Before Harry Potter received his letter to Hogwarts, before he could discover the truth, he left. Couldn't stand those people that called themselves his family anymore. So he left. Because even life alone, homeless, would be better than them. He certainly didn't expect to find what he did, and no one could have expected the path they were set on.

*Formally Out of the Darkness, and Back In* A witch is raped and finds her way to Hogwarts. There is only one person who could possibly help her there, only one who could even begin to understand. Will this person help? HG/SS/DM

A challenge I found on the ThirdFloorCorridor. A war can be the biggest obstacle to what a family should be. Can love survive?

**ABONDONED**Rewrite posted as different story**What happens when you have Harry running away from Privet Drive a year before his Hogwarts letter and two other children with him, enter Hogwarts from the streets?

Severus and Harry have fallen in love but Severus decides to break it off. Harry kills Voldemort, then runs to America, where he changes his entire identy. Can Severus find him? and can a nosy spirit push them back together?