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Bill Weasley begins his education at Hogwarts in 1975, in the middle of Voldemort's reign of terror. He never suspects that the Gryffindor prefects he looks up to, Lily Evans and James Potter, will eventually have a son who saves the wizarding world, nor that the Weasley family will eventually play an important role in the Dark Lord's fall. All he knows is that in a very scary wizarding world, Hogwarts is a safe haven where he has always longed to be--until, that is, there are whispers of vampires and werewolves, of Death Eaters and traitors, and a Seeress pronounces a Prophecy which will shake the wizarding world to its very foundations....

A mess-up in Potions sends Draco and Hermione to the past where they meet a couple much like them. Hermione & Draco, James & Lily.

Sirius Black remained the Secret Keeper and everything he feared came to pass. Ten years later, James and Lily live, Harry attends Hogwarts, and Voldemort remains…welcome to a darker world.

For some reason unfathomable to Remus, Sirius always likes to tell him in excruciating detail about his various romantic problems. Not fluffy.

A story of Lily's life from pre-Hogwarts to marrying James Potter. How she coped with growing up with Petunia to her friendship with the four boys that would change her life - and eventually the course of history - forever.

Ginny and Draco wake up one morning to find themselves in a totally different world. The year is 1607, Draco is Prince of Wales, Ginny Princess of England, and they're Muggles. Everything's different, but the worst thing is they're . . . engaged.

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.

In a story that spans two decades, Lily and Severus attempt to dispel the power of the Dark Mark after her life is threatened by Eileen Prince. Seventeen years later, Harry uncovers a long-buried truth which changes the course of his life. AU. Complete.

A series of letters by different characters...

Sirius is ten years out of his time. Remus is having disturbing visions. James is struggling to hold the world together. Peter is trying to learn how to live without lies. In the sequel to "Promises Unbroken," the Wizarding World remains on the edge of disaster, and Voldemort seeks final victory.

War is coming. But no one knows that for years, Lily Evans has been fighting in a conflict much closer to home. The end is in sight, and it appears she may actually escape to a new life in the Wizarding world...until James Potter sees her battle scars.

Lily thought she saw a spark of anger flash through his eyes. "I'm not giving up on him. Of course not. He's Prongs." Then his face softened. He reached up and gently cupped his hands around her arms. "I just can't keep seeing him like that. I can't stand it. You know?"

After the defeat of Voldemort, Harry is offered the chance to rest, relax, and have fun...by going back in time to 1977, where he teaches his parents Defense Against the Dark Arts.

It's the Marauders' final year at Hogwarts and they have everything - and that includes a few big problems. James matures and finally wins over Lily; Remus falls head over heels for Lucius Malfoy's cousin; and Sirius finally gets the girls of his dreams. But that girl is supposed to marry Malfoy and her parents hate Sirius and her friends. Soon, she must choose between being the next Mrs. Lucius Malfoy or the early deaths of Sirius and her friends. Deep trouble is on the horizon of bliss.

Lily Evans and Severus Snape are in love, but James Potter is in love with Lily too.

Sequel to Lily's Charm. After Voldemort's defeat, Severus and Harry struggle to recover from the shadows he left behind. Complete

When Lily confronts Remus and Sirius with certain questions about the nature of their relationship, they try to write it off. Unfortunately, James and Peter start agreeing with her and pretty soon Sirius and Remus have to fend off everyone's teasing. In this darkened cloud they find a silver lining and a golden opportunity to play a prank on their friends... But they get a lot more out of it than a good laugh. A lot more.

The war has been raging for twenty-two years. Voldemort has taken Azkaban, destroyed the Ministry, and massacred innocents in Diagon Alley. The government is in pieces, the Aurors are crippled, and the Order is struggling to hold the world together. Little stands between the Dark Lord and final victory, save the bonds between four friends—bonds by which the Wizarding world will live or die. Set in the Unbroken Universe, the sequel to Promises Remembered. AU.

This is a story about Lily and James after Halloween 1981. You say, that is not possible? Read and decide for yourselves!

Welcome to my mystical pensieve of wonderment! Stepping back into the 1970s and through the eyes of H.P.\'s female parental unit, AKA \'Lily\' we will meet some familiars and find out all their secrets... Watch out for that first step, keep a look out for skeletons swinging out of closets, my M.J. shot-outs and finally for all those who wish to avoid a most painful death please stay away from the whomping willow which has nothing at all to do with that sickly looking kid who skips out on tests once a month.``P.S. The title comes from that neat Jimi Hendrix record.

It's the summer before their sixth year, and James, Sirius, Remus and Peter are sitting around James' room, quite bored, until a mysterious object hits Peter in the head. It's a book called 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'. As they read it, they learn some interesting things...

Harry and Malfoy go back in time to when Harry's parents were at Hogwarts! In the devastating search for a way to get back to their time, Harry finds some feelings he has for a certain girl... exciting!

And here is the long-awaited sequel to Harry Potter and the Time Potion! Dadadadadadada! A couple reunited, a new moon outing, and (surprise, surpise) MORE HEADACHES!!! There is a plot to this one! Lily and James are gone forever... or are they? NOTE: CLIFFHANGER TO END ALL CLIFFHANGERS ENCLOSED!!!

Lily's parents arranged her marriage to a wizard when she was born, and sealed the deal with a binding magical contract! Nobody counted on Lily choosing not to cooperate! Someone's heart will get broken. Will it be her own? Lily / James, AU

James Potter and Lily Evans have never gotten along despite their many similarities. But when they are chosen as Head Boy and Girl they are forced to work together. As a war begins in the Wizarding World James and Lily overcome their differences and discover the most important things in life.

Almost six years after he first looked into the Mirror of Erised, Harry's still wishing for a family, still wishing that his parents hadn't died on that night in October. He's about to get his wish. But it won't be what he was expecting, and things aren't quite what they seem...

Another Potter survived Voldemort's fateful attack on Godric's Hollow? You know you want it to be true... For thirteen long years, James Potter tries to reunite himself with the life he lost in a flash of green light. Yet when he finally succeeds, he finds it has grown more complicated than he ever could have anticipated. Which will prove the greater task: defeating a newly-risen Dark Lord -- or convincing his son that he is no longer an orphan?

Lily Evans is like any other sixth year Hogwarts sudent. She's worried about upcoming exams, the end of year ball, and staying away from that pesky James Potter and his legions. But what if that could change, without warning?

While waiting to travel by floo to #12 Grimmauld Place for Christmas, Hermione Granger is tempted to explore the Headmaster's Office. What she finds there sends her twenty years back in time. The device can work in reverse...with a catch. She must spend nearly four months in the Marauders' time before she can be sent home! During this time her sense of duty and her heart are sorely tested as she seeks to keep her future intact in the face of a deep love that develops between herself and Sirius Black. Once she is brought home, Hermione has a whole new set of challenges as she must adjust to life in her own time as well as help prepare Harry and their friends for the final confrontation with Voldemort.

The Marauders discover a plot that involves their new friend, Veronica Croft. James and Sirius also discover that Remus is falling in love with Veronica. Does she love him back? Will they ever be happy?

He watches them together at the wedding. They make a striking couple, with her long red tresses, his messy black hair and glasses. He knows he shouldn’t stare, but it’s so hard not to. It’s just never a good idea to fall in love with your best friend....

Messrs Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot & Prongs are in their sixth year at Hogwarts; someone who was once outside their circle is now at the center of it. And the Dark Lord has a new cruel method of attack.

Lily Evans never fit in quite right with her picture-perfect family. She always dreamed of something more, but by the time she was eleven had become too jaded to dream any more. But before she can figure out what has happened, the girl is thrown into a world ``of fickle friendships, slimy Slytherins, arrogant Quidditch players, and magic of more than one kind.

It’s 1980. James is afraid to think. Sirius is afraid to act. Remus is afraid to speak. Peter is afraid to confess. In other words, an answer to the age-old question: how could Sirius suspect Remus? Be warned that a sympathetic Peter lies ahead.

Love doesn’t just happen overnight. What starts out as an innocent prank quickly turns into a most unusual situation, and neither James nor Lily will ever be the same. Spans Years 4 to 7.

It's the Marauders' sixth year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Voldemort is just coming to power, and even with Dumbledore in charge, tensions at Hogwarts are rising. Romance is in the air and Death Eaters are all around - what are Lily, James and the gang to do? PG-13 for romantical scenes and some gratuitous hexing. (Lily/James, Lily/Remus, Snape/himself and more!)

To Lily Evans, James Potter was the most arrogant, egotistical jerk in all of eternity. Just her luck that James had had a crush on her ever since first year. Now it’s their seventh year at Hogwarts and James’ last chance to win Lily’s heart.

Sirius and Lily aren't feeling quite themselves. In fact, they're feeling rather like... each other... (bodyswap, J/L, R/S, and all sorts of things in between.)

There comes a time in a person’s life where he or she has to make a huge decision. Sometimes that decision is poor, based on something he or she is going through at that time. Other times, it turns out to be their best decision. But, ultimately, that one``decision is what decides their future.``This is a story of four friends, four friends whose bonds of friendship``are incredible, a story in which a single decision could ulitmately be``their downfall, or their success. A Tale of the Marauders, from the``Beginning.

L/J Love/Hate Lily Evans doesn't think much of James Potter. Actually, she wants to strew his body around the Quidditch field. But is there more to James Potter then she realizes?

Seventeen-year-old Remus Lupin and Sirius Black get summer jobs as instructors for the Kwikspell Correspondence School.

Twenty-one years ago (1979) James Potter did something to help a friend. Little did he know that it would destroy his own son's happiness. A story about secrets, forbidden loves and lies. Slightly AU. Post-Hogwarts.

While meadering in the Forbidden Forest in his Animagus form one evening, James comes across Lily, who mistakenly thinks that he's a harmful deer; she begins to talk about that 'arrogant toe-rag,' thus giving James an idea of how she percieves him and how he can change that perception.

"I loved you then, and whatever sin it is, I love you still!" Hermione Granger never imagined that her wildest fantasy of being with James Potter could come true. But while for Hermione it was only yesterday, for James it had been nineteen years ago. A sweeping tale of how love transcends time, just to prove it can. [James/Hermione]

A series of vignettes each depicting a moment in the past that continues to haunt us all. Tom, Lily, James, Narcissa, Severus, Lucius, Remus, Sirius and Peter all become caught in the fixed tragedy of what must happen.

During the summer after Harry’s fifth year, he visits the Burrow to find out about a mysterious gift given by Ginny Weasley. When the gift’s powers are revealed, Harry and Ginny decide to use it to finally give Harry what he has always wanted.

October 1981: what would have happened if Albus Dumbledore had insisted on being the Potters' Secret Keeper instead?

Lily's having disturbing dreams about arguing with and- ugh- kissing James Potter of all people. She can't figure out why until one night one of her dreams comes true. Are these premonitions of the future? Will she change fate or allow the inevitable to happen?

The sequel to If Love is a Game...! Fifteen years after the best three years of her life and then disaster after disaster, Lorena Fawcett, Chief Prosecutor of the Wizarding Law, lands the case of her "cousin", Lucius Malfoy. Suddenly, she's catapulted back into the lives of people she once knew, especially the life of an old flame she never got over, Remus Lupin. But this is only the beginning of her troubles. And why exactly do teenagers have to be so hard to deal with?

In Harry's day, Voldemort has risen a second time, but what happened the first time? Join Severus Snape, James Potter, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Lily Evans, and others as they walk through the first dark days. They will discover friendship, hatred, love, and pain as they find how the ties bind them all.

Lily is starting her Sixth Year at Hogwarts and she must deal with all the changes happening in her life and in the Wizarding World. Romance, friendships, jealousy, betrayal, a plot and everything you could wish for.

This is a story about a boy, the girl he didn't know he loved and the prat who made it all happen. A classic tale of true love, true hate and truly stupid boys.

Before Harry came to Hogwarts, before Sirius was arrested, even before Snape's hair became greasy, there was Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs.``Oh and a very anoyed Lily too!

On the night before James's wedding, Sirius wants to make sure that James and his other friends have a good time. Will things ever be the same again? A tale of friendship and of growing up in a time of darkness.

James Potter did not die on Halloween. Now, with his best friends Sirius and Remus, he must raise Harry in seclusion, and defer the second war for as long as possible. But when three extraordinary men in the habit of being conspicuous try to live as Muggles, can the Statute of Secrecy dividing the two worlds long survive?

Lily Evans learned long ago that James Potter wasn't really someone she'd associate with, let alone date. But when 7th year starts, James returns, completely different. And the world as Lily knew it begins to spin in the opposite direction.

On her final year at Hogwarts Lily is interested in one of the Marauders, is it who you expect or does her heart belong to someone else?

What if everything you'd ever known, everything you'd come to believe, was suddenly stood on end? How do you stand right-side-up in an upside-down world? And how do you love your family--the only family you have--family you just met--when you're too afraid of the past to embrace the future?

At the end of his sixth year, Harry Potter comes across a way in which he will be able to destroy Voldemort for good. But in order to do so, he must set off on a quest that will lead him to a place both strange and familiar.

Alice McCoy walks a fine line. After practically selling her soul to help James Potter, she embarks on a mission that could end a friendship and possibly get her beheaded in the process. JP/LE, minor Frank/Alice later.

Lily Evans and James Potter are entering their seventh and final year at Hogwarts. James is currently lusting after Lily, who can't stand him. James knows this, but still tries to win her over, without much help from his friends, the Marauders. A Lily/James ship that tells of their last year in Hogwarts, their marriage, and to that Halloween night when they're betrayed by friend...

AU, L/J - Rich, socially elite Lily Evans is trapped in an engagement to London business tycoon Lucius Malfoy and figures she has no way out until she has a chance encounter with steerage passenger James Potter on the unsinkable RMS Titanic. James turns Lily’s stuffy, high-class life upside down and captures her heart. But when fate intervenes in the form of an iceberg and the unthinkable begins to happen, will their passionate love be strong enough to conquer even the icy waters of the North Atlantic?

The seventh year girls decide to play a little game. Poor Lily- with friends like these, who needs enemies? Oh well, at least James ends up happy.

What if James Potter wasn't killed on Halloween, 1981? Voldemort devised the perfect punishment for his insolence. A curse that would cause James more pain than the Cruciatus Curse could ever. A curse that will affect those of the past, as well as the future... (Harry, James, Marauders, Snape, etc...) (This if was originally on ff.net)

Against a backdrop of terror and hostility, Lily Evans and James Potter come of age in a world at war. Seventh year is bound to be fraught with difficulties, but it is also a time for both to grow and learn, to rise to the challenges thrown their way, and to find their way to each other. The sequel to From Ashes.

The summer following the Triwizard Tournament, Severus Snape opened the door to find the last two people he would have expected to see there: Lily and James Potter. Now it's up to Harry, with Ron and Hermione ever by his side and maybe a little help from Snape, to determine who to trust in a world of deciet and lies. But he must hurry: every day he lies in indesicion takes him a step closer to the death planned for him.

A series of monologues from different characters' POVs: MWPP, more soon! R/R, suggestions may be used for further chapters.

After a hard breakup towards the end of their seventh year, James and Lily now try to both get on with their lives. When their friends see how miserable they both are, plans are set in motion to bring them back together. The only problem? Pride and Prejudice. Based loosely on Jane Austin's "Pride and Prejudice".

Lily has changed. Sweet innocence is gone for good as she reveals her true colours at school. James is determined to find out whats going on with her, but may get more then he bargained for, without finding out much...

**2008 Quill to Parchment Award: Runner-Up Winner - Best Marauder Era** Summary: What happened on that fateful night at Godric's Hollow and the (still!) unknown events that led up to Harry's arrival on Privet Drive the next night? What motivated the actions and decisions that were made in the years leading up to the defeat of Voldemort? The truth is neither black or white - only complicated shades of grey. Behind the stories of Lily Evans, Severus Snape and Peter Pettigrew, we learn that we are all vulnerable to evil. Written between HBP and DH - story is complete.

Twenty years or more ago when the Dark Lord reigned, ````There lived six wizards at Hogwarts who now belong to fame.````Severus Snape, the target, who's face was as mean as stone.````Peter Petigrew, the shrewdest, who never was alone.````Remus Lupin, the kindest, who valued wisdom and friend.````Sirius Black, the loyalist, who protected 'til the bitter end.````James Potter, the leader, who was the noblest of them all.````And Lily Evans, the angel, who made the Dark Lord fall...``````Ah, poetry...but not in this story. ``This is a story of friendship, loyalty, jealousy, life, death, and of course love, the greatest magic of all. ``You may know how the story ends, but how does it begin? My friends, you must read this for every legend has

Remus Lupin tolerates mischievous friends and lycanthropy, while the prophetic Ariadne MacDougal negotiates a misguided family, and everyone must deal with the Death Eaters. A rather dark coming-of-age story about the death of innocence and the renewal of hope during Voldemort’s first war. Part I of

Welcome to sixth year at Hogwarts! Remus, James, and Sirius find themselves caught up with three Gryffindor girls. Hidden secrets are revealed, and Remus's relationship is threatened. Not to mention Sirius's competition ...

Lily Evans has formed for herself an impenetrable emotional barrier. James Potter makes it his mission to tear it down. When Lord Voldemort comes after ``the pair, they turn to each other and discover a bond that they didn't know existed.

Two years ago, Lily was infatuated with James, but he embarrassed her in front of most of Hogwarts. Now she's with Sirius and James has decided to just come out and deal with the consequences, but now those three small words from James are too late, aren't they? James/Lily/Sirius little love triangle. I rewrote this after reading Deathly Hallows, but it doesn't spoil much of anything.

Lily and James have always hated each other. Falling in love with one another was a thought that never even came close to crossing their minds…until it did. How? Why, with the help of some meddling friends, of course! Read and find out how this story twisted and turned Lily’s life into a fairy tale...the one thing she feared most.

When your enemy learns your deepest secret, something that could cost your dearest friends their wands, you have no choice but to submit to his blackmail. But what happens when he awakens parts of you, searing and dangerous, that only leave you wanting more of his torture?

James and Lily are paired together for a Transfiguration assignment that counts for fifty percent of their grade. As they work closely with one another, will Lily realize something? mild lovehate

The REAL stories of the Marauders at Hogwarts are yet untold. Here they will be revealed!

It's Lily and James' final year at Hogwarts. It's also James' final chance at winning Lily over, but Lily is still not keen. Lily begins to feel something for James, and James plays knight in shining armour - literally!

James and Lily spend their summers together producing plays, though neither are happy about the presence of the other. With James, as the set designer, and Lily, as the actress, tensions run high.

Fred and George are faced with two great pranksters from the past. The great pranksters challenge them, and the prank wars begin. Who wins? Fred and George, or these great pranksters? Find out by reading.

In the Christmas of their sixth year, a tragedy in the wizarding world sparks a change in the lives of Lily Evans and James Potter. *edited after HBP*

Shortly before Harry's eighth birthday, Remus Lupin witnesses Harry being abused at the hands of the Dursleys and decides he cannot leave him there. This is an AU fic where Harry is introduced to magic a few years earlier than in canon.

Harry cannot cope with the tragedy. Dumbledore tries to cheer him up with a very unusual birthday present. Harry finds himself in year 1976 and he has one-in-the-lifetime chance to Meet the Parents.

Sirius wants to cheer up James. James wants to kiss Lily. Lily wants to murder Remus. And Remus just wants the marauders to leave his girlfriend alone. As unlikely as these things may seem, remember…in a world where toads could be vampires, anything is possible. MWPP. James/Lily.

(COMPLETE) Severus Snape begins by taking a post as Potioner on a secret Ministry project in Azkaban. He ends by taking his first step on the path to Lord Voldemort.

Let's venture into fairy land, shall we? In this story, the great Hogwarts is a kingdom, and its King and Queen, James and Lily, are worried that their son, Prince Harry, won’t be eligible to inherit the throne. Meet a likely Cinderella and an unorthodox Fairy Godmother.``HP/GW, RW/HG, JP/LP, DM/?``Mostly AU.

Sequel to "Before They Were Marauders", this fic takes place in ``the Marauders' fifth year, shortly after they master the art of Animagi. Discovery and humor follows as well some... romance? I guess it's kind of a L/J love/hate kind of fic but nothing more than pure, undiluted FLUFF!

A mysterious person takes James Potter and Sirius Black from the past and whisks them into the future. They agree to help this person prank Fred and George Weasley. The catch is that none of the students (including the Trio) know that James and Sirius are in the school! Hilarity ensues when people start seeing the "criminal" Sirius Black and Harry Potter in more than one place!

In the spring of 1976, the deceiving Charisma Gillman arrives at Hogwarts and tests the friendship of two of her fellow unsuspecting sixth years. The possessive witch has James Potter wrapped around her finger, and Lily Evans ready to pounce at her any minute. When she transfers out of the school once more, will Lily and James ever go back to the way they were? Features an insecure werewolf in love, a noncommital couple that finally clashes, and a pure-blood diviner running from her heritage... read the story for more!

Safety is found standing in the furthest corner, in the room furthest away from that person. But, within that person, you've found something safety can't find. Love.

It wasn't like I wanted her to marry me. I only wanted her to give me a chance. ``Lily/James, told from James's POV. Will James ever make Lily realise that he really has changed to the better?

Adrian has no memory of the first twenty one years of his life. Now, fifteen years later, a strange dream acts as the catalyst that brings his memory back, and he remembers who he is. He knows he must go home, but has no idea what he'll find when he gets there... especially where his son is concerned.

When Lily comes back from Australia, she is desperate to hide her secret from James, but things start to unravel when she meets him again. PostHogwarts, slight AU.

Lily and James are married. They begin their couple life. Mission for Dumbledore, friends' death, cries and other things...

Lily wants to have a calm, peaceful seventh year, "the kind of year Buddha would have at Hogwarts." But Claudius the Lovely, Lis Singleton, Vesta Casanova, Severus Snape, and James Potter are sure to make sure her life is as hectic as ever...

Sirius's sixth year forces him to make choices. While still a prankster at heart, he begins a path that, whether he likes it or not, will lead him to adulthood and maturity. He takes his first step when he runs away from 12 Grimmauld Place.

A little boy without a father. A woman without a husband. A husband who\'s missing. A friend who wants to be more. A woman who isn\'t sure about her friend. A little boy who needs to know.