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The Lions of Gryffindor by Equinox Chick
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •
Summary: It is June 1976 and The Marauders are at the top of their game. From the outside they look to have everything.But appearances, as the saying goes, can be deceptive.
James is discovering that not everything in life is his for the taking. Sirius knows he will have to defy his formidable family. Remus lives in constant fear of his life beyond Hogwarts. As for Peter... Well, Peter is struggling to live up to his friends.
The ties of friendship are strong, but war is raging and with a dark power rising those ties will inevitably fray.
Added to the mix is an adversary called Severus Snape, some lost House Points, a prank or two and a whole lot of Lily.
This is a Marauder tale.
This is a story of what made them special.
This is a story of why it started to go wrong for The Lions of Gryffindor.
OH MY GOOD GODRIC! Lions of Gryffindor won the 2009 QSQ for Best Marauders' Era Story. Amazed and incredibly grateful to those who nominated, judged and have beta'd this fic. THANK YOU.
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Trick or Treat!
3. She clicks on her mouse and swipes her wand;
Some stories go up, and some stories are gone.
Stories of her own? Why, she has plenty!
Fewer than one-hundred, but far more than twenty.
Date: 06/08/09 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1 Turning Point
well but i know he Will become cool, so it's practically the same
Author's Response: But is it really important to Lily that James is cool - after all isn't that what he's been trying to do all year ... Just keep an eye out for Rich *winks*
Date: 06/04/09 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1 Turning Point
Aww, you did it again! you are so amazing! yuo write really good storys (:
i loved it! although i also like james SO much more than the american...
Author's Response: But ... but ... but ... Rich hasn't even appeared. And he did help Lily when she hurt her ankle ... and he is very good looking ... Thanks for the review. I'm glad you're enjoying it.
Sir Oscar O'Reilly by MagEd
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Assigned to work on a project together, James Potter and Lily Evans find themselves getting to know one another through a silly game James has devised. A light, fluffy, slightly cliche one-shot. "Don’t look at me like that! I’m going to behave today." *one-shot*
Date: 09/07/09 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Uh, I LOVED it. It was really really really really really good. I liked how-before they got into their argument, one could tell hoe Lily was gradually warming up to James. Also how we didn't find out WHAT they fought about until later was a nice touch. Their conversations were really funny. lol, i'm still grinning. from now on this is how i'm going to imagine them strting going out :P
oh, and it was nice how you had the charms-class parts from Cassie's POV.
(:
~Andi
Author's Response: Thanks! I'm especially proud of this one-shot, so I'm glad you liked it! This was sort of my response to stories that have Lily falling for James in the blink of an eye without any clear reasoning; I wanted to make her fall for him gradually and with understandable reason. And of course its good to know you thought their conversations funny! :)
Apparently Asleep by Equinox Chick
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Nymphadora Tonks lives under a shadow. Both her cousin and her aunt are in Azkaban believed to be in league with Voldemort. She knows Bellatrix deserves to be there- but Sirius?
Remus Lupin is an outsider. He’d once had three good friends- now two are dead and the third has been locked up for murder and betrayal.
They had met once before, when she was a child, but as Tonks grows up they find themselves thrown together- far too closely for Remus’ comfort. He’s always yearned for a normal life but knows that is impossible. Can Tonks convince him that he deserves happiness?
Nominated for a 2009 QSQ award in the Best canon Romance category. Thank you.
Date: 09/05/09 Title: Chapter 2: Chapter 2- More of a Miss than a Kiss
ohoh. carole, you are cruel. it's 1.30 in the morning, and i am sooo tired, but SUCH a mean cliffe! urrrrg
another great chapter, as I expected. but poor, poor charlie. *huggles*
And I feel a big 'I told you so!' coming from tonks after charlie and tonks both enter the order.
another nit-pick. at the lake, when charlie and tonks are talking about quidditch, you forgot the " again, at the beginning of a sentance
and also when tonks took the veritasirum, you did the same thing.
Author's Response: Thanks for the review - go and get some sleep, the story will still be there in the morning - LOL. I shall fix the errors now. Thank you. ~Carole~
Date: 09/05/09 Title: Chapter 3: Memories and Revelations
oh, do you have the time of PoA in this fic? that would be quite interesting, tonks spzzing that he didn't do it....
and i didn't expect THAT. i mean i dind't expect that they would kiss. or that remus would kiss her.
good chapter!
Author's Response: I'm at POA time now, so if you get to Chapter 13 soon, you'll see exactly what Tonks thinks during that year. Chapter 14 is being written. Thank you so much for all your reviews and I shall fit the nit picks.
Date: 09/05/09 Title: Chapter 4: Chapter 4 - Grudge Match
uh, this was such a good chapter!!! i loved it!!!
the twins were mean though. *glares*
it was such a good chappie *sighs contently* i want to read the next chapter!!! i love how remus came!!!
doesn't quirrel get his stutter after he goes to albania? coz he's all fightened and enlightened and whatnot? well, i'm probably wrong, just wondering....
Author's Response: We don't know when Quirrell got his stutter. According to Hagrid he was always nervous but got worse after his trip abroad. I just always imagined him with a stutter. Ta for the review ~Carole~
Date: 12/14/10 Title: Chapter 20: Chapter 20 - It's not only Bludgers that cause pain.
Yay :) I was so happy you updated. I actually just reread this story last week, and fell in love with it all over again. I love the way Remus and Tonks fit together, and I love how much story you added to their relationship and lives in general - although I'm even angrier at Remus for not giving in than I was before; instead of wasting just over a year (two?) it's almost ten (...almost)! :P
I liked this chapter. I just found it odd that the Romanian girl (Catalina? Or was that the mother?) was not mentioned - whatever happened with her?
Anyway, good chapter and update soon!
Author's Response: Umm, Alexandrina (was the romanian girl) and I think I mentioned that they'd broken up in an earlier chapter. Anyway, they have - ha ha. Thanks for reviewing and reading. ~Carole~
Date: 09/16/09 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1- Cool!
Okay, so this effin’ compy wouldn't let me wrte a stupid review to this chapter!!! grrrr. so it took me like, more than an hour to manage it, so I hope you are duelly thankfull.
And i desided just to write what OI thought as I was reading this chapter. So it might be confusing to read, so let me know if I should organize it better for the next chapter!
So just reading this chapters summary was enough to drone out everything around me....
And you like using letters, don't you? They ARE quite useful in writing...
I like how you have Charlie in this story. I donb't read a lot of Charlie-related stories... I do like him, though. Also, in FF it's normally Bill Tonks likes, so I like how you don't have it so cliche...
Grrrrr. i LOATHE Alexa-wht's-her-name and her mother. If they aren't annoying...!
Uh, I like how Tonks always think of Remus... and when the moon is there... *sinffle*
Hehe, Tonks isn't all that consistent about calling Cahrlie Weasley (lol, I mean calling Charlie by Wealey...hehe)
Oh, and reading further, I desided to dislike Alexa, not loather her....
OMG, Remus is here! I just saw that! OMG!!! nice :P
And I think i spotted a typo, dearie.
When Tonks almost gets flamatized by the dragon but Remus tackles her to the ground you say:
Barely inches above was her a ball of flame.
But shouldn't it be 'above her was' not 'above was her'???
Ew. The sucking out the venom part? gross. Huh, have you read twilight? Redminded me a bit of the end of the forst book.... well, I must say, very romantic having your cruch suck dragon venom out of your hand. Yup, I totally want that to happen on my first date :P
Although their meeting really IS quite romantic (besides the Tonks-getting-delerius part, the sucking out the venom. Oh, and did I mention a hand that's quite it's normal size? :P) But it was unique, and they ARE a unioque pair.
Uh, and I noticed that nobody closed the gate. I see loads of baby dragons harrasing the place in chapter 8 (which I am off to read in a moment)
*sighs happily* back to Remus and Tonks. they are so pefect for each other. *sighs dreamily* I like how ypou made Metamorphmaghus (is that the plural form???) unlucly, so they both sorta don't fit in...
Okay, well, I fifnished reading the fic, but as i was feeling . angry at reviews, I didn;t leave any. Sorry! But I am waiting for an update!!!!!!!
Author's Response: Thank you, Andi. I shall fix the typo. It's quite fun reading your comments as you read - especially when Remus turned up. Ha ha. Okay, sucking out venom - Yes, I have read Twilight, but actually that wasn't where I got it from. It's realy an old remedy for snake bite (although it doesn't really work) so that's why I had Remus try it. Plus it was kinda like them kissing again - hee hee. Metamorphmagi - is the plural of Metamorohmagus. The gate - They Apparated out of there so I think it was closed - it is a magical gate after all.
Charlie and Tonks is what I call my OTFP (one true friendship pair). I write bits about them at Hogwarts because they were the same year. Charlie will be back in the story at some point. I've not read any Bill/Tonks - intriguing and very possible.
Chapter 14 is with a beta and should be here soon. (I hope).
Thank you for the review and I am grateful. ~Carole~
Date: 11/26/09 Title: Chapter 15: Chapter 15 - Truth Will Out
Uh, I enjoyed this chapter :D It was funny how one could immediately tell tonks was now the narrator, when you wrote about the day when remus told her. It was so sudden, yet the change was clear, lol. You characterize both really well, though. I am really exited about the next chapter (will Tonks -or Remus- talkt to Serious???) And boy, I was so exited when I saw you had updated! i think this is a mistake, though:
he’d would (it's pretty much at the beginning) isn't he'd = he would? So basically you wrote he would would (I think)
Loved the chapter!
Author's Response: Thanks for the review and ta lots for the nit-pick which I have fixed now. Mmm, getting carried away with my past something or other tense, I think. You know something, it's always more fun to write from Tonks POV - she's much earthier - hee hee. Remus is too noble - KISS HER! Ta again, Andi. ~Carole~
Date: 02/20/10 Title: Chapter 16: Chapter 16 - Old Dogs and New Tricks
EEP. The atmosphere you created with Sirius was just... it was so well done. Great chapter.
I wonder though, why does Dumbledore say 'stick' when he talks freely about the Ministry? And not that it matters, but how much Firewhiskey is in a bottle? It seems like they just kept on filling their glasses, and I think you said the bottle was half full/empty.
Typos:
'I should be able to remember, he thought angrily. I’ve been here before, surely.'
Shouldn't 'I've been here before, surely. be in italics too?'
I think I also spotted a few spacing errors, but that's no big deal :P
So. Update, please!
Author's Response: Yes it should be italicised - thanks for pointing that out. Sometimes I think I should keep my chapters to the 1500 mark and then I'd catch everything. Building a rod for my own back is the phrase that springs to mind. I also know about the line spacing. I'll sort that out very soon. Thanls for the review, Andi, and I'm pleased you're enjoying the story (plus keeping me on my toes) Dumbledore said 'stick' partly because he's enjoying the joke, and partly because he's leaving it up to Remus to tell Tonks what they're discussing. He's a wily old bird, is that Dumbledore. A bottle of firewhisky would be big (and it's also strong - like bourbon). Like a whisky bottle, it would hold enough for around 30 shots (which are very small measures). Thus, a half ful bottle could give at least 15 shots. Remus is pouring larger measures, but there's still enough left. I was a barmaid - I do know about drinking. ~Carole~
Date: 09/06/09 Title: Chapter 6: Chapter 6 - Old Mad-Eye
urg, my internet just crashed so it's forcing me to write the whole review again.....grrr
Ha! I wondered how you were going to explain that Harry never so the pictures of his parents in the common room!
The letter was very well done. I liked how you added stuff that happened in SS/PS. It gave me a better feeling as to when exactly all this was actually happening. That's a weird though, though, isn't it? Hard to imagine Harry doing whatnot in school while Tonks has Auror training...
yes, the Auror training. You described it very well,I could imagine it easily. We don't get a lot of information from the books... But it defianetly is bound to be hard. *go tonks!!!
Uh, and I loved Moody! His characterization was so good! Althouh I wonder why he though it was safe to speak so freely in that pub, he was so coutious in OotP... And it's a surprise Tonks didn't turn out so paranoied, with Mad-Eye training her :P
*Glowers at Proudfoot* He is SUCh and idiot!!!
And I was SO glad when Tonks returned her hair back to being colorful!!! *thank you, carole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, and I was reminded againg how sad Remus' life really was. I mean, look at how decint he was, but he had to work in pubs like that.... ):
And is your timeline right? About Andromeda and ted eloping at such a young age? I always wonder when that was....
I *loved Ted, btw. *huggles hubbie* And Andromeda, too. I have a feeling (or maybe I'm merely hoping) that we are hoing to see more of her in furure chapters.... she has such an interesing character, don't you think? And she lost so many loved ones in her life, no wonder she believed Sirius giulty (although I think she may have had doubts... maybe...) *sigh* That picture was so sad... thinking that baby Bellatrix, Narcissa and Regulus (and they think Sirius, too) became Death Eaters.... sad thing.... But actually, only Bellatrix was really evil....
well, I'm off to rtead the next chapter! This is a really good story! I'm defianetly goanna add it to my favs.
Author's Response: Thank you for the review - you're internet let you in the end *grins*. Ummm, timeline. Tonks was born in 1973 when Andromeda was twenty. I always imagine Andromeda and Ted eloping as soon as she left Hogwarts, but I have read some fabulous stories where she doesn't meet him until after Hogwarts - we don't know basically. Mad-Eye, good point about talking in the pub, however he's not really saying anything particularly secret - well not for him. Everyone knows he still suspects the Malfoys and everyone else too - ha ha. Hmm, I wonder why Tonks wasn't as paranoid - perhaps it's to do with the next person she works with ... Ted and Andromeda are in the story some more - and will certainly feature in later chapters *evil snicker*. Thanks for the review. ~Carole~
Date: 04/24/10 Title: Chapter 17: Chapter 17 - Interrogation
Yay! An update. :) And a good one, too.
Kingsley is too smart. It's pretty annoying. Ahwell. I loved the Sirius/Remus parts.
Some typos though.
I dropped my wand and it sparked,” Missing punctuation. The same goes for here: “I’ve only got this lot left to sort through. Ollivander’s list was incredibly helpful. She opened the lid of ...
Great chapter and looking for an update!
Author's Response: Ta for the review. ~Carole~
Date: 09/03/09 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1- Cool!
OMG, carole. I SO should have read this fic earlier. I just LOVE it. it was really funny, but the ending.... urg, how i wish i could continuw reading it now. but it's really late and it's a schoolnight.....arg...
never noticed that a-dore ya, Dora..... huh, nice.
Tinks is SO like a 6 and 8 month year old tonks would be. NICE.
And I like how she looks up to sirius-who's characterization was also very nice- and how she keeps 'tonks' as her name. I'm loving it.
Oh, and how he wonders how tonks can bear living in secret-that was a nice touch, too, as we all know HE must do it later.
um when james first enters, tonks sais her name i s'just tinks' you forgot the " at the end of it.
how you can always add humor and suspense.... brilliant.
hm, is your peter always so... down? because at first i thought it was because he knew he would betray them, but i always thought the prophesie was made after harry's brith. i might be wrong though....
Author's Response: Thank you for the review and the nitpick - I shall sort that out now. Hmm, Peter. Well, according to Sirius in POA Peter had been passing secrets for at least a year before James and Lily died. At this point I know he's not passing secrets, but he is finding life without the constant company of his frineds difficult - hence starting to look for other 'big boys in the playground'. I don't explain it in this fic, but I have a oneshot (possibly chaptered fic) running around my head about Peter. The prophecy may have been made when Lily was pregnant, actually. JK Rowling says something about the Potters going into hiding when she was pregnant. Timeline issue so I'm not totally sure. Prophecy was made sometime in 1980, though. Thanks again -~Carole~
Truth Be Told by Hyacinthe
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Ever since Remus Lupin came to Hogwarts, his friends knew he had a dark secret, and in time, they found out what it was. But what did the future Marauders think Remus' secret was before then? They couldn't've guessed it the first time...
Date: 01/27/09 Title: Chapter 2: Moaning Myrtle
i like u'r story a lot but didn't james and sirius want to become animagus becouse of lupin???
Author's Response: That becomes the official story...later.......O:)
Twenty Things That Make the World Go 'Round by eva_writes
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: It's Harry Potter's first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But his little sister, Kata Potter, still has a year to go. She's still in Little Whinging. And nothing is the same. Her brother is gone, her friends have changed, and she's been told to trust no one. All Kata has left is an assignment from her teacher: find and catalog the twenty things that make her world go 'round. Maybe Kata's too young for the magic, but she's going to have her own adventures... adventures that will take her from Little Whinging to London, a police station, the back of a train, a stage with a bright light... and maybe even to Hogwarts itself.
Twenty Things is a story about finding yourself, your friends, your secrets, and your past, and hacking it all into some sort of future.
Date: 07/13/09 Title: Chapter 1: If Only I Hadn't Slept Through English
hahahahaha well, they SHOULD respond amazingly, since this story ROCKS!!! (:
and i guess your right. i would be like *freaked*
Author's Response: Lol! :) Thanks!
Date: 07/08/09 Title: Chapter 1: If Only I Hadn't Slept Through English
YE! YES! YES! NEW CHAPPIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love this story sooo much *squeeeels* *happy dance* PLEASE UPDATE!!!ASAP!!!
to da chapter: I don't think anyone would really believe Kata caused Jilly to get injured, so the 'angry' group doesn't make that much sence, although it kinda does, because what other explination was there??? If that made scense.....And at the end did Shelly like hear Kata?????
PLEASE Updateoon!!
-story liver
Author's Response: Wow! Thanks so much! I can't believe the enthusiasum with which some people are responding to this story. To respond to your comments, I really tried to think like a sixth grader. Jilly is a part of 'Winnie's Crew', as Kata puts it, and I think they would have some automatic respect for her, and kind of believe what she was saying. Also, if you saw a kid be randomly enveloped in a cloud of purple smoke, and then come out looking like she had stuck her finger in a socket, you might be a tad sucpicious of the girl glaring daggers at the kid. *Smiles Sheepishly*. Thanks again!
Date: 05/16/09 Title: Chapter 5: I Can Do Whatever I Want Like You
i really like it but something i was wondering was that harry would write kata letters, wouldn't he???well i love it!keep it coming!!!
Author's Response: Of course he would! There's always more to the story, especially when it's only told through one exclusive point of view. You may be surprised when you find out what's going on there, but you'll have to keep reading for a while! Thanks for reviewing!
Date: 09/14/09 Title: Chapter 7: More Complicated Feelings I SERIOUSLY Could Have Done Without
YES!!! You updated!!!!!!!!!!!
*blushes* I read the author's note... but only because I wanted to see what excuse you had for the long delay.... grrr... I looove this story, so ... update it!!! I WANNA KNOW WHAT HARRY WROTE!! (assuming Harry sent Hedwig...) I think though, in the book harry would go back in the holidays if kata was 'real'... she must be dissapointed hwn eshe finds out he doesn't...
uh, Ginny and Kata will be together!!! That's so cool!!!
Ok, I'm sure my review made no sense whatsoever, but deal with it :P
OMG, you discribed the being-on-stage feeling amazingly (i love to act too, btw. And... I just like kata (:
It's weird, I hadn't hought about how t=in the story it's already christmas...
uh, a typo. When she's in the supermarket talking to the priest guy(his name is to complicated for e :P) it should say 'last' not 'lat'
And you forgot the " when they are talking on the stage...
SO... I don't want to have to wait so long again! But it WAS worth it...
Author's Response: You are my new favorite person in the world, thanks so much for all the feedback! I'll fix the typos, and, you're right: if Kata were a canon character, Harry probably would have made more of an effort get home. But, remember, all the events of Sorcerer's Stone are still happening at Hogwarts, so he's reseacrhing Nicholas Flammel, and a reunioun really didn't fit with where I wanted to take the plot. So, yeah. Chapter eight is in the works, and it's mostly flashbacks, so you finally get to see what went down in Diagon Alley... there's some comic relief, which is good. Thanks again! --Eva
A New Beginning- ABANDONED- SORRY GUYS!! by HarryPotter317
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Harry, Ron, and Hermione along with the rest of their year return to re-do their seventh year at Hogwarts, properly. With Voldemort gone and his Death Eaters being rounded up, this year at Hogwarts should be peaceful and relaxing. Will Ron finally gather up his Gryffindor courage and tell Hermione how he feels? Will Harry and Ginny get back together? And what happens when an old enemy returns to Hogwarts? Follow the trio through the romance, drama, danger, and everything in-between as they complete their last year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Date: 05/24/09 Title: Chapter 3: Chapter 3- Heads
it was really good
is harry still quiddich captain?
Author's Response: thanks :) ermm...ya maybe i forgot to mention it, but i am planning to make harry quidditch captain. keep reading and reviewing! :)
Trickster by Willow Rosenberg
Rated: 3rd-5th Years • Summary: After the disastrous events of the end of the Marauder's fifth year, a fuming Lily Evans decides that that arrogant James Potter and his friends need a taste of their own medicine. The straight-laced Prefect suddenly finds herself pranking her class's trickiest boys--and maybe even enjoying it. Coupled with a series of mysterious apology letters that Lily has begun receiving, it's bound to be an interesting year.
Winner of the 2010 QSQ for Best Canon Romance!
Date: 11/05/10 Title: Chapter 16: Wide Awake, It's Morning
All I can say is.... I am so glad there's a sequel! I loved this story. It was so refreshing - not clichéd, yet fluffy, funny and serious.... it had great harmony :) I was especially impressed by your portrayal of the Marauders: they were all characterized amazingly, especially Peter; it's hard to come by a reasonable Peter, and the I can see how those events... led him away, so to say. Keep writing this story (or I might have to hunt you down). Yes? XD
Author's Response: thank you so much!! and no worries, I'm still going with the sequel....I actually have this story all planned out til the end--including post-hogwarts and baby harry and everyhing--so it should keep going for awhile!