Hi! This a completely AU fic, where nothing happens like it did in canon, save for a few things, such as Harry being James and Lily's son, though he's NOT the Boy Who Lived, since James, Sirius, Remus, and Severus managed to kill him for good in this timeline.  There will be more backstory to this with the prequel, Where Shadows Go, which I've just started, although you could read Growing Pains, which is the sequel to NA, and explains a little more about how the Maurauders and Severus were friends as kids and not enemies.  I wanted to do something totally different here, which is why I made Sev a Healer and Potions Master and not a spy and teacher.  A few tidbits here, yes, Sev was a Slytherin since I really can't see him in any other House, but Lily was a Ravenclaw, and the other three were Gryffindors, but without the extreme prejudice, mostly due to Lily's influence on them and the fact that Severus saves Sirius's life as a child, you'll learn more about that in WSG.  Severus was never friends with Lucius in this timeline, he avoided him like the plague, and so never became a Death Eater.  Instead he concentrated on his Potions Mastery and a choice between being an Auror and a Healer, he chose to be a Healer. 

This whole series is focused on love, redemption, forgiveness, and families and hopefully you'll read more of it.