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This story means a lot to me.

I wrote this in one of my exams and when I came back home I wanted to keep it with me so I wrote it on Word again.

I wrote it thinking, "I'll not get any marks for this clichéd idea about how a person met their favourite character from a book" but also thinking, "It's what I need right now."

When I wrote it, it was my birthday,  and writing this story on my exam paper was the most liberating feeling ever.

We were given the first sentence as a prompt and had to write after that.

I needed this that day, and things weren't so great, but writing this, just for those fifteen minutes feeling as if Harry is really with me, it made a lot of difference.

Manan was me, I was him. I still am.

It's really absurd and also illogical to wish Harry was real. A character from a book many think is overrated.

It's not though. Its the most beautiful thing you'll ever read. The most warm you'll ever feel.

I really wish everyone experiences the book the way I had. They were the best four months of my life.

Even after I finished the book, I used to keep it with me. Any one book from the series I used to find in the library. The only reason being that I felt safe with it.

And I know, many of you don't even relate one bit to it, and might just think wow, so it's another Harry Potter fan here.

But in times when I couldn't talk to anyone, couldn't tell anyone that I feel helpless, I found it easier to tell it to Harry. My day had gone nicely after that.

Harry, to many, is a best friend. Once you read it you'll feel like that too. Some feel motherly affection for him, some find him okay because really he's an idiot. A sweet one.

I, personally, love him.

I know after all that JKR has done lately, people don't want to read Harry Potter or make her profit from it. It doesn't sit well with many, and it shouldn't. Human rights aren't a debatable matter. But it's been years of me not associating her with Harry Potter so it's not hard for me to do it right now too, it's sad that so many people's experience is tainted because of her. As much as I hate that she profits from this, it's very funny to think how her own characters wouldn't stand with her.

Do give the books a chance. Don't buy them but if you can get them online or something, or from a library, that would be cool.

To anyone who loves Harry as much as I do, this is for you.