Board Thread:WARNING ALL USERS False Info\Spoilers/@comment-5690373-20140210191450/@comment-13965604-20140210214254

I not sure how much of a "hallucination" her mom was. I looked at that as more along the lines of a physical manifestation of what was going on in her head, for our benefit. That episode was also before the sacrifices and the Nemeton situation which, it is safe to assume, drew the Nogitsune to Beacon Hills.