Born to Run

Time is a fragile thing, and Remus knows better than anyone how easily it can be shattered.When he and Sirius are given the chance to rewrite the war that broke them, they return to where it all began: their youth. Can they change the future without losing themselves— or each other —in the process? Or are they doomed to repeat the same mistakes all over again? All we have is moments, fleeting, passing, tiny fragments of our lives; blending together in space and time, gone with the blink of an eye. Some wounds, however, run too deep even across timelines, and some stories can be written again— if only to break your heart twice.

Hello everyone! I finally found the courage to upload this so here we are! I started writing this story eight years ago when I was still in high school but- like all my other hobbies - after a few months of developing it, I got bored and left it unfinished. Now I'm in my last year in university and last semester I decided to continue the story from where I had left off (mainly to procrastinate studying for my exams lol). A few disclaimers:•I tried to write this story in a way that someone who has no idea about the Harry Potter universe (hasn't read the books or watched the movies) can easily follow through. Locations, names, definitions, are all explained in the story.•For those who have no idea about the plot, the characters etc., the story starts in medias res, so don't get confused by the prologue, everything will make sense in the end!•The main plot starts from the events of !SPOILER! !!(the night Sirius runs away from Grimmauld, the summer)!!before the sixth year and the story unravels in the sixth and seventh year, and the events during and after the war.•Before that, I cover the characters' first five years in Hogwarts because I believed there were some key events I had to write about (like how they met each other etc) that helped with the story building. Since the main plot starts in the sixth year, the chapters before then have dates, like a diary, to shortly cover the most important things that happened in those first five years. During the sixth year, there will be no more dates, and the story will continue with a normal flow.•Jegulus makes an appearance in the sixth year.•Sometimes instead of saying "witches and wizards" I say warlocks but I'm not referring to only male ones.•As a chronically online person, I tried to include as many headcanons as I could about the characters and sometimes I incorporate song lyrics in the sentences. (you can write in the comments whenever you recognise some songs and famous headcanons from the fandom!)Last but not least, I want to say a huge thank you to my wonderful girlfriend L who spent tireless hours reading and re-reading this story, helping me with grammatical errors and giving me feedback whenever I finished a chapter. I wouldn't have done this without you and you weren't even paid for this. And to my friends, who inspire me every single day, I tried to portray you through the characters. Now, whenever I read the story, I see you in them. I love you guys.I may have not found you in Hogwarts but surely I've found Hogwarts in you.