Do I really need to say this again? J K Rowling IS Harry Potter. If you recognise anything from any movie, TV show, book or whatever else, it's probably because it is from them. If you want my 'full' warning, you can check out either 'Dormant Power' or 'Beginning of the End'.

If you've read both those fics, then you know how I made it end…but how did it begin? Again, only some names are mine, everything else is not! I've based this from the Marauders perspective so…well you'll know the story when something happens to a certain someone, even though I don't write about it in this one! Also check out 'The Apprentice', it has some info you won't find in my other two stories (wink, wink!).

If you can't figure out why they were going to give Sirius the nickname 'Hydrant', think about what dogs generally like to do when they see one…or is that a stereotype?

Well, it's done, my first Marauder era story is complete. Now, I remember saying at the end of Beginning of the End…lol, that writes quite weirdly! I said that BotE was my favourite of my stories. That isn't really the case. I decided against adding this one in since it didn't seem fair on my other stories. This one is easily my favourite of the lot…and I'm not sure if I will be able to top it with anything I may write in the future.

The reason I love this fic more than my others is because I find the story of Harry and his friends to be less intriguing than the one of the Marauders. I know I also said that I wouldn't write about this (my, wasn't that a long time ago!)…but I had a sudden inspiration to start it. I was actually listening to my Travis CD (for the first time since I got it) when I did. Which song? 'Side'. I'll even put up the chorus for you:

That the grass is always greener on the other side,
The neighbour's got a new car that you wanna drive,
And when time is running out you wanna stay alive.
We all live under the same sky,
We all will live, we all will die.
There is no wrong, there is no right,
The circle only has one side.

Yup, the last line is the reason this fic got written in the first place. I kind of had to go 'full circle' to get the whole story, which I believe I have not yet done, but until I write a fic about Trent the circle will not be complete. Having said that, with the addition of this story, it hopefully makes the story a bit easier to follow.

Incidentally, I did find this fic much more difficult to write than my previous ones. I believe the reason for this was the storyline…or lack thereof. In reality, the only storylines in this are how Trent interacted with, and then saved, the Marauders, and that Lily and James grew closer together. Apart from that, there was no real storyline like in my other stories. Despite that, I had the most fun with this because I could pretty much put anything I wanted in it!

Most fun chapter to write for this would have been 13 – Sirius Celebrations. Favourite prank…personally, I like the bit with Padfoot after the Quidditch game, but since it's not really a prank, I'll put their big finale instead! Most difficult chapter to write…hmm, probably ch 11 – A New Ride. I was stuck on it for ages before I could figure out some way to write it!

The order in which it's best to read these in? Probably the same as I say on my profile...but I'm not really sure. I'd like to think you don't have to read them in order, and they make sense by themselves…but I could be wrong!

My sincere thanks to everyone who took the plunge and decided to read my stories (really, I mean that), and also those who reviewed. You've all given me a huge shock with your support and encouragement. A very big thank you to Sonic and Matt for being my betas for this story (and an extra one for Sonic since he looked through Dormant and BotE too!). No comments, which I took as meaning that it was adequately written.

For those looking for the timeline, I moved it under BotE as it would probably spoil the next 2 stories in this series.