Years ago, a Slytherin student who had been friends with everyone vanished without a trace before her fourth year at Hogwarts. After years of fruitless searching, she was presumed lost. In her eighth year, she is suddenly found alive, her disappearance revealed to have been no accident. Now back at Hogwarts, she is quieter, guarded, and struggling with anxiety after years away from society. As the castle reacts to her return,friends trying to protect her, the wizarding world watching too close