I know some questions will be left by this chapter, but bear with me. They will soon be answered.

Chapter Twenty-One

Less than a minute later, Albus Dumbledore walked into the living room of the Burrow. By now, Lin was thrashing back and forth, screaming in pain and fright. The entire Weasley family, Harry, and Remus, but not Hermione, were gathered in the living room. Remus held her arms whilst Fred and George attempted to hold her legs down and keep her on the couch.

Quickly, Dumbledore hurried over to stand beside her head. Once here, he placed one hand on her forehead and the other on her cheek. He then said in a commanding voice, "An galad ar mornie, an gwai ar nen, an naur ar kemen, echoir! Kelo, aeg lammoth! Le una bel orehiello! Tulo nin, mel nin!"

Lin surprised them all by suddenly going limp. Fred and George backed away slowly from her, unsure if she would began to convulse again or not. Dumbledore, however, stayed exactly where he was, watching her face closely.

The seconds ticked by in tense silence until Lin's eyes flew open. As soon as her eyes locked on him, she reached up and grasped him by his arm, knocking Remus to the ground in the process. She whispered in a hoarse voice, "Hir tula!"

"Utulie'n aure!" Dumbledore assured her.

"U-chebin estel anim..." she whispered in return dropping back to the couch.

"Lin..." Remus said, picking himself up and hurrying to her.

"Remus..." she whispered, looking around only with her eyes for him. Her body remained motionless as though she had not the energy to move anymore.

"You are safe here..." he said, trying to sound reassuring.

Lin let out a sob and wrapped her arms around Remus. She wept into his shoulder, and it did not seem as though she would stop any time soon. He would hardly have let go of her had she tried. He was far too relieved that she was awake. She was not in nearly so much danger of fading as she had been whilst unconscious.

After awhile, Lin's tears subsided. She slowly separated herself from Remus and looked up at him, looking very tired. "Remus..." she whispered, seeing nothing but his face. "Thank you..."

As the two continued to stare at each other, Ron made the mistake of moving for the door. Instantly, Lin's eyes flicked to him and noticed everyone else that was in the room. Her first reaction was to shrink away from them, that is until she recognized them.

She sank back to lay on the couch again and said in all-consuming relief, "I am safe."

"You won't fade now?" Dumbledore asked cautiously.

Lin looked up at him and smiled. "No. I am among friends once more."

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Over the next few days, Lin recovered physically at an accelerated rate. However, she was plagued by nightmares similar to but somewhat less severe than the one she had experienced prior to waking up the first time. They gradually decreased in severity until after about three weeks she slept through the night without even a bad dream. This was mostly due to Remus' presence and Albus' spells. The former had convinced her within a week that what had happened was not in any way her fault. The latter had used a number of spells on her to decrease the effect that terrible memory had on her.

The morning after that full night of uninterrupted sleep, Lin heard thumping coming from the attic. She asked Mrs. Weasley, who was at the time making tea, "What is that?"

"What? Oh! That's just a ghoul in the attic. It's been there for years," she said, hardly seeming to care.

"I can get rid of it if you would like," Lin offered.

"It's not a bother, dear. I am you are still recovering," Mrs. Weasley began to say, providing multiple reasons for her not to bother herself with it.

"Nonsense! It hardly requires much work on my part, and I am nearly recovered. It shall not be a problem in the slightest," Lin assured her, already walking toward the stairs.

Remus came into the room then and asked, "Where's Lin going?"

"She's going to get rid of the ghoul," Mrs. Weasley responded with a smile.

"What? I don't even know how to get rid of a ghoul. How can she-"

"I just need to talk to it," Lin said from half way up the first flight of stairs.

"If you want, dear, you can just tell it to not bang on the pipes," Mrs. Weasley said.

Lin nodded and began to run up the stairs. Over an hour later, she had not returned.

"I should go up after her," Remus said, worried.

"Nonsense, Remus! She's probably just talking with Fred and George. You know they've been wanting to talk with her for awhile now," Mrs. Weasley said placatingly.

"No. I need to see," he said, hurrying up the stairs after her.