Just a short story of how I think the Zodiac Curse was brought on the Sohma family. I was never able to find any explanation for how the curse got started in the actual series, or any real details about how it was finally broken for everyone, I mean it was really left up to speculation. The end kind of drops of a bit but I think I did an alright job.

James is in love with Lily Evans, but by their seventh year at Hogwarts he's starting to lose hope. When they get paired to tach first years some basic defensive magic he and his best friends Sirius and Remus are dtermined that she finally realize that he's grown up and isn't an "arrogant toerag" that he's really sincere about him loving her.