Draco awoke hours later and looked out the window. The sun shone in brightly and hurt his eyes. He placed a hand over them to shield his eyes but pulled back instantly. He carefully and gingerly traced around his eyes with his finger and fell back on the bed.

"Oh lord," he said to himself. He headed to the mirror and took a look. His arm had a huge wound that stretched from his wrist to his shoulder bone and had soaked the bed in blood. His eyes had swelled and it they were blue and puffy. But it wasn't the appearance that hurt; it was the pain that was searing through his body. He quickly whipped out his wand and fixed himself up and his bed. He dressed and washed and looked at the clock that ticked over his dresser.

"Great," stated Draco, "It's already 10:30!" He dashed out of his room, and raced into the kitchen.

Snape sat in the corner reading the Daily Prophet as usual. Ginny and Colin chatted quietly while Harry kept glancing outside, waiting for an owl with the answer to when he could visit Lupin.

"Nice of you to join us, Draco," Snape said without glancing up from his paper.

"Good morning, Professor," replied Draco. He sat down and quietly ate his breakfast. He was relieved when no one asked why he had been so late for breakfast. He knew that they usually ate at 8 and he found it odd that they were still in the kitchen. Then there was a knock on the window.

Harry raced out of his chair and opened up the window for the owl. It was Fawkes. He took the letter but Snape grabbed it from him. He looked over it briefly then spoke.

"We will be allowed to visit Remus today at 12," he stated.

"Is he fine?" asked Harry.

"We'll have to wait and see, Harry," replied Snape. Harry shivered at the mention of his first name. It wasn't every day that Snape used it. Then Harry left the room to record this in his diary as Dumbledore had told them to do.

"What happened to Lupin?" asked Colin. Snape shot him a befuddled look.

"Do you not remember yesterday night, Mr. Creevey?" asked Snape.

"Yesterday night, yesterday night," he thought to himself, "No I have no idea what happened yesterday night," he concluded.

"Do not play games with me, Mr. Creevey. You are quite aware of what happened to Remus," sneered Snape.

"I swear I don't know what happened, Professor. Is he hurt?" asked Colin innocently. They all sat in silence for a while and then it hit Snape.

"Mr. Creevey, do you remember your birthday?" asked Snape.

"Of course I do! It's February 38th, sir!" exclaimed Colin happily.

"That day does not exist, Colin," Snape said more calmly now.

"Colin, are you alright?" asked Ginny worriedly.

"I'm fine!" stated Colin. Draco sat in silence. He knew what Colin's problem was.

"Colin, do you know how old you are?" asked Snape.

"I'm 18!" cried Colin. Ginny looked at him worriedly.

"You're 16," stated Draco monotonously.

"Really? You don't say!' exclaimed Colin. "You guys sure know a lot about me!"

"He has memory problems," stated Snape. "He has a poor memory."

"Then how does he do well in school?" asked Ginny.

"Ms. Weasley, do you know why Mr. Creevey takes pictures?" asked Snape.

"Because he likes too!" stated Ginny.

"No, Ms Weasley, it's more than that. He takes pictures to remember what happened. That way he has evidence of that day and will remember later on. Without notes, pictures, or any information that he carries with him, he has no clue what happened a couple days, or months, or years ago," stated Snape.

"But he remembers our bedtime rhyme!" argued Ginny.

"Ms. Weasley, how many years have you used that bedtime rhyme?" asked Snape calmly.

"6 years!" exclaimed Ginny.

"And in the beginning did he have any trouble remembering it?" asked Snape.

"No! Well, actually, a couple times he forgot. But then he remembered! After I told him," stated Ginny disappointedly. Realization had hit her. Colin did have memory problems.

"He can do well in school if he takes good notes and tries his hardest to memorize them and studies them over and over. Other than that, he'll fail," stated Snape. Ginny looked down at her feet dejectedly.

"Are you alright, Kuddles?" asked Colin. Ginny looked up. So that's what the nicknames were all about.

"You use nicknames because you can't remember my name, can you?" asked Ginny. She was almost in tears.

"Sure I can, Fairy!" exclaimed Colin. Ginny looked at him sadly.

"But he hears my name a lot! Why can't he remember it?" exclaimed Ginny.

"True, he might hear it a lot, but does he know it's you they're talking about? How does he know that it isn't another nickname? Unless he has a note with your name on it or if you keep telling him your name over and over, he'll remember it," stated Snape. He was feeling sorry for her right now.

"But he remembers Harry's name!" argued Ginny. A tear rolled down her cheek.

"That's because it's in the papers and he has a lot of pictures of him," replied Snape.

"It's not true! Colin's normal just like all of us!" she cried and ran out of the kitchen in tears.

"I wonder what's bugging her," thought Colin. Draco would've laughed out loud if he wasn't feeling sorry for Colin right now. He actually pitied the boy.

"I'll go talk to her," offered Draco. He had no idea what was making him say that, but he felt as if someone should cheer her up.

"No, I prefer to do it myself, Draco," replied Snape as he got up and headed after the crying redhead.

"I'm lost," stated Colin. "So let's sing! The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round! The wheels on the bus go round and round, all the do da day! Come on, blondie, sing with me!" exclaimed Colin. And he droned on singing. Draco got up and left Colin there.

~~~~~~~~~~~Ginny's room~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Miss Weasley may I come in?" asked Snape.

"Yes, Professor," she said. Snape walked in and sat down beside her on the bed.

"Now, why are you crying?" asked Snape.

"Colin is just like us!" Ginny said.

"Of course he is! I didn't say he wasn't. Just because he has a problem that we don't have doesn't mean he's some sort of alien, Ms. Weasley," Snape stated.

"But why does he have to have this problem? Why Colin?" she asked as she wiped away a tear.

"We do not choose what talents or problems we want to be born with, Ginny. They already come with us. Mr. Creevey had no say in this," Snape assured. Ginny looked up at him. Snape was more paternal then she thought possible.

"Professor?" she asked.

"Yes," he replied.

"Um, well, on the 4th floor, in one of the rooms, was a picture of a woman named Anabelle Marina. Who is she?" asked Ginny cautiously. Snape hesitated, and then answered.

"I told you that you aren't allowed in there! Are rules so hard to follow?" he asked. Ginny bowed her head in shame. "That was my wife," he said slowly as if the memory pained him. "She was one of a kind. I met her at Durmstrang," he said.

"You went to Durmstrang!" exclaimed Ginny. "I thought you went to Hogwarts!"

"No I went to Durmstrang. I was in year 3 I think. She was in the same year, too. So we started to go out. They were grand times. But then the Dark Lord started to rise and my dad forced me to join. So I did, but I made myself a spy for Albus. Anabelle was terrified when she heard of the things I was doing for him. Murders, kidnapping, torturing, horrid things. And once I even started to like it. But she didn't give up on me. She led me back to the light side. But when Lucius found out I had a weak spot for Ana, he used it against me. One night at a meeting with the Dark Lord, he invited Ana. Then he asked me how willing I was to hurt someone dear to me for the Dark Lord. I said I was willing, not knowing that Ana was there or that he was going to use her. Then he got up and killed her right there in front of me. She dropped to the floor so slowly that it gave my heart time to crack and for the memories that rushed through my mind to break me.  I'll never forget that day. I'll never forgive myself for that," he concluded and looked sadly out the window. Ginny's crying had died down and her hand reached out and clasped around Snape's. He looked down at her hand and then looked up at her. She reminded him so much of Anabelle.

"It wasn't you're fault," she said.

"But it feels as if it was," he said and got up leaving the room. Ginny sat in silence.

"Poor Snape," she muttered softly. "Poor Anabelle. Poor Colin. Poor Sirius. Poor Lupin. Too many poor people for me to be happy," she concluded sadly.

~~~~~~~~~~~~1 hour and some minutes later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Harry, Draco, Ginny, Colin, and Snape got in the fireplace and zoomed off. Colin was still questioning Ginny as to why they were going to visit Lupin. Finally, they arrived at Lupin's room at St. Mungo's in LA.

Lupin lay on a bed, wide awake.

"Harry! Ginny! What a pleasant surprise! Snivellus! What an unpleasant surprise!" cried Lupin as he sat up in bed slowly. Ginny and Harry chuckled at his last comment.

"Hello, Remus!" cried Harry as he ran over to hug his buddy. Ginny hugged him next. Colin ran over and almost squeezed Lupin to near death.

"Now I'm wondering what you three good kids are doing with Mr. Malfoy and Snivellus," wondered Lupin.

"It's a buddy program Dumbledore made up!" stated Harry and plunged into explanation. But then he had a different question. "Why were you in the Department of Mysteries? And who was the person who hurt you?" Lupin froze and Snape stiffened though no one noticed.

"Harry, I think you best stay out of it this time," Lupin said wisely.

"But that's not-"Harry argued.

"No buts Harry," Lupin continued. "I don't want any trouble like what happened two years ago. If anything happens that we think you should know about, we'll tell you. But other than that, you just pay attention to school and take Occlumency again with Snivellus. And do not forget to tell us about any other dreams. Thanks to you, you saved my life!" Lupin said as he patted a disappointed Harry on the back.

"But that's not fair!" argued Harry. "If Sirius was here he would've-"But Harry didn't continue. It was too much for him. The image of his godfather falling through the archway flashed by again and Harry broke down. Snape and Lupin kicked the 4 kids out and spoke secretly in the room.

"Maybe we should let him be part of it, Sickle-buddy," Lupin said. Snape shot him a deadening look.

"My name is Severus," Snape stated firmly. "And do you remember what happened last time he was included in something this big? Should I remind you? I say we wait a while and then see. Let's ask Albus he's opinion on how bad it looks and I'll check in Potter's dreams. Then we'll make our decision." Lupin was about to argue, but didn't.

"Okay, Snivellus, I'll go with that," Lupin gave in. Snape smirked and left the room to get the kids. Little did he know that Harry had been eavesdropping.

"Come on, let's go," ordered Snape and they headed back to Snape's place.

They ate lunch quietly and dinner went by fast. Soon it was nap nap time. Ginny, Draco, Colin, and Harry all scribbled their day's events into their little diaries, and then they fell asleep.

Snape sat in his room quietly, pulling thoughts through his mind and processing them. He spoke with Dumbledore through the fire.

"Colin has got memory issues," Snape stated.

"Yes, poor boy," Dumbledore replied.

"And Harry might be helping the Dark Lord again, but we're not sure. That leaves Ginny and Draco. They seep alright. Is there something really wrong with them?" asked Snape.

"Yes, something very grave indeed Severus. You must figure out soon, before it's too late," replied Dumbledore and left, leaving Snape with that last scary thought.

And that's where im leaving you! Think about Albus' warning wisely folks!

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