Disclaimer- don't own the Potter series. Thanks for the reviews guys, special cookies to everyone. This chapter focuses more on the runaways.

After hours of driving, the runaways pulled over at a rest stop to pee and get some junk food. Pulling a cigarettes, Jimmy and Harry smoked it as they stood at the side of the building. "Harry where are you going to go?"

"I need to get back to England." Harry said as he took a puff of his cigarette. It was his first time smoking and he wasn't enjoying it.

Jimmy thought Harry was psycho. "Do you have to money for that?"

"No, but I'm going to have to contact a friend of mine's parents to get in touch with her, so my friends can get me."

"That sounds like shit, how are they going to find you if you don't have any place to go. Tri and me are going to California, to go live with her cousins. Do you have an idea where are you going to take T.C.?

"I'm taking him to England with me."

"You're a fucking idiot; you can't just take a child overseas. Seriously, why the fuck is he with us? He is seriously disturbed and the fact that he doesn't talk is messed up to."

Harry didn't want to reveal the secret, but he did. "I took him because William is fucking him and letting his stepdad have sex with him to. That so-called doctor was hurting him, not helping. I wasn't going to sit by and watch T.C. be abused in a place that's suppose to help him. I know I haven't thought the plan through, but he had to get out of there." Jimmy was speechless, he knew William was weird, but he never thought the man would have sex with a child. Before he could say anything, he heard Tri's voice.

"Hey are you guys ready to go," asked Tri as she and T.C. headed toward them. Wrapping her arm around Jimmy's waist, she rested her head on her boyfriend's shoulder. "We need to make plans; I'm sure by now William has figured out we're gone. Harry are you and T.C. coming with us to California?"

Harry didn't want to separate from the two just yet. "Yea until I find a way to get back to England." Getting into the car, the four started down the highway again.

Jimmy drove with one hand as he went down the highway. "We're going to have to switch cars soon and be on the look out for police. Before we official go to California does anyone need to stop anywhere?"

T.C. wanted to say something, but he had never talk around anyone except for Harry and William. Opening his mouth a little, he quickly closed it fearing that it wouldn't be right to talk. Harry noticed he was going to speak. "Hey do you want to go somewhere?" T.C. shook his head yes. "Tell us, before we get too far." T.C. gathered up enough strength to whisper home. "Why do you want to go home?"

"I need something," he whispered.

"Where do you live," asked Tri from the front seat. She was happy that she got to hear his voice for the first time. Not wanting to make him talk anymore, she searched the glove compartment, found a notepad and pen, and handed it to T.C. Taking the pad, T.C. wrote down his address and gave it back to Tri. "Lets see," Tri said checking the map. "Luckily you live in the same state, if we travel a couple hours south; then we can get there. Jimmy are you willing to drive to his house?"

"Yea," he said thinking about what Harry had told him.

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As the taxi that Severus and Petunia were in pulled up to the school, they saw police cars in the front yard. Jumping out the pair ran inside to find William talking to police. "What happened," Petunia asked in fear.

William was a bit surprised to see her, considering he hadn't contact the guardians to the runaways yet. "Mrs. Dursley, why are you here and not your husband?"

"I left him. Did something happen to Dudley or Harry?" Both William and Severus were surprised that Petunia had asked about Harry.

"Ma'am your nephew ran away with two of his friends and an emotionally disturbed little boy," answered William.

"Is Dudley here?"

"Yes, he's fine."

"Why did he run," asked Severus.

"I don't know sir; he was progressing here."

"Ma'am do you have legal custody of a Harry James Potter," asked a police officer.

Petunia had forgotten about the police for a second. "Yes, since he was a baby."

"Do you have an idea where he would go?"

"I guess back to Britain, but he doesn't have any money."

"Do you know why he would take a child?"

"No," she said.

"How old is the child," asked Severus. He thought it was strange that Potter would take someone.

William spoke to the strange man. "The child is right now ten, but will turn eleven in a week. He's been here for almost two years in October. We have to find him; if he has a severe panic attack, Harry wouldn't be able to help him.

Severus couldn't' wrap his mind around Harry taking a disturbed child. "Was Harry close to this child?"

"Harry had become a big brother to him." William failed to mention why the two had become close.

"What is being done to find them," asked Petunia.

"Well Mrs. Dursley, when my staff found out the children were not on school ground we immediately called the police. Who have their pictures and description; also they have the information about the car they are driving in."

"Harry can't drive," exclaimed Petunia.

"He might not, but his roommate James Sung who has gone with him can drive a motor vehicle."

A police officer didn't want to mention it, but it had to be said. "Mrs. Dursley if Harry had forcefully taken T.C. then he can be legally charged with kidnapping."

"But Harry is sixteen," she said.

"Regardless if he is a teenager if he forcefully took T.C. then he can be charged."

"What does the other children who are with Harry look like," Severus asked.

William pulled out three pictures. The first picture showed the most recent picture of Jimmy who had short black hair and dark brown eyes. The second picture of Tri showed her hair in braids and the third picture of T.C. showed an adorable caramel skinned boy with black hair and green eyes. "The first boy is James Sung who is seventeen, the girl is Trisha Holden who is going to turn seventeen in two months and the youngest boy is Talen Casteel. We are hoping in finding the children soon."

Damn Potter, thought Severus. How can you just take a child and run; when I get my hands on you after this; you'll wish would have never ran away. "Petunia, I have to let the others know about the recent developments. Do you want to come to?"

"Yes, Doctor you will contact me if anything else happens right?" asked Petunia as she gave William her cellphone number.

"Of course, if you want you may go see Dudley; he should be in class now." William had an assistant lead them to where Dudley was. He was extremely peeved that Potter had managed to get away. He swore if it took years, he would find him.

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Petunia squeezed her baby boy as she was reunited with Dudley. She was shocked to see that Dudley had already lost weight. "Dudley do you know anything about Harry leaving?"

"No, he just up and left. The police already questioned me; I don't want to go through it again. Dudley yelled at his mother. He had been subjected to everyone asking him questions that he couldn't answer. He hated Harry more for leaving and making him go through this shit. "Where's dad?"

"He's back in New York I'm leaving him."

"Why it's because of that scarred bastard isn't it? He messes up everything in our lives." Dudley's face grew red. "Go back to father."

"No your father hit me."

"So, just go back to him."

"Dudley I'm appealed I can never be with your father again."

"Yes you will." Dudley raised his hand to strike her, but was stop by Severus. "Let me slap some sense into her."

"No, like father like son. You deserve to be here." Severus took Petunia away from Dudley. Once they were alone Petunia cried into Severus's chest. "It was a good thing you put him here," said Severus comforting her.

"Yes I know, but I never thought Dudley would try to hit me."

"Things will be ok, lets leave I'm sure Harry will try to contact the Order." Severus hoped for Potter's sake he would

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Hours later, the escapees pulled into T.C.'s driveway. It had been years, since he had been home. Taking the spare key from under the mat, T.C. opened the door to reveal his home. Jimmy, Harry and Tri immediately headed toward the kitchen to get food, while T.C. went upstairs to his room. Going into his closet, he moved some things to reveal a small box. Taking the box; he grabbed his duffel bag and filled it with some clothes, books, notebooks, pens, and other things. "I'm ready," he said as he said as he met the others in the kitchen.

Harry noticed the box. "What's that for?"

"Our trip."

"Whatever, lets go," Jimmy said as the four jumped back into the car. Starting back on the road again, they stopped to get gas and drove down the highway. About an hour from leaving T.C.'s house, Jimmy noticed a police car behind him signaling him to pull over. Pulling over, Jimmy told the others to stay cool and put on sunglasses and hats he had gotten from the gas station. Adjusting his glasses, he told Harry to cover T.C. in a blanket, so it would seem he wasn't with them. "What can I do for you officer," asked Jimmy deepening his voice.

"You were going 95 in a 65 zone."

"I am so sorry, I just want to get home as fast a possibly."

"Can I see your license and registration," asked the cop.

"Yes," Jimmy pulled his fake license out."

The cop turned the license over as he stared at it. "This license is for the state of Arizona and you didn't give me the registration."

"Yea don't have one yet, this is my uncle's car and he said I could have, so me and a few friends flew out here to pick it up and now we're going to have a road trip going back."

"Do you take me for an idiot son, step out of the car please." The cop moved back to allow Jimmy to get out.

Everyone's blood ran cold. Reaching out Jimmy snatched his license away and then stepped on the gas and drove away. The police officer quickly came to his sense and followed them in a hot pursuit.

"Goddamnit Jimmy," yelled Tri. "How are we going to get out of this?"

"I got a plan."

T.C. started to shake as he thought this was going to end badly. Harry saw the fear. "It will be ok. Won't it Jimmy."

"Dude of course. Shit!" Behind them, a second police car had joined the chase. Not wanting anymore cars to come, Jimmy pulled off the highway and drove the car through a field that was next to the highway. All four jumped as the car hit rocks and other items, pushing the car as fast as it could go; they managed to elude police for now. Stopping the car in the middle of nowhere, the four got out of the car. "That was fun," Jimmy said pulling off the sunglasses.

"Just shut the fuck up Jimmy; you shouldn't have been speeding," Tri said slapping him. "We're going to have to find a different car now." What's wrong with him?"

T.C. was on the verge of tears and shaking badly. Harry quickly wrapped his arms around the younger child and tried to calm him down. "Get off me, I shouldn't have left," T.C. cried.

"T.C. calm down, everything will be ok," Harry said.

"No it won't." T.C. started to cough and hyperventilate as tears ran down his eyes.

"Come on kid, I'm sorry," Jimmy said. He remembered something that he once heard William said T.C. loved. "Lets go get some fudge pops."

"From where," T.C. asked.

"In the nearest town, we shouldn't be too far." Calming down, T.C. and the others got back into the car and drove away. In the car, T.C. let Harry hold him as he fell asleep. "He's something else," said Jimmy.

Harry held T.C. closer as the boy started to whimper in his sleep. "Yea, where are we going to get a car from?"

"The nearest small town, we'll dump this one in a secluded place and find a new one. I need to rest, Harry you can drive next."

"All right," Harry smirked, because he needed to tell them he had never driven before.

p.s. kind of short, but I wanted to get it out of the way. Next chapter, Harry drives with bad results and he finds a way to contact the Order.