Shifflett Is Discovered

This was her room.

The layout of the room seemed to have changed completely.

After she pushed open the door, the first thing she saw was a great many baby supplies.

The room was filled with green plants and flowers.

The windows were thrown wide open, yet there was no stench from the Sewage River.

The air was exceptionally fresh, like a garden after the rain had cleared.

She turned to look at the only thing that had not changed: the Gryffindor four-poster bed that she and Snape had recreated in exact detail.

A woman with a visibly swollen belly lay on her side atop it.

The woman opened her eyes.

"I remember Snape forbidding anyone from entering here."

"I am Shifflett now."

"The child is—" Lily had just started to press for an answer, but the resonance of blood immediately gave her the answer.

"That potion you paid special attention to while preparing your lessons these past few days.

"I kept your hair," Shifflett explained.

Lily understood at once.

"Why didn't you use the normal method? I mean—" Lily's face was full of frustration and embarrassment.

"The normal method?

"At the time, I think I was insane.

"When I learned that you were about to be resurrected.

"This was the only way I could think of to bring us closer."

"How much longer until the child is born?"

"To be precise, one more month."

"I remember you only discovered this formula shortly after school started in September. It's only April now, so at most it's been seven months—" Lily's face turned deathly pale. She unconsciously sat down by the bed and took the woman's hand. "Is the child going to be premature?

"Is this a side effect of using hair?"

The woman shook her head. "You can take a