Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters that are familiar to you. They are owned by J.K Rowling, and this fan fiction is written solely for entertainment.

NOTE FROM AUTHOR: Alright, like all authors, you improve your writing as time goes by. This is far truer for me than some. I'm afraid my first several chapters are not up to par to my most recent (such as ch. 20-24) but this being my first fan fiction ever; I'd appreciate if readers would please continue through it even if the first few chapters may lose your interest. In fact, there will be a time where I might even rewrite some of my first chapters completely! And actually, you may skip a few chapters if it's going to slow. If you skipped something important, you can always go back but it gets MUCH better like all stories. As the writer grows, so does the story so forgive me since I did start this...wow, more than a year ago (my, time flies) but I DOES get MUCH better and I have many plans for the characters in the future…wink.

Chapter one: Fans and Secret wishes

My mind wandered off as I sat with my friends during lunch. I was aware of the subject of conversation surrounding me, but my usual daydreaming had taken the better of me once again.

"…Caroline…Caroline?" I suddenly realized the majority of my friends were looking at me.

Snapping back to reality, I focused on them, making sure my mind wouldn't trail off again.

"Huh?" I asked. My friends rolled their eyes. They knew about my consistent daydreaming, so they repeated whatever they had said to me again.

"Who's better? Sirius or James?" They asked with a teasing in their eyes. I laughed.

My friends and I were all semi-obsessed with the brilliant books, Harry Potter, but lately, we had become very interested in Harry's parents, James and Lily. Their whole generation for that matter. Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Severus Snape, Peter Pettigrew…the whole lot.

Well, we knew the stories, so we didn't entirely admire Peter, but he was still part of the group. In fact, we found ourselves completely obsessed with the Marauders. Not only that, we found them extremely attractive! In more ways than one.

I remember telling someone this and they didn't understand since, I mean, the books are about HARRY POTTER (hence the name) so why bother about James? Or Lily? Or any of them! They're dead. I guess that's why they're interesting. We know so little about them.

But Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix came out in the summer and information on Lily and James exploded! Information on Sirius even exploded and we knew more about him than others.

Unfortunately, none of them were real. Just characters in a book. But, us all being the optimists we are, we made our own fantasy lives. Living among witches and wizards and dreaming of someday finding out Hogwarts was a real school.

As you can see, we are all nerds at heart.

"It's really pretty sad through." Nina said. "I mean, nearly all the Marauders are dead," she finished.

"Did it ever occur to you, that if Lily and James had changed one thing, or something happened differently, they could still be alive!" Camille interpreted.

I nodded in agreement. This was so entirely true, and it made me think about what they could have done and it drove me mad. Sometimes, I wished that I could get sucked into the fantasy life of the wizarding world and go back to the late seventies and early eighties and do something to help Lily and James and everyone.

That was my secret, but I could tell my other friends wished it too. But we were reality. We were the 21st century. There was no way that was going to happen anytime soon.

A/N: I hope you liked it. It's my first fanfic. It'll get better! I'm just starting out! In future chapters: Caroline and one of her friends will find themselves embarking on an "out-of-this-world" adventure.