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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!

Words: 11,346
Chapters: 8
Hits: 7,163

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.

Words: 106,859
Chapters: 13
Hits: 7,080
From Ashes by shiiki
04/01/2005

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*

Words: 18,205
Chapters: 8
Hits: 6,902
Set Point Theory by GreenLily
04/09/2003

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.

Words: 12,283
Chapters: 3
Hits: 6,864
The Chosen by Lotus Blossom
09/13/2002

A tale of a different generation of Hogwarts students. Beginning in the first year of the well-known marauders and a shy blustering girl named Lily Evans and their friends and enemies. Because of something out of their reach the fates of these people are intertwined forever.

Words: 20,773
Chapters: 7
Hits: 6,752

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.

Words: 22,978
Chapters: 8
Hits: 6,540

AU: Voldemort chooses Neville, James & Lily live, but Severus Snape still finds himself on a quest for absolution. SSLE

Words: 38,430
Chapters: 12
Hits: 6,417
Before the End by Lady Blank
02/19/2004

James Potter. Sirius Black. Remus Lupin. Peter Pettigrew. Lily Evans. MWPP and Lily at Hogwarts, along with Annetta More, my Original Character. Voldemort is rising, Muggles are starting to die, but these six kids are determined to ignore it – after all, it’s not going to last long, is it? The past may have been just as interesting as the future – or the present.

Words: 26,191
Chapters: 8
Hits: 6,306

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.

Words: 13,967
Chapters: 10
Hits: 6,294

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!

Words: 11,535
Chapters: 6
Hits: 6,245

Lily discovers James doing something...and according to her, their relationship is "through!" Thinking she'll never talk to James again, she goes for a night swim and learns a lesson from someone unexpected...

Words: 1,233
Chapters: 1
Hits: 6,228

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!

Words: 52,656
Chapters: 7
Hits: 6,132

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.

Words: 17,666
Chapters: 8
Hits: 6,100
Chance by duva
11/19/2003

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?

Words: 17,721
Chapters: 5
Hits: 6,018
My Girl by bright eyes
02/19/2006

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.

Words: 5,341
Chapters: 4
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Lily and James are married. They begin their couple life. Mission for Dumbledore, friends' death, cries and other things...

Words: 23,910
Chapters: 19
Hits: 5,906

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...

Words: 20,357
Chapters: 6
Hits: 5,842

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.

Words: 12,942
Chapters: 6
Hits: 5,837

Back when all the world and I were young, the Marauders and Lily, the Marauder Mascot, were such beautiful kids, smart and talented and strong and brave and loyal and adventurous, and confident that they were going to defeat the Dark Side in short order and then live happily ever after. ...but the people who saved the world while treating everything like one big joke turned out to be doomed anyway...

Words: 21,221
Chapters: 3
Hits: 5,750
Illicit Love by Akasha Eve
08/25/2003

In a world where marriage is a trade, love is nothing, and blood and power are everything, a romance sparks. A Lily and James story.

Words: 11,941
Chapters: 5
Hits: 5,661
Giving Him a Chance by duva
04/13/2004

In "Chance", James told his story on how he tried to win Lily over. This is her version of the events.

Words: 13,343
Chapters: 4
Hits: 5,631

What happens when you put a hopelessly "romantic" man-whore and a girl with a soft spot for bedtime activities (not THOSE activities, silly!) together in a dark bedroom? Well, I don't happen to know either, so I suppose we'll find out together, won't we? Come with me, Tia C. Spencer, on a lovely ride through the countryside... er, lakeside... okay, so we won't actually be riding NEXT to anything, but it will be lovely, I promise you that. How can it not be, with me as your illustrious (and quite possibly mad) companion? And no, contrary to beliefs very likely impressed upon you by this summary, I'm not a gormless prat. Well... not entirely.

Words: 27,703
Chapters: 8
Hits: 5,620

Destroy the Horcruxes--that's Harry's goal, until an Aperio throws him and two other unknown people into a world where the prophecy never existed, his parents and Sirius are alive, and Ginny went to Azkaban for opening the Chamber.

Words: 24,843
Chapters: 6
Hits: 5,535
Twisted Love by Liquid Dreams
01/02/2004

Lily's untold love story--with James, Snape, Sirius and lots more! James loves Lily; Lily hates James; and Snape...well, we'll see how he turns out.

Words: 18,224
Chapters: 7
Hits: 5,508

Things are about to get complicated. Sirius has started dating Cassandra Connell, but unbeknownst to him Hannah Underwood likes Sirius too. Hannah starts getting anonymous love notes, and Remus seems oddly quiet lately. And where exactly do Lily and James fit into this?

Words: 10,281
Chapters: 8
Hits: 5,391

The memories of Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs, remembered by them, written by them... Two are now dead, one is a traitor, and the other, is completely alone... This is the story before The Boy Who Lived.

Words: 17,076
Chapters: 7
Hits: 5,363

The Marauders and Lily Evans begin their schooling at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Along the way, friendships are formed and rivalries take root. But there is something amiss in the world, and in Hogwarts itself...

Words: 17,006
Chapters: 5
Hits: 5,360

Lily accidentally gets transported back 30 years in time. She meets up with Tom Riddle, but does not know it's him. Things start heating up when they're together. Will Lily ever decide to come back to her normal time?

Words: 28,866
Chapters: 7
Hits: 5,319

**Marauders Era** Farren Graham is a seventh year Muggle-born at Hogwarts. During her final year, she finds herself becoming involved with some of the least expected people: Sirius Black and Severus Snape. This is her story. Read the shags, the fights, and how she connected everything.

Words: 69,830
Chapters: 18
Hits: 5,300

A story guaranteed to make you laugh, cry, and rage all at once. In other words? my telling of the story of Lily, James, their love, their crazy friends, why Remus never wears red without blushing, and why Sirius no longer attempts to make orange juice. Don?t get lost, or I?ll be forced to send Velvet after you with assurances that the shape of her nose is entirely your fault. You have been warned.

Words: 19,105
Chapters: 5
Hits: 5,274
Sotto Voce by Inkbleed
02/05/2003

Lily Evans is a shy, reclusive 7th year who remains an enigma to her classmates - especially James Potter, who wants to ease her loneliness. But will she let him into her life?

Words: 18,934
Chapters: 6
Hits: 5,242

Lily Evans hated James Potter...but not always. A change of heart came around one day, and James and Lily started falling in love. This is dedicated to all the hopeless romantics out there.

Words: 11,858
Chapters: 7
Hits: 5,241

Oh Read me, Review me, I long for your praise, For this tart,touching tale took nearly two days. It dripped though my head when, too scantily cloaked, I got caught in a rainstorm and thoroughly soaked.

Words: 4,800
Chapters: 1
Hits: 5,151

Seventh year is going to be quite busy for our favorite couple and their friends. They must balance NEWT classes, 2nd level Auror classes, relationships, jealous friends, dangerous classmates, as well as keep their cool in the face of the worst wizard in a century. (Sequel to Deer to Me)

Words: 29,796
Chapters: 10
Hits: 5,116

The war is nearly over. The avengers are closing in. But the losing party has prepared a legacy - a wound in the side of reality, which will outlive even their final defeat. (Note: WRITTEN BEFORE DEATHLY HALLOWS)

Words: 30,003
Chapters: 9
Hits: 5,111

What would you do if, in one night, your world was turned upside down. If you learned that nothing is what it seems, that you can't trust your ``friends any more than you can trust your enemies. Now what if you had to ``trust your enemy? What if the survival of everything you care about depended on the choices of your enemy. That your enemy is the only thing standing between you and death. That your entire world rests in your enemies' hands. What then? A MWPP/L AU fic.

Words: 13,655
Chapters: 5
Hits: 4,983
Ginny by Gatty and Squeaky
05/09/2003

Ginny, who is plagued by nightmares that are slowly driving her insane, decides to take her future into her own hands, but that means revisiting the past.

Words: 16,737
Chapters: 6
Hits: 4,957

My interpretation of James and Lily's sixth and seventh years at Hogwarts according to the Harry Potter series. Filled with romance, humor, and suspense. Enjoy!

Words: 30,776
Chapters: 9
Hits: 4,938

A Lily/James love story with a definite twist. Do not read it if you don't want to see that pair as anything other than Harry's sweet, noble parents.

Words: 2,412
Chapters: 1
Hits: 4,893

I am James Potter and I am perfect. Or so I thought. I was grandly disillusioned by Lily Evans in fifth year. She is the most amazing girl imaginable, but she doesn't know that. She doesn't even know I like her, which is odd considering I ask her out about every other week. I always get a negative answer. This is my story and this is how I won over Lily Evans. It wasn't as easy as it sounds.

Words: 16,248
Chapters: 6
Hits: 4,888

A forbidden kiss, a caress of danger, and a night of pleasures. Would Lily Evans be able to break the cycle of darkness with a mysterious stranger? Or, could decisions she makes lead to a relationship that would mold her future and affect all of those she holds dear?

Words: 21,423
Chapters: 11
Hits: 4,872

Receiving his mother's diary as a gift, Harry discovers an unknown part of Lily's life that not even her closest friends knew of.

Words: 17,979
Chapters: 4
Hits: 4,787

Alice Tyler is ready to start her seventh year at Hogwarts. Despite the growing amount of Death Eater attacks, Alice is determined to enjoy her final year. On her to do list is plotting to get her best friend Lily to finally go out with her cousin James, all the while staying fiercely independent herself, of course. But things are about to happen that Alice didn't intend, and a chain of events is started that may lead to the destruction of her and her friends. The world works in mysterious ways, and sometimes even the best of plans backfire. Slight AU.

Words: 47,945
Chapters: 10
Hits: 4,757

What was life like for the Marauders when they were in Hogwarts? This fic explores the sixth year of James, Remus, Sirius, Peter, Lily, and hey, why not throw in a few new characters? James wants Lily, Lily wants peace, Sirius is Hogwarts' most wanted, Remus falls for someone he thinks he can't have, and Peter fights that inner battle of good and evil. Who knows where this will take us?

Words: 14,895
Chapters: 6
Hits: 4,678
Forsaking Fate by IceGoddess
05/07/2005

AU to Destiny. Destined to be raised by the ghosts of the Potters to know right from wrong, fate gets drastically changed when the Potters live and Destiny must find her way alone.

Words: 44,192
Chapters: 16
Hits: 4,648

Lily, James, Sirius and Remus, chatting about what they will name their kids if they ever have some - a somewhat mindless piece of fluffy dialogue, in which Lily is defenitely not lucky to have such boys for friends.

Words: 1,396
Chapters: 1
Hits: 4,624

When a dark family secret comes to light, everything that Sirius believed in is thrown into chaos. Except that Harry remains, a constant reminder that sometimes our greatest mistakes can be our most precious gifts. (I no longer post here, but this story can be found in its completed form on ffnet, same pen name)

Words: 35,592
Chapters: 8
Hits: 4,617

[NEW CHAPTER: THIS FIC IS BACK!] "Lily sprung to a sitting position. It wasn't working. She could not stop thinking, stop remembering. He had reminded her of what it felt like to feel alive again and it was too much. Reciting four words to herself was not going to suppress it any longer." -Chap. 4

Words: 13,836
Chapters: 6
Hits: 4,577

When Lily was at Hogwarts, she was a ugly, braces-wearing, loner, loser, geek, nerd, bookworm, and so on. The Marauders were the most popular boys Hogwarts has ever seen. After graduating from Hogwarts, Lily changes and has a whole new personality and look. Lily gains a best friend for the first time in her life and meets up with the Marauders. Not your average L/J story, Review?

Words: 3,267
Chapters: 2
Hits: 4,522

What if Lily and James never died? James walked out on Lily and Harry when he was six? Harry is a dysfunctional teenager if there ever was one. His friendships are totally messed up, and he only finds solace in his guitar, his little brother and his cigarettes. That is, until Hermione whisks him and Ron off to La Jolla for the Christmas hols. There he meets Anna: a half-Japanese, half-Irish riot girl who is absolutely amazing. Everything is going just GREAT... until his dad shows up again and ruins everything. Song-fic to "The Story of My Old Man"

Words: 22,736
Chapters: 6
Hits: 4,496

Set during Harry's fifth year, Harry and Ginny find love with the help of an enchanted music box, given to Ginny before her father's death. With the music box, a terrible secret about Ginny's past with Tom Riddle is revealed. And with the help from Sirius Black, another secret is uncovered about Harry's own mother, Lily that not even he expected. A hilarious blossoming relationship between Ron and Hermione is also featured.

Words: 15,653
Chapters: 8
Hits: 4,465

On one rainy summer's night, a prophecy was made. It was the prophecy about the rise of a hero and the fall of the Dark Lord. It was also the prophecy that was bound to alter all of their lives. ``This chronicles the events from June 1980 to November 1981. The story also explores the psyche of the main characters, namely the Potters, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew.

Words: 20,682
Chapters: 10
Hits: 4,424

Sirius struggles to make Remus forgive him for for 'the prank' he played on Snape, but fails to understand why his friend is so upset. An unusual punishment from Dumbledore and a surprising ally help Sirius try to make it better.

Words: 32,621
Chapters: 10
Hits: 4,395
So Far Away by Hermoninny
10/19/2003

Lily is fresh out of Hogwarts. She's working in Diagon Alley and living on her own. Lily's father is still controlling her, but why is she letting him? And when does James come in?

Words: 14,493
Chapters: 7
Hits: 4,340
Dramatis Personae by Mi
05/18/2003

The Marauders vs. the Slytherins! While everyone else parties happily away on the Yule Ball, James Potter, Sirius Black, Severus Snape and Lucius Malfoy have a hell of a night not being quite themselves. Chapters 1 and 2, and more to come!

Words: 14,927
Chapters: 8
Hits: 4,314
Inner Smile by Black Coffee
06/11/2003

Lily has always part hated James. Annoying, irritating, immature, rampaging, clever James...But what happens when they both experience changes and form a friendship? Sometimes things are not always what they seem...

Words: 5,279
Chapters: 4
Hits: 4,261
Free Falling by SilverPhoenix
07/20/2002

Lily is in love with James while James is in love with someone else. Voldemort will stop at nothing to get a message across to the Marauders. Can they interpret these messages before it's too late?

Words: 42,579
Chapters: 7
Hits: 4,224
Deja Vu by randygrapes
02/04/2007

Composed of a series of notes passed between the Marauders, Lily, Snape and Lucius Malfoy, this is my take on their seventh year. Written a while ago, it's not very true to characterisation, but I kind of like it anyway and hope you do too.

Words: 12,482
Chapters: 8
Hits: 4,224

Does the future really rely on the past? Is it possible to change your own fate, or even the fate of others? In Harry's seventh year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he finds something of great importance. Tied in with the strange happenings at the school, this year could turn out to be one that no one will ever forget... or remember!

Words: 16,447
Chapters: 12
Hits: 4,110

Lily and James have been enemies since first year, and vice-versa. Their friends know that there is a certain flame between them, and are determined to get them together. But then something goes wrong, and they think that Lily and James are never going to get together! How wrong were they!

Words: 2,772
Chapters: 4
Hits: 4,102
The Last Potter by Fyre
03/26/2003

What if Lily Potter had never died that night in Godric's Hollow? What if Voldemort did get past her to little Harry? What if the world was turned on its head by this? What if I could actually switch off my imagination and stop coming up with such weird storylines?

Words: 14,987
Chapters: 3
Hits: 4,068

What if Sirius had a son? What if he and Harry found a way to change the past so Sirius lived, and Harry's parents were prepared for Voldemort? Would they do it?

Words: 16,262
Chapters: 6
Hits: 3,992

SLASH. After four years, James breaks it off with Sirius to be with Lily, who is preoccupied with cursing her evil ex-boyfriend. Sirius reacts by sleeping and/or fighting with everyone he possibly can. Including Lucius Malfoy. Eventually, he notices that the only sane person in his entire life is Remus. Who’s wise and taciturn and kind of...hot.

Words: 16,901
Chapters: 8
Hits: 3,902
Tiger Lily by desert rose
12/09/2002

Sirius and Lily are the most talked about couple on campus- they have everything everyone is love wants...or do they? Lily is suddenly torn between staying with the man she loves, or going to the one who loves her. What she doesn't know is that she hasn't a choice- it has already been decided...

Words: 14,987
Chapters: 5
Hits: 3,885
Leash by Sara Winters
03/04/2010

Remus knew it was only a matter of time before moving in with Sirius proved itself a bad idea. The problem was, he had no choice. He just had to make the situation work to his advantage.

Words: 44,473
Chapters: 10
Hits: 3,794
Queer As Scent by A.J. Hall
01/04/2003

Early married life has its ups and downs, and everyone from the Dark Lord to the house elves seem to know what's best for the yet-unborn heir to Malfoy Manor. But demons, the intervention of the local Hunt, and the dinner party from Hell aren't going to stop Narcissa getting what she wants out of life. And she's just about to meet someone with an even stronger survival instinct.

Words: 14,666
Chapters: 1
Hits: 3,767

Ever wonder what would have happend if it were Neville instead of Harry who was marked by Voldemort? In this AU fic, James and Lily Potter are still alive, Ron and Harry are still best friends, and a whole new generation of Marauders run amok. Set in their sixth year at Hogwarts. Rated R for violence, language, sex and other goodies.

Words: 23,874
Chapters: 7
Hits: 3,683

Dumbledore decides that as the Marauders and Snape are always in detention, they could just as well do something with that time that the whole school can enjoy. So, despite Lily's protests, the Detention Club presents its very own version of "Little Red Ridinghood."

Words: 5,855
Chapters: 6
Hits: 3,637
Secrets Untold by Gundam Girl
01/27/2005

The story of James Potter and Lily Evans -- how they came together and what threatened to tear them apart. What if the reason Snape hated James went beyond jealousy for Quidditch? What if it was jealousy for love? And what events could occur if Lucius took advantage of that love? What did the Marauders and Lily go through during the Voldemort rebellion? How did Lucius and Severus become Death Eaters? Did the Marauders approve of James and Lily's romance? This is my take on the incredible story of the first generation. Beginning from the end of the sixth year to the time of James' and Lily's death. (Note: Lucius is in the Marauder's class for the sake of the story.)

Words: 17,432
Chapters: 5
Hits: 3,618

Lily Evans is 18 and fresh out of her seventh year at Hogwarts. When Lily wins a contest sponsored by the International Association of Quidditch, she and her friend Arabella Figg find themselves in possession of front row tickets to the Quidditch World Cup and a private dinner with star-Chaser James Potter. James is less than enthusiastic about this arrangement, but what happens when he finds out that Lily is not your average Quidditch fan?

Words: 4,689
Chapters: 4
Hits: 3,588

Hogwarts, 1977, and much that ensues in the Marauders' sixth year. We'll see familiar people, unfamiliar people, people that would seem to be familiar ``but are in fact not at all what you expected, and some slash.

Words: 18,559
Chapters: 6
Hits: 3,588
Paragons by The Raven
03/31/2006

James likes Lily. Maybe not as much as he likes Quidditch. She might like him, too - but unfortunately, Sirius, Remus and Peter have got it in their heads to be helpful. The Slytherins are less than amused by proceedings. Complications ensue.

Words: 13,911
Chapters: 8
Hits: 3,550
Boys Don't Bruise by Nohwrah
06/26/2004

Romance is chemistry between two people and certainly a very complicated thing that pops up at all times and in all forms. And Hogwarts sure had its share of that. What did the female half of five famous Hogwarts couples think of their partner before they got together?

Words: 6,694
Chapters: 4
Hits: 3,530

James is in love with Lily -- there's only one problem. The problem is that she doesn't know it. When McGonagall makes them tutor each other in Transfigurations (for Lily) and Charms (for James).. feelings arise between the two. Is it love, hate, or a friendship? What will happen?

Words: 2,499
Chapters: 2
Hits: 3,504
A Mother's Love by LissieLove
06/22/2002

Once upon a time, Narcissa Fletcher made a choice that not only turned her life upside down, but set the course for the next generation.

Words: 7,834
Chapters: 3
Hits: 3,497
Of Sisters and Sons by Jaylee
12/12/2003

A tale of two sisters: one who died young, forfeiting her life for her tiny son and a cause that she believed in, and the other who took a lifetime to discover that there are consequences for every action, especially when two little boys get caught in the crossfire.

Words: 11,412
Chapters: 5
Hits: 3,477

Voldemort plans to go back in time to kill James and Lily before Harry is ever born. Can Harry save his mom and dad? What happens when the mom *likes* the son? Plus, the Marauders at 15...oh lordy!

Words: 12,196
Chapters: 3
Hits: 3,456
Crash and Burn by Captivating
07/16/2004

She had no past. he had no future. Together, all they had was the present....

Words: 5,708
Chapters: 5
Hits: 3,381

Lily Evans is mysterious, brilliant and destined to become the most famous mother in history. But why do we know nothing about her? What was in her story that the world isn't ready to know?

Words: 22,594
Chapters: 5
Hits: 3,360
My Apology by StickyNikki
02/07/2003

A Lily/James fic during their 7th year and afterward. MWPP of course, and a lot of fluff, cause I'm good at it =).

Words: 4,931
Chapters: 4
Hits: 3,336

MWPP 7th yr. MWPP goes through their 7th year at Hogwarts, which is full of surprises? Will James get his girl? Will the thing they don't believe in come true? Contains slash. JPLE. Would destroy the reading of the story if I wrote more.

Words: 15,307
Chapters: 5
Hits: 3,326

Hogwarts has been invaded by preppy cheerleaders - and Sirius is their first victim!! Featuring preppy cheerleaders, Quidditch, preppy cheerleaders, The Resident Anti-Preps of Gryffindor tower, preppy cheerleaders, and revenge gone wrong. (A MWPP/L Fic)

Words: 4,285
Chapters: 5
Hits: 3,323

Have you ever wondered how James and Lily got together?? Were they friends before Hogwarts?? What will happen??

Words: 8,950
Chapters: 3
Hits: 3,319

In their sixth year James seems to finally give up on Lily, and his best friend developed a soft spot for the redhead instead. The first love is beautiful, but sometimes it's just ephemeral. Sometimes it only comes to point out the right direction… to tell you where true love lies. On top of things, the Triwizard Tournament happens. The most famous pranksters want to participate, and so do Lily, Snape, and many known faces. Who's going to be the Hogwarts champion? As the tasks come one after the other, Lily and Sirius live a torrid romance, a dangerous task, seeing that they are the most coveted bachelors of Hogwarts, and that James and Remus seem to be in the middle. Sirius/Lily fic.

Words: 23,964
Chapters: 7
Hits: 3,300
The Last Sabi by Kali Ma
11/18/2001

Lia Strummings arrives at Hogwarts during Sirius, James, Remus, Peter and Lily's fifth year. She beleives herself to be a nice and normal witch, until she finds her blood has the power to heal. She searches to uncover who she is, dragging Sirius along for the ride kicking and screaming. But can the duo unlock the secrets of the past before Voldemort catches up to them?

Words: 46,014
Chapters: 4
Hits: 3,261

The Colton cousins have been best friends since birth, but at school they were sorted into opposing houses, Gryffindor and Slytherin. They mix with some interesting people and their adventures are numerous. After they've left the school, it's discovered that both cousins have been influenced by their Hogwart's assortment, and it's only a manner of time until they turn on each other. This fic follows the girls after graduation, but there are chapter flashbacks of their school years.

Words: 106,939
Chapters: 17
Hits: 3,247

Voldemort has a daughter, a daughter who knows nothing of her real parents, knows nothing of magic, knows not that she is a witch, knows not that she is the daughter of the most feared Dark Lord and, most importantly, knows not what she is. And I ain’t talking witch here.

Words: 23,356
Chapters: 7
Hits: 3,225
Behind The Mirror by Isabel
02/07/2002

The mirror of Erised’s other use is found out... and it leads to trouble for Harry...

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Chapters: 4
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Invenio Veritas by Helluin
06/17/2003

As Harry starts his fifth year, he learns things about his past that were not meant to be known. He's confused. Severus is confused. The only person who can answer their questions has been dead for fourteen years.

Words: 16,427
Chapters: 7
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Lily Evans and her friends have just finished Hogwarts. Fun, love, and happiness are on the horizon, but will they be put on a standstill as dark times arise?

Words: 15,642
Chapters: 4
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The story of James and Lily, even before Hogwarts. Read as they go from the summer before first year to marriage.

Words: 12,211
Chapters: 4
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Ashes by Lazy_neutrino
07/27/2004

Sixteen years ago, Lily Potter made the wrong choice. Is there such a thing as a second chance? About as AU as it gets.

Words: 1,606
Chapters: 1
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Lily Evans had big plans for her seventh year. She was going to be one of the best Head Girls ever, she was going to whip the prefects into shape, she was going to ace all her NEWTs, and she was not going to let James Potter get to her. (Because he didn't. He had no effect on her whatsoever. Honestly. None at all.) So why aren't things working out to plan?

Words: 11,139
Chapters: 3
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If there is one thing James Potter wants, it's Lily Evans. If there's one thing both Lily and James need, it's an attitude change. And Lily and James's friends won't rest until Lily and James are together. JP/LE, SB/OC (eventually)

Words: 14,943
Chapters: 8
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Unrequited love can do funny things to a witch... or to a wizard. Tonks and Merope weren\'t the only ones to have trouble with their powers- in 1976, James Potter had his own problems as well. Contains het, two paragraphs of slash, and reference to bodice ripper novels.

Words: 4,691
Chapters: 1
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"This is how it is - this is why you're not in the Order - you don't understand - there are things worth dying for!" The chilling tale of a boy who dared to defy the proud name of Black and how that boy came to be the man he was.

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Chapters: 4
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Fourteen years ago, Mae Julie lost the love of her life, as well as her best friends. Now, she must face her past, as well as the daughter she left behind, and help protect her best friend's son, Harry Potter. Starts at the end of Harry's fourth year, with flashbacks from MWPP.

Words: 8,808
Chapters: 3
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Battles will be fought, villains will rise, pranks will be pulled, and some humor and romance will be flying around! This fic, starting at the end of the Marauders' fifth year, attempts to detail the start of the First War, focusing on the students whose lives were affected by it. Appearances by Marauders, Death Eaters, Aurors, Slytherins, Original Characters, and a "black-hooded messenger of death."

Words: 36,128
Chapters: 7
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