Eight years ago they joined forces and left everything they cared about behind them. Sometimes though, good things come to those who wait, even in the most unexpected packages.

A collection of one shots concerning What If's throughout the series. Severus Snape and Lily Potter centric. [Brains and Bravery: It was his choice which house to go to, and in the end he chose to be with Lily.] DEATHLY HALLOWS SPOILERS

She awakes to a world ravaged by a shattered gem, and a world that she only could have imagined reading in a book. A decade past, and the world's broken by madness, and somehow Aoko's been trapped in the interim.

A week after OOTP is released, Ilyan leans on her train ride the wizarding world is not as much of a fantasy as she thought....