A/N: I'd like to give a shout out to ima-wolf-chica, DhampirGurl101, and ChromeWings for submitting characters! And also, a brief correction of the last update. They have not reached Hogwarts that was just a little mistake on my part.

A heavy rain began to fall and the five girls sat in silence. An accidental elbow in the ribs delivered by Nikki had waked Caeley up, and she was now glaring around at everyone and making them all very uncomfortable. Evolynn was looking out into the countryside, watching the rain splatter onto the window, when the train came to a sudden halt. Evolynn was thrown back into her seat and she banged her head on the top of it. Rubbing the emerging bump, she sat back up and looked out the window.

"We can't be there yet. What's going on?" Nobody answered; they were as confused as she. As Evolynn looked over at Trinity, she noticed something very strange- she could see her breath coming out of her lips in puffs. The compartment had grown very cold and a frost was creeping up along the window and glass door. An unspoken panic settled in and the entire compartment was so quiet that each girl could hear the heartbeats of the ones next to her.

"Merlin!" shrieked Caeley. She said no more, but that wasn't necessary. Her shaky point towards the door was enough. A bony, terrible hand was gripping the handle, and the door was sliding open.

A hooded figure slid into the room and the already freezing temperature dropped ten degrees more. Evolynn started to get dizzy. Her head was spinning and she felt as though she was going to throw up. Just before she slipped into unconsciousness, knew she heard a scream somewhere in the distance.

"Evie! Evolynn, wake up!" A tall, shabby-looking man kneeled over her and smiled in a relieved way. Evolynn noticed that none of the other girls were on the floor.

"Thank God your compartment was the last one to be checked. I had to come here as soon as I helped your brother. And I was almost too late- even though I Apperated."

"I'm sorry," she said sitting up and getting back onto her seat, "but do I know you?"

"I know you, but there's no way you would remember me. My name is Remus Lupine." She still looked confused. "I was a friend of our father's," he added as he started to leave the compartment. But before he left, he handed Evolynn a piece of chocolate. "Eat this. It helps." And then he stepped out into the corridor.

Not wanting to let him get away, Evolynn darted out after him. "Wait! How did you know I would need you?"

"Ah, well," he said kindly, "based on your brother's reaction to the Dementors, I thought you might be in danger as well."

"But-" she started before she was gently cut off.

"No buts. We will talk again, soon. Goodbye, Evolynn. And I have to say; it was good to see you again. Last time I saw you, you were only a baby." He smiled and walked away.

"Um, bye," she said meekly. Then, looking through the glass door and seeing all the other girls staring at her, she entered again.

"What was that about?" asked Trinity.

"I really don't know. Apparently he knew my parents or something." She shrugged her slim shoulders and bit into the piece of chocolate.

"Um, why did you faint?" asked Caeley. Her tone was rude and menacing, and Evolynn could tell that her reason for asking wasn't curiosity.

"I don't know." Caeley was about to open her mouth to say something else, but Nikki interrupted her.

"Look. She didn't do it on purpose. Lay off her, okay?" She looked over at Evolynn and winked.

Trinity rolled her eyes and gave Evolynn a hug. "Are you okay?"

"I'll live," said Evolynn quietly.

Out of nowhere, Aria spoke up. "They were looking for Sirius Black. They think he's going to Hogwarts." A cold stillness was in the air as soon as the words were out of her mouth. Her voice just seemed to have that affect on people.

"Who's Serious Black?" asked Evolynn to the shock of the whole car. They all just stared at her. It was finally Trinity who spoke up.

"Sirius Black is a murderer who just escaped from Azkaban Prison. He's the first person to do it. No other person has ever been able to get past the Dementors."

"And they think he want to get to Hogwarts?"

"Maybe. You can't be too careful when you're dealing with people like him."

At this frightening news, Evolynn didn't have anything else to say. She just sat there, waiting for the train to reach Hogwarts, and ignoring Caeley's strange looks.

It didn't take too long until the castle loomed in the distance. All five of the first years (even Aria) jumped up to have a good look at it. Even through the sheets of rain, they could see that it was glowing with warm lights and that they would be there in a matter of minutes.

By the time they got there, all five were changed into their school robes and were ready to go. When the train lurched to a stop at the platform, they bounded out the door and out into the rain. No one cared that they were getting wet, the overall excitement of being there was more than enough to occupy their minds. Both Caeley and Aria were lost in the crowd, but Nikki and Trinity were close by Evolynn's side. Both looked a little wary, as though she would collapse on the ground again. Especially Trinity, who kept giving her apprehensive looks. Evolynn noticed and laughed.

"Hey, don't worry about me! I'm fine, I promise." Trinity still looked uneasy. "Trust me, I've been worse," she said, remembering the time she fell off a broomstick while being chased by mutant keys as an attempt to save the Sorcerer's Stone.

Trinity smiled. "Okay, fine."

"But thanks," said Evolynn- and she meant it.

Trinity winked. "Any time."

All the first years stood in a group outside the huge wooden doors that separated them from the Great Hall. Some chattered, some stood silently, some looked around at others and some stared at the floor.

Nikki had moved over to some other talkative girls and they were babbling on and on about who knows what. Once Evolynn was sure she heard her surname come up and she wasn't sure which Potter they were talking about, because apparently she and her brother were equally interesting. She and Trinity stood quietly, occasionally exchanging a word or two, but for the most part remaining soundless. Aria had joined a boy who looked a great deal like her, and the two were quietly whispering together. Caeley had found a couple of other girls and they kept talking in a little huddle and then looking up to smirk or roll their eyes in Evolynn's direction.

Professor McGonagall stepped out of the doors after what seemed like a lifetime. She had already explained that they were to be Sorted and that, while at Hogwarts; their House would be like their family. So, in the first years, through the great oak doors and through the Great Hall.

Instead of taking in the glorious hall, Evolynn spent most of that walk avoiding her brother's gaze. She saw him sitting with a redheaded boy and a bushy haired girl. The girl saw Evolynn first and pointed her out to Harry. She gave him a nudge and he grudgingly waved at her.

Evolynn did not return it.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Harry give the girl an "I told you so" look. But before she could take it in, Evolynn had reached the stool where an ugly, shabby old hat sat. She gave Trinity a quizzical look, but it was returned with a confident grin. She obviously knew what was going to happen, and she obviously was going to say nothing.

Then, out of nowhere, the hat began to sing. A tear near the bottom opened like a mouth and it sang an entire song. It sang about the four houses and what they were like and what they had to offer.

When it was done, Professor McGonagall stepped up next to the hat and began to read off a list of names. The first was a boy called Adam Langley with blond hair and blue eyes, who practically bounced onto the stage. He was promptly put in Hufflepuff.

One more Hufflepuff and two Ravenclaws later, Professor McGonagall called out, "Blackterra, Trinity!"

Trinity looked over at Evolynn before she stepped quickly and confidently up and sat on the stool. When the hat was placed on her head, she sat there for almost three minutes before it loudly announced, "Slytherin!"

Cheers erupted from a table on the left of the hall, and Trinity grinned as she leapt off the stool and ran over there.

It was then that Evolynn noticed the long table at the front of the room. All the professors were seated there, including Dumbledore, the man she met on the train, and Severus. He was clapping unenthusiastically at the new member of his house, but Evolynn knew it wasn't personal. He just didn't enjoy smiling.

The next person that Evolynn knew was Nikki. "Duchannes, Nicolette!" called Professor McGonagall. Nikki was put into Gryffindor, just like she wanted.

Before Evolynn was called, five two more Ravenclaws, four more Hufflepuffs, nine more Gryffindors and seven more Slytherins were Sorted. One of the Slytherins was Aria, whose last name turned out to be Rantelle. The boy she was standing with, David Rantelle was a Ravenclaw. Evolynn concluded that they must either be cousins or siblings. Caeley had yet to be Sorted.

Finally, Evolynn heard her own name being called. "Potter, Evolynn!" The whole school fell silent. All eyes were on her as she slowly walked up to the stool. She looked over at Severus, who actually was slightly showing interest. He had leaned forward and had narrowed his eyes a little.

The Sorting Hat was placed on her head. She instantly heard a voice in her head that sounded like it was seriously pondering something.

"Hmmm… smart, yes, very intelligent. Witty, clever- all the characteristics of a Ravenclaw.

"Brave and loyal, would also make a good Gryffindor."

"Please not Gryffindor! Please not Gryffindor," she begged silently.

"Not a Gryffindor? All your family was a Gryffindor. No? Okay then, well, I see cunning, and determination, yes, lots of determination. Stubbornness, maybe. Well, better be…

"Slytherin!"

Evolynn beamed. She had hoped she would be in Severus' house, and now Trinity was in it too! She saw that Severus was clapping like a normal person now and that he had that expression on his face that only she could bring out of him. It was the closest thing Severus Snape had to a smile.

Albus Dumbledore also looked pleased. He was nodding in a satisfied way, like a man who had just won a bet. When their eyes met, he picked up his goblet and raised it to her. She smiled at him, and it was returned with full vigor.

As she walked to her new table, she met her brother's eyes. There was a sort of disappointment in them, and though their eyes were the exact same shade of green, the two sets had never looked so different. One happy and excited, the other sad and let down.

He gave her a nod. That one gesture said it all- her brother had given up on her. He thought that he had lost her.

She really didn't want to fight with him. She didn't want to lose her best friend, her brother, the only real family she had. But if he wanted her to turn her back on Severus and forget all he had done for her in the last tow years, that wasn't going to happen. Plus, she had already been Sorted. She couldn't exactly change that.

Realizing that she was standing in the middle of the Great Hall and not moving, she proceeded to her table. Nobody had noticed her delay. She was met by a flood of handshakes and congratulations. The Slytherins seemed genuinely happy to have them in their house. Trinity hugged her and they began to squeal in an eleven–year-old girl fashion about how great it all was that they were in the same house.

Evolynn heard that snide voice in her ear before she saw its owner. "Congratulations, Potter. Welcome to the Slytherins," it sneered. As she turned to see who it was, all she caught was a glimpse of that white blond hair.

Caeley Sabaston also was also put in Slytherin. She greeted Evolynn with an eye roll and went over to sit with the girls she had been standing with earlier.

During the entire feast that followed, though Evolynn was happy with everything that had happened that day, but she just couldn't get the look he brother had given her out of her mind.

After the feast, and after Dumbledore had spoken about how the Dementors would be permanently on the grounds until Sirius Black was found, the heads of houses led their students to theirs common rooms. Evolynn joined the hoards of Slytherins as they all filed out. As she was exiting the Great Hall, her godfather grabbed her shoulder.

"Wait here," he said. When all the students had bee herded by their common rooms, Snape guided her down many corridors and eventually down several flights of stairs. They didn't stop until they reached the dungeons, and finally, his office. When the door was securely fastened, he turned to face the new little Slytherin.

"Congratulations, Evolynn. I knew you would be in Slytherin."

"I know." She was grinning from ear to ear. "You only said so about a million times this summer."

He rolled his eyes.

"And last year… and the year before that!" She was playing with him. It was funny because her godfather had a hard time taking jokes.

"Okay, Evolynn. Point taken. Now, you forgot something at home." He reached into his robes and handed her the picture frame he had given her for Christmas. She took it, gushing about how she couldn't believe she had forgotten it and all that.

He really was proud of her. Taking her all in, the red hair, the emerald green eyes, the fact that she was still wearing the lily pendant he had given her on her birthday, he was so proud of her. But she didn't need to know that. She had enough "self esteem" for three people.

"Now come with me. I'll show you to the common room. I can and will still give you detention."

And he's back, she thought. He wouldn't be Severus Snape if he was sentimental for more than thirty seconds at a time.