The Wolf's Tail

A Marauders Era long fic. Inside Hogwarts, four boys grow up in a Golden Age of pranks, fun, feasts and friendship. These are their glory days; white Christmases and hazy summers, stretching ahead of them for an eternity, and them the kings of their own magical castle. But outside the castle walls, their little world is growing more dangerous. Dark wizards are on the move - and, year by year, the threat of all out war creeps ever closer. First Year - Complete (see inside for summary)Second Year - The boys are back for another year of… trying not to get expelled, trying not to fall asleep in a History of Magic and (in Remus’s case) trying not to melt the cauldrons in Potions. Between detentions, Quidditch, Rita Skeeter’s salacious school newsletter and Kneazlemania sweeping the school, things look like they will be even more exciting than last year. But away from Hogwarts, the darkness is rising and whispers are even starting to reach the castle. And - when a mauled body is found in Hogsmeade after the full moon, the Minister of Magic, herself, accuses the only known werewolf in the area… (complete)