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James and Lily in a skating rink.

Everyone has heard the series of events that occured that faithful night when Lily and James were murdered. But this is the true story down to every last detail.

"Ring around the roses, / A pocket full of posies. / Ashes, ashes, / We all fall down." -- The children sing, and Remus lives. Four interlinking drabbles with slight James/Lily and Remus/Sirius.

Thirteen-year-old Harry Potter looks just like his father James, except that he has his mother’s eyes. A discussion with Harry in the Dark Arts classroom precipitates a series of memories that take Remus Lupin back in time to his encounters with Lily. But some treasures lay buried forever. Some ships never set sail.

It isn't easy being left behind. Petunia was never the forgiving type.

Oneshot. When Severus possesses a bit of power, he's tempted to abuse it. One-sided Severus/Lily. Marauders Era.

One simple mistake ruined Sirius's world... Now can he stop Harry from making the same mistake?

A vivid description of the events on October 31, 1981 in Godric's Hollow.

Lily thinks of James, and wishes he would see her, and not the perfect girl he molds her as. She wishes he would at least try know her before loving her. A lovely little vignette of Lily just before James changes.

Do you remember in the First Year when Hagrid compiled a photo album for Harry? Well, Remus Lupin was one of the people he wrote to for pictures of Lily and James. This brings back a wealth of memories he has tried hard to forget....````Pre- OotP Marauder story.

It had all pretty much gone downhill since he'd graduated from Hogwarts. Who would really want to spend their life with a poor old werewolf? It didn't matter anymore... nothing did... there was nothing that would change. Remus/Lily. Songfic to 'Paradise'

Petunia hates Lily. She hates what Lily is. She hates magic. Yet, she's found a different, more dark brand of magic that she is contented by and begins experimenting with it in the summer holidays.

Peter wages a losing battle with his own fear. Set in early 1981.

On a spring evening, strange light illuminates the sky and Harry sees his mother.

Did you ever wonder how the fall of Lily and James came about? Why did Sirius convince them to make Peter their secret keeper? How was Dumbledore unaware? How did the last battle fought? This is an account of what happened when Lily and James Potter found out their baby son was to save the world from Lord Voldemort.

My vision of the last 30-45 min. of Lily and James Potter. She has questions, he answers--again, my vision. Songfic loosely based on the song Moonlight Shadow from the game Dance Dance Revolution.

A set of seven short stories depicting the relationship between Minerva McGonagall and Sirius Black.

Lily invites her boyfriend Severus to meet her family. Lily/Severus.

Sometimes, the choices others make for you greatly affect who you become. The story of a lovechild who never seemed to find his place.

James has been missing for nearly two days now. Sirius and Remus are concerned that he’s in danger…or worse.

Seems like all the kids with the great brains have the disadvantage when it comes to Apparating, so it's no surprise that the goof-ball, James Potter, does it better than the smart girl, Lily Evans.

A story concerning what happened after what Harry saw in the pensieve, and the consequences. SS/LP (and I know it's been done a million times before, but here's my version).

“Sisters are connected throughout their lives by a special bond... whether they try to ignore it or not. For better or for worse, sisters remain sisters, until death do them part.”

A look at James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew and Lily Evans on the day before their first day at Hogwarts... the Marauders before they were Marauders!

James' soul watches and contemplates what happened to Lily and Harry after Voldemort kills him.

Lily Potter sacrificed her life to Lord Voldemort so that her only son, Harry Potter, could become The Boy Who Lived. This fic describes the last few seconds of her life and what thoughts crossed her mind as Voldemort murmured the death spell.

You've read it all right? You have your conclusions on who's who, and who's evil or not. Take a step back and venture behind the pages. See a new Petunia and the reason why she treats Harry as if he whould never be loved. Take a trip into, Behind It All. Meant to reach out and touch you.

Mistakes of the past become nightmares of the future. Snape views a memory in the Pensieve he would rather forget. Snape/Lily.

"She laughed, pushing him away, and he was happy because she was laughing, even though he was withering away on the inside." Remus/Lily.

Lily Evans buys a magic mirror, and is drawn in by its dark magic. Chaos ensues, and ends with a ship you'd never expect.

Lily Evans, soon to be Mrs. Potter, is a happy prominent auror, who just found out she's pregnant. Love was everything in her world. But darkness overcomes her life, changing her world, so...now she finds herself alone facing a new reality...struggling to live...again (AU completely!!)

Harry encounters his parent's murderer, only this time it isn't Voldemort, and he has something to say.

Basically a textbook entry about the Illuminati, which are featured in the She Said It series. Very important to understand what's going on in the fic.

When you're forced to make a choice about the one you love, it can haunt you for the rest of your life. One night can't change destiny, no matter how much you want it to. RL/LE One-Shot. Lovey and Angsty and all that great stuff.

Arrogance was my downfall; now I chose to tell the truth of my death, and the death of my husband.````From the desk of the author of Black Lily and Black Aeon, comes this addition to the ending of Black Lily.

"Remus Lupin, are you pouting?" "I'm a werewolf. Werewolves do not pout." "You love me, Remus Lupin, and what's more I love you too!" Her cheeks flushed and her eyes sparked emeralds. "Then why are you dating James?" Short and bittersweet. *RemusLily*

He had passed the stage of hating himself for what had happened to his godfather, Sirius Black. He was over blaming himself for the loss of fellow Triwizard Tournament contestant, Cedric Diggory. But the thoughts that he was in some way responsible never seemed to leave Harry Potter's nightmares. However, as Hermione Granger found herself digging deeper into her beloved books, she found the one thing that could possibly save the seventeen year old boy from hiding behind his mask of falsified happiness. The only problem is, they soon realize they must fulfill a prophecy they never saw coming.

A look into a moment in the life of Regulus. Don't remember who Regulus is? You'll remember if you start reading. Haven't read OotP? Slight spoilers, but nothing too major (this story has nothing to do with Harry and what happens to him in Book Five). A bit of Regulus/Lily. Poor boy.

MWPP/L have a totally '70s experience.

Petunia tells about her past, telling about her envy of her sister in all things, and then, about her future.

Narcissa and Lily were lovers, until Voldemort murdered Lily.

A look into why Peter Pettigrew went bad. Year One

This is the companion piece to my other J/L one-shot, Just the Girl. It is essentially the same fic, but from Lily's perspective. I wanted to explore her emotions a little bit more so we can all understand what it was that made her fall for James.

What really happened that Halloween night? It was a night of murder and mayhem, but who killed whom? How did Voldemort mark Harry?

My life is all about memories: Some good, some bad, some utterly embarrassing. But, then again, what else is to be expected of the daughter of the famous Harry Potter? But still even though I have many, I'd like to tell you about my very first memory....

An enchanted journal exposes the secrets of Lily Evans' past, revealing that she was far more than simply the clever Muggleborn mother of Harry, wife of James and first love of Severus – she was also the conduit of an ancient pact sworn centuries before, whose task never truly ended upon her death. In this first installment of an epic series, Lily Evans discovers that not only is she a witch bound for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where she has to deal with discrimination against Muggleborns, a poltergeist with a grudge, and friendships that may or may not stand the test of time, but that she has also been targeted by a dark force seeking to destroy her – and everything else.

“What do you like?” Petunia had asked her once. She had smiled sweetly at her older sister. “Knowing Mum loves me better.”

How could it have come to this? How did we fall so far? It is the day after Christmas, and while the rest of the world is returning to normalcy after the holiday, one man isn't feeling very cheerful. The holidays have only allowed him to remember the pain and loss of the previous year, though he tries desperately to forget those memories. But as a fresh blanket of snow has covered the ground, he decides to take a walk to clear his mind, and at the same time, he decides to take a chance; he allows himself to just remember.

"I’ve woken up early again.Too early. It’s four in the morning. I sigh and stare blankly at the curtains for a few minutes, trying to recall the dream I’d been having. It was something to do with Lily; but the more I thought about it the less I could remember." James Potter wakes early one morning and makes a vow to himself and his family. J/L one shot

We all know that Sirius is a klutz...why would James ever ask him to be best man at a wedding?

Late at night in July of 1981, Albus Dumbldore received information that the Dark Lord intended to attack the Potters. Two scenes.

A different way this story could have ended. Picks up when Lily enters the Room of Requirement.

She came in the dark and begged for his help: to protect the Light in a time of Darkness. A speculation of the devastating move that put our hero Harry in jeopardy.

"Sunlight beams pleasantly onto the nape of my neck, warming my body delightfully whilst Alice blows bubbles somewhat dreamily into that un-containable Zen that floats above us." Lily Evans and best friend, Alice Eston, enjoy their last carefree day on the Hogwarts grounds during a free period, talking about love, cheating and Frank Longbottom. That's before a certain James Potter turns up.

The summer before her seventh year leaves Lily's life in tatters, and it doesn't get any better once she's back at Hogwarts. So the last thing she needs is a more than tolerable head boy.

A Lily and James story full of teenage heartache and confusion. Will Lily continue to be invisible at Hogwarts or will James be able to break through her cool exterior? Join the characters as they enter their 6th and penultimate year at the school of witchcraft and wizardry.

The last day before the school year for Jame's and Lily's 5th 6th and 7th years.*Songfic*

Harry's life as it should have been - in other words, what he missed out on by losing a mother and a father.

Songfic to Broken by Evanescence... Lily/Lucius... In order to protect her love, she had to walk away with her unborn child, a child Lucius has no clue about. Seventeen years later, after the day of that tragic event, Lucius finally knows. His reaction and his role in the ending of Voldemort.

There are only a few people capable of telling centuries worth of historical knowledge. Fortune is one of them. Since the dawn of time, she has watched people make decisions regarding destinies and fate, and in all of her watching, Fortune has chosen her favourites. They are different, yet at the same time alike, and only one word can describe them all --- They are all brave.

James Potter struggles to learn that marriage means compromise. When you don't, there are consequences.

On the day of Lily and James Potter's demise, one person seeks Dumbledore and forgiveness.

AU ficlet- One stormy night, Liliana Evans, daughter of a prominent pureblood Slytherin family, realizes that there's nothing left to live for. James Potter is looking for a way out of his family's constant planning of his future. What will they find in each other?

A few brief glimpses into James and Lily's last days.

Lily's eleventh birthday, her worst ever... They day she was forced to choose between her sister and her magic within.

Quinnellia Chamberlain, aka Quinn, has come to Hogwarts from the United States to finish her magical education. She is befriended by Lily Evans and her dormmates and for the first time in her life has good friends, is getting good marks, and is staying out of trouble. Until she tries out for the Quidditch team and is told by the Captin, James Potter, that girls don't play Quidditch at Hogwarts. Can Quinn and Lily beat some sense into James? Moreover, can Quinn stop thinking about her own problems long enough to help Lily with her own crisis

Ever since they met, he couldn't stop thinking about her... (James-centered fic)

One day in early December, 1979, a young potions apprentice notices a purchase. The world is in the midst of a terrible, secretive war, and the customer's circumstances lead her to make an important decision. The consequences of her actions are life-altering for many...

One day, somewhere within the last year of the war, Lily finds a photo that makes her remember the days when Petunia was her sister. A short examination of the relationship between the Evans sisters. Not sappy.

Lily was excellent at comforting, but she was horrible at being comforted.

Closed in worlds they cannot contain, Lily and James sit together and the fireworks soon fly....

Femmeslash (Lily/Mrs. Lestrange). It’s not as dark as you might expect.

Although she wishes she could Lily knows that she cannot protect Harry forever.

Before Hogwarts, Lily had a friend, her cousin, named Harry. This story is about them, and who they were and what they did. Slightly bittersweet, but it covers Lily's discovery of magic, her meeting with James, and why she named her son Harry.

Fidelius has been performed already, but on a dark night with a storm rising fast and furious over the home where they were staying, a visitor arrives on a dark bike with an idea that will effect them all. Lily POV. JP/LE.

It was more than love - it was a true meeting of souls. Their bodies were seperated first by marriage and then an infamous death, but a link still remains. Can Narcissa live her life even though she has lost Lily, her first and truest love? ~Sweet, short, fluffy and slightly supernatural femmeslash~

A deceptively typical evening in the Potter household at Godric's Hollow.

Lily, Harry's room and the early morning summer breeze.

Peter Pettigrew is dead by his own hand. Remus Lupin shares the news of Wormtail's death with Sirius Black and the Potters, and ponders how he feels about it.

Why does Petunia have such strong odious feelings towards magic and the wizarding world? A question I hope to answer through this collection of memories that begin in Petunia's early childhood.

James Potter is tired of Lily Evans noticing all of his flaws, until he finds out that maybe her attention isn't such a bad thing after all.

A song can hold so much in its words, as James is about to find out. Songfic to Head Over Feet by Alanis Morissette

Remus Lupin was suspected of giving information to Voldemort by his best friends. He disappeared for days at a time with no explanation. Perhaps he just needed to get away from it all… People do crazy things… when they’re in love. A Songfic to The Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Modern Romance."

Lily goes undercover to get a certain Death Eater to join the Order...

"Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them." ~Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe. "The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity." ~Walt Whitman

Lily brings James home on Christmas day and his friends tag along. Petunia isn't pleased.

While Lily is having Harry, James thinks about his son. Then the moment comes, and James has some promises to make to Harry. Does he keep his promise? (Lily/James)

Yes...I'm at it again.... It's time for another go-around at Interruptions! It's time to face the truths.... Does Ron really love Hermione... Will Virginia forgive Remus for being a werewolf... Will Sirius ever understand that talking stomachs are not very funny?! (Besides the fact that he's very dense, he has a brain problem.)

Peter Judas Pettigrew remembers the events which led him to join the Dark Lord, the night he betrayed James as he lives up to his namesakes. Contains slash.

Lily didn't know why or how it started, exactly, but she did know that this horrid ritual had been a part of her life for almost an entire year. [

"She quietly pulled herself together, so that when Vernon walked in demanding dinner, she could smile, and fix dinner, and chatter away without shattering." A vignette of Petunia after Harry leaves for his first year at Hogwarts.

Death prevails in a fatal confrontation between the dark and the light... LJ, Non-Romance, AU, Angsty.

//But don't forget who's taking you home And in whose arms you're gonna be, So, darling, Save the last dance for me.// ~Save the Last Dance for Me, Michael Bulbe

Beatlemania hit the Marauders hard in the form of the lovely Lily Evans, supreme Beatles worshipper! Remembering a better time when all was well and Lily bored James with Beatles trivia. Just goes to show that you can take the girl out of the Muggle world, but you can't take the Muggle world out of the girl...

"They’ve asked me to speak for you. For you. As if you’re still alive and it’s merely another award celebrating your person. I wish with all my heart that was it. But now a path has formed down the center of mourners, red faces and blood-stained eyes all looking to me, as if I am Moses and have come to save them from this sea of agony. How can I save them if I can’t save myself?" -- Lily Potter's funeral from the eyes of a friend.

Regulus fights to protect many things - his brother, his friends, the children whose innocence is shattered by the war around them. He's admired by some, but he has doubts he'd be the way he is without outside help. Written for the Alternate Universe community on LJ, set in the same AU and after "Watching Your Back".

Bridge piece for other fics. Harry hopes to find out about his mother's pasts, but the answers he receives only lead to more questions. He finds information from an unlikely source.

Sometimes, there is more to people than we can see with the eye. Petunia Dursley is much more than she is made out to be, and she has regrets about never saying good-bye to her sister.

Takes place that fateful night when Wormtail betrayed the Potters...

Lily Potter can't stand being at Godric's Hollow for much longer. So, she runs. Set two days before Hallowe'en 1981.