Foreword
Dedicated to the Lilys and the Marauders of this world, who believe in loyalty, true friendship and dying for love. Not to mention full appreciation of not taking life too seriously.
"These will be the best years of your life." Isn't that what people say before you embark on the great trip that is 'early adulthood'? Where you're starting to gain independence, yet are not bogged down by responsibility, where you make mistakes, have fun, meet people you'll probably be friends with for life and people you most definitely will not?
Ah, if only it were so simple.
When Lily Evans applied to university, she had absolutely no idea she was a witch, so when she is thrown in to the wizarding world and given a place at Hogwarts University of Witchcraft and Wizardry, it takes a good deal of help from a Mr James Potter to explain everything to her.
She thinks she's got it down, but throw in the other Marauders, Severus Snape and her three room-mates: Dorcas; Marlene and Laura on top of a wizarding war and hiding her new-found magical abilities from her family and friends and things start to get complicated.
There was one thing for certain, though. Taken together and with a pinch of salt, these would be the best years of her life.
Disclaimer for the whole story: all characters etc. belong to J K Rowling, otherwise I would be the multi-millionaire.