Looking back on it, she should've known better. But it felt right and it was what she wanted so she made no apologies. Because before the First War and before Azkaban, before the Chosen One and before his story, there was another. A story of love, mischief, teenagers and their lives. This is the story of the Marauders and their friends, the way they were.

After the second war with Voldemort, her family had suffered just as much as the rest. They had vowed to fight against everything his ideas represented. What will they do, when she discovers something more than just malice, hidden inside his eyes...?

James Potter has had a crush on Lily Evans since Hogwarts. When she is caught as a Death Eater, his world crashes. Yet when her story is revealed, the two are caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse.

What is life composed of? A series of eventes, fortunate or not, that make up our destiny. A series of coincidences that eventually lead someplace. Where? [LJ, very AU. You have been warned. November 16: Added EPILOGUE]

He was perfect. The perfect disaster. She was perfect. His perfect salvation. Nobody doubted she could save him. But would she? [updated October 22 2004]

And as the depth of oceans slowly become shallow, it's loneliness I find ...

...Yet he insists. Day after day, month after month… Hoping I would give in..."

My name is Albus Dumbledore and my mistakes haunt my sleepless nights. My 20th story, marks one year of writting on this site.