1997. A certain blonde prince is back in Hayley's life, one she's pretended to forget all those years away. Re-entry into high, pureblood society has brought a whole flock of skeletons out of the closet. Nothing is as it seemed. Finding herself stuck in a future she didn't want for herself, fighting for the future she wants is a game of life and death. Nothing will be the same.

How do James and Lily fall in love? Why does Sirius never marry? Why does Remus withdraw from tonks? What really happened between Sev and Lily? This story follows the marauders from their sixth year, to their deaths--in their many woes and loves.

Remus is saying goodbye to the Whomping Willow tree, as his seventh year at Hogwarts concludes.