It’s fifth year, and the train hasn’t even pulled in to Hogwarts. How is Sirius the only one without a girl? A crazy spell could really turn things upside down…but they couldn’t change for the worse.

Detention the first weekend back…It’s Slughorn, so they should be fine, even if they couldn’t get out of detention the normal way. But even the best crazy plan could never work twice.

Skipping class…even if the teachers don’t notice, there is such a thing as karma. Somehow, it never tends to go the way you want it to, and this time, they couldn’t avoid the consequences.

A missing Marauder entangled in the Room of Requirement on the night of the full moon can cause problems…but they just couldn’t deny the attraction.

She had never ridden before…it teetered and tottered dangerously in the course of the wind. But no matter how loud they were, they couldn’t outrun the Quidditch broom.

Momentarily united against a common enemy, it looked as if the Gryffindor fifths were trapped between a wall and a hard place. As much as they wanted to, they couldn’t kick the hero while he was down…but she could.

It just wouldn’t be Halloween without the vodka, but it all smells almost as bad as it feels good. Unfortunately, they couldn’t air the room out.

Lily’s pelvis has finally recovered, if not her heart. She hasn’t spoken to James Potter in almost a month. But when she and Rosie hide out in the bathroom to relieve themselves (of their overflowing teenage angst), they just couldn’t avoid overhearing a top secret conversation.

Grumbling, moody, and altogether unpleasant, two Marauders are dying for a healthy dose of gossip. They set out on a mission of espionage and intrigue, but they couldn’t solve the mystery…and end up stumbling across a more serious problem.

Lily and James have put last year’s Christmas disaster behind them, but what does he have in store for her this year? Even with a dog running loose in the Evans household, Lily finds that she just can’t resist the overpowering holiday cheer.

The Gryffindor fifths are teetering on the edge of despair – it seems that no matter how many lessons in etiquette and dainty conversation that they deal out, they just can’t help the hopeless case by the name of Black. What happens when the hopeless case decides to help himself?

How did two fifth-years manage to pull off one of the greatest heists in history? Well, with time so short and the situation so dire, they couldn’t put it off for much longer.