We know that Severus Snape only loved one woman all his life. He loved even when the very memory of this woman was almost dead. He fought for her son to the last, he died for him, expecting no understanding, no forgiveness, no reward. He once called her a mudblood. Did he really erase himself from the heart of his beloved girl with just one word spoken in a moment of cruel humiliation? Was it because Lily Evans chose James Potter because he was more popular, luckier, richer and more handsome than Severus Snape? Or was everything in this story completely different from what we used to think? The story of Lily Evans and the Marauders. Childhood of heroes, 1st year.