Severus Snape lies dying in the Shrieking Shack when he sees a vision of his mother.

Lonely and outcast by his classmates, Remus wishes on a moonshadow for a friend who understands him. To his amazement his wish is answered not once, but three times, by his former enemies, the Marauders. SBRL and some JPLE as well, of course.

Archaeologist Hermione Granger has survived the Great War. She has a life, a career and friends who love her. She has also spent the last eleven years trying to locate something that she does not know she has lost. Could the answer to her restlessness be even further away than she thinks? Third place winner for Best Drama/Angst in the HP Fanfic Fan Poll Awards Fall/Winter 2013.