A New Beginning by harry4lif
Rated: 1st-2nd Years [Reviews - 9]
Summary: Its the day of Lily's wedding, and she hopes that she will finally get to talk to her sister. Things happen, and tears are spilled. Will Lily tell her husband the truth?
As One Door Closes... by Cwiddy
Rated: 1st-2nd Years [Reviews - 4]
Summary: Lily Evans just finished her last exam at Hogwarts and contemplates her life. Meanwhile, James Potter is contemplating his own life, with her.
Love Conquers by dumbly_dorr
Rated: 3rd-5th Years [Reviews - 321]
Summary: If you're looking for the usual James-loves-Lily-but-Lily-hates-James storyline, then this isn't it. The thing is, Lily doesn't hate James at all, he can just be annoying at the best of times. As she comes to realise why she doesn't hate him, it leads to the famous love we all know about. Set against the backdrop of a warring magical world where nothing is certain, can James and Lily hold onto each other and fight?
UPDATE August 08: It's FINISHED! Thank you so much to all those who have read and reviewed this story, I have loved your support. i hope there are still people out there who are willing to read it. Keep an eye out for more stories by me!
UPDATE February '08: I have changed the chapter names of some of the 'Defied' chapters, to make this fit and to make it more plausible, as I see the 'thrice defying' of Voldemort as happening when James and Lily are part of the Order of the Phoenix.
UPDATE 20th September: I have altered my facts in the chapter 'Once Defied' as I made mistakes in the ages of James and Lily. It didn't matter so much in this chapter but had annoying repercusions for future chapters. It should all now be correct.
Love Is Just Hate With A Smile by jenny b
Rated: 3rd-5th Years [Reviews - 18]
Summary:
‘Love and hate are quite similar when you think about it,’ James said thoughtfully.
‘What do you mean?’ Lily asked.
‘You can’t hate someone for no reason without loving them a little,’ he said.
Lily rolled her eyes. ‘That’s stupid,’ she said.
‘No it’s not. Why do you think guys tease girls they like? Most people use hate to hide the fact that they really love someone.’
Lily didn’t say anything, so James continued. ‘After all, love is really just hate with a smile.’
Lily Evans hated James Potter. She always had, and thought she always would. But people change. Opinions change. Sometimes the line between right and wrong blurs … as well as the line between love and hate.
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Charmer by impervius raincoat
Rated: 3rd-5th Years [Reviews - 10]
Summary: "Remus Lupin thinks his life would be easier if James didn't smile so much."
James Potter's smile has been getting Remus into a lot of trouble recently. And, strangely, Lily Evans is usually involved in someway. A short, sweet romance about how Lily and James really got together, told in five chapters from Remus' point of view.
By Your Side by Lua under water
Rated: 1st-2nd Years [Reviews - 5]
Summary: Seventh year brings many changes for James, Lily, and their friends; they learn to grow up, to make decisions and choose sides. But first and most important for James - how can he convince Lily to give him a chance? The Marauders try to aid him, Snape tries to thwart him, and Lily, well, is just trying to figure out what's going on.
One-Way Street by Nymphea
Rated: 1st-2nd Years [Reviews - 26]
Summary: Sequel to A Different Kind of Love: Lily's response to James' letter saying he loves her.
Part of me wants to say, please, let’s just be friends and forget what we’ve written to each other—these moments are too precious to risk spoiling them. But I know enough of the world to know that time is a one-way street. Forward is the only direction we can go.
Cinderella Was a Redhead by NeLLyRaE
Rated: 3rd-5th Years [Reviews - 67]
Summary: Lily Evans has problems. She sleepwalks, (and always ends up in strange places) she is disorganised, flunking Arithmancy, and, to her dismay, was made Head Girl. There is also the problem of James Potter, who refuses to stop asking her out. Will she ever pull herself together enough to give him a chance?
A Perfect Year? by wanderingLily
Rated: 6th-7th Years [Reviews - 47]
Summary: Lily just wants the perfect last year at Hogwarts. James just wants Lily to finally agree to go out with him. What will happen? Will she change her mind, and if she does, why the change?
Lily Evans...Potter? by LilE
Rated: 3rd-5th Years [Reviews - 43]
Summary: Lily discovers there is more to Remus Lupin than she thought, and more to James as well. Will love conquer her hate for James? Can one summer of letters change some one completely? Or will it be to late...
From Lily's POV
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When Love Prevails by BertieBotsBeans741, PadfootnPeeves
Rated: 3rd-5th Years [Reviews - 11]
Summary: When love prevails, no evil can divide it or poison the purest of feelings. Nor can it destroy the utmost defiance.
This is BertieBotsBeans741 and PadfootnPeeves writing for the Gauntlet: Round 6.
Bad Luck, Prongs by Silvermoon25
Rated: 1st-2nd Years [Reviews - 7]
Summary: It's James Potters and Lily Evan's Seventh Year at Hogwarts. James is determined to finally win over Lily's heart, but there are two problems. The first is that she still hates him, and the second is he already has a girlfriend. What's a guy to do?
Unforgivable by eleven49
Rated: 6th-7th Years [Reviews - 10]
Summary:
Severus and Lily: the best of friends. That is, until one mistake too many destroys their relationship seemingly beyond repair. Still, Snape hangs onto the past, hoping that he might change Lily's mind, that he might earn her forgiveness.
"Did you think I was only mad because you called me 'Mudblood' more than a year ago? Well I guess some memories are slipping through the cracks! And did you think I was going to forgive you for those other things, which you’ve so conveniently forgotten?” Lily scoffed, raising her eyebrows. “Some things are unforgivable.”
James/Lily (and unrequited Snape/Lily). Rating for language.
Choices by bluemoon13
Rated: 6th-7th Years [Reviews - 7]
Summary: The night before Lily's wedding day proves to be a tide of different emotions. As she ponders the upcoming events of the next day, Lily realises she cannot marry James without making one last decision.
He Wasn't All Bad by Amelia Bedelia
Rated: 1st-2nd Years [Reviews - 38]
Summary: COMPLETE. When trying to decide who might be worse - the Weasley twins or James and Sirius - the Fat Lady retells a story about overhearing James' confession to Lily. One-shot.
Turning Tables by x_lily_evans_x
Rated: 3rd-5th Years [Reviews - 44]
Summary: Lily Evans, Head Girl, has never been reckless. She has been reliable and careful, thinking through everything before making decisions. But when she recklessly takes on a challenge by Amelia Lance to see who can make James Potter fall for her by the Easter holidays, her life goes from orderly to complicated. However, Lily thinks she's got it under control. After all, this is James Potter, the boy who, at least, used to like her and ask her out. Winning this challenge should be child’s play, right?
It's amazing how wrong a girl can be...
The One Miracle by MagEd
Rated: 3rd-5th Years [Reviews - 30]
Summary: “I’m willing to die for this war but I’m not willing to sacrifice my life for it! And maybe you don’t understand, but it’s not the same thing, James; it’s not the same thing!”
In the middle of the first war against Voldemort, James and Lily Potter's world is crumbling in around them. Will their marriage crumble as well? *one-shot*
Edited 6/15/10
Waiting (For Another Moment) by KASK
Rated: 1st-2nd Years [Reviews - 14]
Summary: Lily Potter spends her days waiting -- waiting for what will or will not come.
The Shoes by emerald_dolphin
Rated: 3rd-5th Years [Reviews - 6]
Summary: Lily hasn't been feeling herself since her mother died. She's sad, worried, scared, afraid to cry...but when a box comes with some of her mother's old possesions, she has to make a decision.
Thrice Defied by leighpotter
Rated: 3rd-5th Years [Reviews - 168]
Summary: So, it’s James and Lily’s last year at Hogwarts.
All the year ahead of them full of spells, arguments, Quidditch, arguments, detention, arguments...But, this time, something is different. James Potter is more determined than ever to win Lily Evans’s heart and she seems to be considering.
Maybe, just maybe, a year of rule-breaking, rule-following and fighting for their lives will liven up the romance at Hogwarts...
A story that’s centred on the (inevitable!) romance of Lily and James but also one that goes into the darker sides of that last seventh year. Prepare yourselves for a little R.A.B. , a few Horcuxes, a dash of lovesick Severus and more than a few brilliant moments between the fights, the laughs, the fluff and the danger!
Warnings for extra funny Sirius and Remus moments (that include a love-potion gone wrong and marriage proposals due to drink) , alarming giggling spells from a character who bears more than a resemblance to our own Loony Lovegood, Quidditch talk from a fun Alice Vance, evil Bellatrix and Narcissa, and Lily and James in the middle of it, falling in love without knowing...
AU warning (not for some horrifying reason as you may assume – like Lily dying or Remus turning into a chicken – but because two of the characters – namely Lucius and Bella – are in Lily and James’ seventh year as well when we know from canon that they're older! Just a minor difference but then I really needed some nastiness in the story!)
xxx leighpotter ;)
