Title: Shards of Lives

Summary: A story of good times, a story of bad. A story of betrayal. The story of the four marauders.

Disclaimer: Alas, J.K. Rowling thought of it first. I can only borrow her characters from time to time...

Rating: PG

Prologue

It was always the four of us. Well, pretty much. I knew that James and Sirius were Jamesandsirius before they were the four marauders. But I never would have expected Remus to betray me. You'll probably have heard of me as the Betrayer – the one who let the others down. Only, they let me down too. We all let each other down, really. The story doesn't start with me being too cowardly to protect my friends. Sure, I wasn't particularly brave – I had to beg the Sorting Hat to put me into Gryffindor. But the story starts with how four boys met, forged friendships, relied on each other – and how that friendship wasn't strong enough to overcome what life threw at us. I was weak, I know. But I can't regret. We all have our parts to play. I will see mine through. But sometimes, I will look back over the Acts...