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The one thing that he knew what hurt him the most is the one thing he did. Watching her from afar was the only way he knew to feel close to her. A Severus/Lily fic.

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

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

Remus Lupin falls in love. Will he end up with the girl or a glass of whiskey?

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

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

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

We are teenagers finding ourselves in a steadily darkening world. We are children and adults, confident and conflicted. We are different and we are the same. We are brave, ambitious, loyal and clever, arrogant, selfish, foolish and haughty. We are lovers and fighters and friends. We are Hogwarts, class of 1978.

The Marauders play a prank on Lily. Lily's revenge is sweet. MWPP, third year.

Harry is at school, James is dead, Remus is off with Tonks, Sirius isn’t home; it’s just Lily, all alone at 12 Grimmauld Place. She looks through her closet in the room she used to live in as a teenager, only to re-vist old memories and re-open old wounds. Very A/U.

While looking through Snape's posessions after the war, Harry finds something that will once more radically alter his view of the man that loved his mother. But also to be altered is how he views the story of the marauders, the story of the betrayal. For from the other side of the grave echoes an unheard voice, telling a story of trust that was destroyed and of blind, furious revenge.

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

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

When the baker of Godric's Hollow gets a new customer, he is so intrigued by her that tries to discover her secrets.

Lily comes home to find James behaving in an unexplained manner. Is he polyjuiced or does he have some mysterious plan up his sleeve? One-shot

We enter the life of Kaelie Hunt, a stubborn, passionate, and hilarious seventeen year old girl, who has just entered her final year of Hogwarts. The only thing getting in her way from having the perfect last year? The Marauders, of course. Or rather: one marauder. Sirius Black.

Lily and James lived in time of war, but their lives were always defined by love and laughter, not death. The story of Harry's parents and their friends, from their days at Hogwarts to their final confrontation with Voldemort.

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

Molly Weasley looks back on the road she's taken, the lives that she has changed and the peoples who lives have changed hers.

There’s no escaping the inevitable. Call it fate, or fortune, or force of will, but there’s no escaping it. Because Sirius fell in love with his best mate’s girl, and, though he didn’t mean for it to happen, she fell in love with him. [Fourth and Final Part of The Heart’s Progress, a series of vignettes inspired by the poetry of Pablo Neruda]

Choices. It's a part of growing up. They aren't always easy to make and the consequences can bring you down paths you never would have imagined. Can the bonds of friendship survive? Can love continue to grow when each day seems darker with rumors of war on the horizon?

In this response to the Classic Canon Challenge, Jane Austen's EMMA is retold as taking place in Wales in the late 1970s, back in the halceyon days when the Marauders were young. It is an AU from the Harry Potter books.

A simple letter leaves James in complete inner turmoil; he tries to somehow find serenity.

Terror, panic, and confusion made up the First War. The Dark Lord and his Death Eaters kept the Wizarding World in a state of darkness and war for over a decade. But what if Halloween of 1981 hadn't ended it, and the war had continued for years? What if things had happened differently and a family's lives were saved?

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.

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

“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.

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.

It was a time of terror, a time of panic and confusion. It was a time when death and pain ran rampant, and shadows sought to destroy the Light. It was a time when friends and family feared for themselves and for others. It was a time when Darkness threatened to overcome the Wizarding World. It was a time of death ... but also a time of life. It was the time of the First War.

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!

Petunia's PoV. Sisterly love is a strange thing, it breeds rivalry, jealously and anger, yet the love that is given, is given with question. Set after Lily's death, with flashbacks.

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

The train is waiting to take Remus Lupin on... but where will it take him? Lupin struggles between wanting to be returned to Sirius and his duty to his wife, Tonks.

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 been two years since they graduated from Hogwarts, but Lily Evans has yet to go out with one James Potter. One shot

What happens: Nineteen Minutes, Nineteen Hours, Nineteen Days, Nineteen Weeks, Nineteen Months Later.... Well, to name a thing, Harry and Ginny rekindle their romance, Dolores Umbridge goes on trial, Lily and Snape talk in the Afterlife, Andromeda and Narcissa end their estrangement, and Harry decides to tell the world the truth about Snape, Regulus, and everything else.

It is James and Lily's wedding, the happiest night of their lives. But on the sidelines with a genuine smile and a heavy heart lies Sirius. He is weighed down with the sacrifice he had to make for both of his best friends' happiness...and the knowledge that the price he has paid for it will never stop hurting.

This is a post-HPDH fic involving one of Harry's numerous nightmares, this one born of guilt over his supposedly causing more deaths of friends and loved ones, prompting some of them to visit him in the dream and set him straight once and for all.

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.

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?

Sirius babysits Harry for the first time.

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

Regulus watches his older brother pack for school and worries about what he'll do when tomorrow night comes and he wakes up in the middle of the night with no one there to comfort him.

Lily Evans is

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.

During the middle of the first war with Voldemort, the original Order of the Phoenix discovers a map to the Death Eaters' secret headquarters and plans a raid. In the face of the pain, loss, and betrayal that threatens to destroy everything, the love of newlyweds James and Lily Potter is given new dimension as the Order struggles to live to face another day.

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.

This is the real story of what happened to Harry Potter. Peter decided was able to stop Voldemort from killing the Potters, allowing them to have a long and happy life. Until, Harry's first year at Hogwarts, when something worse than the rise of a Dark Lord brings the lives of James, Lily, and Harry into turmoil. Will everything turn out all right in the end?

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

In the last moments of James Potter's life, he recalls the beauty of his wife, the potential of his son... and the irony of his death.

After Remus's world fell apart, he had to slowly put the pieces back together.

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.

During the summer after his 5th year at school, Harry Potter is attacked by Death Eaters. He is hit by a spell and sent through a window to the time of the Marauders.

Baby Harry's first Christmas Eve. The Marauders and Lily get into the Christmas spirit, but are interrupted when an unexpected friend comes to call with some dreadful news.

What would life be like if Harry's parents hadn't died? Join Jillian Anders as she tells the story of romance, drama, angst, and most of all-humor.

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

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?

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?!

AU. One-shot. They always seemed so perfect together, like they were meant to be. Like they were. But then James had to go and mess it all up... Not that I can be mad at him, not really. He's changed. We all have. And, well, nobody's perfect. Nothing is perfect. SLASH MPREG RL/SB/JP RL/SB SB/JP

This fic is what you want it to be. Some night in Britain when a secret war is waging, and two people have paid the price for living.

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…

On the night before her wedding, Lily decides to look through all of the memories that she has made so far.

"Harry was the most precious thing in the world, standing there, illuminated by the yellow light from above." Twelve years ago, Sirius Black's world collapsed. Now he must protect the one thing he has left. He travels from Azkaban to Hogwarts, lives in the Forbidden Forest, and occasionally loses himself in murderous hatred. The only thing that keeps him sane is the fact that, without Dementors, he can finally remember.

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.

The last Marauder visits the grave of Lily and James and mourns lives never fully lived.

James and Lily seem like the perfect couple but if so, why does does Lily lock herself in her room adn cry every night. And why does James get smashed every weekend? Sirius is determined to find out.

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????

A series of vignettes which chronicle the heartbreak and romance of various members of the Order of the Phoenix, during the Christmas season of the First War.

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

"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

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

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.

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

Interruptions is the story of the real notes between the Marauders when they were in school. But that's not this story. This story is basically the same, but with an actual plot. However, it does take place after James and Lily's wedding. Watch as the story unfolds in the next installment of 'Interruptions'.

When Harry Potter dies, the Wizarding World is shocked. But death is yet another adventure, and as Harry finds out, a big one.

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

The first war has been over for almost a year. Everyone has started recovering until the five year reunion for Hogwarts class of 1978 brings back some old memories for one of the last surviving Gryffindors.

In which Lily tells James she's pregnant.

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?

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

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...

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?

It was insane. It was stupid. But he had to do it. Severus Snape knew he would never be able to live without knowing. It all came down to her. Lily.

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...

Severus Snape is thirty-five years old and is looking back upon his life. It is with regret he thinks about the one true love of his life and how he lost her to the man he hates the most.

James' emotions get the better of him and Lily is no longer sure how she feels. What happens is an amazing story of love and how sometimes, you just can't wait.

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

One ran. One pursued. And one tried to understand. There was one night. There were three men. There was one emotion.

CHAPTER 3 POSTED It's Lily and James' 7th year, and Lily won't give James the time of day. But when Slughorn assigns them a project for which they have partners, James sees this as his chance. For things to turn out okay, it's going to take a miracle.

The Marauder's summer break is interrupted when an ancient artifact sends them into the far future. There, Europe is ruled by Emperor Voldemort, and they're thrust into an adventure to stop him before that can happen, finding themselves in the process. But they never realized how challenging it would be, that Voldemort's story is more complicated than they thought possible, and the effect that time has on everything.

James and Lily enjoy a night of fun before the birth of their first child and the Dark times ahead.