Lily asked: "Albus, you need to keep an eye on these students. How could the board allow this?" Albus sighed deeply: "I know, Lily, and I have to keep an eye on all these students that the current board has allowed to enter, but I don’t believe that the new staff in September would be as cooperative as the current staff now." Lily just nodded. She hated that Malfoy had control over the board. Lily knew the man too well and he was another reason that was responsible for destroying her friendship with Severus and painting her in front of Severus in a bad light. She tried to warn Severus about the man, but Severus never listened to her about his friends and everything went worse, when Severus congratulated Lucius and Narcissa for their marriage in their fifth year. Severus refused to listen to any bad talking about Lucius and Narcissa and pointed out that Lucius was a good man, whereas Abraxas Malfoy, Lucius’ father, was a true believer of the blood supremacy, and Narcissa’s mother was as bad as Abraxas Malfoy. Lily couldn’t now argue that Lucius Malfoy and Narcissa Black had had bad parents, but she tried to tell Severus that they would follow into their footsteps and at first, she was right, but soon she was disproved after the man’s trial. Now, she was proven completely wrong, after they had lost a lot of power and Severus made sure to cut all ties with her and the order. For Lily, it was cruel that her best and first friend had abandoned her like this.