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Written for the Portkey 7 'fore 7 challenge, theme #1. James finds a certain muggle... innovation lying around the common room and has difficulty identifying it. Lucky for him, everyone seems willing to help.

Read about Snape's time at Hogwarts. School influences everybody to becoming different people so where was the final straw that drove Snape into the arms of Voldemort. Was it pure evilness? Was it his parents? Or did it have something to do with a certain pretty red-haired witch?

An interpretation of Lily and James Potter's lives, from their first bits of magic to their last.

Four boys savour their last few days together before everything changes. Things will never be the same after James's wedding but right now they are enjoying the present. Warning for some language.

Teenagers often don't tell anyone around them what is going on in their crazy minds, but they often write them down on paper to express what is wrong with them. Dumbledore has an idea to fix the problem. Why not send the entries to each other? You will see what happens in this story of James and Lily.

He was the sly, rambunctious troublemaker. She was the smart, fiery redhead. He loved her; she denied loving him. James Potter just can't seem to say the right thing. Lily Evans can't keep her mouth shut. The first war is raging and neither of them know just how much it'll affect their lives. They were just fifteen-year-olds trying to survive Hogwarts. When dark times lie ahead, they are thrown off course and find themselves places they never would have imagined.

James Potter would give up on Lily Evans one of these days. No, really, he would.

Lily writes a letter. Tears, regrets, and wishes. Seventh year, JP/LE, one-shot.

Follow James Potter through his years at Hogwarts, the friends, the girls, the laughter and the heartache. But as a first year, mostly just the laughter. Remus Lupin in a dress? It just doesn't get any better.

Five times everything might have changed.

It's March 1981 and the war against Voldemort is raging. Heroes are needed but often the best heroes are those no one knows about. The Unspeakables often take this role and have succeeded in capturing and killing several Death Eaters. Danyelle Potter and Regulus Black, the two most effective Unspeakables, are faced with a bigger challenge; a spy within their ranks who will stop at nothing to destroy the Department of Mysteries. Meanwhile, James and Lily find out about the prophecy and decide to go into hiding with Harry but who will they choose to be their Secret Keeper? Severus Snape wants his Lord's favor for more than being a potions master. The Dark Lord wants the Potters and Severus gets an idea to use Dany to get to her brother.

James and Lily are trapped in the room of requirement. Little does poor Lily Evans know that everything is going according to James’ plan. What sort of mischief will they get into?

What happens when you mix sickness, love, marriage, parents, James, and any thing disturbing? You get Lily's life. This is a story, that Lily wrote in her diary during her seventh year.

Sixth-year James Potter is still in hot pursuit of Lily Evans, and despite her constant rejections, he just can't seem to leave her alone. His efforts to pretend her dislike doesn't matter only seems to make things worse. James isn't willing to give up his pride for anything though...is he?

As they enter their sixth year at Hogwarts, James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew must all face up to their fears and grow up in the darkest time imaginable. James must step up to his role as hero despite the constant rejections from Lily Evans. Sirius struggles with responsibility, especially when mysterious Dorcas Meadowes enters his life. Remus looks for aceptance in a world he doesn't fit in and Peter searches for stability in a terrifying world.

James is barely making it through work one day when a pregnant Lily decides to pick up an extra ingredient for their dinner that evening.

Lily Evans never quite fit in. She receives a letter from a school for witchcraft and wizardry, and begins to understand why. But soon, she comes to realize it is much more than that. There is something special about her one could only see in her eyes.

Harry gets given a shoebox of Lily's junk. To him half of it should go straight in the bin because it means nothing to him, but had it meant anything to Lily? And how does this tie in with the prophecy? Mostly Marauders' Era.

"Well... have a good summer, Evans." Looking dejected, James reluctantly turns away and disappears into his compartment. Lily finds her feet automatically carrying her back to hers, even though her insides scream at her to go back and say goodbye properly.

The three surviving Marauders, each in his own way ravaged by the aftermath of the First War, has returned to the castle where they once were happy together. Each must face alone the tragedy of coming home in a world that has fallen apart.

When James gets his hands on a rather colorful romance novel, owned by a certain Miss Lily Evans, can he survive the ensuing storm and get his Lily too?

Lily is horrified when she discovers who the Head Boy is, but even more so when she sees into the future and discovers the state of her romantic life, recognizing a few changes in James Potter in the process. One-shot.

It's the best feeling in the world, our palms sweaty, your breathing erratic, but then you pick up that black and white electric guitar and nothing else seems to matter.

A quiet autumn morning in Godric's Hollow before October 31. One-shot.

L/J One-shot. She could hardly look at Harry anymore. His little wisps of black hair, now fuller and messier than when he was a newborn, reminded Lily too much of James. Where was James?

In which James and Lily get married, Sirius gets maudlin, Remus gets put-upon and everyone gets drunk.

My version of how Lily and James finally got together.

"A baby is inside her, and she's afraid. Sometimes she wonders if she'll survive the war." One-shot, set a few days before Harry's birth.

Sirius sits in Azkaban, thinking too much for his own good.

Nursing baby Harry makes it hard for Lily to pay attention to Remus.

What is it like to bring a baby into the world with a potential death sentence in his future? Lily Potter knows.

A day during the James's, Remus's, and Sirius's life at Hogwarts. Full of fighting, falling, and raging hormones.

Sequel to "The Dragon Games". After losing everything he’s ever loved, can Harry find a way to pick himself up? Even with the war over, a dark threat is still on the horizon. Harry’s friends bring him hope, but evil has other ideas.

The Marauders attend a fancy dress/costume party at the end of their seventh year. Our intrepid heroes wear feather boas and eyeliner, and do quite a bit of snogging. All in all, it makes for much fun.

Oh... just one of the many antics of James Potter to win Lily over... who answers, "Aren’t you supposed to be in detention? Clearing up blocked toilets or something."

Lily knows that she's falling for James. She thinks back, coming to terms with how such an unlikely thing happened.

AU- What if Peter was a loyal Death Eater, but found a way to protect James and Lily from being hunted by Voldemort? When Peter sees to it that Harry Potter is born on July 15, 1980, the world changes.

James is getting married, but it's not to Lily. Back in their seventh year when he asked her to marry him, Lily was just a young girl, but now she's grown up... Ships: J/OC, J/L

They're normal kids, and they make mistakes just like we do. And just like us, they're not perfect. But we all crave a happy ending. Getting it is a lot harder than everyone imagines...

As the Marauders enter their last year at Hogwarts, James sets out to do one thing: to get Lily Evans, the girl of his dreams. Lily is just trying to stay away from him. Sirius and Remus are coming up with a plan. What happens when Lily and James become Heads?

"Sirius, I want you to be Harry's godfather." [SiriusLily, LilyJames, Major Angst]

Join four friends who later become known as the Marauders for their eventful fifth year at Hogwarts. Love and loss await them, among other things. Sirius learns that there's more to family than just blood. His friends are what truly matter, for they are the ones who grow with him from being friends to being brothers.

Ever wondered what happened between Snape and Lily? Curious about the depth and secrecy behind their tender friendship? What separated them? What held them together? What begame of their mysterious bond? This novella tells their story through their seven years at Hogwarts together, most taking place during their last four years. Now you can finally hear the answers to each and every question you once had regarding the pair.

Sirius went through the veil. On the other side he meets up with some old friends and they have a little chat.

Snape turns to the dark side. He gets what he wants, power, saisfaction and the ability to cause pain. But everything changes when he realises his mistakes. When he sees himself as he really is for the first time. A story of choices, betrayals and truth..

Is a certain redhead going nuts? James sends Lily a diary for her birthday. The diary documents how Lily's feelings towards James change from hate, to confusion, to love. Friendship, secrets, feelings and pranks abound!

After the humiliating day by the lake, Snape's housemates try to help him -- and only make things worse.

Severus Snape is on the run; he decides, however, that it is time he tells the story of how he got to where he is, running from a crime he was ordered to commit.

Originally named "The Four Marauders". It's the Marauders' fifth year at Hogwarts--Remus suffers from PMS (Pre-Moon Sickness) and Moonopause--James struggles to kiss Lily--Sirius flirts and attempts to get a girlfriend--and Peter...well, he tries not to explode from eating so much! Join the Marauders as they get high (off Sharpies that Remus stole from his Muggle step-dad), go on panty raids, and, most important of all, harrass Snivellus!

Once there were two brothers named Prewett, a girl who died, and a Black who could never be serious...

What if, all the world's a stage, and the characters of HP fan fiction are actors? This is the story of what happened between 'gigs', when characters meet in the Great Hall to share their complaints about how they're portrayed. Dumbledore has been rooted out of retirement after 'dying', James has doubts about Harry's paternity, Remus rants, and Voldemort does a Gilderoy. In short, mayhem ensues. These are not Jo's sterling characters. This group of players has been forced to enact some of the most atrocious parts in fan fiction-dom, and they're all primed and ready for the casting grouch.

A tragic accident occurs in Lily's life, causing her to turn to the only friend she has left. (One-Shot)

Lily wakes up next to James and contemplates the night before. Limes but no Lemons...

The seventh year for the class of 1978 was unforgettable, it was a year of change and a year when boundaries were forgotten, indeed with the explosive Lily and James as heads how could it be anything short of eventful?

"I'm fine. We're fine." The Potters at the brink of the abyss.

"It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." -Tennyson *~* As her husband battles Voldemort, a concerned mother tells her young son the story of her relationship with his father. She hopes that he'll understand, someday, her story, which she tells him while talking to him for the last time.

Just what are the employment options for a teenage werewolf just leaving Hogwarts? Suddenly a desperate Remus Lupin is faced with that question, and his daring friends, James Potter and Sirius Black, are going to make sure he takes whatever opportunity he's given--even if it leads to danger...

James Potter wakes up early on a Sunday morning and finds himself inspired by his wife to use one of his little known talents...

Behold... The world of Hogwarts through the yellow eyes of a Cornish pixie, who takes up the onerous task of matchmaking... Matchmaking for his beloved mistress, Lily Evans. Much madness ensues [and James Potter may die a thousand painful deaths in the process].

How James fell in love with Lily, how Lily fell in love with James, how both of them hurt Peter, and how Peter betrayed them in the end.

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"

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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]

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

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.

“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.

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