Summary: The true story of Lily and James and the rest of the Marauders during their Hogwarts Years. This is the most canon fic of Lily and James you will find. This story is set in Year 1, and it begins the journey of Lily and James. This series will continue into Years 2-7. Years 1-5 will be rather short, but Years 6-7 will certainly be much longer as Lily and James' relationship actually develops. A ton of research has gone into this story to make it as canon as possible. This story is guaranteed to be a good read.

A/N: This is a new project, and it will be a bit of a long one. I plan to tell the story of all seven years of the marauders' years at Hogwarts, and maybe some snippets of their life after Hogwarts. Anyways, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters, or anything of this story. Everything belongs to J.K Rowling!

Prologue

August 1971

Cokeworth, England

It was a perfect midsummer day. The weather was not hot, but a perfectly warm temperature that lightly toasted one's skin, with an ever so gentle wind swaying along the bright, green-leafed trees, with a cool layer lingering in the warm sunshine. The small lake that stood between two neighborhoods glinted under the dazzling sun, the water still as ice, but the surface creating gentle waves that only the sharpest of eyes could see.

And there, on the lawn of fresh green grass laid a boy from the poor end of the neighborhoods: Spinner's end. Rays of sunlight glared onto the boy's slick, greasy black hair as it lay on the grass. The boy's rather oversize, ragged gray shirt flopped in the small wind, and his baggy black pants wrinkled as the boy crossed his legs, hands behind his head, staring just below the bright sun.

A small girl walked out of the clearing from the other neighborhood, in a flowered dress, her auburn hair blazing under the glow of the sun. But most of all, it was her emerald green eyes that stood out that bore a soft, but genuine look.

As soon as the boy heard the rustle of the trees and the crackling of the grass as the girl walked towards him, he stood up, almost tripping over his pants, brushing the small flecks of grass off.

"Lily!" The boy exclaimed, a bit too enthusiastically. His pale cheeks blushed a bit, but Lily didn't notice.

"Hey, Sev," She smiled, and Severus broke out a grin.

Lily held out a clean, white envelope that had already been opened to Severus.

"Look, Sev! I got one of those letters you said I would get! I can't believe it's real!"

Severus grinned ecstatically. "I told you you'd get one! I'm so glad you're coming with me, I can't wait to get out of here."

Lily pressed her lips together, and her emerald green eyes quickly turned from ecstatic to concerned: "Are things at home still bad?"

Severus looked away over at the lake. "Yeah, but it doesn't matter, because I won't have to deal with them anymore."

Lily looked crestfallen. "I'm sorry, Sev."

Severus kept his nose up in the air. "Don't be."

He looked at her, and this time twisted his lips into a smile. "We're going to Hogwarts! Everything will be great from here!"

Lily smiled with relief. "I really am so excited!"

And as they both laid down on the grass, smiling, and talking about magic, they waited eagerly, day by day, for September 1st.