A/N: Here's the 6th chapter I promised! Heh... R&R!

Desclaimer: I own everything. Minus everything.

Chapter 6
"Help! Help!" A crying first year ran into me, screaming.

"What's wrong?"

"A-a giant s-spider in t-the c-closet!"

"Which closet?"

"T-that one!"

She pointed at a closed closet not far off. I opened the doors with my wand at ready.

But what jumped out was not a giant spider. It was a boggart in the closet that turned into a manticore. The first year ran off again, screaming for help.

Millions of memories passed through my eyes. The manticore split in half, one half changing into somebody, and the other stayed a manticore.

I recognized the blood-streaked body. "Brian!" I watched as the manticore rip his body to shreds.

All I could do was watch, transfixed in horror. I was in tears, shaking from my sobs.

I remembered that horrible day.

"You guys, are you sure we should go this way?" I saw something move in the corner of my eye. "Brian! Move!"

Too late. Two manticores ambushed us. Brian was knocked unconscious. "Stacey, be careful!"

I saw Stacey fall to the ground. "No!"

I ran from the manticore I was fighting to finish off Stacey's. When the golden dust reached the ground, I turned to watch Brian's body being ripped and torn.

I shook myself out of my state. I was curled up in a ball against the wall, trying to distance myself from Brian and the manticore.

I picked up my forgotten wand. But before I could try Ridikkulus, someone stepped in front of me and did it.

I could see from the side the boggart had changed. A glass ball? No... Moon? That couldn't be it. Who would be afraid of the moon? Before I could guess more, the boggart was banished.

I stood up shakily to see my savior. "Professor Lupin?"

My tears had long stopped, but no doubt my eyes were red.

"Follow me," he said in a kind voice.

He took me to his quarters and told me to take a seat. He had a large array of books. There was even a stack of dusty books on the table across from me.

"Tea?"

"What? Oh, yeah, sure."

He handed me a white mug. I took it gratefully and poured the scalding liquid down my throat. It hurt, but it warmed me up.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"Not really."

"Are you sure? It's always better to talk about these things, but you don't have to."

I took in a deep breath. "It's just that he was my best friend. And, I-I had to w-watch him d-die. Sometimes I wish I was normal."

"Being a witch isn't that bad—"

"But, I'm not just a—" I bit my bottom lip. I almost told him. I almost blurted out I was a demigod.

"You're not just a witch? What do you mean?" He had a worried look. Strangely, I wanted to tell him. I wanted to tell somebody. But I couldn't.

"I can't say," I said quietly.

I looked up to see kindness in his eyes. He didn't question anymore. "I understand."

No, you don't.

I checked my watch. It was almost time for dinner. "I should go."

"You're right. It's almost time for supper."

He escorted me to the Great Hall. When I sat down, I heard the jeering from the Slytherins.

"What happened?" Fred asked.

"Yeah, those gits keep saying you're afraid of a cat," George said.

Audrey took a seat next to me. "A cat?"

"My boggart is a manticore. I don't know where they got cat."

"Are you okay?"

"I saw my dead best friend die again! How would you feel?" I snapped.

They all shut up, but the sneering Slytherins kept going. I couldn't take it anymore.

I stood up. "Ooh! Is widdle Chang going to cry?" The whole table burst into laughter. I just... exploded.

"I just watched my best friend die again by a freaking manticore. What would you do if you saw your best friend die again? And then watch a manticore shred the lifeless body to pieces? You wouldn't do anything because you don't have best friends! Do you know why? Because you're all hateful little gits!" I spat, and I stormed out of the Great Hall.

A/N: Remember Melaina Chang is an alias for Celestia Jang.