Read before continuing: This is a warning to readers. I've edited this chapter to hold a review someone had left for me once I put it up. This person's views state that they do not like where this story is going, and if you agree then I'm warning you not to continue. I don't want anyone else wasting their time if they won't enjoy my story of Lily, James, The Maraurders and my OC's final year at Hogwarts.

"You clearly haven't read a lot of Lily/James fanfiction. If you had, then you would know that a plethora of OCs are extremely annoying. No-one cares that they exist, and certainly no-one wants thier characters to be explored. I mean, each moment you spend trying to give an OC depth, the less time you're giving to Lily and James - which is what your readers want to read, no? I mean, I clicked on this story wanted to read about Lily and James, not to read about a whole bunch of OCs which I don't care for.

Generally, readers will be more responsive if Lily's friends are canon charcters mentioned in the books (e.g. Mary MacDonald, Marlene McKinnon, Dorcas Meadowes, Hestia Jones, Emmeline Vance, Amelia Bones...); then, no-one will have as much of a problem with the characters - and no-one can call them Mary-Sues. So my advice: change some of the characters' names to canon characters. Literally, all you're doing is changing their names; we don't know anything at all about what Mary, Marlene or Dorcas were like, so you won't have to change anything about their characters but their names.

Um... also, just thought I'd mention, in case you don't already know, that a lot readers despise Sirius ending up with Lily's OC best friend. It's just about the most annoying thing in the L/J fandom. Some of your readers won't mind, but I guarantee you that the majority will hate it. Furthermore, I was inclined to click away as soon as I saw a million unfamiliar names pop up; it's perfectly likely that a lot of readers won't bother reading when it becomes obvious that this story focuses heavily on OCs. I would urge you to a) change the OC names to something more canon and b) keep the story an L/J story. Side characters should only help the story along; they shouldn't be the driving force.

Furthermore, I'd like to ask if you plan on mentioning Snape? After all, he was a pretty big part of Lily's life throughout her first five years of Hogwarts."

Sorry if anyone decides that this isn't the fic for them. Thank you for your time either way (and btw, I'm not keeping to canon with Snape being inlove with Lily)

Till the Sun Grows Cold

Chapter 1: Enter Classmates

Every year is a mirror image of the one before. There are always three significant things you can look for, no matter what generation. First years nervous to leave there parent's loving embrace, but excited for the adventure laid before them. Third and Fourth years, returning anew. Puberty had treated them well over the summer, and their classmates sure do notice. And the Seventh years. They hold a different air of themselves. It's do or die, and they know it. This final year at school will determine their future in many different ways, depending on your priorities.

Lily Carina Evans always had very mature and realistic priorities. She didn't reach for fame and fortune within the school, nor love in unexpected places. She strived to do the absolute best she could achieve academically, and hoped that would determine her future to be prosperous and exactly what she wanted. But over the summer, she realized she wanted quite a bit more.

"This is the last time I get to send my little sis off to the safe confides of her school, before she comes out and lives in the cruel and damaging real world." Cassius Evans looked down at his little sister and ruffled her hair before she swat his hand away and gave him a sheepish grin. Lily was average height for a girl, with strikingly beautiful green eyes and very bright, straight red hair. Her skin was fair and her shape was thin. In all accounts, she should have been more awkward, but luckily, Lily Evans was stunning.

"Trust me Cass, Hogwarts is much more damaging then you may want to believe." She joked with him but saw his face dawn in horror.

Cassius looked definitely different from his sister. The only similar quality was their fair skin and slender frame. He was always told that he got his hair from his father, which was a dirty blonde, as well as his brown eyes. He was 23 and a well accomplished Auror for his age. He had been taking care of Lily since their parents got in a car crash and passed away when she was 8 and he was 14. They were sent to an orphanage, but by the time he was 17, he got them out of there and got a two bedroom flat in central London with the inheritance he made sure to save. He took care of Lily like no other person could or ever would. They were the closest a brother and sister could be.

And with that, came brotherly instincts to protect and shelter his little sister.

"You better not be insinuating anything to do with the opposite sex." Cassius gave her a very stern look, clearly stating that if there was any kind of 'funny business' (as he liked to call it) he would find out and put an immediate end to it. "You're young and beautiful, therefore vulnerable."

Lily heard a boisterous laugh come from behind her brother and noticed a man around his age, and a young woman with them. Estelle Mira Veradis. Lily Evan's best friend since first year.

"Cass, simmer down. She's already of age; you can't keep beating the boys away with your wand anymore." The tall and muscular man spoke up. His name was Rylie Veradis, Cassius's best friend and partner. They had been Aurors together for almost three years. Rylie was a few years older than Cassius. He gave his friend the finger before continuing to lecture Lily.

"Don't bother listening to that brute, if he knew how many guys Elle was with—"

"Ex-cuse me?" Rylie turned his head sharply in his sister's direction before giving her a swat on the back of the head.

"That was totally unnecessary Cassius." Lily muttered to her brother, but giggled quietly so as Estelle wouldn't notice.

"Ouch!" She cried in outrage. "What the hell was that for?" She glared at him before realizing to glare at Cass instead.

"You are lucky Mom and Dad weren't here to hear that little comment. Where the hell is Lupin?" He yelled frustratingly before storming off to go find whoever he was looking for.

"You jackass! You know how he gets." Elle punched Cass in the arm before going to stand beside Lily. Estelle was shorter than Lily, but still average height. She had blonde hair and green eyes, with a touch of blue in them. She was built more curvy than Lily, with wider hips and a larger chest. Something boys liked, and her brother knew it. She was loud and opinionated, mostly because of her upbringing with three brothers.

Cassius laughed before winking at his sister and turning his attention back to the fuming blonde. "Where's Leon." He raised an eyebrow in confusion. "I was hoping to at least see Leo before he heads off to Ireland."

Estelle rolled her eyes before answering the older boy's question. "He left a week early. The band got some gig they had been pining after for like four months. Some festival. He promised to send me photos and a recording of my favourite songs." Cass looked disappointed at the news, but then smiled and gave her a thumbs up.

"Well isn't that exciting. I bet you he's firing all his best pick up lines at those little Irish gals. I should visit." He winked before he noticed another boy, now Lily's age, walking up to the three of them.

"Aiden!" Lily smiled and called out his name before giving him a rather tight hug.

Cass scowled and the close contact before greeting the boy. "There's the missing sock to the pair! You need to keep this one in check. She's got a mouth on her." Aiden laughed and gave Cass a handshake before turning to his twin, Elle.

"Oh I heard across the platform." Elle tried to now give her brother a punch on the arm, but he dodged and chuckled. "Besides, you'd think being her other half would hold some weight." He rolled his eyes. "But I guess not." He finished before trying to give his sister a big wet kiss on the cheek. Elle began to attack him. While all this was going on, Lily heard the warning whistle from the train.

Lily laughed before going up to her own brother and giving him a kiss and a hug goodbye.

"I promise Cass, I won't do anything you wouldn't do." She winked, knowing he was a little promiscuous during his time at Hogwarts. She saw his eyes widen and fear and gave him a knowing look, promising she would be good. They hugged again before departing. "Veradis!" She yelled getting both of the twins' attention.

They both knew what that look meant, and they gave each other one more glare before getting on either side of Lily and beginning to walk to their compartment. But then Lily remembered something.

"Oh bloody hell, Estelle?" She looked up in confusion. "Wasn't your brother going to look for Remus?" She asked nervously. Realization dawned on Elle's face, so she gave them a quick goodbye and went to go save her friend from murder.

"Save me a seat!" She called behind her.

Aiden and Lily continued to board the train, making small talk on the way.

"So how excited are you to rule the school this year?" Aiden smiled widely at Lily, bringing up the subject he knew she wanted to talk about.

"You have no idea. I've been working for this since I first heard about the position!" She exclaimed. "Do you know who Head Boy is by any chance?" Lily asked, thinking maybe Elle would know if Remus got the position.

Aiden looked nervous and played with the ring on his right hand, out of habit.

"Aiden?" Lily asked cautiously. She could tell when he was neglecting to tell her something. He was a very bad liar. "Do you know who I'm working with this year?"

He muttered something inaudible.

"Aiden…" Lily's voice grew a little more commanding and he knew that it would only anger her more to withdraw information from her about the most important subject to her this year.

"James Potter."

Lily let out a very exasperated groan before opening the door to the usual compartment and burying her face in her hands.

"Lils? What's up?" A female voice asked from one of the seats by the window.

Her name was Nessa Sloane. She was also a seventh year, and the final member to Lily's group of best friends. She was tall, olive skin toned and thin. Her hair was very curly and stark black, while her eyes were a deep blue. She was wearing one of her trademark bows in her hair. Nessa had no siblings, unlike everyone else in the group, and two loving muggle parents. She was obsessed with muggle art and literature, and was a little bit of a hipster.

Aiden slid down in the seat across from Nessa and Lily sat down beside her girl friend.

"Aiden just informed me that James Potter is Head Boy." Nessa looked shocked before she began to laugh.

"Oh the irony is tangible!" She got out between chuckles. Aiden tried to suppress his laughter, but not all to well.

"Oh hardy har har guys. The guy has been torturing me since second year when I said 'no' to go out on a date with him. The little bugger." She said frustrated, but admitted defeat and began laughing too. The irony was too good to ignore.

Suddenly, Elle whipped open the door, holding a very terrified Remus. They all looked up and gasped.

"I'm ok-kay." He stuttered before slamming himself down onto one of the open seats. Before he got more than two seconds rest, Elle pulled him straight back up again.

"Nope you have responsibilities Prefect!" She gave him a teasing glare before turning her attention to Lily. "And so do you Head Girl. You've got five minutes to be at the front compartment to begin the Prefect meeting."

Lily nodded and stood up. Elle passed Remus along to Lily before greeting Ness and sitting down beside her.

"What happened to him?" Aiden inquired.

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"What happened to you Remus?" Lily questioned as they began to walk to the first compartment at the front of the train.

He looked at Lily with fearful eyes before trying to smile.

"I'm going to die over the summer. Or Christmas break. Or anytime Rylie can get to me." He informed her. Lily laughed hard.

"Oh he got to you didn't he."

Remus and Estelle had been neighbours and friends since she was three years old; therefore, they were practically family. Rylie had found it much less nerve wrecking with his sister at Hogwarts when she had Remus looking out for her. Obviously, he had thought Remus was not doing a good job since an informant let him know of her dating history.

"He told me, if he found out his little sister wasn't a virgin anymore, he was going to practice the Aurors new secret methods of torture on the Death Eaters… on me." Remus shuddered at the thought. "Plus, he smacked my head and gave me a wedgie." He finished, pouting.

Lily tried to suppress a giggle. "He still does that eh."

Remus nodded sadly before noticing Lily's face breaking into a wide smile and her laugher trying to escape her lips. That's when he broke into hysterics. Lily laughed along with him for a little, before worrying for his sanity.

Once he choked out his last few chuckles, he gave her a sheepish grin.

"I was just admiring the irony of it all. If Rylie ever found out that I dated his sister for a brief time, I think he'd castrate me instead." Lily's eyes widened.

"When did you and Elle date?" She stopped, in awe of this secret she was never aware of.

"Oh awhile back. Summer of fifth year. It didn't work out. We realized we were too close as friends. But that's not to say, we were completely innocent the whole time."

If possible, Lily's eyes widened even more. She shook her heard, dumbfounded, but found her feet and continued to walk on.

"I'm grilling her about the details later. You know that right." She stated, more than asked.

"Oh I know. And she'll kill me." Remus laughed heartily before putting a finger to his lips, "Just don't tell the twin." Lily nodded her head, still in shock, and opened the compartment door.

Luckily, she wasn't the last one to arrive. Yet, James was still there, before her, and looking rather impatient.

"Evans." He greeted, trying to not get annoyed with her tardiness. "Moony!" He noticed the form coming from behind Lily.

"Where were you? We looked all over the platform for you!" James asked suddenly, ignoring Lily's confusion at while she got such a hostile welcome.

"It's a long story. Let's just say, Rylie found out about Elle's love life." Remus sat beside his best friend, and gave a greeting to the other Prefects sitting in the room. "That's why Lily is late; she had to come save me." He added, since he could tell James was annoyed that the perfect ex-prefect almost left him hanging when he had no idea what he was doing.

James looked up at Lily and gave her a half smile. "So Evans, you saved poor Remus here." He put his arm around his friend. "And even though that is a pretty good excuse, I think I may have to deduct points."

"From your own house Potter?" She rolled her eyes and glared at him. "I can just put them back on later."

"Abusing privileges! Lily Evans! I heard you changed a bit over the summer, but that's going a little rogue don't you think?" Lily looked at him and tried to hide her shock. She sometimes hated having a best friend, who had a best friend, who was best friends with a bloody shite.

Lily had a history of being an uptight bookworm. Even though her best friends knew this wasn't as true as the people at Hogwarts were sure to believe, she was still sick of her reputation. Yet, it wasn't like she wanted to become some sex kitten that failed out of all her classes. She just wanted people to know she could have fun, and enjoy life without cramming for tests and doing extra credit all the time.

But she didn't want Potter to know she was so insecure about her prior reputation.

"I haven't changed Potter. You just never spent the time knowing me." He opened his mouth in retaliation. "And no, sticking frogs down the back of my robes is not considered 'quality time' in my books."

Remus suppressed a laugh and James put on a face of mock hurt.

"I never!" He exclaimed, trying to act as innocent as possible in front of the Prefects. "That would be setting a horrid example for our younger classmen."

The final few Prefects began to file in, so Lily gave him her patented eye roll, and sat down to begin the meeting.

Xoxoxoxox

After the meeting was settled, Lily stood up to go join her friends in their compartment, knowing who she was most likely going to find in there, and who was going to follow her.

Since fourth year, the Marauders would sit with her and her friends on the way to Hogwarts. She didn't mind this, per se. But it was well known, that hanging out with the Marauders for elongated periods of time, in small spaces, could result in chaos and ultimately, a very exhausting train ride.

The Marauders consisted of four seventh year boys. First, there was James Potter. He was tall and lean muscled, with black untamable hair and hazel eyes. He also had a set of glasses perched upon his nose. Lily knew these glasses very well, since she began calling him four eyes in their second year. He didn't like that much. He liked women though, and made sure most of the females in his year knew this, in many different and adventurous ways. He was also a Quidditch star and was in the top ten of their year for marks. So you could easily debate that James Potter was the poster child for perfection.

Yet, Lily could easily argue the opposing opinion.

Secondly, there was Sirius Black. He was more muscular than James, and a bit shorter. He had dark hair and light blue eyes. He was one of the lucky people who had perfectly sculpted features, where nothing stood out as not proportional or out of place. He was also in the top marks of the school, yet wasn't exactly a good representation of studious. He just had a natural knack for being a wizard. This bag of tricks helped him become the greatest womanizer known to Hogwarts. Once you go Black…

Then there was Remus Lupin. He was as tall as James, with shaggy dirty blonde hair and a bit of tame facial hair. His eyes were a light brown, and his build was slim but fit. Even though he had quite a few girlfriends in the past, it was well known that Remus was a gentleman and treated women with respect. But he still was no saint, and he commonly would partake in the rebellious nature of his friends and play a blind eye even though he was a Prefect. He was also extremely intelligent and made up for what his friends lacked in common sense.

And finally, there was Peter Pettigrew. He was a little chubbier than the rest of them, and a good deal shorter. He had brown hair and dark brown eyes, but he had a constant smile on his face. He had no real outlandish character traits that made him memorable, but he was a loyal friend and followed the other three boys anywhere. Peter was good spirited but easily impressionable. He could also have quite the sense of humour in the right situation.

The Marauders prided themselves in their pranking skills and many rebellious adventures. Lily would have guessed that they knew the school better than any other student who ever attended, and probably the majority of the staff. They could become very exasperating for someone who was expected to uphold the rules and laws of the school (a.k.a. Lily Evans), but when it came down to it, they were all good hearted and fun people to hang about. Lily even believed this about James.

She just found him to be annoying… most of the time.

Once she opened her compartment she noticed two of the Marauders sitting beside Aiden, while Elle and Ness sat across from them. Lily went to go sit beside her girl friends. Once she got seated, she noticed James and Remus enter. James sat beside Sirius across from Lily, and Remus scooted himself between Elle and Lily.

"Excuse me?" Lily chimed in, giving Remus a little shove for squeezing between her and her best friend.

"Hey, you can't blame a guy for trying to get between two beautiful women like yourselves." He said, grabbing both of their hands and pretending to kiss them.

"Moony, be careful. What will Rylie and Cass think?" James piped up. He had been filled in on the previous situation when they left the meeting. Remus smiled coyly and placed both of the girls' hands carefully back down on their laps, before placing his own very firmly on his own. Everyone laughed at his obvious discomfort.

"Remus, I never knew you to be so smooth. Maybe I'm rubbing off on you?" Sirius interjected, kicking his friend lightly with his foot and winking at Estelle. She stuck her tongue out at Sirius and jokingly blew him a fake raspberry.

"I don't think you should rub anywhere Padfoot. Especially my leg. You are uncomfortably close to me right now." Peter gave Sirius a look of mock disgust before scooting closer to Aiden.

James laughed as he noticed the look on Peter's face when Sirius began to move his hand towards his face to stroke it softly. Everyone else looked in shock.

"Ew…" Lily muttered, gaining Sirius's attention. He pulled his hand back to his lap and pretended to look bashful before winking at Lily as well and blowing a kiss to all three of the girls. James gave his best friend a high five.

"Remus, how did you manage to get stuck with these two?" Elle elbowed her friend and whispered.

Both of the boys looked up. James feigned hurt while Sirius still continued to wink and give suggestive eye wiggles towards Elle.

"I've told you this story a million times Elle." Remus whispered hastily. "I found them in a box at my doorstep with a note explaining the brain damage."

"Lupin! Where does your loyalty lie?" James asked incredulously. "Are you not a Marauder?"

"I may be apart of the elite group that encompasses women, pranks and firewhiskey…" Remus began, before signaling to Elle. "But I used to bathe with this girl. We have a history." Everyone laughed again, except Sirius.

"You lucky bastard." Sirius muttered, before getting smacked on the back of the head by Aiden. "What the fuck—"

He looked at Aiden's face, obviously annoyed by the comments about his sister.

"I may not be as crazy as Rylie, but if you keep hitting on my sister in front of me, I will take a page out of his book." Aiden dangerously uttered, glaring at Sirius. He noticed the malice in his voice and shrunk into his seat, but not without giving Elle one last wink.

James struggled to change the topic before Aiden murdered his best friend. "Evans!" He said quickly, trying to get everyone's attention. "Why don't you tell me again how the whole 'nightly rounds' thing goes?"

Lily looked up at James in confusion, but noticed his feverous shifting eyes looking back and forth from Aiden. She got the hint and helped try to diffuse the situation. "Oh Potter, don't you listen at all." And Lily began a long rant about hourly shifts, and proper etiquette, as well as partnership. She began to explain a list of pro's and con's of changing up your route before someone cried out in frustration.

"I swear to Merlin, I will not kill Black if you please change the subject!"

Everyone looked over to Aiden in shock before breaking out into laugher again.

I hope everyone liked what I have so far. And I hope you enjoy all of my various OC's… I want to make sure they have some kind of depth. If I get reviews I promise to have another chapter up by tonight 3