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Professor Slughorn spent much time after that working on studying the potion Lily had brewed to find a counter to it. What he learned was, even if he revived the redhead, she wouldn't remember anything. James, Severus and Winter told Slughorn everything. The break-up, the friend loss, EVERYTHING and though he was disappointed in the adolescents for driving Lily to the point that she wanted to die, he was proud of them for confessing. The potion had given itself life, the tears that Lily had cried when she was brewing had made it so that whatever caused her pain, she would forget what it was. The only way to fix it was to make everything better; and not "put on a band aide, say sorry" better. It was the "slow but effective" healing. If a person triggered something good in Lily's memory, the redhead would remember them + what they did wrong but could be on the path to forgiving them. Some people who didn't cause her any pain would be remembered instantly. "All we have to do is wake up Lily!" Slughorn exclaimed cheerfully.
Ironically, that was the thing that woke Lily up; somebody wanting her to be around. She yawned and stretched. Then she realized that she didn't recognize anybody there. Well, of course there was Slughorn and McGonagall, who hadn't done anything wrong. But she still was unfamiliar with her surroundings. The hospital wing even witnessed some pretty terrible times when it came to Miss Evans. "Who are you three?" she asked Winter, James and Severus.
"Lily? Are you ok? It's me, Winter. We were best friends since we were first years." Lily looked at her wand and McGonagall. She remembered Hogwarts. She was a seventh year student at a magical school. Her favourite subjects were Transfiguration and Potions and the two adults I front of her were her favourite teachers. But she didn't recognize the other teenagers. There was a quite beautiful brunette, a sad looking, , black-haired boy, and then there was an arrogant looking boy that was over six feet tall, and had blue eyes. Lily saw major concern in the boys eyes, what was wrong with her? What happened?
"Hey," the boy spoke "I'm James Potter, I used to be your friend. For a while we dated. (McGonagall and Slughorn had left the room.) But unfortunately, we kind of broke up. I'm really sorry if I hurt you in the past, but from now on, you will be treated as a princess." it sounded sweet but if they had dated then Lily didn't really trust her judgment at the moment.
"And I'm Severus" Snape interjected. "I was the first person who knew that you were a witch. We've been friends since we were 11 but these days, I've been a first-class jerk to you and I'm so sorry that it drove you to try to numb all your pain." when Severus spoke, something clicked in Lily's mind. "Of course I remember who you are Sev. Or at least, now I do." she flashed her friend a huge grin. "But I'm still unsure about everything else. Could you help me regain my memory? Please?" Severus had expected that Lily would remember him last, instead, he was the first. (not including the people she had never forgotten) "If you want me to help you, then I will but if you get sick of me, just say the word." he joked; even though there was a level of seriousness.
It hurt both James and Winter that the redhead didn't remember them but they both did hurt her badly. What James did was the other reason the two broke up in the first place, and what Winter did could have been easily stopped. But they both stopped thinking about their horrible crimes against Lily when Severus started to speak again. "I will try to put a positive spin on every person around you that we meet, so that more people can bring you into happiness again ok?" "Sounds perfect." she replied, slightly confused. What did he mean by "bring her into happiness," did somebody make her sad? She thought to herself I bet it was that James boy… or whatever his name was.
The first people that Severus re-introduced to Lily were, ironically, the other three Marauders. He figured that since Remus, Peter and Sirius never harmed Lily, she would remember them quickly. One problem with this was Remus had a bit of a crush on Lily. I mean, he thought she was beautiful and he would have a crush on her… if it weren't for Prongs. The other problem was Prongs, he was there when Lily re-met the other three and almost everything she was thinking was Why is he here? Can't he tell that Sev doesn't want him here if I'm going to "recover?" Yes, Sev had told James to screw off because his rudeness and his past problems with the girl would block happy memories of the other three.
"Lily, this is Remus Lupin. He's the male prefect for Gryffindor with you." (Lily already remembered she was a prefect) {click!} (Ok, I'm going to do that when Lily remembers somebody) "Yeah, I know you." Remus grinned, he was forgiven! "And this is Sirius Black, he's James' best friend but don't hold that against him." Sev muttered the last part so only he and Lily could hear it. "I think I know you… you're the boy from the family of Slytherins that became a Gryffindor right?" Sirius grinned, he would be remembered for "betraying" his family. "That's right" Sev answered for him "And the last one is P-" "Yeah I know you Peter. You're the one that kind of just follows the other guys around because they stop you from getting beaten up." That didn't sit too well with the boy even though it was true. Later, while Severus was speaking to Professor Slughorn about Lily's progress, James came up to Lily and tried one more time. "Lily, I'm so, so, so, so sorry that I hurt you. I know it hurt you but I want to be with you again." he spoke with so much feeing. "I'm sorry James," Lily replied "But there's something in my memory that doesn't want to remember you. My head is telling me to forget you, to let you fade into the background of my life. And I'm glad I can't remember you." And with that, she walked away.
How was that? Did it work for you guys? I finally gave up on deleting every second word I wrote so I hope it's good enough. R&R so we can hear more about this! :-D
