Lily, Severus, and the Marauders are in their final years at Hogwarts, as the Wizarding World is thrown into chaos. Severus walks a dark path, one that will put his friendship with Lily to the test. James, Sirius, and Peter risk everything to help Remus, while Lily struggles to find her place in a world that is increasingly hostile towards Muggleborns.

Lily, Severus, and the Marauders have only just started their fifth and most turbulent year so far at Hogwarts. War is blowing on the wind, and friendships will be put to the test as the Wizarding World starts crumbling around them...

It's a bit like what you thought love would be like... but it isn't. Not at all. Not really. Lily/James oneshot.

James writes Lily letters. She writes back. Pretty self explanatory. Goes through all seven years.

Lily Evans, still recovering from her falling out with Severus at the end of last year, is not entirely amused when James Potter turns up in her town without any memory of who he is or what he's doing there. Nevertheless, she helps him out and they find this whole memory loss thing is more than it seems. Sort of an AU, not really.

Lily and James come round to visit Sirius's new flat.

Theirs was a complicated story, one that had been tangled and gnarled hopelessly with plot twists, arguments, embarrassments, and heartbreak since the very beginning in first year. Little did Lily Evans know that the story of Lily and James was about to get even more convoluted- but not just yet. At that moment, their story was continuing much as anyone could expect.

When James Potter finds a special book in Flourish and Blotts, he realizes that there might still be hope for the rocky relationship between him and Lily Evans. And it's all thanks to the Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches.