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False Protagonist

The trope you are trying to use is called false protagonist. Searching this term will provide some famous examples of how it has been done, but basically:

Begin as the false protagonist
Introduce the real protagonist as an alternate POV
Get rid of the false protagonist POV (usually by killing them)

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