In true Jily-shipping fashion, I was watching The Swan Princess and couldn't stop thinking about James and Lily and how they could fit into the story. So of course, I tried to write it. A Swan Princess Jily AU. It's not completely AUish, it has wands and it's the same situation pretty much but the storyline has changed and the ending has too. No spoilers there. Anyway. I hope you enjoy it. Bye!
The Stag Prince
James Potter and Lily Evans hated each other, so the story goes. Their tale was not a happily ever after nor a once upon a time. They were not friends, they were not enemies. It was much more complicated than that. She was a Winter baby, born as the snow fell. He was born in Spring, amongst the daffodils as the rain poured. They might not have known that the other existed; they inhabited two entirely different worlds. His was rich, hers was not. His was magical, hers was not – not at the start at least. Somehow, their worlds collided and Lily and James were meant to be. They were married, had a child and died, leaving this life as deeply in love as they had started in their short-lived romance. Their romance defied their circumstances and changed their story as it was being written. But their story is not a fairytale. It is not a happily ever after nor a once upon a time.
This is not the story of Lily and James as you have heard it before. It might resemble it, in some ways. Lily will always be fierce and James will always be cocky. They will endure terrible sadness as well as unthinkable joy. They will defy circumstance and overcome the odds. Love will conquer all, as it did in their story. But this is not their story. It is mine, and mine will be a fairytale. Mine will be the fairytale Lily read when she was little. Mine will be the fairytale James never heard of. My story will be the fairytale James and Lily deserved.