Author's Note – I'd really like to know what you guys think of this chapter I hope you don't find it to dramatic but it just came to me and I had to write so I hope you like it.

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Chapter 7 – Runaway

Kori woke up surrounded in darkness she looked at the bottom of the door and saw no light coming in guessing it was night time. She had heard Aunt Petunia and Dudley return from the trip to the hospital and barber earlier that evening. She also heard Vernon go on and on about how horrible she was and got all that she deserved and that she would be getting more soon.

'I miss Harry... I hate it hear I don't want to stay here anymore... I'll leave that's what I'll do I'll leave and find Harry and I can go to his school with him. Surely they'll let me stay I'm smart enough.' Kori thought to herself and suddenly had a new found determination. She slowly lifted herself up off the cot with a wince biting her lip as she did so. She touched the door softly; it didn't move and she let out a sigh. She knew it wouldn't be that easy. She closed her eyes tightly, 'I wish this stupid door was unlocked. I wish it was unlocked.' she thought over and over again, silently hoping that her magic would help her like it had in the past.

She heard the sound of the lock and feared that her uncle had woken up; she let out a surprised gasp though as the cupboard door swung open an inch. 'It can't be as easy as that can it?' she thought with a slight smile and touched the door lightly it opened all the way. The hallway was lit up slightly by the moonlight. 'This is my chance, it could be my only chance... and I'm gonna take it.' she thought and slowly climbed out of the cupboard, her right arm up against her ribs to support them. 'Food I'm gonna need food.' she thought and headed into the kitchen, glancing at the clock over the stove seeing that it was three o' clock in the morning

Korrine grabbed a shopping bag and went to the kitchen. She quietly opened the fridge and pulled out the pudding cups and carrots sticks that she knew Dudley would never eat no matter how hard Petunia tried to get him to eat them along with a couple juice boxes. She closed the fridge heading over to the cupboard and grabbed a couple packages of crackers then tied the bag together. She headed towards the front door and bit her lip looking up the stairs, the nights where getting colder, she knew she shouldn't risk going up stairs for the small flimsy jacket that she had but she knew in the long run it'd help. She set the bag of food down on the ground and slowly made her way up the stairs, making sure to miss the steps that creaked. Kori reached the landing and headed to the room with all the locks on the door and pushed it open. She put another shirt on over the one she had with difficulty and a small whimper because of her ribs then put on her jacket as she as she was leaving the room she stopped and saw a small a small figurine, a knight in armor riding on a horse, it belonged to Harry one of his few possessions. Her small shaky reached out and grabbed the figurine putting it into her pant pocket. She badly wanted to take her Hogwarts, A History book but knew it was too big to be carrying around; it would only slow her down. With one last sad look at the room, she exited it.

Kori stepped out into the hall closing the door behind her with a soft click when she suddenly heard a loud snort from her uncle and aunt's room she stopped dead in her tracks with wide eyes awaiting to see her uncle appear in the doorway but he never came and she let out a deep sigh of relief which then caused her to wince as she did so. She headed back down the stairs slowly and reached the front door, picking up the bag of food, she unlocked the locks and put her hand on the doorknob and stalled for a moment while biting her lip she could leave and try to find her brother and hope that there would be a life of no more bruises and being hit or she could stay endure being a slave and being hit for small amounts of food. 'I'm so leaving, anything is better than this.' she thought and opened the door stepping out into the night closing the door behind her and headed down the front drive and onto the sidewalk. She stopped at the sidewalk and started down the street heading away from the gated community of Privet Drive.

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Kori had been on the streets for three days now she'd made her way to London, able to get onto a train that took her there, climbing on while hiding between a group of people. Her bruises where slowly starting to heal. On the other hand, her ribcage was a nasty shade of black and purple bruises and it hurt to move a lot. Something was definitely broken, she had a constant throbbing pain emitting from her ribs. She was almost out of food all she had left was a juice box, a couple carrot sticks and one pack of crackers left. 'I should have saved the food but I was so hungry' she thought mournfully as she sat at a picnic table. No one else was around, the night sky was up in the air all the other children where snuggled in their beds while she was out in the cold. It was well after midnight probably by three hours or so but Kori hadn't been tired; having slept most of the day away in an alley behind a laundry shop. Suddenly she heard a hooting and she looked up into the sky, a bright smile lit up her face.

"Hedwig!" she exclaimed and held out her arm for the snowy owl to land on. She didn't know if the owl would be able to find her after she had left the Dursleys and was ecstatic to know she'd be able to communicate with her brother. It would make finding him much easier.

The owl hooted softly as it perched on her arm. She petted the owl with a smile. "Hey girl let's see what you got for me." she said and took the small pouch off of Hedwig. Inside was a letter, extra parchment, an ink well, and a quill. Kori searched deeper and found a biscuit wrapped in paper. "Bingo!" she whispered to herself and took the biscuit out inhaled deeply enjoying the smell and took a small bit savoring it. She opened the letter from Harry and read it.

Dear Kori,

How are you? I hope aunt Petunia and uncle Vernon are treating you alright. Wish you were at Hogwarts with me you'd love it. You won't believe what I found, there's this mirror at the school called the mirror of erised. Its shows you what you desire most, and in it I saw you and me and you won't believe it I saw mum and dad! you look just like mum everyone says I look like a mix of them but wait until they see you it'll be like they are seeing double. But Dumbledore caught me looking at it and had it moved saying he doesn't want me going after it again. Well I got to go I have transfiguration soon. Hope you are alright, miss you and wish you were here.

Love, Harry

Kori smiled as she read the letter. She missed Harry dearly and couldn't wait to see him. She let out a small gasp of awe at Harry's mention of a mirror that showed their parents and had wanted to see but since the headmaster Dumbledore moved it she highly doubted she'd be able to. She took the extra parchment, ink and quill that Harry always sent out of the pouch and leaned on the picnic table in front of her where Hedwig was now sitting.

"Here you go girl for your trouble of having to look everywhere for me." she said and tore off a piece of the biscuit and fed it to the bird who happily accepted it and then put the rest of the biscuit into her food bag. She took the lid off the ink well, dipped the quill inside, and began to write her letter to Harry. Her handwriting with a quill had greatly improved over the past weeks of writing.

Dear Harry,

That mirror sounds so cool I wish I would have been able to see it and I can't wait to go to Hogwarts. I have been much better though. Harry you need to know that I ran away. I ran away from the Dursley's three days ago after uncle Vernon beat me up again. I punched Dudley in the nose and turned his hair pink and I got it bad. I think one of my ribs is broken but I can still move so that's a good thing. I just had to get away Harry it's gotten so much worse since you left I couldn't take it anymore I'm gonna come to your school surely they'll let me stay I'm definitely smart enough for school. I need to know where it is though so I can come and find you. If you could let me know that'd be great. I miss you and love you hope to hear from you and see you soon.

Kori was about to sign her name as she heard a group of people approaching her she lifted her head up and saw a group of teens coming towards her. She tensed as they came closer and closer there were three boys. Their clothes had holes in them and were dirty not unlike Kori's. These boys were obviously homeless.

"Hey kid what are you doing out so late? Aren't your parents gonna be worried?" One of the boys asked.

"My-my parents are dead and I ra-ran away." Kori said to the boy as the other two came and sat at the picnic table across from her.

"Hear that guys she ra-ran away." Another one of the boys said teasing her about her stutter and Kori glared at the kid. "What have you got here?" He said and grabbed the bag of her food that was on the table.

"That's mine!" Kori said and stood up reaching for it and grabbing the bag, the other two boys let out a round of 'ooohs'.

"Well you know it's nice to share with others." The guy said and tried to pull the bag from Kori.

"I don't care that's mi-mine and I want it back." Kori said and pulled on the bag trying to pull it from the older boy.

The boy rolled his eyes and pulled at the bag again but Kori wouldn't let go. She pulled at the bag back towards her. Kori held her own being, surprisingly strong for a girl her size, although it hurt her ribs to do such movement she wasn't about to let the boy take her only source of nourishment from her without a fight. They continued back and forth in the game of tug of war before the boy let out an aggravated noise and quickly pulled something out of his pocket and jabbed it at Kori. She yelped out as she suddenly felt a sharp burning pain in her stomach, she looked down and saw that she was bleeding. Korrine looked back up at the guy with wide eyes that had tears welling up in them and she fell to the ground holding her stomach.

"What were you thinking you shouldn't have stabbed her she's just a kid!" one of the boys yelled and went up to her to see if she was ok. "Are you ok can you hear me?" he asked her his head looming over hers.

"Leave her Craig come on we have to get out of here now!" One of the other boys and the boy named Craig looked torn. "

I'm sorry." He said to Kori before he ran off with his friends.

The pain was nearly unbearable Kori kept gasping for air which was causing her chest to hurt more and she looked up at the stars just thinking how pretty they were. 'I'm dying this is how I'm gonna die.' Kori thought as tears from the thought and the pain streamed down her dirty face. Suddenly she felt something nipping at her ear and she turned her head to see Hedwig.

"Hedwig." She said softly she lifted one of her bloodied hands and petted the bird leaving a stain of red blood on the pure white feathers. 'I have to get a letter to Harry.' She thought and sat up letting out a loud cry of pain as she did so she crawled over to the picnic table and sat down on the bench of it she let go of her wound and picked up the quill with one hand while the other held the paper in place. At the bottom of the letter she'd been writing in shaky large letters she wrote.

Been stabbed need help fast Redwood Park London.

She quickly folded the letter and put it in the pouch attached to Hedwig's leg. "Here girl hurry take this to Harry." She said to the bird that hooted sadly and nipped at her ear once before flying off. Kori stumbled over to a tunnel in the playground equipment where she'd been spending her nights she crawled into the tube and laid down both hands pressed to the wound her teeth chattering slightly as she rest her head down and closed her eyes.

"Someone please find me." She whispered and fell asleep.

Author's Note - So I was a little worried about what you everyone would think of this chapter I hope you enjoyed it. Let me know in a review please. Thanks for reading.