"Damn it!" cursed one very annoyed redhead sitting at her desk at home. It was the middle of August, and Lily Evans had just begun writing an extremely difficult essay for History of Magic, that (although she denied it) she had deliberately put off until today.

The goblin revolution of 1386, she wrote. Lily scowled at the paper and forced herself to continue. …was mostly the fault of humans due to the fact that… Damn thesis statements! Lily stuck the end of her quill into her mouth. Why the hell was the goblin revolution humans' fault?!

She glanced away from the annoying paper at her walls, before realizing she could not possibly claim to be distracted by walls. Lily glared at the mostly blank parchment. She picked her textbooks off the floor and wrinkling her forehead, flipped through them without really trying.

It wasn't her fault that she couldn't concentrate! Horrible perfect Petunia was in the shower, singing, and their neighbor's dog, Rufus, wouldn't stop barking. Lily had just received a letter from her best friend Marlene that she had to last-minute cancel on inviting Lily over to her house for a week, and with nothing to look forward to any more… oh, shit! Right! The essay!

Fifteen minutes and two chocolates later, Lily came to the conclusion that she had writer's block. "Mum…I have writer's block!" she called down the hallway.

"What's your topic?" answered Mrs. Evans helpfully.

"Umm…goblin revolutions in 1386…" She trailed off, not having thought over well enough that her parents happened to be Muggles.

Lily frowned. She decided to owl one of her friends, but as Marlene wasn't available, her next choice would be Remus Lupin, who, sadly, was staying at James Potter's house. So not him.

Lily took one more glance at the awful paper, and decided, definitely him.

Dear Remus,

I know you're probably busy "marauding" and the like, but I desperately need your help in bookish subjects the others don't understand. WHY WERE HUMANS THE MAIN CAUSE OF THE 1386 GOBLIN REVOLUTION?

Thank you for your help in advance.

Sincerely,

Lily Evans

Well, perhaps it was overly dramatic. But oh well. Short, sweet (maybe not that), and to the point.