at his proclamation before he lowered his spectacles and started reading the parchment with a grim expression and finished reading it just as quickly before shaking his head.

"Why would you want to leave Hogwarts Mr Potter?" Minerva asked with more concern than she ever showed for Hermione.

"Many reasons Professor. Would you like to hear them?" he asked calmly and at her nod, he started.

"The number one reason would be the and discrimination I've seen in the school by the children of pureblood houses against Muggleborns. I do not want associate myself with an institution that condones such bigotry between it's own students."

"We don't not condone Bigotry Mr Potter." Minerva said with a bit of steel in her voice this time but just waved her away.

"You may not actively condone it but you never do anything against it either which only gives the purebloods even more freedom to discriminate against other muggleborns. That's as good as condoning in my book Professor."

Before she could say anything, he raised another finger in the air and continued.

"The number two reason would be the lack of good teachers in the school."

Mivera's expression turned grim at that but before she could say anything, he interrupted her once again.

"Professor Binns. Who is ghost and whose classes are used a nap time by almost all the students in my class."

"Professor Quirrel. Who stutters so much that it's hard for anyone to even understand what he was saying let alone learn anything from him."

"And Professor Snape…"

"Professor Snape is a certified Potions Master Mr Potter." Minerva interrupted but he continued without a change in his voice.

"That may be. But he's not a good teacher. In fact, not only is he not a good teacher, he actively insults other students in his class and shows blatant favouritism for his Slytherins. Plus I've my own share of incidents where he actively tried to single me out and humiliate me in front of the whole class."

"I assure you Mr Potter. He meant no such thing by…" Minerva started but was interrupted by his glare.

"Oh stop it Professor. You and I both know what kind of person he is. So don't even try." He said.

"Those three incompetent people teach us half of our subject." He snarled with contempt "You people say that Hogwarts is the greatest magical school in the whole world and maybe it was, a few centuries or a few decades ago. But as it is now, I don't see how Hogwarts could even be called good. Let alone the 'greatest' wizarding school."

"Harry…" Dumbledore started but he was interrupted by Harry raising his hand once again.

"I'm not finished yet Headmaster." He said gravely.

"The third would be the fact that you professors blatantly ignore various instances of bullying by other students. And yes Professor Minerva I'm talking about Hermione."

"Did I ever tell you about my History Headmaster?" he asked as he looked at Dumbledore's eyes, knowing full well that if the old man tried legilimency on him, then he would know. "Did you know how I was treated back in that house by my relatives?" he asked with no small amount of venom laced in his voice.

"No. I don't think you do. Why would you? I was one among many other students attending your school and you're a busy man so you probably don't know but let you tell one thing."

"Vernon Dursley, my uncle is currently serving 15 years of time in a prison on account of Child Abuse and Domestic Violence because he was caught in the act of beating me because I was freak." Both Dumbledore and Minerva flinched at that and it seemed as if Dumbledore had suddenly aged a full decade while Minerva gave him a stern glare which promised that they would be having a talk after they were done talking with him.

"Yes. I've most of my life in an abusive environment where I was constantly beaten by my uncle and aunt while my cousin actively tried to harass me because I was a freak."

"That was one of the reason why I usually stay away from other people. Especially older people. And also the reason why I don't usually make friends."

"But I made one in this school." He said and suddenly Dumbledore looked a bit hopeful but then he continued.

"Hermione is perhaps the brightest witch in her class which was probably why I became her friend but imagine my surprise when I found out that my only friend was being bullied by her classmates and being call a know-it-all while the teachers watched from the sidelines and even her own head of house refused to help her on the account that we had not proof of her being bullied." He finished with a heated glare at Minerva whose face had gone pale at his lashing.

"I don't it when people discriminate against other people based on stupid things like someone's blood status but I hate it even more when others are bullied simply because they're better than others at something."

"Those are my primary reasons for wanting to drop out of the school though there are a few other reasons as well. But that's not important right now."

"So please sign the resignation letter Headmaster so that I can get rid of this school that claims to the greatest magical school in the world" he said mockingly "And falls far short when it come to delivering on it."

"After this I would probably talk with Hermione's parents as well and tell her how badly she has been treated in this school and will make sure to take her with me when I'm leaving Hogwarts."

By now Minerva had gone as white as a sheet because of his admonishments while Dumbledore merely looked sad.

"Where do you think you'll go after you leave Hogwarts my boy?" he asked sadly and Harry shook his head.

"Frankly. It's none of your business Headmaster. But since you asked so nicely, I was thinking of going to Bauxbaton in France or Castelobruxo in Brazil. Aside from that, I was also thinking about searching for magical schools in USA or Australia. And this time, I would make sure that those schools are actually delivering on their words so that I would not be hoodwinked like I was when I joined Hogwarts."

"My boy, both of your parents graduated from this school. I don't think they would have approved of your decision of leaving the school." Dumbledore said with a disappointed look that would have crushed any other student but this Harry knew how manipulate Dumbledore was behind is kind grandfatherly facade so he didn't fell for his manipulations one bit.

"On the contrary headmaster. I think my parents would want me to have the best education that their hard earned money could afford. Especially if they could see how far this joke of a school has fallen."

"Mr Potter. I forbid you from saying anything more about Hogwarts." Minerva almost shouted but Harry simply looked at her with an unimpressed gaze.

"Why? Can't bear to hear the truth?" he asked mockingly which only infuriated her even more.

"Harry. I don't think any other schools will allow admission at this time in the year. So how about spending the year at Hogwarts and then thinking about your decision once again at the end of the year?" Dumbledore asked sadly, all the while maintaining his disappointed look and Harry held the urge to sneer at the manipulative bastard.

"And spend a whole year by accosted by students simply because I'm the boy-who-lived? I think not Headmaster."

And from there, their argument divulged from topic to topic as Dumbledore tried to reason with him to make him stay in the school, making promises about how he would try his best to improve it up to better standards while Harry remained unimpressed by his false promises.

Dumbledore had also promised Snape that would do everything in his power to protect Lily and her child.

From that single event, Harry knew all too well what Dumbledore's promises were worth.

The answer was Jack shit.

And when his false promises didn't work either, Dumbledore finally showed his true colors.