It is Lily Evans' first year at Hogwarts. Before this she had no idea that there was a whole society shielded from her family and all those like her family. She doesn't know how she'll survive in this completely new and confusing situation. But soon she finds help from a very unlikely source. ONE SHOT

Its the night before graduation and everyone expects the Marauders to be the life of the party. But late into the night, all four have disappeared somewhere into the castle. As it turns out, it was harder to comes to terms with leaving a place that had become a safe haven to them then they thought it'd be. [One Shot written for The Grand Battle Event on the Diagon Alley II Forum]

Minerva McGonagall was no stranger to providing council and a listening ear for her students. But this night, as she found one James Potter outside her door, she got far more than she had ever bargained for. [One Shot written for The Grand Battle Event on the Diagon Alley II Forum]

Quidditch was more than just a game to her. This was her escape. This was where her mind was quieted and she was presented with a goal that she could accomplish. Where all the rules were clear and everything made sense. [One Shot written for The Grand Battle Event on the Diagon Alley II Forum]

A typical evening in the Hufflepuff common room. [One Shot written for The Grand Battle Event on the Diagon Alley II Forum]

"It had been an incredibly long process to build this school for young witches and wizards, longer than it probably should have been given the situation. It was not easy for four individuals with vastly different personalities and ideals to work together in order to reach this common goal." [One Shot written for The Grand Battle Event on the Diagon Alley II Forum]

In the wake of Cedric Diggory's death, Cho Chang is struggling with how to deal with this grief. Then one night she finds a very unlikely friend and comfort from an unusual source. [One Shot written for The Grand Battle Event on the Diagon Alley II Forum]

"You are not a child anymore," she said, gliding closer to him. He could practically feel her hot breath on his neck, but he still didn't turn to look at her, staring determinedly at a spot where the wall met the floor on the far side of the room. "You are the heir to the Black family name. And it's long past time you started acting like it." [ONE SHOT]

As the battle had raged on and on, he had put everything in himself into the fight and he felt very much like he had nothing left as people around him were dying despite all their efforts. But it simply wasn't in his nature to give up. However, that moment of hesitation and doubt would cost him.

Sirius was sixteen years old when he left his family as he fled his childhood home with no intentions of ever returning, seeking refuge in the Potters' home. But the Blacks weren't about to let him go that easily. [Two Shot]

He was screaming, calling out for Fred, a request that had never gone unanswered before. His entire body shuttered violently as sobs wracked through him. All at once, he wasn't fighting Charlie anymore, instead collapsing against his oldest brother's form as he dissolved into hysterics. [A look at George's reaction to Fred's death in the Battle of Hogwarts]

"James had thought he had known Sirius so well after all their years of friendship, but as it turned out you only knew as much about someone as they wanted you to know." Sirius is hiding a dark secret. Will his friends figure out what's wrong before it's too late? [One Shot]

After three years, the war was now bloodier than it had ever been and it was beginning to take a toll on their spirits. It felt like an uphill battle in which they never gained any ground. These days the obituaries were filled with familiar names. Could they really win a war if along the way they lost everything they held most dear? [One Shot]

"While the Wizarding world celebrated the defeat of a truly evil man, to Sirius it felt like the battle had been lost. The war was over, and everything had been taken from him." Sirius Black spent twelve years of his life in locked up for a crime that he did not commit. This is a look at his days in Azkaban Prison.

Phineas Nigellus watched the members of his family pass through the school. He did like to keep track of them, as they did represent his legacy after all. He was proud of those relatives of his that kept up their family traditions. But he found it increasingly disturbing how many of his blood relations strayed from what was expected of a respectable member of the Black family.

When Lily has trouble sleeping one night, she decides to take a walk to try and clear her head. What she ends up finding that night is comfort and common ground in a very unlikely source. [One Shot]

What if it wasn't James and Lily? What if it was Remus and Lily? How would this change the course of history? A collection of one shots/drabbles for the Battleship Competition in the Diagon Alley II Forum.

A one shot dedicated to those who met their untimely end in the second rising of Lord Voldemort. [Written for the In Tribute to the Fallen challenge in the Diagon Alley II forum]

After twelve years of thinking he knew what happened the night Lily and James died, Remus has his whole world turned upside down. But he still has questions that were left unanswered. [One Shot, takes place at the end of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]

In hindsight, the signs were all there. Maybe if they had just paid more attention they could have been more careful. Probably not, but looking back at the events that had unfolded that night they all wished they hadn't had to learn this lesson the hard way. For this lesson may very well cost one of the Marauders his life.