A/N: Sorry guys this is epically huge, usually I write and then split it in to four, but I'm writing a chapter a day instead of writing two a day and then dividing so it's equal if that makes sense? I was debating putting some of this in the next chapter but I'm writing it tomorrow and I wanted to update you guys today! I've had such bad migraines all week it's been a struggle to write!

Also sorry if this whole Noel thing is totally wrong, I'm kind of confused about what the show is trying to tell me and the migraines aren't great for helping me puzzle it all out!

"Mrs Grunwald what are you doing here?" Hanna asked in shock. She was the last person Hanna had expected to show up on her doorstep. She noticed Caleb tense out of the corner of her eye as he moved up to stand next to her. Mrs Grunwald started to walk forward, entering the apartment and looking around. Hanna shut the door behind her, shooting Caleb a look.

"Are you…alone?" she asked them.

"Um….I'm kind of standing right here?" Mona waved from the side of the door.

"Me too" Caleb chimed in. Grunwald turned back to Hanna.

"I mean….are you alone?" she stared right at Hanna and has Hanna met her eyes it was like the woman was staring right in to her soul. Hanna may be with Mona and Caleb…they may be helping her and trying to understand. But they hadn't been through what she had. They couldn't completely understand and…sometimes that made her feel a little alone. The 'I've been tortured by a psychopath' club didn't have many members. She swallowed and refused to look at Caleb, she could feel him studying her. She appreciated everything he had done for her…but yeah. She felt alone. He wasn't inside her head with her..he couldn't know what it was like in the barn. What it was like when she thought Rollins was alive. He believed her about Noel but…he didn't have the same conviction as her...didn't understand.

"I'm sorry, I don't want to be rude but..what are you doing here?" she asked instead of answering, refusing to look at the woman and her freaky soul penetrating eyes.

"I had a dream" she said in her lilting voice. Hanna's head snapped up and she looked at Grunwald. She'd had a dream..a nightmare…and then Grunwald shows up having also had a dream? Hanna found it hard to believe in coincidence. She could see Caleb in her peripheral shooting the woman a look, most likely irritated that after having calmed her down here was Grunwald, bringing up dreams and ready to freak her out all over again. Hanna ignored it.

"What happened in it?" she asked quietly. Her own 'dream' replaying in her mind.

"I've never considered the content of dreams to be important" She started. "It's the impressions they leave that affect me."

"Impressions?" Hanna had a pretty big…impression from her dream. Grunwald made a noise of agreement.

"Well in this case, the dream left me quite unsettled. The sense was strong enough that I felt compelled to come here" Hanna had a bad feeling. Her dream, her nightmare about Caleb….the sense that maybe he was in danger from Noel…then Grunwald having a dream leaving her freaked enough to come all the way here? If it had her freaked it couldn't be good. She felt Caleb move closer and take her hand. She knew he probably didn't buy any of this dream stuff, probably didn't want the woman filling her head with ideas, but Hanna…she needed to know.

"The sense of what?"

"A darkness. Around you….and Caleb" Hanna felt her stomach drop out. She and Grunwald had both had a dream…..and it was bad for Caleb in both. Her hand tightened on his reflexively. Caleb was in danger. She knew it. Her nightmare meant something. Noel was AD and he was going to hurt Caleb. She couldn't let that happen.

"Hanna…Han…it was just a nightmare okay. I'm fine. I'm not in any danger okay?" Grunwald opened her mouth, most likely to contradict him, but he stopped her. "No. Just no. Hanna…she was terrified this morning okay. I'm not having you coming in here and stirring it all up again. It was just a nightmare. It wasn't a portent of doom okay?" Grunwald gave him a look but he shook it off and turned back to Hanna. He framed her face in his hands. "Hanna look at me. I'm fine. I'm going to be fine. There's no danger, nothing's going to hurt me." Hanna stared in to his eyes and he knew he was going to lose this battle because Hanna cared about him too much to risk anything. She was as terrified of losing him as he was of losing her. He sighed.

"I want…I want to talk to her…I need to" Hanna said, staring past him at Grunwald. The woman smiled and Caleb resisted the urge to shudder.

"Mona needs to keep working on the code, let's go someplace else" Caleb said, sending Mona a look when she moved to protest. He didn't want Grunwald in here any longer than she had to be…tainting the place with Ravenswood.

Hanna nodded. It was daylight, Caleb would be with her, and they'd be in public. Her burning curiosity and need to protect him was overriding any personal fears anyway.

"Of course. I saw a lovely hotel…." Caleb groaned internally. Of course she did.

Hanna and Caleb soon found themselves ensconced opposite Grunwald in the bar of the Radley. Hanna had felt fear walking out of that apartment, she always did these days. But she felt safe in her mother's hotel. Caleb had fixed the security there and he was right there with her. She didn't fear Grunwald. Grunwald was going to help her protect Caleb…help her understand what was going on. She focused on the woman in front of her. If she wanted help, she was going to have to tell her what had been going on so they could make sense of their dreams…of the sense she had.

"Are you and Caleb alright?" she asked. Hanna swallowed.

"Caleb and I…we're definitely not alright"

"Hey!" Caleb protested, and she knew he was going to make a comment about the kiss so she cut him off at the knees.

"Not like that." she directed at him, managing an eyeroll, before turning her attention back to Grunwald. "None of us are alright. Someone's been trying to hurt us" Hanna mentally added the 'again'.

"Do you know who that someone is?" Grunwald asked, attention fully on Hanna. The woman may be creepy but at least she's willing to listen…and hopefully shed some light on everything.

"I think so" Hanna nodded. "The others aren't quite so sure" She knew Caleb believed her, and so did Mona, but she also knew that the two of them wanted to be on her side…be there for her. But they didn't believe as strongly as she did. As for the others…they definitely didn't believe her. But maybe Grunwald would be proof enough.

"I believe you Hanna, and so does Mona. It's got to be Noel, you're right. But the others are going to need more evidence, Mona and I are working on it…or we will be" he interrupted and Hanna turned to him. She could see the sincerity in his eyes.

"By any chance, does that person have a connection with this hotel?" Grunwald asked, not acknowledging that Caleb had even spoken.

"Yeah…yeah he's staying here" Hanna said urgently. "He attacked Alison, he kidnapped me and..someone just died in this hotel!" she didn't mention the part about Noel maybe not being the one who'd kidnapped her…but there was a strong possibility. She just couldn't be sure. Noel…or Rollins. Either way he was involved. So it wasn't technically a lie.

Caleb on the other hand, wasn't sure when Hanna had jumped to thinking Noel had been the one to kidnap her. He might have..but it might have been his order and Rollins carrying it out. They just didn't know. Although if Caleb found out he had touched Hanna….Noel was a dead man, even if he'd just been the architect behind it all, even if it was his plan. But he'd need proof for that, something he didn't have…yet. He hoped for Hanna's sake that it was Rollins because she really didn't need to wrestle with the possibility of killing someone who hadn't actually done anything to her. He may not have been taking Alison to kill her, but as far as they knew…he was the one who'd tortured Hanna, if that wasn't true he knew it would eat Hanna up inside.

"Many people died here Hanna. Before it became a hotel. Their pain radiates through these walls. Their cries of anguish…still echo." Hanna swallowed, remembering all the things they'd seen in Radley. The hidden parts…what they'd learned. "Do you hear them?" Grunwald turned her piercing eyes to Hanna. Hanna looked around…trying to see whatever it was Grunwald was seeing…hear whatever she was hearing. But she couldn't. She could imagine though, and sometimes imagination was worse than reality.

"No" she said. Caleb echoing her. Yep. That's right. I'm still here. He thought at Grunwald who was totally focused on Hanna.

"You're lucky. It's…deafening" Grunwald said quietly. Hanna didn't know what to say that.

"I'm sorry" she managed, and she was. She didn't know what Grunwald heard or saw in her every day life. But it clearly took a toll on the woman and Hanna felt for her. Nobody understood her…what she'd seen…what she'd been through either. Grunwald took a moment to compose herself and Caleb's hand snaked out to grab Hanna's, squeezing it.

"I apologise if my coming here disturbed you" Grunwald finally said and Hanna decided to cut to the chase. There where things she needed to ask..things she needed to know and she didn't want to waste any more time dancing around it.

"You say you feel this darkness, around us." Hanna said, leadingly, getting straight to the point.

"I wanted to warn you that you're in danger but I see that you already know that"

"But from who?" Hanna asked the question she'd been desperate to ask for a while now. She knew Grunwald…knew things. Things no-one else did.

"All I know, is that the source of the threat against you…is close" she said, concern written across her face. "Very close" she saw the woman's eyes shift to something behind her, and she turned, Caleb mirroring her. Noel Khan was standing right there. She wasn't sure if Grunwald had done it deliberately or if his appearance had caught her attention, but there was one way to find out. Grunwald could confirm whether or not it was Noel..if he was the danger.

The thought of attracting Noel's attention…the person who had potentially had a hand in torturing her..made her want to run away and hide. She didn't want to be anywhere near him. He…he scared her. But she needed to do this. She needed to keep Caleb and her friends safe. Caleb kept saying how brave she was…she needed to live up to that. She took a breath and drained her glass.

"Hanna what are you doing?" Caleb asked in concern, eyeing Noel. She dropped her glass on the floor and turned quickly. She saw Grunwald watching him. She could hear him approaching and she tensed. She couldn't help it. Her heart started to pound. I need to be brave. I need to protect Caleb. I need to be brave. She repeated. But the closer he got…the less brave she felt. Caleb moved closer to her and wrapped an arm around her, comfortingly.

"I won't let him hurt you" he murmured in her ear.

"Hello Hanna" Noel said, looming over her. She turned to face him. She repressed a shudder. He was smiling…the same smile from her nightmare. "Take any country drives lately" he said, flaring his eyes with meaning. She couldn't respond. She couldn't force her mouth to open. She was barely breathing. She felt…she felt terror run through her as she stared in to his eyes. She felt Caleb stiffen at the implication and tightened her grip on his hand to keep him from doing something stupid. A hand landed on her and Caleb's joined ones and she finally tore her eyes away from Noel to look at Grunwald. She watched as the woman stared at Noel. She's doing that freaky eye thing. She thought to herself and she sat up a little straighter. This reaction…it had to mean something didn't it? A memory flashed across her brain.

A barn door opening. A figure standing there. An overwhelming sense of terror. Wet clothes sticking to clammy skin. Electricity humming. Sharp pain exploding across her body. "No stop!"

Hanna shook it off. Did….did Grunwald do that? Did she…did she bring that memory to the surface? But was it mine or…or was it Noels? She turned to look at Noel, feeling the concern radiating off of Caleb and catching a glimpse of his facial expression. He did not look happy. His grip on her was tight, and he was tensed to swing at Noel at any moment. She studied Noel…he was big enough to match the impression of a figure she'd seen, but she couldn't be sure. It had been dark..so dark. She knew he was strong enough. He'd have had no problem…holding her down and…..and….she swallowed. Noel smirked at her and she had to look away as another memory surfaced.

Desperately banging on a rough wooden door. "Please, please let me out of here" she begged, tears running down her face. Electricity humming through the air, getting louder the closer it got to her. Tensing for the blow, but not knowing where it was going to hit. The pain as it made contact with her chilly, wet skin. Screaming in pain. Begging him to stop. "Stop, please stop, please" unable to move because of the pain, unable to run away. Trapped.

Caleb squeezing her hand brought her out of it. He was staring at her, well aware of where she went when she checked out. But….she thought Grunwald was the one bringing the memories up….she had to be. Noel was right there, Grunwald was doing her soul staring thing and…and Hanna was seeing her time in the barn. It had to mean something. It had to mean that Noel…Noel was the one in the barn. He was the one torturing her which meant…she'd killed an innocent man. He hadn't been taking Ali to kill her….he hadn't tortured her. He'd made Ali think she was crazy and she knew she was protecting her friend but…Rollins hadn't done anything to her. It was Noel. It had all been Noel. He'd been working with Rollins but…if this meant what she thought it did…Noel had been the one torturing her. She turned her gaze to Grunwald in time to see a stream of crimson started to leak from her nose. Hanna stared in concern, unsure how to help her.

"Freaks" Noel said, before walking away, and Hanna managed to relax and take a deep breath as soon as his presence was gone. Hanna hurriedly offered the woman a tissue to stem the blood, and she and Caleb shared a look. She knew Caleb hadn't seen what she had but..he'd seen her reaction and he knew her well enough to know what had happened, and a few seconds later he confirmed her suspicions.

"Han…Rollins wasn't exactly husband of the year okay? He was a bad seed. He was….he was evil. Even if he…even if it wasn't him, he still did all of that to Alison. He might not have been going to kill her…that night but we don't know what his plan was for sure. You where protecting your friend and anyway…it was an accident. You're not a killer Hanna." he said softly. Hanna nodded, not really believing him. It had gotten…not exactly easier but…knowing that he'd been the one to torture her…it had made it manageable. What she'd done to him and how she felt about that. Everyone kept saying it was an accident but there had been hesitation and…it wasn't justified if he hadn't…hadn't been the one in the barn. She shook her head, going back to the more pressing issue. Noel was A. The question was…was this going to be enough proof for the others? As far as Hanna was concerned….this was the final nail in the coffin. But she knew the others would take more convincing and for all she knew? Maybe after everything that had happened to her...maybe she had finally cracked, maybe...maybe she wasn't thinking straight. She didn't know. But she knew she couldn't feel at ease with Noel out there.

Once they'd ensured Mrs Grunwald was okay, they'd headed back to the apartment, sending out the call to have everyone meet them there. As soon as they'd walked in Mona had taken one look at Hanna's face and pulled her in to a hug. One by one the others had arrived.

Caleb knew this wasn't going to be easy. He had watched Hanna get lost in memories. He knew Grunwald was….peculiar, but he wasn't sure what exactly had happened. Had she used her…gift to tap Noel's memories and it had somehow gone across to Hanna from the contact, or had being in such close proximity to Noel, with Grunwald seemingly proving it was him, triggered the memories in Hanna. He couldn't deny, Noel looked pretty guilty and he wasn't going to dismiss Grunwald's reaction lightly. He just…he knew what Hanna was thinking, he'd seen it in her eyes briefly. The brief flash of resignation that no doubt accompanied the thought "Am I crazy?". Hanna had been through a lot, but despite what she thought…she was strong. Caleb had no doubt Hanna was in her right mind, but the girls…they might not be so sure. He just hoped none of them upset her, and he was thinking of Alison in particular. She hadn't been the best friend recently, but when she'd walked through the door, she'd hugged Hanna tightly and apologised for her behaviour…for her comments, and told Hanna she understood why she couldn't come with Spencer the other night, appreciated Hanna's determination to help her, so Caleb had to give her credit for that because he'd figured she just wouldn't bother. Maybe people could change.

Aria had been the last to arrive, and once she was there, all eyes where on Hanna. Caleb had quickly filled Mona in while they waited and she was as on edge as he was. They both knew it was going to hurt Hanna to have her friends not believe her. To doubt her. Mona had her bitch face on and was ready to roll if anyone said anything negative.

"Hanna, we're all here. What's the emergency" Spencer asked, as Hanna paced back and forth trying to work out how to word it.

"Hanna blurt, coming in 5…4….3….2….1" Mona counted down quietly, recognising the look on Hanna's face.

"I had a nightmare that Caleb was run over by a car, but he's okay, and then Grunwald showed up and told me he's not okay"

"I'm right here Han" He said with a wave, but she carried on as if he hadn't spoken. Why does that keep happening to me?!

"and then Noel Khan showed up and made Grunwalds head explode" Hanna finished. Mona had called it. Hanna didn't do well in these kinds of situations, she resorted to blurting and then everything came out wrong. Caleb observed the others, Alison was obviously trying to view things from Hanna's point of view and not say anything to upset her after the last few times. Emily and Spencer looked like they where trying to puzzle through her words. None of the three looked inclined to believe her emergency and he could see the doubt in their eyes. Aria however, leapt to Hanna's defence.

"To be fair that does sound like an emergency" she said in to the silence.

"Okay. Can you go over that again…more slowly and….what exactly are you saying?" Spencer asked.

"That Noel Khan is AD" Hanna said with frustration. "You guys I told you last night, he stole Mary Drakes file, he hurt Yvonne, he called Doctor Cochran-"

"Wait…we weren't even together last night" Aria butted in. Caleb could see the looks the girls where exchanging and he didn't like them. If any of them even insinuated she was crazy or…or..whatever other way they wanted to phrase it…he was going to lose his calm. There was nothing wrong with Hanna. She just….she blurted when she was nervous and things…didn't come out right.

"No, we where in my dream, catch up" Mona who clearly had taken note of the others looks, exchanged a glance with Caleb, ready to back Hanna up. "You guys he burned us out of the storm cellar and he wrote on that window. He probably killed Sara, and we know he's bad because way back when he pushed that sorority girl down the stairs!"

"Hanna…what about Sara telling me 'we're looking for the same thing you are'? I mean..she and Jenna where working with Noel"

"To find Charlotte's killer" Hanna responded promptly. "And that still leaves room for Noel Khan to be AD"

"What about the storm cellar?" Spencer chimed in.

"He's the only one that would write, 'I see you'"

"…maybe" Spencer said with a shrug, failing to keep the disbelief out of her voice, if she was even trying.

"No! You guys-"

"What about you Caleb, how are you doing cracking the code" Caleb sighed.

"Uuuh….he's not the only one working on that. Thank you" Mona snarked. Caleb opened his mouth to finally answer but Hanna cut across him.

"Not good." Caleb threw his hands in the air. "But what does that matter anyways because you guys are never going to realise that Noel is the one behind everything!" Hanna was getting more and more worked up and Caleb wasn't sure whether to step in, or let her handle it on her own.

"Never say never" Emily said.

"Oh thanks Pam" Hanna shot back and Caleb and Mona both had to hide snorts of laughter.

"Hey!" Emily cried.

"What else is there to look in to?! Nothing. We're at a dead end" Hanna had a point.

"No. Not exactly. Aria and I have a doctors appointment to go to" Spencer said. Caleb glared at her and she shot him a 'what?' look. Hanna looked around at all of her friends. None of whom believed her. None of whom listened to her. It was like her nightmare all over again. What she had to say didn't matter. What she thought...was wrong. She didn't miss the looks they'd all exchanged either. Clearly they thought after the barn and then the Rollins thing….they thought she'd cracked. Thought she was crazy. It was obvious. But she wasn't. Or maybe…maybe she was, she'd had her own doubts earlier but that didn't change the fact that she was right and if anyone else had brought this to them…they'd have jumped all over it. But her friends didn't believe her. Hanna shook her head, and turned and walked in to the bedroom.

"What?" Spencer asked Caleb as he continued to level her with a look.

"Are you done making Hanna feel like the crazy person shouting at the sky?" Mona asked, icily.

"We didn't-"

"No. Your looks said it all and Hanna isn't blind. She's just asking you to listen to her, but you won't. It's like she doesn't even matter. Why is that? Do you really think Hanna's so weak that everything that's happened has broken her? She might not be as super smart as you Spencer, but she's not dumb either." Caleb said.

"You won't even admit she has some valid points. You won't even hear her out without shouting her down. Some friends you are" Mona shook her head. Aria, who'd been quiet up to this point spoke up.

"I know Hanna's smart. I know she believes this, but there isn't enough hard evidence. We need that to do anything about Noel. Without it, we won't get anywhere" Aria said. Caleb knew she had a point, but he was too angry at the way they'd treated her. He just shook his head and followed after Hanna, leaving them to let themselves out.

"Caleb!" Spencer called after him. He ignored her.

"Don't worry. I'm here to man the decode programmes, you're precious documents aren't being neglected" Mona sniped at Spencer and he entered the bedroom to the dulcet tones of the two of them having a face off. Hanna was sitting on the bed, facing away from the door.

"Han?" he asked as he approached her. She turned to face him and he could see the tears rolling down her cheeks.

"Why don't they believe me? I'm supposed to be their friend..I just…I just want to keep them safe but they don't believe me…what I have to say it...it doesn't matter to them" Caleb sat next to her, pulling her in to him.

"It does matter Han. They just…." Caleb wasn't sure what to say, "they just need solid evidence. To make sure Noel can't slip out of anything"

"They looked at me like…like I was…I was…crazy. I'm…I….I'm not…am I?" she asked herself. Caleb's heart broke. "The barn…and then….then hitting Rollins and…and….and when I thought he was alive…they…they didn't think so…I got so, so…worked up and…now with Noel…" Caleb interrupted her.

"No Hanna. You're not crazy. I know you. You are not crazy" He made her look at him. "We'll prove it to them okay, prove it's Noel. We'll find the evidence they need. I promise" Hanna nodded and snuggled in to his chest, swiping at her cheeks occasionally and Caleb rubbed her back. He was furious. Hanna…she'd been doing so well, had become so…so animated at the prospect of figuring out who AD was, she was so convinced by the evidence she'd gathered and she'd so badly wanted her friends to believe her, wanted them to give her and her theory a chance but they hadn't. They'd treated her like the family's crazy drunk uncle who constantly spouted out nonsense. He looked down at Hanna. Whether she was right or not about Noel…Caleb would find out.