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Lily and James Potter are alive, and Harry is in for his most emotional and exciting year yet. Can Harry be reunited with his parents before Voldemort finds them...?

After the Shack episode, things are changing for the Marauders. Sirius is in big trouble, and his punishment is a dream come true - but only if he's prepared to grab it and hold on with both hands.

"You often think about what it would be like, had you not ended things with her. Your dreams are filled with kisses and smiles, and you wake up with tears in your eyes. No one will ever know what it does to you to see the two of them together. Sometimes she sneaks a glance at you, and you can feel her eyes. These are the times when you leave abruptly, drawing curious stares from your companions, and retreat to your room. You drown in memories and a bottle of Ogden’s Fire Whiskey."

Lily and James are friends, and neither of them think they would ever get together. So Lily sets James up with her best friend, and the two really hit it off. But then Lily gets these feelings...Little does she know that James feels the exact same way...

A tragic accident occurs in Lily's life, causing her to turn to the only friend she has left. (One-Shot)

Before you go further, I must request that any search for a moral in this story is discarded. Now, please proceed to read the actions of the Marauders in their fifth year as they attempt to get back at Snape, woo Lily, and generally cause havoc.

A sixteen-year-old James Potter realizes that he's falling in love with his best friend. A sweet little songfic to Edwin McCain's "I'll Be".

A very young Sirius finds something interesting and consults James, ``leading into a barrel of trouble.

The first year, the first time they met. The adventures, friendship, and betrayal begin in the Concretio Pridem series. Lily Evans struggles to choose between magic and Muggles until James Potter casts his spell. Meet Lily Evans, James Potter, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Sirius Black, and Severus Snape for the first time.

Back before a boy named Harry Potter saved the world by defeating the powerful dark wizard Lord Voldemort, and later went to school at Hogwarts, his parents grew up attending that same school. Times were perilous then, as Voldemort steadily gained more power, but that was not all that life consisted of. This is a story of dark things, true, but more so a story of the strong individuals, friendships, and romances that developed despite, or maybe even because of such terror as the wizarding world hadn’t seen in a long time.

Lily and James write letters to each other secretly.

Sirius has a first date and isn't sure how to go about things. It's a good thing he has a friend as loyal as James to help him figure things out, right?

Just what are the employment options for a teenage werewolf just leaving Hogwarts? Suddenly a desperate Remus Lupin is faced with that question, and his daring friends, James Potter and Sirius Black, are going to make sure he takes whatever opportunity he's given--even if it leads to danger...

Everyone thinks that Lily and James Potter were a cute, loving couple, right? But that isn't what their friends back from Hogwarts remember.... What if Lily and James were really at each other's throats?

Lily Evans and James Potter were a dream couple for one summer. Then James broke up with her and their Seventh Year was awful. Now, several months later, they find themselves thinking of each other. They bump into each other and fluff abounds! Song fic to Third Eye Blind.

October 31, 1981: a date that changed the Magical World. Yet for them, it was simply another day, another Halloween, spent in homes, with family, and in fear. AU in the Unbroken Universe, a short story written for Halloween.

What happened after Snape's Worst Memory? Well, let's say the Marauders had a little girl talk, in which they discuss James' crush on Lily Evans, or is it more than a crush?

Lily enters her seventh year at Hogwarts as Head Girl. Between Head Girl duties, she struggles with her feelings for two Quidditch Captains. She also struggles with leaving behind the Muggle world as her relationship with Petunia grows worse and as the Wizarding world grows more dangerous. Tension increases at Hogwarts as Lily and other Muggle-borns become targets of the Blood Brigade, a group of anonymous prankers who are determined to let all non-purebloods know they are not welcome. Has Voldemort's influence stretched as far as Hogwarts?

A depressing insight to Voldemort and what he's done.

Lily and James get to know each other on a snowy day. Preteen romance.

It is December 25th, 1980. Harry Potter is celebrating his first and only Christmas with his parents. And what's a Christmas without Sirius and Remus? This Christmas at Godric's Hollow is one to remember!

James Potter wakes up early on a Sunday morning and finds himself inspired by his wife to use one of his little known talents...

Behold... The world of Hogwarts through the yellow eyes of a Cornish pixie, who takes up the onerous task of matchmaking... Matchmaking for his beloved mistress, Lily Evans. Much madness ensues [and James Potter may die a thousand painful deaths in the process].

Sometimes it's the simple things, too often taken for granted, that mean the most.

Lily is certain that the Marauders are planning something, though when she attempts to find out what it is, the only thing they tell her is "Classified Marauders' Information."

Peter has a problem. Sirius has a solution. Sirius’s solution becomes James’s problem. While escaping his problem, James discovers Lily’s problem. But maybe he can turn her problem around…

Lily and James had always been the perfect couple through thick and thin. But the tables turn on their oh so perfect world. What's Lily supposed to do without her James?

How James fell in love with Lily, how Lily fell in love with James, how both of them hurt Peter, and how Peter betrayed them in the end.

(Takes place during Harry’s first year) Snape hates Harry because he hated James. But what if Snape didn’t really hate James? What if what he felt was the very opposite of hate? A slashfic from Snape’s point of view as he remembers the night James Potter saved his life.

(Slash; James/Sirius, Remus/Sirius). In the days after Sirius tells Snape how to get past the Willow, decisions on Remus’ part can change the course of the rest of the year, as well as the Marauder’s remaining time at Hogwarts. An improv written in 70 minutes, two parallel plotlines.

An impossible love that spans decades.

We all know what happened that fateful night in Godric's Hollow... but have we all seen it through Lily's eyes? Written as half narrative, half stream-of-consciousness, this fic offers a new look at the pain, fear, and ultimately, love that Lily Potter felt on October 31, 1981. Inspired by Billy Joel's "Lullaby"

James has always loved Lily's laugh. When things go bad between them, he tries his hardest to make her smile again.``It takes five years, but he eventually gets it right. Songfic to Dashboard Confessional's "Hey Girl."

James Reflects on becoming a father in the times of Voldemort. This is a song fic to Creed's "Arms Wide Open."

A Lily-centric look at her family and her days at Hogwarts. Times weren't so tough, Petunia wasn't exactly evil, and James and Sirius get on her bad side because they're, well, eleven-year-old boys. This fic is about fun, and remaining true....

The semi-annual Yule Ball is approaching and Harry doesn't know what to do... should he ask the girl of his dreams? Meanwhile, a certain Gryffindor ghost thinks about a smilar situation he once saw... Harry/Luna and Lily/James

Once upon a time, there was a boy who liked a girl. He asked her out. She said no. He asked her again. And again. And again. And again... L/J ficlet, short and sweet.

August 1974. Minerva has a stiff drink and writes a letter to her new prefect.

When a visitor from Mount Olympus comes to Hogwarts, some are happy and some are ... not so happy. Lily/James.

COMPLETE. After Lily's roommate convinces their Charms class to participate in a friendly Secret Santa gift exchange, Lily starts to receive surprising presents from an anonymous source. One-Shot.

Newlyweds Lily and James Potter go shopping for china patterns, but Lily ends up finding much more than dishware.

Ollivander mentions four wands during Harry Potter's visit to his shop. How did those wands find their owners?

I was just going to go inside. Harry was sleepy; it was time for his nap. But James’s words had stopped me dead in my tracks. “Harry, we’re not going to live longer, your mother and me.” an optional prequel/sequel to Brahm's Lullaby

Hehe, Snape is tricked into looking for Lupin. It didn't happen ``how you thought.

Lily and James Potter, an infamous couple, the parents of The Boy Who Lived, laid down their lives to protect him. Switch back to the past by a few years, and on the happiest day of his life, James Potter is trying to stealthily climb out the window and scarper off down the road...

The wizarding world is on the verge of the first war. A war that will alter so many lives with sadness, bravery and most unforgiving of all, death. Even though love burns brightly, the future is dark...and it's coming, whether you're ready or not.MWPP.LJ

Sequel to "Free Falling" and Part II of the Falling Trilogy. When James Potter receives threatening notes from Voldemort, he runs away trying to keep his loved ones safe, only to be captured by the Dark Lord. The Dark Lord reminisces of his past, his childhood, leaving James believing Even Angels Fall.

When James Potter asks for Lily Evans' hand in marriage at the end of their seventh year at Hogwarts, Lily is thrown off balance. With the approaching dangers that the Dark Lord brings as they leave the safety of Hogwarts, Lily is not so sure that she can commit to a man like James. After all, how can she know for sure that she can love and cherish him...forever?

James has made an important decision. Now all he has to do is find some way to complete his task. His relationship with Lily is at risk if he fails.

What happens when you have an abusive boyfriend, your life has been turned upside down and the girl you like won't go out with you?``...just ask Sirius, Lily and James.``(filled with drama, romance, fights and sorrow...these conversations have it all!)``L/J, S/OC and LM/OC

The Marauders' fifth year: O.W.L.s, Lily and James (ooh, la la!), Snape vs. Marauders, full moons, werewolves (well, ok, werewolf), Peter acting suspiciously (hmmm), and more! Join the Marauders and other future Order of the Phoenix members for their fifth year at Hogwarts!

"You'd have thought he was merely bored - asked if I'd finished with my newspaper, cool as you please, said he missed doing the crossword."``~Cornelius Fudge, Minister for Magic, on Sirius Black``On a lazy Saturday morning, Sirius, Lily and James attempt to do the crossword puzzle. Baby Harry watches.

The Marauder Era: Remus and Sirius are beginning to realise how much they mean to each other. James is still obsessed with Lily Evans and Peter provides some much needed comic relief.

A first - my first sweet, fuzzy piece of lovey-dovey fluff; it's Lily/James, of course, and rather short. At what point in a relationship do you know you're in love?

Halloween 1975. Fifteen year old James Potter had no idea what the next six years will bring, and he's too busy with his friends to worry about it much. Follow James and his friends as they grow and make the decisions that will lead them to the events of Halloween 1981.

James proposes to Lily. Not in the traditional way.

James learns two valuable lessons.

Set in the politically charged period of the 1970's, The Way The Window Faces tells the story of a young Sirius Black, survivor of the 1972 Derry Riot, lawyer, civil rights activist and eventual murderer and escaped convict, tells a different kind of Hogwarts tale.

The sequel to Hey Girl. After the events of the previous week, Lily finds herself questioning James. A night in the Three Broomsticks pretty much seals the deal.

Discussion about what the occupation of Harry's parents might have been.

The Marauder have a big booze up after flattening Slytherin in the Quidditch cup, unfortunatly, they wake to some horrific conseqences...

James and Lily return home after finding out about the prophecy and deal with their reactions.

James is a git, and he knows it. He blows his chance to ask Lily to the Valentine's Day Ball, then something 'magical' happens...

Harry has a secret love. Who is it?

Two young men, two infants, two generations, and promises made on the brink of war and in its aftermath: the legacy of family and a godfather's love. (Harry, Sirius, Teddy)

One-shot. As Lily waits for James to arrive she thinks back to the night that changed her life, the night she discovered the Marauders' secrets, the night she realized that she loved James Potter.

The story of James Potter and Lily Evans until the very end..

After years of debate, Remus Lupin goes back to church. But once there, he finds God never went out of his way for him. Can a visitor from above change his mind?

A slightly fluffy, rather angsty fic on the L/J relationship, told from Lily's perspective. Mostly, it's about... Love. Destiny. Choices. All that good(and yet supremely painful) stuff.

Late at night, alone, she reads the letters. One day, she might write back... A tale of two sisters, driven apart by different worlds. A wish, a hope, a fantasy - for what might have been.

Pranks galore! Romance guaranteed! A fic set in the time of the Marauders, Lily and a new character. What could have happened?

Remus Lupin entered Hogwarts School as a young, innocent and pure werewolf. Five years later, he's having trouble balancing being a student, a lycanthrope, and being a normal boy. When a Slytherin gives him an offer he can't refuse, he takes one, innocent-looking pill. And another. And another. Everyone wants to take it just one last time. Remus' last time could be the time that kills him.

Part III in the To Make Lovers From Friends series. The title says it all.

Why did he have to choose her?

Before the Dark Days. MWPP First Year. Follow the journey of an ordinary young man, with a not so ordinary furry little problem, through his first year at Hogwarts. Please Read & Review.

James wonders what Lily has done to him, but when they talk, both of them end up confused.

The purest and truest form of courage is found not in a being’s lack of fear, but in their ability to keep going even when it blocks their path. ``Each of these chapters holds in it the story of a different passing. Some``are the passings of lives, some are the passings of a former self. ``Something is lost in each that cannot return, but often when one thing is lost, something else is left behind.``These are the stories of Lily and James Potter, Sirius Black, the Longbottoms, and others who have each lost something different.

Upon learning that she will be Head Girl and James Potter Head Boy, Lily Evans writes him a letter. It's not a standard letter of congratulations, as is Lily's habit, or a letter proclaiming her love for James, as is his wish, but maybe, just maybe, there's hope for him yet...

A short, one-shot, fluffy fanfic about how Lily finally overcame her dislike for James, told from our favorite MWPP redhead's perspective. My version of "how it all started"....

This is my version of the whole L/J romance thing, but it not only focuses on Lily and James, but their friends as well. It takes you from fifth year to the day they die. All your fave characters and some OCs I'm sure you'll love!

The boys are getting bored, there's an essay due for potions tomorrow, and Sirius is feeling unloved.

Lily and James discover that love at first sight really is possible when they first meet their newborn son.

Lily wakes up to find half her house has burnt down, and the crib in the nursery is empty... Lily/James, darkfic.

Remus is The!Man. He will always be the man. Don't mess with the man. In fact, Remus is so much The!Man that Sirius and James are forced to obey his every command. So are several other Hogwarts students. But how long will all the The!Man-ness last? Is life mearly playing a sadistic joke on Remus?

James and Lily are in love, but can Lily keep acting as though she hates James? Even towards James?

Remus must help a fellow Gryffindor when she starts to get threatening letters...who could do something like that? Someone that obviously wants her dead.

James asks Lily to the Ball. It was supposed to be an Astronomy Tower story but I just couldn't make it fluffy, hard as I tried. It's not really sweet and, no, the title has nothing to do with emotions.

Sirius Black has a problem. He's been in love with Remus Lupin for ages, so why is he in bed with his best friend's wife on the night of a full moon?

Have you ever wondered how James managed to get Lily Evans to marry him? If your answer is yes, then you're in good company. Harry asks Remus how on earth his parents ended up getting together. [J/L]

Lily’s monologue on the rain and something else.

Sirius, Remus and Peter manage to bribe Lily into going out with James! Will they kill each other or will they get along? Will this develop into something more?

We know that James and Lily started dating in their seventh year, after James had "deflated his head a bit". But what was the reason behind his change, and just how did it come about? L/J

Sirius arrives at Godric's Hollow on that fateful Halloween night. Get your tissues ready...

On a lonely Christmas Harry gives himself the best present ever by stumbling upon a way to spend a few hours with his parents.

A young Sirius Black lies in his bed, a scorned man. How could James do this to him? Can Remus be the one he truly needs? Slash.

All Hallows Eve in Godric's Hollow, and Lily takes a moment to reflect upon her son and huband. Surely, they've taken every care and have earned a moment to bask in the comfort of this moment and their plans for the future, haven't they?

It's the night of October 30th, 1981, and one-year-old Harry is having a hard time getting back to sleep. Since his mother is sleeping, James decides to take care of him and tell him his plans for their family's future.

Songfic to Bryan Adams' "Summer of '69" about the life and death of the Potters.

Who'd have ever thought that the night Voldemort came to murder Harry, Lily and James could have been so. . . . amusing? Find out what really happened on that tragic and very silly night, and what spell Lily actually used to save her infant son.

Marauders and marijuana. Innuendo. Wacky verbal hijinx (and a weensy bit of angst). Even members of other houses are oddly friendly under the influence! (Sirius/Remus preslash, Sirius/James flirting.)