The Darkest of Times
By Misha

Disclaimer- Everything belongs to J.K. Rowling and is not mine, however much I might wish differently. However, I am not making any money off of this, so please do not sue me!

Author's Notes- This is a brand new story that just came to me one day. It begins in the present, right after Order of the Phoenix, but is set mainly in the past. There will be a sequel, set completely in the future, but this one explains all that happened. It's very dark and my portrayal of the characters is... Interesting, to say the least. This focuses mainly on Lily, though everyone else has a fairly large role. If you like nice, happy stories, don't read this. It's meant to be dark and depressing and rather terrifying. Well, that's all for now, more will be explained as you read. Enjoy!

Rating- PG-13 (for now, might be R later)

Pairings- Lily/James, Lily/Severus, slight Lily/Lucius.

Summery- Remus Lupin reflects on the events of the past and wonders if it's time to tell Harry the truth about all that went before...

Spoilers- All five books.

Prologue- Burdened by the Past

Remus Lupin stood alone in Number 12 Grimwauld Place, thinking about the past. About the old days at Hogwarts with the marauders and their other friends.

He was the last of that group still around. The others had gone, some to death, some to betrayal and others to madness. Remus was left alone with his thoughts and his worries.

Preying on his mind was the subject which he and Sirius had argued about just days before the other man's death. About whether or not the time had come to tell Harry the truth.

Remus believed that the boy was old enough to understand where he had come from and that he needed to hear the whole, nasty tale. Professor Dumbledore had said that it was up to them whether or not they told him, as it was more their story than anyone else's.

Sirius had been strongly opposed to telling Harry yet, and Remus suspected that given a choice, Sirius would never have told the story.

Still, he himself thought that was wrong, Harry deserved to know the truth about his past. No matter how terrible parts of it were.

With a sigh, Remus closed his eyes and thought back to those days and all that had happened...
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