Summary: Harry runs away from Hogwarts - to see the world ... Snape is sent to find him. He does and brings him back. On the way, they get closer. Will Snape bring him back?
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Summary: Listen and be inspired by the song Runaway by Love and Theft (you can find a version on Youtube). Now use some idea from the song to write a story about Harry and Draco running away from their lives (separately), and both somehow ending up with Snape as their mentor or guardian.

This story can be taken one of two directions: Either:


1. Harry and Draco are underage and still enrolled in Hogwarts, but both are tired of either the abuse they receive at home or (in Draco's case he may decide to run away because he doesn't want to follow his father's destructive path... or abuse). This should happen sometime in the summer and they can either meet on the way to ending up with Snape, or just both end up there somehow.
   
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2. Harry and Draco are both out of Hogwarts and are between 18-24. They need a change in their life (for whatever reason) and end up running off and meeting somewhere and end up settling their differences. Again, somehow they end up with Snape as their mentor, Apprentice Master, or something.

In either option there should be some kind of realization that the other characters are not as bad as previously thought.

Bonus if: it's more than 6 chapters, well written, and the characters stay in character.

Bonus Challenge for option B: One of the guys leaves because he got a girl pregnant and doesn't know if he can deal with it... you choose if it's Harry or Draco, but Snape somehow ends up teaching them to man up and do what's right by the end of the story. The rest is up to you.

Review of what's required:

• Must take some idea or theme from the song
• Must have Harry, Draco, and Snape as the focus of the story
• Must have some sort of realization and reconciliation between characters
• Harry and Draco should be running away at about the same time.

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Summary: Harry Potter's relatives, frightened and feeling threatened by the Order of the Phoenix’s warning at King’s Cross, are more than abusive, they become downright cruel. Harry, believing death to be unavoidable, sends a plea to Dumbledore explaining the abuse and when the plea goes unanswered and Harry is left to his own devices, and decides the Wizarding world is not worth saving.

Snape somehow finds out about the plea, and confronts Dumbledore. Dumbledore is unwilling to move Harry from his relatives care for reasons only he knows, which Snape later discovers and they have very little to do with the boy’s own good (Money, greater good, weapon, you decide).

Snape, despite his hatred of Harry’s father, is worried about the boy and enlists the help of Lupin and Tonks to help care for him after explaining about Dumbledore and the plea. They arrive at Privet Drive nearly too late... (Possible during Summer after fifth year)
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Summary: Not long after the after the war Harry visits the Dursleys. What does Harry tell them about the war and what are their reactions? Do Ron and Hermione and Shaklebolt go with him? Harry could breakdown with the loss of his friends.
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Summary: At King’s Cross, Harry decided to not go back to fight Lord Voldemort, for he feels he is unprepared. Harry goes back to his 11 year old body, and is then sorted into any house other than Gryffindor (Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin). Try and find a way where Severus Snape mentors this Harry Potter. How does Severus Snape react to this Harry Potter? Does Harry remember his previous life? How does Harry fight off any manipulations from Dumbledore? And how does Harry prepare the ultimate show down between himself and Lord Voldemort? Good Luck! Section: Mentor/AU/Resorting
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