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-67- Severus -67- November 16, 1991 . Thursday was Severus’s light day.  With no classes until the afternoon, he skulked off the Hogwarts grounds.  His cloak snapped behind him in the cold November wind.   His mind was in the same place as the cursed Scottish weather.  He’d read through all the books Lucius had given him.  Although he probably knew more about golems than anyone alive in all of England – not something he was willing to brag about – he still didn’t know what to do with the child haunting his quarters.  According to the one book in the collection that seemed to be based in fact rather than mad r

-65- Evan -65- November 13, 1991 . “Here.” Evan looked up from his breakfast, startled to find Severus setting a piece of paper in front of him.  He set down his fork and picked up the paper, looking it over.  It was a schedule.  And it wasn’t the Gryffindor schedule, that much was sure.  “What house am I in?” he asked, a sense of dread in his stomach at the thought that he might have been pushed into the Slytherin house.  He had nothing against the Slytherins in general, but he’d gotten off on a seriously bad foot with Malfoy and his cronies. “You’re not in one,” Severus answered sho

-64- Evan -64- November 12, 1991 . Evan stumbled to a stop in front of the fireplace in the Headmaster’s office.  He knew it connected to the Floo network – not that he’d ever had the chance to take it before.  He shot a glance at the old man sitting in the desk, then back to Severus. Severus had spent almost an hour going over the rules for their little excursion.  Don’t say this, don’t ever do that, don’t ever even imply that you know what dark magic is, much less a golem or anything to do with ghosts.  Evan had spent a good portion of the time preventing himself from rolling his eyes.  He’d got