Prologue

25.08.1977

At the evening of the 25th of august in the year 1977 somewhere in England while there where summer holidays James Potter and his friend Remus Lupin where sitting next to a lake at the grounds of Potter Manor and talking. "After the end of the next year we would never see Hogwarts again you know this don't you", James shook his head in a sad way before he continue to speak "there are so many people we will never see again" he silenced for a short moment then he said "for example my Quidditch team". Except for Sirius who indeed is my best friend and also life in this house. He looks at the horizon and saw a bird flying over the surface of the lake just a few meter above.

Remus who where watching his friend the hole time he was talking just added one word at the end of his speech upon which James raised his head irritated "what is about Lily". Remus smiled "I just put another name at the list of persons you will probably never see again after the end of the following year" while Remus smiled at first he watched his friend know really serious, he would never miss his reaction.

James have to admit that his friend where right, he would probably never see her again and she would be the person he will miss at most. He remembers the last moment they saw each other at the station nine and three quarters, she was yelling at him that she would never go on a date with him. She said she would more probable go on a date with Serverus Snape then with him, and every one knew that they weren't friends any longer. She disliked him nearly as much as she disliked James.

Servers Snape called her a mudblood at this station at the end of the last year and he warned him never call her in his presence ever again as he have called her if he would not like to have his fist in his face. But Lily just said that she could defend herself well enough and don't need his protection.

The imagination of never see Lily again hit James so hardly he could not breath for a short moment, and if the next year will be as the last six have been, she would not change her mind about him and still not give him a Chance. He turned himself towards Remus and said "you have to help me".

Remus who expected something like this nodded at once and told James "I for my part think you are right, you need help." He watched a robin flying up and down in the distance. "There are just 10 month left, then it's to late" James said desperately. It wasn't really a scream but a heavy sigh. Remus could knew what his friend were trying to say, he for himself had thought about the problem of his friend and he just saw one possibility and this would became difficult for all of them. He take a look at James and it was pretty obvious that he would do everything to get his chance from her and it was in this moment when Remus decided to help his friend in every possible way. Neither he nor Sirius nor Peter had ever taken his feelings to Lily seriously. His requests for a date and her refusals were for the howl school since the fifths year quite a show. He had tried so many different flirts and non of them ever had just the slightest success. That James feelings could have been real and strong no one ever had thought, he was to well known for his many girlfriends and how often they change. He flirted with so many girls in his school carrier that he hardly can tell the number. All had thought Lily was just another girl at his list, but Remus know now nearly since the summer started how wrong he was and that the feelings of his friend were real and strong. Therefore he, Sirius and Peter would to everything to help him. James who had stood up in the meantime and now walks desperately up and down, till he lean himself against a nearby tree and asks Remus what he already had asks without words "Remus do you help me to convince Lily of my good character? You two are friends are you not? You should know why she never give me a chance, do you?" Yes Remus was a friend of Lily and this since the third year, he was the only marauder lily didn't think ill of. He even talked sometimes with her about his friend, but without any success. She thought his friend were an arrogant idiot who never dose anything to be as good as he was. She hates that he was able to some things without long training and even was very self-confident about this. In some classes he dose his homework just a few time a year and was even proud about this. She find it was disgusting that James charm and course younger students just because he was stronger and she also find the pranks of the marauders (this pranks were devised by James or Sirius) childish and stupid. Briefly the probability that she fall in love with him till the end of this year would be as great as the chance that anyone develop a cure for the bite of a werewolf before the next full moon, and the next full moon were about this night.

Remus smiled upon his friend, because he wouldn't like to rob him of his last hope, perhaps his plan will work and give her a better opinion about his best friend. "I think I have a very good idea how she think about you and I have a plan how we could perhaps change her mind. Sirius way to treat a girl which was even yours for a long time isn't the right way for Lily Evans." James sighed and added "your right the way Sirius treat a girl is not the right way for such a reasonable girl as Lily Evans." Both thought about the way Sirius fall in love with a girl favoured her and even had mostly very fast success because he could be as charming as he was good locking, but then he always sense he was not as much in love as he thought. Probable more then a quarter of all the girls from Hogwarts once had some unhappy hours because of him another quarter suffered because of James. After some minutes passed James returned to the presence and asks Remus "What shall I do?" Remus take a deep breath and began "At first you should stop doing any pranks, you should use your knowledge to help other students. I think you can give some extra lessons in Transfiguration and Defence against the dark arts. You should also do your homework." His friend groaned but he smiled and asks him "Do you want to impress her or not?" James knew should their be just the slightest chance that she liked him more he would have done everything. Therefore he answered straight away "Yes, of course I want to impress her." Remus smiled happily and continues "Then you have to be humble and in no case you should course or charm anyone because this is the most disgusting thing she find you do. And to make all this easier for you and because it's also a good thing for us, we all will change together, we will grow together". James looked irritated at Remus and asked himself if Remus already told the other ones about his plan. What would Sirius say if he should be humble and reasonable, he had to laugh about this imagination. Then he asks Remus "Do Sirius and Peter know about your plan?" Remus nodded and said "Sirius and Peter declared their agreement." He thought about the troubles which were necessary to make Sirius agree to his plan but the possibility to see James entirely happy finally did the job. And Sirius agreed even to give some extra lessons with James and the other marauders to impress Lily. Remus suspected Sirius of thinking that all of this was a very good joke but that he went with James was the most important thing. "Another thing, you have to stop asking her for a date. Firstly speak about a date when you are sure she would accept your invitation. The next time you ask her she will probable jump into your arms and kiss you passionately", the last thing even Remus could possibly not imagine but it was better to be over optimistic then over pessimistic. James had to take a deep breath so he didn't burst out into laughter because of the imagination of been kissed by Lily passionately but Remus looked serious and said "I'm optimistic and this you should be as well." James think about this a while then he said "I'm full convinced that we would declare our lover for each other after a long walk through the snow and we shall be together from this day on." This was to much for Remus, now he laughed but he stops at once when he saw the serious expression in the face of his friend. And once more he was impressed about the decisiveness of his friend. If James once decided to do something there were no troubles and no imponderability he couldn't handle with. He himself once to profited by his decisiveness. When they were in their fifth class James, Sirius and Peter became secretly animaguses. But without James he imagine it could end in a disaster. This techniques were far away of anything which was taught at Hogwarts and even older wizards and witches need a long training to became an animagus. And all this he and his friends have done to be with him in full moon nights. But before he could told his friend that all would end good, a bird abstract him. To be honest it wasn't a normal bird, no this one was the owl from his friend. It was a small grey owl and a very young one too. "Mooney that might be our school lists. If you gave me the right advice the next week will be very useful for us to learn some of the things we will learn at school before the summer had ended. Each of us take one or two topics, work those through and at the end of the day we share our knowledge, this will give us the perfect start in our last year at Hogwarts." He thinks a moment and ignored the face of Remus which was full of surprise then he continues "That would help us to gave extra lessons and we should also knew the most important things about the subjects we deselected." Remus stared to his friend and became a little pale by reason of the imagination of learning the last week of his holidays. He said dubiously "These are enormous changes! You mean it serious, do you?" James had to laugh but answered convinced "Of course we can do it, we are still marauders!" Remus nodded and smiled upon the imagination of Sirius face when he learn how he should spend the last week of the summer holidays. James said happily "Come on Remus let's hurry so we get some dinner before we have to start with learning." Slowly the both boys turned to the great house near the lake and when they were almost at the backdoor they heard the voice of James mother "come in, dinner is already ready." James and Remus entered through a door of glass the house of the Potters.