- Rating:
- PG-13
- House:
- Schnoogle
- Ships:
- James Potter/Lily Evans
- Characters:
- James Potter Lily Evans
- Genres:
- Drama Romance
- Era:
- 1970-1981 (Including Marauders at Hogwarts)
- Spoilers:
- Philosopher's Stone Chamber of Secrets Prizoner of Azkaban Goblet of Fire Order of the Phoenix
- Stats:
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Published: 07/21/2004Updated: 06/15/2005Words: 192,794Chapters: 25Hits: 69,299
Prelude to Destiny
AnotherDreamer
- Story Summary:
- They lived to defy Voldemort. They lived to enact vengeance. They lived in the shadow of better people. They lived to earn the respect of better people. Their story is more than the tragic beginning of the great victory over the Dark Lord. It weaves its way through heartbreaking love, games of magical tag, hours of learning animagi transformations, dates with the wrong sort of boy, and the bonds that death cannot break. This is the story of the people who will star in the footnotes of the great battles of Harry Potter- they who History deems unworthy of great attention and who worked diligently with Destiny to pave the path of the Boy Who Lived.
Prelude to Destiny Prologue
07/21/2004They are remembered for their Great Acts, for defying Voldemort, for betraying their best friends, for becoming illegal animagi, for loving so strongly that it crossed the barrier of life and death. But their story is more than their endings. It weaves its way through heartbreaking love, games of magical tag, hours of learning illegal spells, dates with the wrong sort of boy, and the bonds that death cannot break. This is the story of the people who will star in the footnotes of the great battles of Harry Potter- they who History deems unworthy of great attention and who worked diligently with Destiny to pave the path of the Boy Who Lived.
Prelude To Destiny 01
07/30/2004Lily Evans had planned to get over James Potter. She had promised herself she would. But as she lay on the train for home at the end of her fifth year, all she really wanted to do was forget him.
Chapter 02
08/06/2004Thrice they would defy the Dark Lord, thrice they would survive. On the fourth time, they would fall. But before their Destinies led them to Death and Greatness, they rode the train like the other students, laughed like the other students, and lived like no one else.
Chapter 03
08/31/2004Shopping sucked. Especially when German women with orange eyes and way too many moles grabbed you in a pub. Or when James Potter shows up looking amazing, chatting with your best friend like they're more than distant acquaintances.
Chapter 04
09/12/2004Thrice they would defy the Dark Lord, thrice they would survive. On the fourth time, they would fall. But before their Destinies led them to Death and Greatness, they rode the train like the other students, laughed like the other students, and lived like no one else.
Chapter 05
09/24/2004They lived to defy Voldemort. They lived to enact vengeance. They lived in the shadow of better people. They lived to earn the respect of better people. Their story is more than the tragic beginning of the great victory over the Dark Lord. It weaves its way through heartbreaking love, games of magical tag, hours of learning animagi transformations, dates with the wrong sort of boy, and the bonds that death cannot break. This is the story of the people in the footnotes of the great battles of Harry Potter- they who History deems unworthy of great attention and who worked diligently with Destiny to pave the path of the Boy Who Lived.
Chapter 06
10/05/2004They lived to defy Voldemort. They lived to enact vengeance. They lived in the shadow of better people. They lived to earn the respect of better people. Their story is more than the tragic beginning of the great victory over the Dark Lord. It weaves its way through heartbreaking love, games of magical tag, hours of learning animagi transformations, dates with the wrong sort of boy, and the bonds that death cannot break. This is the story of the people in the footnotes of the great battles of Harry Potter- they who History deems unworthy of great attention and who worked diligently with Destiny to pave the path of the Boy Who Lived.
Chapter 07
10/20/2004They lived to defy Voldemort. They lived to enact vengeance. They lived in the shadow of better people. They lived to earn the respect of better people. Their story is more than the tragic beginning of the great victory over the Dark Lord. It weaves its way through heartbreaking love, games of magical tag, hours of learning animagi transformations, dates with the wrong sort of boy, and the bonds that death cannot break. This is the story of the people in the footnotes of the great battles of Harry Potter- they who History deems unworthy of great attention and who worked diligently with Destiny to pave the path of the Boy Who Lived.
Chapter 08
11/09/2004All heroes were children once, all legends began with a single word. You have heard of Peter Pan and Alexander the Great, you have heard about Troy and Atlantis, but haven't you ever wondered where these stories truly began? This is the beginning of Harry Potter's story- the true beginning, the one that most would rather forget.
Chapter 09
11/24/2004Going to the Ball had been a bad decision from the feet-aching beginning. While Lily did adore her shoes, travelling in a car with no driver to a dark, scary, unfamiliar alley was not exactly what she would have considered a great experience.
Chapter 10
12/08/2004Lily Evans just wanted to leave: leave the hospital, leave Diagon Alley, leave Ollivander's. She just wanted out. So why did everyone else think they knew she needed to stay?
Chapter 11
12/14/2004Finally returning to Hogwarts after such a long time away, Lily just wants everyone to forget the fact that she returned late at all, let alone that she was involved in that stupid ball. Unfortunately running around at night after being told to take it easy isn't exactly what the doctor ordered.
Chapter 12
12/31/2004All heroes were children once, all legends began with a single word. You have heard of Peter Pan and Alexander the Great, you have heard about Troy and Atlantis, but haven't you ever wondered where these stories truly began? This is the beginning of Harry Potter's story- the true beginning, the one that most would rather forget.
Chapter 13
01/11/2005The Inquisition drags on into the late day, making Lily wonder if maybe she ought to make a break for it. How many reporters could there be out there? Twenty? Thirty? Please. Not even a contest. Which is why she remained in the waiting room, wishing desperately for the Ministry to get its act together already.
Chapter 14
01/26/2005Thrice they would defy the Dark Lord, thrice they would survive. The fourth time, they would fall. But before their Destinies led them to Death and Greatness, they rode the train like the other students, laughed like the other students, and lived like no one else.
Chapter 15
02/05/2005Now Lily is patrolling with Remus on the Full Moon and eating Udon with Gertrude the Slytherin in the kichens and everything in the world is changing, changing so quickly that Lily hadn't noticed.
Chapter 16
02/18/2005Lily Evans was convinced that she should dig a large hole, hide in it, and never leave. Why did James have to find out about her crush? Why did he have to avoid her? Why, oh why, did he have to tell Sirius Black about it? Because now she was working with James in Transfiguration and walking with Sirius to the Slytherin common room and desperately wishing for that hole to appear out of nowhere and swallow her up, and Sirius seemed to find the whole thing perfectly amusing as he declared that she was his secret best friend forever. Ack! Where was a shovel when a girl needed one?
Chapter 17
03/11/2005Now, Lily had thought that telling Sirius Black about her crush on James Potter had been bad. She’d been wrong. It was horrible, annoying, and obviously the dumbest thing she had ever done in her life. Now Sirius was waving her over to sit by James even as James himself winced at the idea. Add to that the tedium of prefect meetings and an extravagant game of truth or dare with her prefect partner, and you found Lily Evans having a very stressful couple of month. Oh. And she was organizing Friendship Appreciation Day. That was a bother too.
Chapter 18
03/16/2005Growing up requires a lot of mistakes, mistakes which create the stepping stones that lead to adulthood. Okay, Lily thought, that was a stupid metaphor. Yet it was true nonetheless. For instance, she had to date the wrong boy, kiss the wrong boy, patrol with the right boy (thinking it was the wrong boy), and have a secret dinner in order to realize how truly grown up she was becoming.
Chapter 20
04/05/2005Oh no, Lily would not avoid James Potter. No. That would mean he would win. Instead, she would challenge him, correct him in class, throw grapes at his head—oh, no, wait. That was Sirius Black. Yes, she’d throw grapes at the inseparable pair and kill two birds with one stone. Then she would think about dropping a house on them. Or she’ll look at the lily-covered walls and smile a small, hard fought smile.
Chapter 21
04/15/2005Lily, frankly, just wanted to kiss the bloke. She just wanted to forgive him, take him into a broom closet and kiss him senseless. Too bad taht annoying voice in her head (in no obvious way connected to her heart) kept telling her that was a bad idea. Good thing her body hardly ever listened to that voice.
Chapter 22
05/04/2005Sixth year ended as fifth year did not: amongst rivals and unsteady alliances, amongst fighting. It was the beginning of the greatest of Voldemort's accomplishments: the breaking of friendships, the breaking of trust. But it was also the beginning of his great failing: the union of two people who would, through a combination of unbelievable luck and speedy running skills, manage to outwit him together three times. It was the beginning of James and Lily.
Chapter 23
06/10/2005When she ran out of her sister's wedding reception, Lily hadn't thought to tell her parents where she was going or mention to Petunia that she'd be back. Instead, making one of those classically teenage selfish moments, Lily simply left. Now she was dealing with the consequences. Well, that and managing prefect meetings (ew) and drinking campagne with her favorite people in the world.
Prelude to Destiny Epilogue
06/15/2005In this final chapter, Lily learns what it means to have a cat, trust a sister, love a brother, dance with a husband, and stand before evil. Lily Evans was strong her whole life. Why did her ending have to be so quck?