She's a horcrux:

Harry potter was tired and he was still in pain but the headmaster wanted to hear the full story before he would allow Harry to see Madam Pomfrey.

It took nearly an hour before Albus told Harry he can go. He also said that Madam Pomfrey was bound to keep Harry overnight.

Harry didn't care, he just wanted to get healed and sleep.

'Oh, one more thing,' Harry said wearily as he stopped at the open door, 'A black smokey type image of Voldemort came out of the diary. I wasn't able to do anything as I was still recovering but it seemed to disappear into Ginny, right before she woke up.'

Harry turned and walked through the door, down the stairs and along the corridor while Albus Dumbledore sat there in shock.

'Oh merlin, young Ginny Weasley is now a horcrux, unless his soul actually takes over the girl,' Albus wasn't sure what was right but one thing he did realised was if tom planned on making the person who had his diary into a horcrux than tom must have prepared her body when he first took her down, in case his diary was destroyed. Or he did it deliberately so he could have a body, even if that body was a young girl. If he was really possessing her than he would have to make sure she acted like a young girl.

'I know of only one way to kill a horcrux which would eventually lead to the death of Voldemort. Kill or completely destroy the vessel. If he was possessing her, than Ginny would die if tom was destroyed or even left her body to join with another. Ginny is a child and alive, but there is no other choice, she will have to die.'

Albus then got another thought that made him shudder, 'What if Tom made more than the diary. They would all need to be found and destroyed. I will also have to explain to Harry about the prophecy. Right now, he will not want to hear it.' Albus had seen the look Harry had given him and knew the boy was not happy with Albus, nor anyone else at Hogwarts. Albus could not blame him. Albus also realised that with his three jobs, he won't have a lot of time to try to find out if tom made more and if he did, where were they. Albus knew he would need help and there was one person who would know all about horcruxes and how to destroy them. Alastor, mad-eye moody.

Harry woke the following morning feeling a lot better. Madam Pomfrey had made him stay. Apart from healing his many injuries, she had made him take a dreamless sleep potion. He was pleased about that.

Poppy checked on Harry when he woke then had a house elf bring him breakfast.

Once Harry had eaten, he was told he could go. Harry did leave the hospital but he did not go straight to Gryffindor tower, he went to the library.

Harry had never told anyone that at the end of his first year he had made a decision. After seeing Voldemort, Quirrell and how Snape was, he said if anything dangerous happened again or Snape didn't stop being cruel, he would not return to Hogwarts or the wizarding world. But now, he wanted to be away from Ginny Weasley, which meant staying away from Ron. He wasn't sure what that black smoke was, he just knew it wasn't good. Something told him that Ginny would be too dangerous to be around.

Now Harry had to work on a few things that would help. He would have Hedwig take a letter and his key to Gringotts, to clean out his vault and have most of it changed into muggle money. For now, he needed to find a few spells that would help him and he needed to cast those spells while he was still at Hogwarts, where he could legally use magic.

Hermione had told him about the space expansion charm and feather light charm that she used on her bag that she used for classes. He needed to put those on his bag so he could take all his things with him. It would also helped when he bought things. He would always be able to keep everything with him. He knew he could sneak away using his invisibility cloak but he also wanted to make sure no one could hear him or smell him, so he needed to use those spells as well. Since it was Saturday, he figured he would have until lunch time to study books in the hope he could find some spells that would help when he left Hogwarts.

That night, after the boys in his dorm had gone to sleep, Harry practiced the space expansion charm and the feather light charm on his bag. It took him an hour before he was able to do it. It took another half an hour to cast the spell that would silence his feet while he walked, or ran. He would do the spell to hide his scent the following day.

Using his invisibility cloak, Harry found it very easy to sneak away from everyone on platform nine and three quarters. He had seen the Dursley's, he just grinned as he quietly moved past them. Once Harry was far enough away and that no one was around, he put the cloak away, got a ticket for another train, then disappeared.

During the holidays, Ron and Hermione had both sent letters to Harry. Both letters returned, unopened. That instantly made them worry. Ron talked to the twins who said they would go find out if Harry was okay.

By the time the three Weasley boys got back to the Burrow, they had worked out to speak with their father, alone. They needed someone calm in the hope they could work out what was going on and where Harry was. Their mother would just yell and begin worrying about that poor young boy being alone and that wouldn't help find Harry.

Arthur listened to his son. If the twins weren't so serious, he would have thought they were playing some type of joke on him. But the twins were never serious. He also saw the worry on Ron's face.

'Alright, I'll go speak with the muggles before I work out what to do. Are you sure he never said anything about staying somewhere else, like with another friend?'

'No, he just wasn't looking forward to returning to the muggles. We owe him dad, he saved Ginny. I figured he might like to come stay for the rest of the holidays.'

'Yes, he could. Now, I just hope I can find out where he is.'

Arthur got very angry with the Dursley's, so much so that he pulled his wand on them. They finally babbled out how they treated Harry. Arthur now knew why the boy left.

As Arthur walked away from Privet drive, he was trying to work out who he could get to help. He had to be careful so no one at the ministry finds out or the minister could force Harry to live with someone like Lucius Malfoy. He got at an idea as he made it to the park. He didn't apparate to the Burrow, he apparated to another house, one that was warded. Once he was near the place, the owner would know someone was there.

'What did you help me with two weeks ago,' the voice said from the darkness.

'I obliviated two muggles who saw your fighting dust bins.'

'What are you doing here Arthur?'

'I need help but we must be discrete.'

'Come in.'

Arthur walked into the house, 'Harry Potter's missing. There was some trouble at Hogwarts and Harry saved my daughter's life. It seems a monster was petrifying students, but Ginny was taken. From what Ron explained, their friend, Hermione Granger found out the monster was a basilisk. Ron said Harry got hurt but he ended up having to spend an hour explaining everything to Albus before he could get healed. When Ron and the twins explained that Harry wasn't with his muggle relatives, I asked them if Harry had any problems at Hogwarts.'

'Let me guess, he did, from Snape and those kids of death eaters.'

'Yes, Ron said Snape was really cruel to Harry. He even said Harry would go the same way as his father. The Malfoy boy always got Harry into trouble with Snape as well.'

'So danger that the teachers didn't stop and he has a death eater causing him problems. I would say Harry is like his mother and decided he wasn't going to put up with those types of people. We could look for him, then what? He won't return if he's already left and if we force him, what do you think he will do?'

'Probably get expelled for hexing Snape, I know I would. We owe the boy for helping Ginny.'

'Alright, I'll speak with a few of my contacts. Don't tell Albus. He's been told time and again that trusting that man is a mistake. If he knows, he will make it worse then someone from the ministry will find out the boy is missing.'

'Even though we can work on this, I have a very strong feeling that it won't help,' Arthur said with a sigh.

'You believe he really left, like he left the country?'

'Yes or he's going to stay in the muggle world, somewhere that us, as wizards will not think to look. He might be nearly thirteen but he would have to stay in hiding or someone will ask why there is no parent around. Ron told me Harry owns an invisibility cloak so he will use that to hide but also get things like food. All he would need to do is find somewhere to sleep that is protected from the weather. Having an invisibility cloak will be a necessity if he wants to remain hidden. I believe that is how he was able to sneak away, using the cloak.'

'Do you know how he got James' cloak?'

'No, all Ron said was it was left on Harry's bed at Christmas their first year at Hogwarts.'

'Then I believe you are right, we won't find him. If he's in this country, he will use that cloak to sneak around and probably use it to steal food and to find places to sleep. If he left, then he could have snuck onto a boat or even something like those flying machines the muggles use. Either way, he's probably a long way from here.'

'So do we try looking or do we not and wait until everyone finds out Harry's gone?'

'Let me speak with some of my contacts that I know will stay quiet. It could take a few weeks, but they will find out as much as possible.'

It only two two weeks before Mad-eye told Arthur that his contacts were able to determine that Harry disappeared near the muggle airport, which means, he flew to another country.

What no one knew was that Harry went only to Ireland. He found out that his grandmother on his mother's side was Irish and left her old house to her daughter Lily. The crystal and china dishes went to Petunia. Harry found the house and since it was isolated, he would be safe. He would use his invisibility cloak to sneak into town and get food along with clothes. He would go by bus and train to other towns so no one would get suspicious. One thing Harry was also going to steal was a gun. He knew that meant sneaking into either a police station or an army compound. Either way, he wanted some way to protect himself, until he could use magic and that wasn't until he was seventeen.

On the first of September, Albus Dumbledore finally found out that Harry was missing and had been since the end of the school year. He spoke with the Dursley's and using legilimense, he found out just how badly Harry had been treated. He knew that once Minerva found out, she would be furious. She had told him many times that the Dursley's were the worst sort of muggles. Albus also knew Minerva would again have a go at him for the way Severus treated Harry. What Albus also knew was that Minerva would now refuse to aid him or help him, which means all the work she usually did for him due to his other jobs, he will now have to find time to do. Yet right now, he had no time, he had to spend all his time trying to find Harry Potter.

Little did he know but he would never find the-boy-who-lived.

Harry Potter was making a good life for himself. He may have to remain hidden and he may end up lonely but to Harry, that was something he could do than put up with Snape or the danger at Hogwarts.

Harry's new life began the moment he snuck away from platform nine and three quarters and he would use any means possible to make sure no one took that away from him.

The end: