What if Harry was a little bit more rational? What if the years of abuse at the hands of the Dursleys took a toll on him? What if Snape paid a bit more attention to his students? Harry Potter had always longed for the day that he would escape his relatives. He had no friends and no other family since his parents died when he was a baby. But when he finds a mysterious letter in the mail, his whole life changes right before his eyes, and suddenly Harry is thrust into a world where he is famous for something he doesn't even remember doing. He's still learning how to write with a quill, and now he has to fight the darkest wizard ever known? Also posted on AO3