Title: Run

Summary: "Granger, you've been the only thing that's right in all I've done." In the mist of war can two people fine the path they were always meant to find? AU takes place after HBP.

Disclaimer: Thank you J.K Rowling for creating the world and characters of Harry Potter. I do not own Harry Potter. All characters and situations in this story are all based on the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. I think I covered everything.

Chapter 2

A New Way of Life

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear

Bristol

It had almost been two months since the last time Draco did magic. It had been 3 days of running at the time and Draco was able to exchange his gallons for muggle money without too much of a hassle. The day he decided to stop using his wand for fear of being tracked happened to be his seventeenth birthday a day he had been waiting for all his life. He was finally legal to use his magic freely and instead hadn't touched his wand since.

That day changed his world forever everything that he was taught turn into a lie. He didn't want to be found, going to another country would be fruitless death eaters were everywhere recruiting. He instead came up with the most logical solution he would live as a muggle blend into their society and hopefully be forgotten by the magical world at least until this war was over. Draco spent his days in public places and nights in random hostels searching in vain for some normalcy.

That day he happened to spend his day in a park. He waited and watched his surroundings; a group of muggles were playing some sort of game where they kicked a ball around a few meters away. Couples walked passed him holding hands, and small children could be heard behind him. His day went by pretty much the same until a group of teens his own age walked passed him. He could feel their gaze on him but instead of acknowledging it he slumped down on the bench and leaned his head back so he was staring at the sky. A few seconds passed until his view was soon blocked by a shadow bringing his head back up he noticed a boy standing in front of them.

"My friend over there thinks you're cute, she would probably fuck you if you wanted to." The boy explained bluntly.

Draco looked over at the group and saw a pretty redhead wave to him, "That's nice…but I don't think she would be pleased on how you phrased that to me"

The boy looked back at his friend and then smiled back at Draco. "Nah she knows she's a sult." Draco laughed a bit were all muggles so forward? "The names Sid," The boy introduced himself extending his hand.

Draco looked at his hand and slowly extended his own, "Draco."

"That's an unusual name now I'm certain you don't go to school with us." Sid said keep up conversation, "I would remember hearing a name like that going around."

"I don't go to school" Draco explained.

"Do you live around here?" The boy asked

"No" Draco replied shaking his head.

Sid gave him a funny look before asking another question, "So what are you doing here?"

"I just needed a change I guess." Sid nodded with sudden understanding that Draco wasn't expecting from a boy he just met.

"You know change. It's a wonderful thing." Sid began sitting next to Draco he started waving his hands around. "Look, you know how subatomic particles don't obey physical laws? They act according to chance, chaos, and coincidence. They run into each other in the middle of the universe somewhere and bang! Energy! We're the same as that. That's the great thing about the universe: unpredictable. That's why it's so much fun."

"What?" Draco asked not understanding a word that was just said.

"Okay let me ask you this, what do you want from life right now?" Sid asked becoming serious.

"I just want to be seventeen." It was the most honest thing Draco had ever said.

"That I can help you with, you see were all going to this party tonight to celebrate our summer break that we have, you should come with us, you can crash at my place for a couple days too if you'd like I live with my older brother and he's always working so he's not around much so it shouldn't be a problem." Sid suggested getting up off the bench.

"You don't live with your parents?" Draco asked not thinking how personal that question really was. Sid just shrugged his shoulders.

"Well you see dad was never really around and for my mum well apparently I was just too much of a handful for her so basically it's just been me and my brother." Sid started walking back to his group. Draco sat there deciding what his plan should be until Sid paused and turned back around. "Are you coming let's go?" With that Draco picked up his book bag and ran to meet up with Sid.

That had only been weeks ago but now it felt so far away. He had created a new muggle life away from a soon to be war torn wizarding world. He was now living with Sid and his brother Ted in their small worn down flat. He now had a job working under the table for an old man in a used book store to help pay for rent. Ted had told him he could stay as long as he needed or wanted to as long as he was enroll in the local college for September. He told him just because he was trying to find himself didn't mean he could skip out on an education. Draco didn't mind the stipulations he had made a good friend and he now had a roof over his head for the first time in his life he was content.

Turning a page in a science book that he borrowed from work Draco tried to absorb the books contents to the maximum. He now reasoned this was what Granger must feel like all the time. Trying to catch up on years of knowledge from a different world was tough but Draco was learning quickly. He even figured out how to use a computer and owned his own mobile.

"Jesus all you ever do is read." Sid said as he entered the small room that they shared.

"It's interesting." Draco fired back not lifting his eyes from the page.

Sid bent his head to read the front cover of Draco's book. "Physics is interesting?" Draco finally looked up from his book to give Sid his full attention. "So apparently Freddy's cousin invited him to this really posh party in London and she said he could bring some friends if we brought some pills with us so are you in?"

Draco put his book aside and laughed, "Do I even have a choice?"

"Not really" Sid explained walking back out of their room turning back around he added. "And put on something nice were going to be around some very classy girls I don't need you embarrassing me."

…..

The Burrow

The wedding was wonderful, people were joyous and for a moment Hermione had forgotten that just in the horizon there was a war coming. Hermione could feel she was being watched turning around she spotted Ron looking at her. She quickly turned back around blushing, her thoughts soon concentrated on him only. She went back to earlier in the day she was explaining her emergency exit plans in case they needed to start their Horcrux hunting sooner than they thought.

"Ron I need you to keep this on you at all times." She handed him over a knapsack.

"What's it for." He had asked her.

"Just in case it has Harry's and your stuff packed in it. Mine is a little beaded bag they both have an extendable charm on them." She had explained.

"Hermione you're brilliant." He smiled at her until worry washed over his face. "It's going to be dangerous."

"Ron it's always been dangerous but we chose our fate a long time ago." Hermione had explained to him.

He suddenly brushed her hair back caressing her cheek, "I just couldn't live with myself if anything were to ever happen to you."

Blinking a few times Hermione brought herself back to the present. She scanned her surroundings finding Harry talking to a group of older wizards. Fred and George were dancing merrily around with Ginny and everything seemed to be perfect.

Hermione looked out into the night sky she could see a strange light. The more she looked at it the more she realized that the ball of light was headed in their direction. It soon sliced through the canopy and exploded in a burst of light. The sudden silence was pounding in Hermione's ears and everyone sat motionless interested by the hovering ball of light. It soon spoke her worst fears.

The Ministry has fallen. The

Minister of Magic is dead. They are coming...There're coming.

The light dissolved and chaos soon brook out everywhere but for Hermione everything seemed to be going in slow motion. She spotted Harry right away he was shouting for Ginny desperately trying to fight his way to her. She looked around but could not see Ron. She began screaming his name fear surging through her. Black clouds of smoke were now everywhere the Death Eaters had found them. Glass shattered and Hermione was thrown to the ground. Getting up she spotted Ron, he had Harry by the shoulder preventing him from going after Ginny.

She shouted his name once more, their eyes locked as she started sprinting across the tent. He had a look in his eyes that slowed her down. Stopping a meter away from him she could see the words he was muttering to her.

"I'm sorry" He repeated it several times before he and Harry disappeared before her eyes. She screamed a heart retching scream that silenced the chaos for a split second. Looking around at the carnage going on around her she got her wits about her and Apparated away to the first place that entered her mind.

London

A sound of a horn blew could be heard as she stumbled out of traffic once on the safety of the sidewalk Hermione starts to tremble. How could he have left her, they needed her, Ron was not protecting her by abandoning her like he did. For all she knew she was in greater danger now then she was.

The streets were teeming with drunken pub crawlers. Hermione didn't know where to go she looked around strangers were bumping into her every which way. Her vision began to blur and she could not breathe what was happening. Was she going to die she could feel streaks of tears dripping down her face. She was losing it and there was no one around to help her.

"Granger?" She could hear a voice saying her name but didn't respond.

"My god her lip is bleeding what happened?"

"Do you know her?"

Voice after voice could be heard but she paid no attention to it. Until she heard her name being called once again.

"Granger"

"Granger"

"Hermione"

As soon as she heard the sound of her first name she settled a little before she began to speak to the person whom was holding her still. "He left me, he left me."

"Jesus Christ, give me something to calm her down."

Hermione continued to repeat her previous statements. She could feel someone wiping her tears away. It felt soothing but see still could not focus on anything.

"Shh, Hermione I need you to take these so we can calm you down." She started shaking her head she could feel two small pills being pushed into her mouth. The voice began to speak again.

"Swallow, I need you to swallow Hermione please just listen to me." She felt comfort in that voice she did not know why, for the first time since the attack and without any more hesitation she did what she was told and everything faded away into bliss.

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