The date 31st October 1981 was written on the front of the envelope. It was the day when Lily was killed by the dark lord. Severus turned it over and found it already opened. He emptied the contents of the envelope on the desk and found a letter and a picture. The letter was a white muggle paper. He unfolded the paper and frowned. The letter was addressed to Potter. It was written with a pen instead of a quill. Lily had always been more comfortable with muggle paper and pen. It read,

Dear Harry,

Today I would like to tell
you about a very special boy
that I knew. He lived a few
minutes away from my childhood
home in Cokeworth. We met at a
park near his home in Spinner’s
end when we were nine years old.
He was the one who told me that
I was a witch and not a freak.
He told me about the wizarding
world and Hogwarts school of
witchcraft and wizardry. Which
you will be attending when you
turn eleven Harry.

We went to Hogwarts together
when we turned eleven. I was
sorted in Gryffindor as was your
father. But Severus was sorted
into Slytherin. But we promised
each other that we will always
remain friends and never let the
animosity among both of the houses
break our friendship.

James and Severus however could
never see eye to eye. They were
always at each others throat. I
tried to be Sev’s friend through
all this. Unfortunately one day
during our fifth year James
started tormenting Sev in front
of every one. I tried to help
Severus and stood up to James
but everything got out of hand
and Severus called me something
that was a very bad word for a
muggle born witch like me. I was
very angry at him and left. After
that day we drifted apart. Severus
started spending most of his time
with Malfoy and his lackeys. Our
friendship started to deteriorate.

To this day I wish I hadn’t been
so hasty in ending our friendship.
I let a single word that Severus
had uttered in anger to ruin our
years of friendship.

Anyways I am telling you all of
this because I want you to know
that even if your dad and I don’t
make it, you won’t be alone. There
are lot of people who care about
you Sirius, Remus, Peter,Dumbledore,
even Severus.

He made some wrong choices but I
refuse to believe that he is
anything but a good person. I know,
no matter how broken our
relationship has become he will
always protect you if I could not
survive.

I will write to Severus too. Maybe
we can still salvage our
friendship.

With love,
Lily

Severus clutched the letter to his chest. Lily never got to write the letter that she promised she would. This was probably the last letter she ever wrote. If only he had not been so stubborn and just talked to her after their fight which ended their friendship.

Severus couldn’t believe that She had still cared about him even after so many years. She had wanted her child whom she loved so much to know about him. She had spent last moments her life thinking about him, writing about him. She had trusted him to protect her child.

She would weep knowing how he had treated Potter all this years. He had let his hatred for James Potter cloud his mind so much that he could barely remember at times that Potter was also Lily’s child. He felt a stray tear rolling down his cheek and clutched the letter to his chest.

After a while he put the letter down and reached towards the picture that Lily had sent to Potter along with the letter. It was a muggle photograph of him and Lily in a park they always visited as children. They were sitting in the grass next to each other. Lily was facing the camera with a huge smile on her face. While he was gazing at her with a soft smile on his face.