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Lily and James used to be best friends, hanging out in their neighborhood with each other. But once they were accepted into Hogwarts, they went their separate ways - James, the popular prankster, and Lily, the know-it-all bystander. But will their past be able to bring them back together?

Lily Evans and James Potter begin their 6th year at Hogwarts full of secret resentments against each other. A school announcement and an ancient locket full of mysterious magic turn things upside down and paves the way for Lily and James' journey to their tragic death and the beginning of a baby named Harry.

It had begun. He would lose, Remus would make sure of it. It was to avenge him, it was to avenge Sirius.

His heart stopped. His jaw dropped. He was in love. Though he was only eleven at the time, James Potter knew he would marry that girl, or die trying.

On the day Lily Evans buys her first Hogwarts schoolbooks and her wand, her parents feel proud and delighted. Her sister doesn't.

Amidst secrets and deceptions, James discovers he has a few 'furry little problems' of his own. (Remus/Sirius)

“Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.” A late night stroll to clear the mind leads to an unlikely conversation between two friends, where walls that have spent years being built up are suddenly torn down.

Harry's first Christmas doesn't go exactly the way his mum hoped it would. (Lily/James)

Lily Evans always thought she understood her place in the magical world. She had her ambitions, her friends, her teachers, and the "Persistant Git" - James Potter. Life wasn't perfect, but it made sense. That was until everything changed. Now, Lily has to choose: the expectations of her past or the new, great expectations of the future?

Poor, poor Belladonna has quite a few problems. Her mother is THE Devil-Lady, her father can't stand up for himself, Grandma Dot is losing it, somebody stole her necklace, her brother Jason is being moody, her twin - Nicky - is keeping a secret, Lily and James need a good push, her best friend left her, Margery Butter is still a mystery, everybody thinks she is crazy, she is hearing voices, Remus keeps getting glued to her, she keeps walking into Sirius and Mr Ted, her teddy, lost an eyebrow. Bella doesn't need THAT along with NEWTS, finding a job and keeping her head. Oh, and her therapist is sleeping with the cleaner. Marauder Era. AU-ish.

A witch from a long line of proud purebloods is sorted into Gryffindor upon her arrival at Hogwarts, but is removed by her strict father after only a week, who would rather school her himself than allow a member of his family to stay in Hogwarts in such a formidable house. She manages to escape in the summer of her forth year, but the trouble is far from over - aside from being at war with the school's troublemakers every time she turns around, Katalina Gaunt's nights are plagued by terrible dreams and frequent visits from the mysterious and secretive right-hand of a dark wizard, who is willing to go to any lengths to get what this "Dark Lord" requires, even (or especially, in his case) murder.

While on prefect duty Narcissa Black runs in to some trouble in the form of an invisible James Potter. Could this night somehow make up for the worst summer of her life? Or will it only serve to frazzle her nerves more?

James has asked Sirius to take care of baby Harry for a few hours. This might not have been a good idea. (One-shot) **2008 Quill to Parchment Award Winner - Best Marauder Era and Runner-up: Best Humor

Lily Evans hates James Potter with a passion. So what happens when he finally shows a softer, more mature side? What will she do? Inspired by Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. My first J/L Fic!

After Severus Snape's death, the Hogmeade mortician prepares him for burial. While doing so, he discovers Snape's thirty-year-old diary, telling the story of heart-breaking love and tragic endings that Snape is all too familiar with.

When faced with the discovery of his Secret by his friends, Remus learns the meaning of acceptance and friendship, while Sirius muses about logic, stalking, voyeurism, and the reliability of certain books found in the library of a fanatical, pureblood family.

All Remus wanted to do was relax with a good book. Unfortunately, Harry won't stop crying and Sirius is at his wits end.

At the fifth-year bonding camping trip, everyone tells a story round the compfire. James' is about the future and is very familiar....

Lily Evans has problems; she's flunking Arithmancy, has no boyfriend, eats too much chocolate, has no boyfriend, has strange friends, enjoys dancing on her roof, has no boyfriend, and last but not least, James Potter won't stop asking her out!

It's the week before Christmas, and festive fever has Hogwarts in the grip of a snogging epidemic. After another night prowling the corridors and seeing things they really didn't want to see, Remus and James hatch a plan to rectify the situation.

Sirius Black struggles with what he wants to be when he grows up, with some help from Alastor Moody. This takes place a year after Sirius leaves Hogwarts, around the time that James and Lily are about to be married. (A 'Stag Night' Cookie)

Lily Evans Potter never got the chance to tell Severus Snape the one thing she should have: She was sorry.

Severus Snape was unnerved. He'd never had trouble with a Potions assignment before...

The story of Lily and James' 7th year. Lily, her friends, and the Maruaders find love, feel pain, and most of all rely on their friends.

My own, my precious, my quill, through thick and thin. Rita Skeeter remembers getting her first Quick Quotes Quill. Who was the poisonous pen's first victim? Can you tell me? No, but I can show you.

James decides to hold a party. But Peter sees dead people, Remus has a revelation, Sirius is easily distracted, and Lily seems to speak only in questions. What will their reaction be to the announcement he's about to make?

For nearly a year he has been able to keep this secret. He had even managed to keep it from James. No one needed to know, most especially the object of said secret.

After an initial bad impression of the new year, Lily realizes that maybe it isn't as bad as it seems. (One-shot)

During fifth year, Sirius Black keeps a journal in which he chatters about House-Elf literacy, writes about his friends, and overcomes apostrophe issues.

Lily Evans is

Petunia Evans hadn't opposed her sister becoming a witch...until a visitor made her realize what would happen after Lily learned magic.

Why does Petunia REALLY hate Lily? Could it be due to plans going amiss? And why is Severus involved? Can James dance? A One shot fun piece.

It's enough, Sirius says plaintively. It's more than enough. His hand taps the table. Remus can tell he's afraid that he's said this, afraid that maybe now it's not okay, because the words are out in the open.

A year after leaving Hogwarts, Remus Lupin still can't find a job. He decides to take a holiday and finds much more than he expected (A 'Stag Night' Cookie)

COMPLETE. When trying to decide who might be worse - the Weasley twins or James and Sirius - the Fat Lady retells a story about overhearing James' confession to Lily. One-shot.

Sirius finds out that Remus is in love with him. How will he react? A Marauder fifth-year ficlet.

Remus won't sleep, because Remus keeps the Night Watch. He hopes no one will notice the dark bags under his eyes, because then they will begin to worry, and this isn't about Remus.

Lily felt her heart jump into her throat. In fact, all she heard was her heart beating steadily throughout her body.

It's two days to graduation when the Marauders learn some bad news. The evening graduation ceremony falls on the full moon! Is there a way to fix things so that Moony can attend? Or will fixing the problem only cause more trouble? Read and find out!

James and Sirius complete a quizzie.

Dumbledore decided to throw a masquerade ball. Lily spent the night dancing away with the masked Prince and then returned to the dormitory wondering if she would ever know who he was. Allison wants to know everything, but her friend isn't telling. A staircase, a smile, a waltz, a note, a tiara, a stroke of midnight, and a kiss.

In their 5th year of Hogwarts, the infamous Marauders and the Witches 4 battle it out, literally. After an unforgivable prank that the Marauders play on her and her friends, Lily Evans convinces them to wage a prank war against the Marauders. They accept the challenge, but will James' feelings for Lily stop him from giving his all in this war? How can the Marauder's girl, Jessilyn, prank against the Marauders? And what happens if she ends up falling for one of them? All we know is that both teams won't play fair. But hey, All's Fair in Love and War...right?

A summer's day, and Sirius's senses are alive to everything - especially Remus.

At Hogwarts in her seventh year, Bellatrix Black receives her first ever Valentine's Day cards.

Sirius loves Remus. It's as simple as that.

Lucius Malfoy and Minerva McGonagall. A bunch of red roses and a love letter. Short and rather painful – at least for one of them...

One-Shot. Lily, James, Sirius and Severus appear on Clive Anderson's version of the comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyways? Warning: this story contains lots of laughing and evil glaring.

Remus finally discovers his friends' secret.

Sirius is not jealous of Lily. No, really, he isn't. After all, he's a grown-up... teenager!

James takes Remus, Sirius and Lily on a holiday and notices Sirius acting weird. Can he find out what is happening before the wrath takes Remus too? Will he lose his sanity on the way? Will Lily be able to save the odd group? When this is crossed with sherbet, an obsessive mushroom, an oddball owl, a flooded house, Voldymorto, a confused Dumbledore, a weird bunch of friends and a serious game of truth or dare, what will be the final result?

Everything you(n)ever wanted to know about Severus Snape's father

A companion oneshot to Kelsey Potter's Save the Last Dance. Severus gets one last chance to live a dream, if only for one song... Sevitus. Sev/OC implied.

A one-shot based on the Rascal Flatts song, Make Her Love Me. James and Lily have had enough of hating each other, but will he win her heart?

What do you do when you're in love with your best friend, but you're also attracted to his girlfriend?!

It was an idea that shouldn't have worked. Four boys made it work in the time before their world fell to pieces.

Sirius Black was, in fact, a rather attractive person. From a purely objective standpoint, of course. Because James would never, ever consider Sirius that way...of course he wouldn't.

Salazar Slytherin is said to have shared his bed with a serpent; Lucius settles for this. (LM/SS, LM/SB)

The baffled king composing hallelujah.

Thirteen-year-old Chester Matthews and his two young siblings are the sole survivors of the Great Muggle Massacre of 1976. Now they must learn to make their way alone through a frightening world they never knew existed…

This is the story that precedes Ari's. The two do intertwine, but even if you've been reading "Secrets, Secrets" I suggest you make the jump to this one, at least until I hit my stride and they are in the same timeframe. Abby is taken with Sirius, but she has to try to hide it. Sirius, of course, is the guy all the girls want, but there's only one girl he wants.

A story where I can post the hundred ficlets that I will [hopefully] write for the ficlet100 community at LiveJournal. All of them centered on James and Lily.

Sunday mornings can offer surprises.

Gilderoy Lockhart is preparing for his first Yule Ball. He's seen to every detail - his hair, his eyes, his profile, his custom robes. Every detail, that is, but one. Where does one find kissing lessons? Written for the HP Kris Kringle Secret Santa Exchange.

It's the little things in life that matters the most. Remus Lupin remembers Sirius Black when he was alive.

Deathly Hallows spoilers ensue. This story is being written as a response to JKR's comment in an interview where she said if Snape could choose to live his life over, he would choose Lily over the Death Eaters. So, that said, this is obviously AU.

What is happening to James, is he a twenty-one year old man soon to get married or is he a sixteen year old boy dreaming to get married????

Entering a new world, making new friends, facing profound rivalries, falling in love, and battling the darkest wizard of the age. These are my years at Hogwarts. Marauder Era, Milf AU

Caution: Should only be attempted by professional fangirls. This sort of thing can be more dangerous than playfully poking dragons and is a good way to get on Snape's hit list. OCs and tricks abound, now comes with shampoo!

"Holidays, in my opinion, are the worst days of the whole year. Why, you ask? It's obvious, isn't it? Holidays mean that I have to actually go

Regulus Black: start to finish.

She loves diving into a good one. He hates them with a fiery vengeance. L/J drabble/one-shot.

Andromeda was Sirius' favorite cousin for multiple reasons and they were closer than any than other two members of their family. She was the one who taught him how to smoke and he was the one who gave her a way out and in the end the Black family lost two of its brightest stars.

It wasn't how Remus would have chosen for Harry to learn that some secrets need to remain secret. A trip into Remus' closet will reveal more than skeletons. (set after HBP -spoilers)

When a mysterious dog appears on the Hogwarts grounds, Professor McGonagall is forced to seek temporary shelter with Professor Flitwick. Written for the hp_friendships challenge on LiveJournal.

Without the journey, endings and beginnings are meaningless. It doesn't matter where you start, it matters what you do after you start. We all know how Harry Potter started, how his legend began...with his parents. However, we don't know much about them, we only know their end - death. We have immortalized them in our minds, and forgotten them. We have reduced them to the mere parents of the boy-who-lived. So, now come back with me, and watch their journey. Watch them grow in another time. Learn about the generation history is so eager to pass over. Join me, and observe their journey unfold into the destiny of the wizarding world.

AU: Written Pre-HBP. Eighteen-year-old Severus Snape is having a very bad day. After getting into a argument with his "future wife" (until he finds a way out or they kill each other), Potter and Black steal his chocolate eggs his mother sent him. After a very unexpected kind act by someone equally as unlikely, Severus does something he regrets.

James and Lily's first kiss is long overdue. He wants to wait for that perfect moment, but when will that ever come along? Lily shows him the

A little revenge gets massively out of hand...one version of the events of the night Sirius tried to kill Snape...

The story behind Harry's absolutely very first broom... whose idea was it really?

War rages in wizard Britain, yet Severus Snape has never been better off. As he rises in the Dark Lord’s inner circle, he seems ever closer to fulfilling his grand ambitions. But he is haunted by memories of his childhood friend Lily Evans, now married to his sworn enemy. As the stakes get higher, Severus must once more decide where his true loyalties lie. Either choice will mean betraying one of his friends – and the consequences could be fatal… [COMPLETE]

Gilderoy Lockhart has been stealing hearts and stealing stories for as long as we've known him. How did he get that way? This is the story of the Harry Potter series' sometimes loveable and usually bumbling peacock. From his childhood and years at Hogwarts to his first literary adventures. Let's see what makes the peacock tick.

Twelve-year-old Barty Crouch meets a stag in a forest.

My family are a strange bunch. Father is an Unspeakable with a clock fetish. Mother is an Italian Opera singer who fences in her spare time. My brother is an excellent student who dabbles in the Dark Arts. My sister is a soppily romantic dancer who is always losing things. Uncle Tristan could talk the hind legs off a hippogriff and persuade it to go for a walk afterwards. As for me, well...

The story of Sirius tricking Snape into venturing under the Whomping Willow during a full moon.

Lily can't belive it. Lily's friends can't believe it. Heck, James's friends can't believe it. Has James really given up on Lily - forever?

Pity poor Peter Pettigrew! All he wants is to be liked and admired. But when Lucius Malfoy gives him an offer he can't refuse – what's a boy to do? Sing and dance, obviously. A parody of the new classic musical "The Producers" by Mel Brooks. Featuring a song by Mr Crabbe!

The story of Lily and James' last year of Hogwarts. Full of ups and downs throughout the year, alternate partners and challenges.

“Moony?” Sirius asks softly, without his usual swagger and confidence. “Do you ever feel like you’re going insane?” Remus considers the question carefully and then answers truthfully. “Everyday.”

Narcissa in invited to Malfoy Manor for dinner on Christmas Eve.

James spots a girl getting on the train. The girl looks back at him. Lily Evans looks at James in a way she won't in a very long time. She looks like she loves him. While they forget their feelings, they can't forget that look. James/Lily

Sirius and Remus are very confused. Suddenly, all they can think about is each other. Is it a love potion, or the full-moon, or something else entirely? Could it be love, or just a fleeting surge of hormones? Only time will tell...

Sirius has fallen in love with somebody that he wasn't meant to. But Remus waits for him too; how will he choose?

James and Sirius, despite everything, celebrate a typical 70s' English Christmas.

Once, Sirius Black decided to play a very nasty prank on Severus Snape. He told the Slytherin to go down to the Whomping Willow, poke a particular knot, and follow the tunnel where he would undoubtedly find a big surprise. When James Potter heard, he knew exactly how wrong this could go, so he raced down to the Shrieking Shack and saved Snape just before he would have come face-to-face with a feral, merciless, blood-thirsty werewolf. What would have happened if James hadn't made it in time?

Does he love her? Love, she remembers, is for lesser mortals. Does she love him? She doesn’t know but no doubt there is chemistry. Lucius/Narcissa.

Adhara Jocelyn Black has always been torn between her loyalty to James Potter, her cousin Sirius's best mate, and Lily Evans, the sister she has never known. But in her seventh year everything changes. Join Jocelyn, Sirius, Lily, and the rest of the Marauders as they battle for their lives... and loves...

James Potter and Lily Evans: Completely different, but completely in love. Their truimphs and losses, victories and pranks, from first kiss to last.

Under other circumstances, all of Severus Snape's dreams would be coming true. But in this last year at Hogwart's, he must make a choice that breaks his heart.