Lily's Revenge

Lily's Revenge

::Epilogue::

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Evans,

It is with sincere regret that we inform you that your daughter, Lily Evans, has had an emotional breakdown. A build-up of stress caused by certain situations led her to this unstable condition. The Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry is currently keeping her in the hospital ward hoping that good friends and a healthy diet will help her through to recovery. A full recovery is very possible, however she is currently a comatose state due to trauma. She can be revived easily, though we haven't yet attempted as our plans are not fully in place.

Despite her original plans to return to your home for the Christmas break Lily will be remaining at Hogwarts to continue her recovery in the suitable environment, unless you feel non-magic doctors more suited. Might I also add that Lily's condition is due to the breaking out of a relationship with one of the students here at Hogwarts. The reasons for that break-up are strictly confidential, though as the parents we feel that you may be informed. Lily and Severus Snape were, to us, an odd pairing. Neither shared very similar interests and it had only been a weak friendship from the start. The staff at Hogwarts were not entirely surprised when Severus abused their trust, however, Lily's reaction to that abuse was entirely unexpected.

We ask you that if she has either any history of mental instability or bad relationships could you please inform us as that would help to further our attempts at aiding her in this case of distraught behaviour.

Sincerely,

Prof. Minerva McGonagall.

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Minerva put her quill down on the bench, sighing as she folded the letter in two. Calling to her owl she placed the note in its beak and told it where to go. Although she had not known Lily well it upset her that a student could fall to such depths. She had kept the true story of what had happened that night quiet, simply saying that it was another of the Marauder's pranks stopped by James. That was just about the truth, except that it omitted anything about Lily's involvement, and that was how she wanted it.

The professor removed her glasses, rubbing at her tired eyes. It had taken her a while but she had managed to convince James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Sky Winkkin to help with Lily's recovery. Apart from Sky, Lily's best friend, they were all extremely brilliant students and, although she mistrusted the never-serious Sirius, she knew that they would be sympathetic to Lily's cause. All they had wanted in turn was the professor to cover up any werewolf talk of Lily's. Despite Lily's tragic condition it was James that had Minerva the most worried. Considering the extent that she had gone to in revenge at Snape it was quite possible that she would go to those lengths once again.

Quite obviously, James was a very necessary part of the recovery process. If Lily couldn't forgive James for stopping her from becoming a murderer...

Minerva's thoughts drifted away, she was truly too tired to concentrate just now... too tired.

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The full moon was gone and the world was back to normal - or as normal as it can be just before mid-year exams. Students and teachers both were running around stressing yet in the midst of it all Remus sat, intently reading a letter he had received off Professor McGonagall.

"I'm to aid in the recovery of Lily Evan's?" he asked Sirius. "Who's Lily?"

Sirius and James could only shake their heads in laughter. After all that had happened... Remus looked at them oddly, wondering what the joke was all about.