Sure enough, there are footsteps in front of the tapestry. The boys raise themselves onto the first step behind the secret entrance as quietly as possible. Albus wants to cast a Silencing Charm on them, but he doesn't dare speak, and now is not the time to try nonverbal spells for the first time. / collection of nextgen one-shots, rated T for language

James' mouth opened, closed, opened again. "Um. Can babies have butterbeer?" / His wife narrowed her eyes, brow furrowed in confusion. "What?" / James stepped back from Harry's high chair, a cup of butterbeer in his hand and a bottle in the other. "I think he drank my butterbeer." / Trial and error, right? That's how you learn?

Follow the Marauders through their seventh and final year at Hogwarts. Friendships are solidified, real life is faced, and responsibilities are...well, some are ignored, others are taken seriously *cough*Remus*cough* . Hey, you have to grow up sooner or later.

Just a bunch of shots of James Potters' first times. First time he rode a broomstick, first time he pranked someone, first time he got a detention, first time he played Quidditch on the Gryffindor House Team, etc. Rated T for some language.