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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.
Head Over Feet by black_goose
04/10/2006A song can hold so much in its words, as James is about to find out. Songfic to Head Over Feet by Alanis Morissette
Modern Romance by LilithDastalour
11/09/2003Remus 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...
Weave Me Sunshine by Kelsey Potter
07/11/2006"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
Cleave by stellamaru
02/22/2004Lily brings James home on Christmas day and his friends tag along. Petunia isn't pleased.
Safe in My Arms by Rosie Cotton of the Shire
07/11/2005While 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)
Interruptions, Part Three by Emmablk1
10/10/2004Yes...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.)
Thirty Pieces of Silver by Courtney Kathrys
11/10/2003Peter 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.
Scarred by magnoliablossoms
02/17/2008Lily 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. [
Loss by Spunky Panda
11/24/2003"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.
The End of Innocence by Stasya
08/26/2005Death prevails in a fatal confrontation between the dark and the light... LJ, Non-Romance, AU, Angsty.
Save the Last Dance for Me by Kelsey Potter
10/08/2007//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...
Solstice in December by Dewi
07/18/2003"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.
Protecting the Innocent by Professor Morgyn Merlin
07/19/2007Regulus 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".
A Distant Day In December by KirbeeDesirae
03/05/2004Bridge 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.
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again by pandorabox82
06/28/2002Sometimes, 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...
Autumn Leaves by Mo Gradh
10/03/2004Lily Potter can't stand being at Godric's Hollow for much longer. So, she runs. Set two days before Hallowe'en 1981.
Throughout their years at Hogwarts the Marauders have always lived their lives in the same way, making the same choices and decisions over and over without change. Lily has always pushed James away in fear that if she lets her guard down he will let her down. Aurora is positive she's not in love with Remus and won't hear any different because she is ultimately afraid of what will happen if she faces her emotions. Raine is afraid to speak. Peter has always hid in the shadows of his three best mates. Well, this year they all decided that it is time for change. This is the year they never expected to come.
A Single Miscalculation by ForeverSirius77
10/24/2007One night will always be remembered in the world of Harry Potter. There was one night that started it all --- a Dark Lord was defeated, a friendship was broken, and a child was left an orphan, yet hailed as a hero at the same time. The night of All Hallow's Eve is recounted once again in this tale.
Too Late by PeanutButterLover
02/03/2005"It's too late"... Remus looks over some memoirs... A story of mourning, grief, unrequited love, and a letter that came 16 years too late.
Hallows Eve by Numenoriette
09/19/2004Inside the house a man and a woman sat close together, staring out of the second floor window, also watching and listening. The woman held a child close in her arms, clutching him as if his life depended on her constant crooning and kisses on the forehead. The man also reached over every few seconds to touch the child's cheek or smooth down his hair. `` “I can't stand this anymore, James,” the woman whispered.
What was it that made Lily Evans stop loathing James in their seventh year? This first-time fic writer takes a stab at it.
Love Defense by emmafredlily
10/21/2003Voldemort decides to kill two birds with one stone: get James out of the way and take control of Godric's Hollow -- by framing James for a murdering someone very close to Lily. Can she help him? Or, more importantly.... WILL she?
My Immortal by Seraphanie_Azure
03/28/2004One side of the dark man of the potions world...and his secret love for the Mudblood yet captivating Lily Evans... A look back at all the love that he had had for her while still at Hogwarts years later.
Flowers for the Dead by Sneakoscopic
10/23/2005"As I stare, my limbs lifeless, her eyes open. I see nothing but green." Snape reflects on the past and plans for the future. One shot, post HBP.
Broken Clock by ElectraBlack
05/26/2005AU. "The clock was wrong. Lily had observed just how wrong the clock was; it had only just turned three ‘o’ clock. Why did the clock say it was five? James had assured her that yes, it was five ‘o’ clock, but she didn’t believe it. It had to be three. At three ‘o’ clock, he had been there. Smiling, albeit a weak smile, but smiling all the same. Her pride and joy. Her one truest love. The one she had loved more than any other. But now it was five, which meant he was no longer there. He was gone, just like that. Gone."
Marchent dans Rêve by Strangelittlegirl
07/10/2004"You hear them whisper that Cissa Black is breaking..." ``Dreams are not enough to save us, but they're substantial enough to try.
Letters by LesserKnown
05/12/2005James and Lily's seventh year at Hogwarts, in their own words.
Right Here Waiting by Katrina Marie Lupin
10/02/2005The first war - a time of love and betrayal. After the fall of the Dark Lord, Severus Snape prepares to face the consequences of his actions - the funeral of the only woman he ever loved.
But It Is Late, and He Is Alone by Kt.M.M.
07/12/2005Follow up to There is a single candle on the table. James and Lily decide on a Secret Keeper at late at night.
Sometimes we remember things, even when we don't.
Expecting to Fly by HPAddicted
10/02/2005Look into the mind of Lily: tormented by James and just wanting some peace and quiet. And how does Peter Pan fit in with all of this?
At Christmas by Vitil
12/16/2008She couldn't remember, as she sat there on the couch with her glass of eggnog held precariously in her hand, what it was that had possessed her to come home for Christmas break. What had made her think that anything would have improved? Surely this was the worst night of her life. ... Lily's Christmas isn't looking very happy, but maybe it can still be saved.
Recollection by LilyLupin
07/05/2004Remus remembers his time spent with Lily...
Our Love Can Never Be by I_LUV_MOONY
06/17/2008Lily admires a boy from afar, and she's finally going to tell him on his birthday. But another girl gets in the way, causing Lily to question whether or not she really likes him.
Running Away by LonelySilverWolf
10/16/2004"His lycanthropy was a curse, not a part of him. If it was placed upon him, surely it could be taken off. I had to find a cure. I would devote my whole life to finding a cure if I had to." ``Lily desperately contemplates why Remus would end their relationship...
Love, James by HermioneRon
07/30/2008When James Potter comes home from his fourth year at Hogwarts, he realises that he loves his classmate, Lily Evans. He attempts to write a letter to her and on receiving it, Lily employs the help of her best friend, Severus, in writing a nasty reply. James is not subdued. Read to find out what happens to Lily and James!
A Pocketful Of Posies by Helmione Nightingranger
09/23/2004Why is Petunia Dursley so... well... Dursleyish? Why does she hate the magical word, and prtend that she never even had a sister? Well, once she was a child, you see. And children have dreams... "Petunia wanted magic more than anything in the world, she dreamed of it and she ached for it, for the magic and for the brave, beautiful characters who wielded it in her books and her imagination."
Backstory by Magic Words
07/06/2006"I don't need help from filthy little Mudbloods like her!" When Harry looked into Professor Snape's Pensieve, there was something he didn't see.
Wait For You by cHoCoLaTe_EmPrEsS
02/22/2008Lily caught James kissing another girl during a Hogsmeade weekend a few weeks before Christmas. She hasn't forgiven him yet, even though James has pleaded with her constantly. James only wants Lily back to him before Christmas arrives. One-shot songfic.
A Christmas Vow by Alexannah
07/12/2015One Christmas Eve, after a particularly unpleasant Occlumency lesson, Severus is visited by a ghost. Lily is furious over how he has treated her son—and determined to make Severus see just how much Harry needs him. Loosely based on "A Christmas Carol".
Please Believe Me by Regina Noctis
03/03/2008James Potter is stumped. How can he get the girl of his dreams to go out with him if she refuses to listen? He'll just have to come up with some catchy way to MAKE her listen. . . Based on the lyrics of "Oh! Darling" by the Beatles; and written for the Five-Witch Tournament between myself, lupa_mannera, DarkFaerii, secret_witch, and akeyana on HarryPotterFanfiction.Com.
The Safety of an Umbrella by dancinghippogriff101
06/17/2008Have you ever felt lonely because there was romance blossoming all around you but you had no part in it and were scared to tell the one you loved how you truely felt? Lilly Evans feels all that in this fic while James Potter is depressed. The one who is causing the depression is the only one who can bring him out of it and bring him under the safety of their umbrella.
The Definition of Content by SlthrngNbltyWrtnINnk
02/27/2009I'm not sure when everything changed. He was just a boy. An arrogant, spoiled, self-absorbed, good for nothing boy.
That Today I Belong by kmarauders
07/16/2007Five lessons in Lily Evans' short life.
Rotrufin by Emily Granger
05/29/2005Lord Voledmort is recruiting werewolves as 'soldiers' for the upcoming war. He now has his sights on Remus. Will Remus change over? Or will Lily, James, Sirius and Emma Gibson lose their best friend forever?
These Green Eyes of Ours by StarryWands
05/21/2007The green-eyed monster in Petunia Evans has emerged and is ready to lash out at her sister. A oneshot account of the untold grief and envy torturing a very misunderstood person.
Lily Evans never really had a relationship with her sister. Things don't change as she enters Hogwarts and she remembers her first time with magic.
Fool Me Once by meeker
07/28/2004"If you fool me once, then shame on you. But if you fool me twice, then shame on me." -Slash- Remus Lupin speaks to James Potter one last time before letting him go for good. James-Remus and implied Lily-James.
Stars by child_of_iluvatar
07/06/2008Fifteen years after he thought he'd left it behind him forever, Remus Lupin is back at Hogwarts. It is all much as he'd left it in 1978, with one notable exception: where once he'd roamed the corridors of the castle alongside Sirius Black, now he hunts him down. And try as he might, he just can't stop thinking about the events that led up to this change.
Hold On by Padfootz_Chick
11/26/2005A one shot songfic based on the song "Hold On" by Good Charlotte. Lily and James have both built up so many walls around themselves that they can't let anyone in to help. They both have problems, but they have to go on with their fake lives, pretending nothing is wrong. They both don't really want to live their lives anymore...
Why did Sirius decide he couldn't be the Potter's Secret Keeper? Why did he think Remus was the spy? My take on the subject...
Reflections by MeiQueen
03/30/2006This is a fun J/L story that starts in First Year. Sarcastic, witty, and humorous, "Reflections" is told form Lily's PoV as she looks back on her memories.
A Wonderful Life by Sohara von Salienta
09/18/2005Do angels only come to tell us how life would have been without us if we will be missed when we are gone? What if each and every one of our actions has accidentally hurt someone in a way that we never intended? Is a life worth saving if it has inflicted pain on hundreds of others? Or is the continuation of that life the punishment that that person deserves? What is the greatest punishment that a guilt-ridden person could face? Bitterly, Severus Snape ruminates.
This fic is a prequel to the
Consolation by Trinsan
07/22/2003For all we've learned about Snape and his past, we haven't ever seen why it was that he left the Death Eaters. This is one idea.
The Boy Who Lived and the Girl Who Died by Night_Wanderer
04/27/2012The real reason why Snape hates Harry before Harry even arrives at Hogwarts is hidden in the three questions that Snape asks Harry in the first Potions class.
No Regrets by AuthorByNight
10/23/2005Lily's life is perfectly normal, thank you very much. She has a new one, seperate from that snob of a sister. If only that little voice would go away.
January 9th by peacethroughcoffee
01/08/2008On Severus Snape's birthday, two people come together for drunken introspection and might just wind up friends.
Inches and Falling by MidniteMarauder
01/06/2009All that remained was a box full of memories. (Remus/Sirius)
Forgetting Lily Evans by dancinghippogriff101
12/31/2008Lily Evans has got a boy friend! James Potter desperately tries to forget about her with the help of his friends. He gets frustrated as he has trouble concentrating on his studies, his best friend is on cloud nine, Quidditch practice goes crazy, and he can't avoid the red head who he is forced to do Head duties with. Watch as he is put in to funny situations and fails miserably at his mission. There is lots of Quidditch, on the side romances, original characters, a detention, and maybe something big and fancy.
Marauder-era fic. Sirius and Remus being the central couple, they are both pursuing other people in an attempt to hide from their feelings. Quite angsty, actually. SS/RL, RL/SB, SB/LE, LE/JP
Hourglass by painfulclarity
10/07/2004'Lily Potter is falling...' What happens after death. Lily thinks back. Lily/James, hints of Remus/Sirius.
Creek in Midwinter by StarLight479
03/17/2003Rita Skeeter, Roving Reporter. Yeah right. Rita's ruined, and in the wizard prison Culparrat, all for the little crime of revealing the magical world to the muggles, even if it was only in a fiction book. Now it's the day before she is released, and she is thinking back to years before when Lily and James died, when she had best friends, and when she was free.
Goodbye by ~*Sparky*~
05/09/2003Sirius hasn't seen the Potters since they were placed under the Fidelius Charm... it's Halloween, 1981, and what he does not know is he will lose three friends... two by death, and one by betrayal.
Split at the Stem by Sullen Siren
06/12/2004Lily grows up and grows away from her sister. "Lily always remembered her sister as a flower. Their mother's flower maidens, they had always been, and she worked hard to remember that now."
Stillborn by The Marsh Hare
11/20/2003Alternative Universe. A stranger muses on his past with Lily Evans, what once was, and what never shall be. One-shot.
The complicated relationship between sisters. Lily Evans reflects.
Laughter by Ginny_Marion
07/07/2005A day in the ordinary life of Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs. Full of laughter, pranks, and James trying to impress Lily. Basically, the usual.
Halloween by Janne Richardson
09/01/2003My take on the events of that fateful October night in 1981. Told through many changing points of view and ranges to include an appearance by the whole lot of redheaded Weasley children, Sirius' escapades and the first indoor Quidditch match at the Potter household.
Lily reads some old letters from Petunia and has a change of heart.
Roses by Lazy_neutrino
08/30/2005The past is another country. Petunia Dursley remembers her childhood.
A Prison of His Own Design by SwissMiss
10/07/2010Snape wakes up after the Shrieking Shack to find himself in Azkaban. DH compliant. One-shot, gen. Written for and winner of harrypotter_las, challenge 3.
Emeraude by AphroditesMuse
01/02/2005Before they were Harry's eyes, they belonged to Lily. Lily and James contemplate the future on their last night together. One-shot.
Drink to your heart's desiring by La Reine Noire
04/08/2010"If Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs, the four brightest blokes Hogwarts has seen in generations, can't decorate a bloody Christmas tree, there is something very wrong with this world."
Unsent by shy violet
06/17/2004Remus wrote a letter to Lily Potter expressing his feelings about their former relationship. Unfortunately, the events at Godric's Hollow occurred before he had a chance to send it.
Turn the Night on Fire by PaulaMcG
04/17/2010In December 1978 celebrating solstice according to Lily’s idea means waiting for the sunrise and more.
Moonlight by Arianrhod Mirage
10/25/2003Lupin's thoughts as he remembers Lily and his relationship with her. He is a lonely, broken man, thinking that two of his friends are dead effectivey at the other's hand. Memory is what he lives for now.
Remus Lupin had a secret. A secret which no one shall ever know the truth about. (One-shot, MWPP,Remus/Lily)
1979 and 1981. Two Halloween nights, two destinies. James and Lily contemplate the meaning of life and death the night of Harry's conception.
Nothing Remains by Sullen Siren
09/11/2005"No one knew Remus Lupin loved her too." James wasn't the only one to love Lily.
The First Death of the Dark Lord by Vitil
04/11/2007He wasn't really thinking about it, even as he walked up the pathway to the house.... This part was simple, thoughtless.... Voldemort goes to kill the Potters, never dreaming the fate which awaits him. The first defeat of the Dark Lord, from his point of view.
Dark Side of the Moon by Lioness06
02/23/2008“Friendship; treasure the tears, treasure the laughter, but most importantly, treasure the memories.” While dark forces are gaining strength on the outside world, inside Hogwarts the students are dealing with their own struggles; pining after girls, studying for O.W.L.’s, rebellion, marauding, and mischief. Friendship will be tested, strengthened, and lost. Paths will be chosen, and principles defined. Sirius Black and James Potter are entering their fifth year and it is sure to be an eventful one.
Divergence by OliveHornby
11/05/2004During a brief imprisonment in the first war against Voldemort, Andromeda meets another captive who understands her estrangement from her sisters all too well.
Beginnings by Spcebaby
07/30/2006James Potter hasn't been sleeping well for the last few weeks. How will he tell his pregnant wife that their unborn son is marked for death?
Reciprocity by Alabaster Storm
06/05/2006"She is my heart's desire and she will realise that I am hers." A JamesLily ficlet from someone else's perspective. Oneshot.
99 Times by Jessica Weasley
10/03/2009For every 99 times, you looked me in the eye and swore you weren't lying. Well I was so blind, I never saw the signs. I'm getting out tonight and you're not invited. Lily Evans is heartbroken. Her boyfriend was using her for a bet, and stupid James Potter still won't leave her alone! But sometimes we find the things we need in the most unlikely places.
All Eternity by QueenofTears
04/12/2007What was going through Lily Potter's head when she died? What happened to her after she died? This is a story of Lily Potter's thoughts during, and after her death. Slight JPLE. One-shot. Lily's POV. Thanks to my beta, Eddie.
Two Sides of the Same Coin by snakesandlionsunite
12/10/2008Harry has a twin, non-cliche. Harry, the true boy who lived, is slightly neglected, but only because of a misinterpreted prophecy not the fame going to his parents' heads, and the twins act like twins are supposed to... THEY DON'T HATE EACH OTHER!
This a story about two sisters, about how and why they are who they are. But mostly, it's just about the forgotten one.
Nothing To It by Miss Mosh
02/24/2011Snape/Lily school days fic. In which Snape wonders what the fuss over kissing is all about.
Something Chronological by Madelynn
05/02/2010Every moment centres around something different. Not every moment fits with the next. Character sketches and drabbles of Lily and James, each is about something.
The Realities of Love by hpdreamer500
02/13/2010Lily Evans and Leslie Miller were best friends. So were James Potter and Sirius Black. But with danger around every corner, and betrayal plaguing them every step of the way, what will they do to restore peace to their world? Rated R to be safe.
It's All Your Fault by Aiiimy
09/22/2009Isn't love ironic? After all these years, all this time, now was the moment he decided to walk away and take his love with him.
Madness by Miss_Moonlight
08/27/2006Hannah enters Hogwarts two years late and has to learn seven years' worth of work in five years. Lily Evans makes friends with Hannah, and tries (unsuccessfully) to convince herself she hates James Potter. Remus' 'secret' is almost revealed to the whole school. All in all an average time at Hogwarts.