A/N: I'm back! I'm alive! And I've brought a new installment of SUSN with me! I'm such a terrible author, I completely vanished for over a year without any word to anyone. Forgive me! Life got out of hand, and I'll be honest, I forgot about this story until a few weeks ago. I had this epiphany moment with the story and I wanted to write more.

I'll be honest. It'll probably take me some time between updates, but being a senior in high school is pretty busy and stressful. But I will finish this one way or another!

Again, I'm sososososososo sorry for vanishing on everybody, and I hope everyone enjoys this new chapter.

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He'd grabbed her wrist as they'd left the store and in an instant they were back near Hogwarts. Evangeline refused to look at her companion as they slowly trudged back up the hill. She clenched her fists, fingernails digging into her palms to keep her from bursting out in tears.

Finally, she whispered "What now?"

It took her companion a long moment before he responded, but his answer wasn't what she'd been looking for. "We speak to the professors."

She nodded, suddenly cold. She wrapped her arms around herself. Why did this keep happening?

The hill was steep, and Evangeline could have been in better shape. By the time they'd reached the top, her breath was coming in pants.

Her companion chuckled.

"What?"

"Nothing."

But he continued to chuckle quietly to himself.

Evangeline watched him, his eyes held happiness, but not true happiness. Why? His smile fell from his face under her scrutiny, but he held her gaze, challenging her.

Something broke, and everything Evangeline saw changed.

A small boy was standing in an old house, clearly uninhabited. He was writhing on the floor, in extreme pain. Moonlight streamed through the slats of the closed windows.

There was a ripping noise, his skin disappeared, replaced with fur. His feet morphed into the hind feet of an animal, claws replaced his toes. She watched as his face became elongated, his mouth replaced by a muzzle. Pointed ears sprouted on the top of his dog's head. What was going on? A howl ripped through the night, a guttural sound from his changing throat.

The newly-changed creature stood, a small whimper slipping from it.

From behind her a person came. She could hear their disgruntled curses as the clambered towards the room she stood in. Quickly, they stepped to the door, grabbing the knob and turning it slowly.

A boy with greasy black hair emerged from the dark hall. The animal didn't notice.

Mr. Snape? His appearance was similar, but much younger than the man she knew. What was he doing here? The floor creaked under his step and the creature turned to him, preparing an attack.

No!

The room turned to a grey mist. Evangeline was pulled from the scene before her, back into a world of bright color and a shaken looking Remus Lupin.

"I'm sorry..." she stammered out. "I didn't mean to. I don't even know what that was and-"

He held up a hand to stop her, shaking his head. She gave him one last apology before he carted her inside and left her. He mumbled something about getting everything prepared for her before his hasty departure, and once again she was left alone.

"What's wrong with me?" She sighed.

She couldn't tell the time anymore, but she didn't think any of the students would be at the school yet. Deciding she needed a moment to herself, she wandered through the long hallways and mysterious corridors until she knew she was completely lost. Something in her didn't want to be found, didn't want to know where she'd gone. How had she seen that...memory that belonged to Mr. Lupin? It wasn't hers to see, and had left him very shaken. She only wondered why he wasn't happy.

"Why am I even here?"

"Because you're supposed to be." A cheery voice said from behind her. She turned slowly, a chill settled over her as saw who the voice belonged to. A ghost with his head to one side.

She nearly screamed, but the vision before her placed his head back on his shoulders and motioned to her things were okay.

"My dear! Nothing to be frightened of! Allow me to introduce myself, I am Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, resident ghost of Gryffindor Tower. You appear lost. May I ask your name?"

"I'm...I'm Evangeline Harpe. I'm new here."

"Harpe, say you? Would a Gwendolyn be any relation?"

"My sister."

"Oh joyous day!" He let out a curious laugh, clasping his hands. His head wobbled as if it weren't properly attached.

"Sir...?"

"Sir Nicholas." He smiled.

"Could you take me to Professor Snape?"

"Of course!" He chimed, and proceeded to pass through a wall.

"Uhm, sir? I can't walk through walls..." but he'd vanished already.

Moments later he returned, another ghost in tow. She was surprised by his appearance, blood soaking the front of his shirt, but other than that and his transparency, he appeared less ghost-like than Sir Nicholas. Odd.

"This is the Baron. He can take you to the professor's office better than I could. I'll see you at the feast tonight!" And with that, Sir Nicholas was off, back to his previous haunt, and Evangeline followed the quiet Baron.

He took her down flights of stairs, through dark hallways and musty rooms. As they descended, the air cooled, but she couldn't decide if it was from the castle or the ghost.

Her companion didn't speak to her, but instead hummed quietly to himself. Finally he approached a simple wooden door.

"He'll be in there. Be polite."

And he slowly floated away, leaving her seemingly alone in the damp dungeons of Hogwarts.

Gathering the courage, she knocked sharply on the door, thrice, and waited for a response. Nothing stirred. She almost reached up to knock again when the door whipped open and a serious-looking Professor Snape opened the door.

"May I help you?" He drawled.

"I'm so confused."

A/N: Chapter 6 is complete! Review? Thoughts? I hope you liked it!