OKAY so basically the first few chapters will be similar to the first few in the original runaway book, although I'm changing the plot a bit and tweaking some things and changing the last few chapters from the original completely.
I apologize for the inconvenience and confusion.

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One: returning

Harry gasped as he ran through the foggy forest, his lungs burning. His grip tightened on Draco's hand as he took a sharp turn, praying he wouldn't hit a tree- because the trees were barely visible in the fog.

All that Harry could think about was the fact that the Deatheaters are back. What if Voldemort was back? Harry's scar wasn't hurting... but the thought still made his stomach churn.
It made him run faster.

It was like Dèjavu.

"Harry, they're gaining on us." Draco panted, flinching when a hex whizzed past them.

"I know." Harry breathed.

They could hear their high pitched, twisted laughter.

"We're going to have to apparate."

"Isn't that dangerous?" Draco asked.

"We have no choice," Harry stated, coming to a stop, "hurry, grab my arm."

"But-"

"Draco!"

Draco quickly grabbed Harry's arm, just in time, too, because just as they disappeared, the Deatheaters shot a hex right at them.

The Ministry.

Draco And Harry ended up in an office. They didn't know where- it was small, but not too small. Clean and orderly.
As soon as the door opened, they ducked behind a trunk, staying quiet.

"No, Pans, we can't do that. The- wait, be quiet."

"Who Ever's there, show yourself!"

Harry recognized that voice. He knew who it was - Hermione.
Well, this isn't how he wanted to come back from the dead at all.

Harry slowly stood up from behind the trunk, meeting the shocked expression of not only Hermione, but Pansy as well.

"Hey, H-" He couldn't finish his sentence because Hermione threw a book at him, hitting his gut.

Harry gasped and fell over the trunk, onto the floor, "ow-"

Hermione wasn't finished.

She grabbed a BIGGER book and began hitting Harry's shoulder with it. Repeatedly.

"You. Bloody. Git!" She yelled between hits, "I can't believe you!"

"Hermione! Ouch! You're hurting me!" Harry yelled, finally standing up to block her hits.

"I'm hurting you?!" She screamed, throwing another book at him, but this time Harry ducked, the book flying just above his head.

"Because of you, I was crying for bloody weeks!" She yelled, throwing another book, "YOU'RE THE ONE WHOSE DONE THE HURTING, HARRY!" She threw four more books, "YOUR friends had to PLAN THE BLOODY FUNERAL!" She yelled, throwing five more books, until Pansy grabbed the sixth one out of her hand, telling her enough.

"Thank you, pansy," Harry breathed.

"Oh, don't think you won't be getting an earful from me." She hissed, "where the hell is Draco?!"

Draco awkwardly stood up from behind the trunk, but kept his mouth shut.

"You little-"

"Wait! Let's not fight, please," Harry begged, "Come on... I've been dead for three years..."

Pansy crossed her arms and bit her tongue, "you boys have a lot of explaining to do." She hissed.

And so they explained. They explained about how they planned on running away and pretending to be dead, in order to get out of the contract. And they explained how they were found by Death Eaters, and so on so forth.

"So you pretend to be dead but don't tell any of your friends or family?!" Hermione yelled, grabbing yet again, another book from her desk.

Harry put his hands out to defend himself, "we had no choice! It was the safest way without being found- and we WERE found!" He defends.

Pansy convinced Hermione to put the book down yet again, which she reluctantly did. She slowly lowered the book down onto her desk.

"Anyway..." Draco cut in awkwardly, "Since when are you two friends?"

The two girls blushed, "actually..."

"I knew it!" Draco cut in, "You two are dating!"

The two girls blushed harder, but nodded nonetheless.

"I knew Pansy had a crush on you, Granger. I called it!" He smirked as he crossed his arms in victory.

"What about... Ron?" Harry asked, "and, Hermione, aren't you straight?"

"Well, Ron and I both decided there wasn't a connection anymore, and decided to break up. Turns out, Ron and I are both bi. Ron's now dating Neville." Hermione explained, "and onto more important matters; we knew there were newly found death Eaters from the start. We've been trying to track them down, to no avail. Most of them have broken out of Azkaban, but some are new."

"New... Death Eaters?" Draco asked, "Who would..."

"A family of five, we don't have their names." Hermione cut in.

Harry looked at Draco, he could see the pained expression on his boyfriends face. He knew exactly what he was thinking.
Who would willingly join the Death Eaters?

Harry grabbed Draco's hand and gave it a light squeeze, before turning back to Hermione, "where's Ron?"

"He's an Auror." Hermione stated.

"And where can I find him?"

"In his office, probably."

"You're going to have to be more specific."

"Listen, Harry, Ron is going to be extremely angry when you see him-"

"I don't care! He's my best friend and he deserves to know I'm alive." Harry stated.

Hermione sighed, "fine. Follow me- Pansy, stay here with Draco... catch up." She smiled at her girlfriend and led Harry out the door, on their way to find Ron.

~*~

"Don't be too shocked if Ron's first instinct is to punch you in the face." Hermione explained to Harry as they walked down a hallway, passing multiple shocked faces.

"Well, you threw books, so getting a blow in the face wouldn't be a surprise at all." Harry laughed nervously and rubbed the back of his neck, his heart pounding.

He knew Ron would forgive him- he had to... they were best friends, after all.

Hermione stopped at a door, "Alright." She breathed.

She knocked three times before the door swung opened.

"Oh, hey Herm-" Ron cut himself off when his eyes landed upon Harry.
He stared in shock, and instead of punching Harry(like Harry was preparing for,) he grabbed Harry by the shoulders and pulled him into a hug.

Harry was shocked, but he quickly regained himself and hugged back.

"I knew you weren't dead." Ron mumbled, "I knew it."

Harry laughed and pulled away, patting his friends shoulder, "And you were right. Hermione threw books at me when she found out."

Ron laughed as a tear fell down his cheek, "Well, I'm glad to see you."

Before Harry could reply, Ron punched him in the nose, "and that was for not bloody telling me! You're my best mate! Why the hell didn't you tell anyone?!"

Harry laughed and covered his bloodied nose, "I deserve that. And I did, I told Dumbledore... he planned our fake deaths and everything."

The room went silent.

"What's... wrong...?"

"Dumbledore is dead." Hermione spoke.

"What? How?" Harry asked, forgetting about his sore nose.

How could he not of known?

"Come in here first, people are looking." Ron muttered, pulling both,Harry and Hermione, into Ron's office.

"What happened?" Harry sat down at Ron's desk, and Hermione gave him a tissue for his nose.

"...he..." Ron and Hermione shared glances, "Death Eaters killed him."

Harry's throat tightened.

"No..."

"I'm really sorry, Harry...-"

"He can't be!" Harry cut off Ron, "He has to be alive! He... died the same way as his brother..." Harry felt his heart break, "who's running Hogwarts?"

"Minerva is," Hermione replied, "Harry, the Death Eaters are back-"

"You don't think I know that?!" Harry stood up, "I tried to leave this bloody nightmare behind, and it just keeps coming back! Why?! Why can't I just be happy?!" Tears were now streaking his cheeks.

Before either Ron or Hermione could speak, Ron's door flew opened, "DEATH EATERS!"  A man yelled, panting.

Ron and Hermione stood up I sync, but Harry and Ron drew out their wands, ready to fight.

"No- You two! There's too many! They're too powerful!" Hermione warned, "we need to get back! We don't even have a plan!"

"Go back where?!" Harry snapped.

"To the burrow!"

Harry looked over to Hermione, "I need to get Draco."

Hermione swallowed, "I'll go with you. Ron, evacuate everyone. Make sure everyone gets to safety- especially you."