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Rating
Mature
Chapters
49
Words
248,857
Characters
Lupin, McGonagall, Slughorn, Snape, Sirius, A. Longbottom, Lily, James, Pettigrew, OC
Primary Relationship
Snape/Lily
Secondary Relationship(s)
Other Pairing
Genre(s)
Drama, Romance, AU
Era
Marauders
Advisory
Strong Language, Strong Violence, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme
Story Reviews
246
Status
Work In Progress (WIP)
First Published
2011-06-28 5:02pm
Last Chapter
2014-01-08 10:49am
Last Updated
2014-01-08 10:49am

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Ch. # Chapter Title Word Count Reviews
1 Prologue: The Girl Next Door

The beginning of Lily and Sev's friendship and their childhood together
 

NOTE: this story is co-written with Alethea27 and is posted on my account with her permission. Some chapters will be written by her and others by me and she shall have her byline where applicable.

5,733 9
2 Welcome to Hogwarts, Miss Evans

Lily gets her Hogwarts letter and goes shopping, meets McGonagall and gets Sorted
 

8,035 6
3 A Disastrous Day

Lily and Severus have problems adjusting to school, thanks to the Marauders

 
 

6,970 10
4 The Tutor

Lily gets assigned to Severus for tutoring in potions
 
 
 
 
 

4,919 9
5 Lily's Defender

Severus takes on bullies in his own House  for Lily
 

7,041 6
6 Two Lessons

Lily has two lessons with Severus
 
 
 

3,562 7
7 Sev's Bad Day

Severus has an awful day
 

6,603 7
8 Suffering the Consequences

Lily and Severus have detention with Hardbroom, all does not go well
 

3,598 10
9 Home For the Holidays

Sev and Lily take their end of term exams and then go home to celebrate Christmas
 

10,457 5
10 Unjust Decision

Hardbroom clearly has issues with grading students fairly
 
 
 

4,892 6
11 More Mishaps

Marius meets with the Board of Governors to discuss Hardbroom and Hardbroom encourages Sirius to a real duel with Severus in class
 

4,815 8
12 The Defense Professor's Downfall

Finally something happens to Hardbroom!
 

6,703 12
13 Getting Their Comeuppance

Hardbroom gets hers and so does Sirius, plus the new Defense teacher is revealed
 

6,972 9
14 Birthday Surprises and Black Cloaks

Severus celebrates his birthday with Lily & friends and the Black Cloaks teach Defense
 

4,827 4
15 End of Term

First year ends
 

3,543 4
16 Summer Vacation Begins

Grades come in and summer vacation begins, as well as Hardbroom's trial
 
 
 

6,999 6
17 A Relaxing Interval

The conclusion of Hardbroom's trial, plus the rest of the summer
 
 
 

5,814 4
18 Escaping Cat, Avenging Eagle

The new term gets off to a rocky start
 

5,012 6
19 Mystery of the Ages

Grey's fate is decided, plus a new mystery appears
 

7,730 10
20 Scouting for Clues

The kids begin to scout for clues, Severus becomes mentor to Regulus, and Quidditch tryouts occur
 

4,571 5
21 Helga's Tale

New lessons with Professor Bones and a talk with Helga's portrait reveal some interesting things
 
 
 

4,513 3
22 Tree Quest

Severus,Lily, and their friends search for the mystical tree, while James and Sirius play evil pranks on them.
 

4,400 7
23 A Taste of Their Own Medicine

James and Sirius get a taste of their own medicine
 

6,899 4
24 Boomerang

Finally James and Sirius get caught! And so does Mary!
 

4,421 6
25 Stern Conseqeunces

James and Sirius face some stern consequences
 

4,936 3
26 Riddle Me This

Sev and friends draw closer to solving the riddle and finding the book while James and Sirius plot revenge
 

3,592 4
27 Another Piece Uncovered

Severus and Lily and their friends uncover another piece of the puzzle, and James and Sirius get in trouble with Minerva
 

4,860 1
28 A Logical Answer

Sev and Lily try to figure out another riddle, while Charles plots to rid the Board of Slytherins
 

3,396 2
29 Hourglass Mystery

Another mystery to be solved, involving missing hourglass points
 

5,041 2
30 Christmas Shopping

Lily and Sev go Christmas shopping
 

4,608 3
31 Christmas Surprises

Find out how Christmas goes for everyone
 

5,640 2
32 Crime and Punishment

The holidays are celebrated and At last James and Sirius are found out! See what happens!
 

5,371 7
33 True Colors

Sirius realizes a few things
 
 
 

3,948 4
34 Realizations and Riddle Hunting

Many things are discovered. This chapter was never posted originally. My apologies
 
 
 
 
 

3,600 5
35 The Two-fold Riddle

More riddles. This one was also never posted, again my apologies, I was sick and lost track of where I was in the story when I started posting again.
 
 
 

4,225 3
36 What Time Brings

The answers to some riddles
 
 

4,115 2
37 Homecomings and Campaign Speeches

The kids come home and Potter makes a speech 
 
 
 
 

3,915 1
38 Checkered Past

Everyone finds out Charles' checkered past
 

4,225 1
39 The Founders Speak Their Minds

The Grimoire is used and students speak with the Founders' portraits
 

6,429 4
40 The Debate

The candidates debate for Minister of Magic
 

3,653 2
41 The Goblins' Payback

The goblins of Gringotts take offense to the Potters
 
 

3,135 3
42 A New Mystery

James returns to school along with Sev and Lily, and now there's a new mystery to solve
 

3,520 1
43 Stalk and Hide

The new Defense professor gives some very important lessons
 

4,212 5
44 Some Secrets Revealed, Some Secrets Kept

Potter and his cronies try to figure out what's wrong with Remus, Charles confronts Minerva
 

4,283 6
45 The Defense Professor's Secret

Lily admits something to Alice and James goes snooping hoping to get his Defense professor sacked
 
 

3,437 4
46 Exposed

The Potters try and expose Professor Gold and get more than they bargained for.
 

5,493 2
47 Charles Potter's Comeuppance

Charles Potter finally gets his!
 

5,382 4
48 Remus' Revelation

Remus reveals a long kept secret
 

5,500 7
49 Lessons From Gold

Severus has more lessons with Professor Gold
 

3,312 5

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