Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. I own Antares Locke.

A/N: Since I don't have a Beta, I just editted this chapter. If I missed any mistakes, tell me in a review. I'll be editting the second chapter tomorrow, along with hopefully finishing the third chapter. I'm really behind schedule and I'm very sorry. Please forgive me and review? Byes!

Chapter 1

Sirius Black laughed at his cousin, Bellatrix Lestrange, he kept ducking her attacks and was having fun at it too.

"Come on, you can do better than that!" Sirius yelled, his voice echoing throughout the room. Sirius and Bellatrix were oblivious to the fact that everyone else had quit fighting, after the arrival of Albus Dumbledore.

Sirius rolled to miss another attack, but when he stood up to fire his own attack, he was hit squarely in the chest by another jet of light which had been shot at him. Sirius was shocked that she had hit him but he was still happy, because now he could join her. She was almost the cause of the dementors breaking him while he was in Azkaban. She was the love of his life. And now he would be joining her.

He flew backwards, through the veil which rested on the dais. As he did, he wondered if he really would be joining his love, or would he be forever kept in this place, in this veil. Because of this, the happiness left his face and changed to that of fear.

The last thing he saw was his dark cousin and heard her excited scream of victory. After that, the happiest year of his life appeared in his mind, and he felt that if he could, he would begin crying.

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Sirius Black walked through the barrier onto platform 9 3/4, pushing his trolley slowly along. The platform was familiar to him by now, him heading into his seventh year at Hogwarts. He looked around the platform and smiled when he found them: a tall black haired boy, accompanied by a brown haired boy. They were standing next to a very beautiful girl with long, dark brown hair and seemed very interested in her, in the way they were so close with her.

Sirius walked over to them quietly and then whispered in the black haired boy's ear.

"Given up on Lily, eh Prongs?" The boy jumped and turned around to his friend. He smiled at him and gave him a one armed hug, so as not to seem too emotional.

"How was your summer, Padfoot? We missed you. And what was this about Lily?" James said as Sirius greeted the other boy.

"Great summer. That gold my uncle left me was enough to get a great place. Thank your parents again, for letting me stay there," Sirius said and James nodded. Then he continued. "And Lily? Well you seem quite cozy with this young woman, so I thought things may have changed over the summer. If it hasn't, who is your lovely friend?"

Sirius gestured towards the girl who had been leaning against a wall during all this. James looked at Sirius in disbelief before him and the other boy burst into laughter, Sirius oblivious to the humor.

He looked at the girl and she was now slightly pink in the cheeks and, for some reason or another, seemed to find her shoes quite interesting. Sirius looked at them as if the two boys had gone mad.

"Did I miss something here? James? Remus? What's so funny?" Remus was the first to recover, so Sirius looked to him to explain this.

"You don't remember who this is, do you, Padfoot?" Sirius looked stumped and so James decided to clear it up.

"Lift you head up and let him see your eyes, see if he remembers you then." James instructed to the girl.

At first she continued to look at the ground, but then she slowly looked up at Sirius. He looked at her and was immediately mesmerized by the color, they were a dark blue-green, which he had only seen once before. Sirius' eyes widened in shock and then he lunged forward and embraced his best friend.

The girl was shocked at first and then returned his loving hug. They hugged for a full minute before Sirius remembered they were in public. He quickly let go and stepped back, looking his friend over.

"France did you good, Ares."

The girl blushed more and smiled, then as soon as it was there, the smile was gone. All Sirius heard was a loud smack, and as he stumbled back, he noticed the pain in his jaw from where she had punched him.

"How could you not recognize me, you git! We've known each other forever and still you don't know me! Gee, I know when I'm wanted."

James and Remus scrunched their faces up in sympathetic pain for Sirius and then smiled at Ares. Remus patted her on the back and looked at his friend trying to reorient himself.

"Great to have you back, Talon. A year really is too long for you to be gone."

"Yeah we missed our war goddess. Well at least we did, I don't know about Padfoot here." James nodded to his friend who was checking to see if anything was broken. At the comment directed at him, Sirius glared at James and then turned back to Ares.

"I'm sorry Ares, really I am. I wasn't expecting you back since you never said you were coming home. Come on, please forgive me?" Sirius gave her a puppy dog look that only he could get away with. As usual, her expression immediately softened and she sighed.

"That's no fair, you know?" She laughed and hugged him, just as a smaller boy walked up.

"Peter! Hey little guy, how you been?" Ares hugged the small boy and lifted him a couple of inches off the ground. Even though he was seventeen, Peter Pettigrew was a very small boy of maybe five feet, whereas the other guys, were all around six feet and Ares was 5'7.

"Antares, is it really you? Wow, you look so different!" Peter squeaked while hugging back.

"Now, now Peter. How many times have I told you to call me Ares? At least Talon. Or hell, war goddess will do." At the last one, they all started laughing.

"The Marauders are all together, once again." James smiled and they all exchanged smiles. The whistle then blew and they boarded the train, Sirius and Peter stored their luggage with everyone else's and sat down in their compartment.

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The five of them sat the entire way, catching up on what was missed at Hogwarts and the experiences Ares had at Beauxbatons. A silver-blue cat crawled out from under the seat, stretched and then looked around. Noticing Remus, the cat jumped up on his lap and began purring. Remus stroked the cat and rubbed the top of his head.

"Why hello, Mordachai. How have you been?" Lupin asked the cat, the cat meowed in return. Mordachai then curled up on his lap and went to sleep.

"Stupid cat. That's all he does, is sleep." Ares sighed. "Ya know, I never could figure out why he likes Remus but not Sirius. I mean a wolf over a dog? And he's known Sirius longer too!"

"It just proves the cat is smart. He can tell by just looking at him that he's bad trouble." James smirked at Sirius who, in return, smirked back.

"Well I'm taking a nap until we get there. Wake me, will you?" Ares looked more towards Remus and Peter, knowing that the other two may let her sleep for a joke.

"Don't worry, I'll wake you." Remus reassured her. James then stood up and opened the compartment door.

"I'm going to chat with Lily before we arrive."

All four of them smirked at their fellow marauder, knowing he was going for more than a chat. James left, a slight blush on his cheeks. Now that there was more room, Ares lied down with her head in Sirius' lap and went to sleep.

Sirius was kind of embarrassed by what she did, but he hid it well under a cool exterior. She used to do this all the time, but now she was different. She was more than just one of the guys. She had curves in all the right places and, whether she knew it or not, she knew how to get guys' attentions.

Back on the platform, Sirius caught several people staring at her. He could see why and so he did too, but then he found out this was his dear friend he grew up with. His fellow marauder. His best friend. His girlfriend in a way.

Yet they had never gone out officially, it was common knowledge that they liked each other. It was also common knowledge that her and Remus liked each other. Remembering this, Sirius quickly looked across at his friend, who was staring out the window while petting Mordachai. Mordachai. Her cat.

For some reason, the thought of Remus with one of her belongings made him mad. Sirius had never felt this way before. Being able to have any girl he wanted, he never really worried about other guys taking his girlfriends. Sirius knew what was happening to him, something he never thought would happen. He was jealous, of one of his best friends no less.

Sirius was going to continue thinking about the problem at hand, when someone shifted in his lap. He looked down and saw the sleeping form of the girl he had just worried about being taken from him. He smiled and brushed her hair out of her face, admiring the beauty he had never fully seen before. Before he liked her for her personality and mind only, now it was both a mental and physical attraction.

That settled it in Sirius' mind. He was going to make her, his, if it was the last thing he did. With his charisma, looks and wits, she'll be his for the taking. He smirked to himself and decided to look outside for the rest of the trip.

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"What do you mean you're going out with Remus!"

Sirius was sitting at the Gryffindor table with everyone else, awaiting the first years. His mouth hanging open, he looked back and forth between Ares and Remus.

"Well, as everyone knows, I like him. So, when you ran ahead to pester James and Lily, I decided to ask him. You know he's shy as hell and would never ask a girl out, especially one of his friends." Ares explained.

Sirius looked at Remus who, at the time, was a bright shade of red and was, seemingly, reading a book. Sirius noticed that his eyes kept on the same spot in the book, and would every once in a while, look up at Sirius, probably checking how mad he was.

"Anyway, what's wrong with me going out with him? No one has ever made a move for me, so I don't have to worry about breaking anyone's heart." Antares finished off sarcastically and then looked towards the doors as the first years were ushered in.

Sirius was about to say something else but thought better of it. Instead he just cursed under his breath and joined in watching the sorting.

"I think its great that you and Remus are together. You make such a cute couple and he is such a sweetie." Sirius saw out of the corner of his eye, that this was Lily whispering to Ares. He frowned and crossed his arms. He didn't care if she was with his friend. He would be with her no matter what.

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It was one in the morning and Sirius came down the stairs to the common room because he couldn't sleep. He was surprised at the sight of Ares sitting curled up in a chair, staring into the fire. He slowly walked over to her and she seemed not to notice him, so he tapped her on the shoulder and she nearly jumped a foot in the air.

"Bloody hell Sirius, you scared me. Didn't hear you come down at all. What are you doing up this late, anyway?"

"Couldn't sleep. I probably have fleas or something." He smirked at her and she laughed.

"How bout you? Why are you up?"

"Time difference. Not use to it yet. Do you want to sit up with me until I get tired?"

He thought it over for a few seconds and then nodded. She got up and moved to the couch, with him sitting next to her. They sat there in silence for almost five minutes before Sirius spoke up.

"I missed you, Talon. Not the same around here without you."

"I think its easy for you to pick on Snivellus and hunt girls, without me. But its a sweet thing to say. Thank you, Padfoot." Ares kissed him on the cheek and then leaned over, lying her head in his lap.

"So why don't you have a girlfriend? Or did you decided to stay free over the summer?"

"Decided to stay free."

"You hate being tied down to one person, don't you?"

"Its not really that, its that I haven't found anyone I want to be with." He sighed and began running his fingers through her hair .

"Well, you're good looking and all so it shouldn't be hard for you to snag the girl you want when you find her. I do hope you find her, Padfoot." She sat up and smiled at him.

"What if I already have?" Ares saw the way he looked at her and was too shocked to do anything when he leaned forward to kiss her. Right as he did, she came to her senses and jumped up.

"Sirius! I just got together with Remus and you're making a move on me?"

"Not my fault you decided to ask him out before I could ask you. I decided on the train I would tonight and then we get to the Great Hall, and you told me you're already taken. Did you think my previous and new feelings would just go away?" Ares could see the hurt in his eyes and felt bad, but she was with Remus and that was that.

"Its no excuse Sirius. We're friends and only friends. I'm sorry, goodnight." She ran up the stairs to the girls' dorms and he ran after her. He ran halfway up the stairs when the stairs disappeared and he slid down.

"Damnit, I forgot about that."

He punched a wall, and it being stone, hurt like hell. He cursed and stomped up the stairs to his own dorm. Not noticing that seconds before he got to the doorway, it had just been occupied by that of Remus Lupin.

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Sirius walked into the Great Hall and stopped at the entrance. There at the Gryffindor table was Ares and Remus, kissing. He let out a low growl and then walked over and sat with his friends. He ignored their sudden show of affection long enough to eat breakfast and then leave to take a walk outside.

Sirius was sitting next to the lake, throwing rocks at the giant squid, trying to relief his anger, when he heard footsteps approaching. Even though he was in his human form, he still had excellent hearing.

Deciding he'd rather not talk to anyone, he just kept his eyes on the lake, hoping the person would pass. A few seconds later, someone walked up behind him and joined him in looking at the lake. Not really caring who it was, he kept silent. A minute later the person spoke.

"What are you doing out here away from all your admirers? Didn't think you could survive without them."

Not moving his eyes from the lake, Sirius responded.

"Leave me alone, I'm not in the mood." He threw another rock at the squid.

"I saw you last night. With Ares. Does every girl have to be yours?"

"I don't want any other girl, I want her. Can't you understand that, Remus?" Sirius finally stood up and looked at his friend.

"Look, I won't stand in the way if you two are together. But if you ever break up, then I'll be there. I'll be there to catch the pieces and to put them back into place. Remember that, Remus. Remember that." Remus looked at his friend and nodded to him.

"Let's go back inside, shall we? We can find Prongs and Wormtail and go do something. Talon ran off with Lily and her friends, so she'll probably be busy all day."

"Okay." The two headed inside, still a slight tension between them.