Lily Evans was in her seventh year and she was miserable. She had just broken up with her boyfriend, James Potter, and she no longer had any friends. When she had tried to continue her friendship with Severus Snape, the rest of her friends had totally abandoned her. Then of course she started dating James so Sev gave up on their friendship. And if that wasn't enough; James dumped her because he heard a rumour that she "knew her way around town." (wink wink, nudge nudge) so Lily was feeling pretty down. Seeing as she was the second-best potions student in her class (Severus was 1) she decided that she would brew her own kind of potion. She considered a suicide potion but that seemed too drastic; finally she decided she would create a potion that numbed the pain. It would keep her alive for her future but it would stop the hurt that was eating away at her heart.

All of Lily's spare time was put into brewing that potion; she had found a recipe in a potions book in the restricted section. It was more difficult than a Polyjuice Potion; it took many rare items that she had to convince Professor Slughorn she needed. Also, many times she started to cry while she was working so a few tears started to fall into her cauldron. Nobody ever suspected what she was doing because nobody wanted to speak to her; except for Severus. He never saw Lily anymore and he was worried; when he did see her at some of his classes, she was becoming thinner and more sickly. She didn't offer to answer questions anymore, only when she was called upon; even then she got it wrong a lot. Her teachers were becoming sort of worried but then again, they figured that her break-up was screwing with her mind. The fact that nobody looked, nobody talked to her and nobody cared furthered her thoughts that she should strengthen the potion.

One week later, Lily was done. It had felt like years of pain but she was ready to stop the thing that felt like it was killing her, but she didn't know that it actually was. When she was skipping meals and spending all that time in the dungeon, she got more and more sick and it would have killed her if she had gone on much longer. While she was stirring her potion for the last time, Lily started thinking of all the things that caused her to brew this potion and she started to cry. The hurt and the raw emotion mixed into her cauldron and it did something it wasn't supposed to do, it turned pure black. Black to represent how alone she was. Black to represent the sad and the anger she felt. Black to represent what time she was to consume it. (midnight) and what she didn't know was: black to show how bleak her future would be. As Lily poured the numbness chemical into a golden goblet that she had taken from the dining hall. There was no way that this couldn't work or she would be pissed. Lily swirled the potion for the last time. This would make her oblivious to the pains of the world for exactly one year. If she wanted to come out of her stupor, all she had to do was make the counter-potion. Not gonna happen, she thought to herself.

Lily tipped her head back, as the potion entered her mouth and down her throat.

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"Snape!" Professor McGonagall barked to Severus Snape. Even though she was in the brisk manner that she usually carried on in, McGonagall had a softness in her eyes. It looked like sadness, sympathy. Severus prepared himself for the worst; even the teachers picked on him. "I have gained word that you were Lily Evans' best friend. Are my sources correct?" Snape hadn't expected this. "umm… I-- I guess so, we haven't really spoken in a while be-because we kind of… you know… drifted apart." the evil stare looked like it softened up. Not for Severus's case technically. "Ok, I would like you to get James Potter and some of Lily's closest friends. It concerns you all.

Later, when all three students (James, Severus and a girl named Winter) were gathered in Professor McGonagall's office. "I am really sorry to all of you. Today Lily Evans was found in the Potion's dungeon. She was right beside a cauldron and a golden goblet. It was partly-filled with a dark purple, almost black potion." James was confused. "Wait, wait, wait! If Lily was found and she was nearby Slughorn, then why are we being told all of this?" McGonagall's face got softer. There was a bit of a problem, we've moved her to the hospital wing. Come with me.

When they arrived at the bed Lily was lying in, the three teenagers recoiled in shock. Lily was there alright, but she was as pale as a ghost, and she wasn't moving. "Unfortunately, we have taken a look at the potion that Miss Evans was brewing. Professor Slughorn has confirmed the worst. The potion was a suicide potion. I'm very sorry James, Severus and Winter. Lily Evans drank the potion and she is dead." Winter and Severus just stared in shock. James cried out:

WHAT WILL JAMES SAY? WAIT FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER. AND PLEASE R&R :-D