A/n; Hoorah! Praise me for I am evil: I've added more characters! But here's a bit of a… * scratches head * I want to say foreshadow… * shrugs * Yes, a foreshadow: they won't stay at Hogwarts.

Ominous.

And to response to S.P.'s (Sorrow Personified to the rest of you) review: YESSMS THE RATING DOES GO UP!!!!! But much, much, much later because… um, hello, 14 year olds having sex is kind of gross. (beta reader: yeah, just a little…lol)

GO SEE THE NEW LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS TRAILER!!!! * falls on floor convulsing * DEAR GOD!!!!! Is there anyone else who CANNOT WAIT for it to come out???? Agh!!!!!!!!!

Please applaud me for shrieking when Frodo shots are shown. And please laugh when Frodo falls face-first into the Dead Marshes for it amuses me beyond words.

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If at any time Lily needed to realize her life was about to change very dramatically for the first time, it was now, when Jaden and Sierra arrived. Of course Jaden gave her the heebie-jeebies and of course the circumstances were bizarre, but something else hung in the air - suspicion, fear, anxiety.

Everyone in the school seemed to notice the change in atmosphere as Christmas was fast approaching in a matter of four weeks. Lily chalked the feeling up to the holidays coming and everyone was going crazy about school being let out in a few weeks.

Sierra had been there for one month and was adored by the entire fourth year, Lily and her friends, and James and his friends. She was the perfect addition to Hogwarts: the life of the party, the perfect student and the most enthusiastic person Lily had ever met. She was driven by people's emotions and her own self-esteem and was generally wonderful to be with. Jaden, on the other hand, was distant and most arrogant and hateful person Lily had ever met. One might say, years later, he could most be compared to Draco Malfoy.

Most smitten with Sierra, however, was Sirius Black. Never one to stay attached and known as 'that boy who has the most flavors of the week, besides James Potter', it was astounding to see Sierra and Sirius studying together in the library, sitting at Quidditch matches and at breakfast together and other sorts of things. The whole grade seemed to hold its breath, waiting for Sirius to finally ask her out.

That morning was like every other and Lily, as usual, was the target of one of James' more humorous and less-harmful pranks. She sat poking morosely at her breakfast with Sabrina, Sierra, Misty and Arabella.

"I swear Lily, he likes you! I noticed it the first day I came: the way he looks at you, the way he smiles when he taunts you. Argh! It's not fair!" Sierra exclaimed. A friendly smile took the edge off her words, though.

"Come off it Sierra. And anyway, you know as well as I do that Sirius, for once in his life, is falling for someone that'll last longer than one week," Lily informed her with a knowing smile.

Sierra shook her head. "If he likes me so much, then why can't he do anything about it?"

"He's got his hands tied with Jasmine Haddox," Misty said, jabbing her thumb in the direction where Sirius and his 'flavor of the week' were standing, talking.

Sierra smiled sadly. "I wish he wasn't like that."

"Like what? Like a total womanizer?" Sabrina asked.

"Yes!" Sierra exclaimed.

"When it comes with the territory, girl, you have to accept the fact he's Sirius Black: in the same league as James Potter and one of the most wanted boys at school. You have to put up with the hundreds of girls who want him just as bad as you do," Arabella said wisely.

"Wow, Bella that was… insightful!" Misty exclaimed with her eyes wide.

Arabella grinned proudly. "I know!"

"You must've been hurt badly by him," Sierra said quietly.

"Oh, please. Everyone's been burned by him, he's like Potter except he's got a brain," Lily said rolling her eyes.

"I hate it when you refer to James as 'Potter.' Why do you two have to hate each other so much?" Sierra asked in an annoyed voice.

"Because we just… have our discrepancies," Lily said airily.

"Discrepancies being the understatement of the year," Misty laughed.

"Oh yes. Have you all seen the wonderful new art he's displayed on me?" Lily said with a frown.

She stood up and turned around so that they could all see the neon-pink writing on the back of her robes that read 'I Have Slept With All The Slytherin Sixth Years!' with hearts around it.

Sierra tried to look sympathetic and at the same time prevent herself from laughing out loud. The result was a rather comical mix of snorting and clenched teeth.

"It's not funny," Lily said sulkily, sitting back down.

"No it's not! Who'd want to sleep with any Slytherin?" Misty said wrinkling her nose.

"Ew! Like Severus Snape," Arabella said.

"Or Malfoy," Sabrina said with utter distaste written across her face.

"Or Potter," Lily said, looking like she was going to throw up.

"Do you even know anyone that wouldn't kill to go up the Astronomy Tower with him?" Misty asked skeptically.

"No," Lily said blatantly.

'Going up to the Astronomy Tower' was referring to the reoccurring events that had taken place that year: James, Sirius and Remus were notorious for their charms and had obviously come up with the brilliant idea of luring girls up there for some heavy snogging. There was also the possibility that they'd done more because Lily knew for a fact that a lot of the girls in their year and up had participated in some sexual activity.

Lily shuddered at the mere thought of James Potter putting his hands anywhere on her.

"Then I rest my case," Misty said.

"Misty, you've been to the Astronomy Tower…what was it like?" Sierra asked with more than a little interest.

Misty blushed. "Well, I – it was a one time thing…"

"Come on Misty, we've all been dying to hear about this one!" Sabrina said heartily.

Misty and James had had a mild relationship at the beginning of the year and she'd been one of James' first 'victims' up in the tower.

"Oh, come now, I'm sure you'd all be much rather interested in talking about that upcoming Hogsmeade trip!" Misty cried pathetically, blushing even more profusely.

"Ooh I can't wait! I have to buy all of these presents for my friends," Sabrina said excitedly.

"What're you buying Sirius, Sierra?" Arabella asked.

Sierra looked at all four faces with a smirk on her face. "I'll never tell."

"Oh yes you will!"

Sierra pretended to look deep in thought. "I was thinking of getting him something practical – boxers, maybe?"

All of the girls, save Sierra, burst into giggles and tried to cover them up by putting their hands over their mouths. They were the kind of giggles you got in a health class when your teacher said the word 'penis.'

"That's a great idea! How about you enchant them?" Misty said. She appeared considerably more enthusiastic on the subject than the rest of them were.

"I was thinking of getting him ones with hearts…" Sierra trailed off.

"What you want to do if you really want to get his attention is just do the whole nine yards: candles, romantic music, the right atmosphere…" Sabrina said, ticking off points on her fingers.

"How would you know about all of this?" Lily asked curiously.

"I just do," Sabrina said pompously.

"Have you been reading those cheesy romance novels Bella's got up in our dorm?" Misty said, elbowing Sabrina in the arm.

"Oh yes, those – romance novels! You have to watch them – can't be confusing reality and fantasy now, can we?" Sabrina said nervously.

Lily suddenly got very suspicious and wondered just what went on with Sabrina and her older friends.

"I HATE YOU SIRIUS BLACK! I WISH YOU'D NEVER BEEN BORN, YOU SNAKE EATING BASTARD!" Jasmine yelled suddenly, her face bright red and tears welling up in her eyes.

All the bodies in the Great Hall swiveled around to watch this interesting soap opera-like episode. Jasmine slapped Sirius across the face, not unusual at all, and stomped out of the Great Hall.

Sirius grinned slightly and went over to sit with James. After making sure there was nothing more to be seen, the students at Hogwarts slowly went back to their breakfasts.

"What was that?" Sierra squeaked.

"That was Sirius Black doing his famous break-up routine. Happens all the time," Sabrina said nonchalantly, biting into a muffin.

"You'll get used to it. But I imagine it's quite a nasty shock in the beginning!" Misty assured her.

"That was scary! Do girls always do that?" Sierra inquired.

"He's Sirius Black, remember? Girls would die for him if they… wanted to…" Lily said. "And when he breaks up with those girls who would die for him, they're pretty upset."

"I'm surprised Sirius doesn't have a permanent handprint on his face from all the girls who've slapped him," Arabella remarked after taking a swig of her pumpkin juice.

"It wouldn't surprise me in the least," Sabrina added.

"Sierra, now is the perfect chance for you to go ask Sirius to go with you to Hogsmeade!" Lily said excitedly, pointing to where James and Sirius were sitting and laughing as though he hadn't just broken up with Jasmine. Remus, strangely enough, was nowhere to be seen.

"Oh – oh no, Lily, I couldn't! I mean – "

"Come on, come on I'll even go with you! And I hate Potter!" Lily said jovially, tugging on Sierra's sleeve.

Reluctantly and with the energy of a dead leaf, Sierra was dragged over to the front of Gryffindor table where the boys in question were sitting.

Lily cleared her throat expressively. James looked up casually, his fork halfway to his mouth. "What do you want, Evans?"

"Nothing that concerns you. Go back to stuffing your fat face," Lily said smoothly.

James shrugged, for once letting Lily slide without insult.

"Hey Sierra," Sirius said, brightening considerably.

"H – hi Sirius," Sierra said shyly. She suddenly felt exceedingly self-conscious.

"Big HOGSMEADE EVENT this week, huh?" Lily said loudly and obviously, digging her heel into Sierra's foot.

Sierra yelped and nodded feebly.

Sirius grinned. "Yeah! I can't wait! Me and James are going to buy so much –"

James coughed loudly, looking pointedly at him.

"Oh wow! What a coincidence: we're going too!" Lily said, mentally kicking herself for lack of intelligent words to say.

"…Wow, Evans, the whole 4th year is, last time I checked!" James said sarcastically.

Lily shot him a venomous look.

"Should we um, meet you somewhere?" Sierra ventured.

Sirius looked stricken for a second and thought it over. He never passed up an opportunity to 'meet up somewhere' with a pretty girl, especially ones as pretty as Sierra.

"Is your weird brother Jaden going to be there?" James asked.

"Nice, Potter. You've got such a way with words," Lily said acidly.

"He's not weird James, and I don't appreciate you calling him names!" Sierra said slightly peeved.

James shrugged. "I'm just telling you what the school thinks."

"And I'm sure you've got the school's best interests at heart," Lily said through gritted teeth.

"Shut it, Evans," James said, pointing his fork at her.

Lily stuck her tongue out at him.

"I'd love to meet you somewhere… in fact, why don't we go just – just on our own!" Sirius said in one long rush of breath, wincing.

James looked at him in shock. "JUST BY YOURSELVES? Sirius, whatever happened to us going together to shop for – you know?"

"Come on James, we've gone together plenty of times. Can't I spend some time with Sierra?" Sirius said. For the first time, it seemed he was embarrassed he had to discuss this in front of his best friend.

"I –" James started and broke off, looking at Lily and Sierra, "would you excuse us for a second?"

"Yeah Sierra, I'll talk to you later, ok?" Sirius said with a winning smile.

"Right," Sierra said and dragged Lily off.

"So how'd it go?" Sabrina, Arabella and Misty asked excitedly.

Sierra looked flushed and slightly embarrassed. "I wish I didn't get so tongue-tied around him! I always think of nothing to say around him!"

"Oh come now, you did fine!" Lily said.

"That's because you were talking for me," Sierra reminded her.

Lily shrugged. "I did most of it, but you were the one who brought up the topic of going together!"

"So are you going to Hogsmeade with him?" Arabella asked.

"Potter got peeved so Sirius said he'd talk to her later," Lily said. "Honestly, Potter's always got to have his way otherwise he gets grouchy."

"I'm sure we'll find out later today; Sirius really likes you, Sierra!" Misty said with an encouraging smile.

"How can you be so sure?" Sierra asked.

"Because he's never like this around girls he just keeps around for a week or two - he's always happy around you and he's more open and… I don't know it's just like he's a whole new person!" Sabrina said.

"Oh," Sierra said slowly. She looked torn between confusion and amusement.

"Come on, enough morning traumas: we've got class," Lily said hurriedly and they gathered their books and went off to class.

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"Si, you're my best friend and everything but I've just got one question: what's up with you and Sierra?" James asked later that night, when he and Sirius were in the Common Room, doing homework for a change.

"What do you mean?" Sirius asked absentmindedly.

"Come on, buddy, don't space out on me now! I mean, you're not leading her on like you do everyone else, are you?" James accused.

Sirius's gaze stayed fixed on the wall opposite them. It seemed to James his mind was in a whole other galaxy. "Why would you suspect I'm leading her on?"

James snorted. "It's the same old routine: you ask them out on a date and they fall for you and then you dump them a week later!"

"I swear, James it's not the same this time… Sierra's got something the rest of the girls at this school don't," Sirius said quietly.

"What would that be?" James asked.

"It's hard to explain, it's more like animal magnetism, you know? You've just got to be with that person. I've never felt anything like it before! I mean usually I just stick with a girl because they won't leave me alone but… God James, I feel like I never see enough of her in just one day," Sirius said, running his hands through his hair. It looked like he had thought about this for a long time.

James sat there, reclining in his chair with his legs propped up on the table, a confused expression on his face. "Sirius, has it ever occurred to you that you could be in danger of falling for her?"

"Is that bad?" Sirius asked.

James sighed, raking a hand through his own hair. "Look, Sirius, we've figured out we're probably the most eligible bachelors ever to come through Hogwarts, right?"

Sirius nodded slightly, as though hesitant.

"So, there are a lot of girls we've dated and still more who want us, right?" James said, sounding completely humble for such an egotistical topic.

"Ye – s?" Sirius said slowly, still puzzled.

"Maybe you've just hit some girl you've got to get out of your system. We're not really supposed to ever fall in love - if that's what this is. Which it probably isn't, you know. We're James Potter and Sirius Black, we can't fall in love," James said in a sad voice.

"What do you mean by that? Why can't we fall in love?" Sirius asked, even more confused.

"I don't know, Sirius, it's just – we've dated so many girls it's just hard to fall for one when you've gotten into a routine," James floundered.

"So… what you're saying is we've got to live up to a certain standard? Like, never actually fall in love because we've got to keep our reputations?" Sirius asked dangerously. He looked irked now that he finally understood what James was saying.

"No, not like that exactly! I mean, we've dated so many girls and they're all the same: pretty, tall, popular, and sexy. We couldn't ever find someone that we could fall in love with that we hadn't dated, someone who was different," James said triumphantly, finally getting out what he wanted to say.

Sirius nodded. "I understand… but I think Sierra is different!"

"How so?" James pressed.

"She's so perfect for me: she's never fake and always up for anything. She's bloody gorgeous and she's so funny and…" Sirius trailed off.

James grinned and nodded. "You going to take her up to the Astronomy Tower?"

"Perhaps," Sirius said grinning and then his expression changed to a more sobered one, "I think she might be the one James."

"The… one?" James repeated slowly.

"Yeah you know, the One," Sirius said, repeating the earlier statement. The difference between the way he said it was utterly different from the way James had. There was an air of…reverence about him.

James snorted and started laughing. "You mean like, the One? Like, the one you lose your virginity to?"

 Sirius gave him a weird look and shrugged uncomfortably. They both knew that they'd gotten close to losing their virginity, but neither of them had. Sirius didn't consider it a big deal, really, but it just seemed weird to talk about it concerning Sierra.

"What I mean is that she's the one who I think – I think I'd like to spend the rest of my life with," Sirius said solemnly.

James stopped mid-laugh. "Sirius, come on man, you can't – you can't be serious! You met her barely a month ago!"

Sirius shrugged. "One month is a long time in Sirius years."

"Sirius, I know you like her and all but this is just too weird: you can't possibly fathom how deep love goes," James said.

"How poetic, Jamesie," Sirius said teasingly.

"Thanks. Been reading up on Shakespeare," James retorted sarcastically.

"What about you, James? Who's the lucky girl you want to spend the rest of your life with?" Sirius asked.

James groaned. "Sirius, I have no idea. All the girls in this bloody school are so fake and they're just like that so they'll get a date with me. I'm not stupid, you know."

"What about Lily Evans?" Sirius asked lightly. It sounded like a name picked out of the air but James couldn't help but feel Sirius had been thinking about asking him about this for a while.

"What about her?" James asked in icy tones.

"Come off it James, anyone who's got eyes knows she's bloody gorgeous!" Sirius exclaimed.

James shrugged and made a face. "She's all right, for an ice queen."

"She's not an ice queen," Sirius said defensively.

"How come she's so hostile all the time then?" James asked.

"She's hostile to you," Sirius said.

"All the better for me, I don't have to put up with her!" James said.

"Why do you have to make this difficult? All I'm doing is asking you simple questions!" Sirius exclaimed.

"Yes, and I'm answering those questions honestly!" James said.

"She's so different from everyone else in this school," Sirius said, musing aloud, "she's not at all bitchy, with the exception towards you, and she's genuinely gorgeous… not all fake like some of them. She's like Sierra, except…lacking a certain je-ne-sais-quoi."

"So she's got a perfect complexion," James said with a grimace and a shrug, "nothing else."

"Nothing else?" Sirius nearly exploded, "she's got the most damn perfect body ever!"

James snorted. "No she doesn't! She's a shrimp!"

"Doesn't matter," Sirius said shaking his head, "no one's got legs like hers."

James, with a sinking feeling in his stomach, recalled that fateful night in detention where he'd also realized that…

"And you know it, my friend," Sirius said with a wink.

"Bah. Lily Evans is a thorn in my side," James said uncomfortably.

"A sexy thorn in your side," Sirius said happily.

"Sexy?" James asked how someone might say 'RABIES???'

"Gods, yes," Sirius said with a grin, "can you imagine her in the sack?"

James didn't bother repressing a shudder. "EW, Sirius."

"I'm sorry but good God, she's got such a fiery spirit…" Sirius mused before breaking off in a silence that said a lot more than words ever could.

"EURGH! THAT'S DISGUSTING!" James said loudly.

"No actually, that's quite an appealing thought! If you don't go for her, I'll go for her!" Sirius said.

"Ugh, you can have her," James said with a disgusted look on his face.

"Ok so let's see… Sirius: Lily and Sierra, James: zero," Sirius said with a smirk.

James repressed the urge to toss his book at him. "I'll find the right girl, I know it. But Sirius, we're just fourteen!"

"Just fourteen… and in three years, only three, we leave Hogwarts and all of this behind. Who knows what romances we could have in the next three years!" Sirius exclaimed.

"Yes Sirius, horrors, in three years we leave," James said in a dull voice.

"Oh… darn! I have to go talk to Sierra about Hogsmeade. Perhaps I'll persuade her after our date to come up to the Astronomy Tower…" Sirius said mischievously, running off.

James was left alone in the Common Room with the only sound being the scritch-scratch of his quill on the parchment.

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Back in the Ravenclaw Common Room, Jaden Lethesine sat calmly in his chair with his legs crossed and his arms folded in his lap, staring at the fire.

Master better like what I'm going through to bring him Lily Evans, he thought venomously.

Arriving at Hogwarts had been hell and meeting all of the cheery people at Hogwarts was almost enough to make Jaden turn back. But never, not even in the hardest times did he go back on his word. He would deliver Lily Evans to the hands of Lord Voldemort.

He had gotten his first taste of evil when he had joined the Death Eaters at the early age of twelve, when his father had punished him for looking in his secret Ministry files and blackmailing people at the Ministry with the information. Jaden wanted so desperately to do something to punish his father for acting so harshly and stupidly that he joined up with the leagues of Voldemort and burned his own house down to the ground, laughing the whole time. A laughter that sounded all too mad to his ears, but he noticed it coldly. If he was to be mad, so be it. He knew where the power lay.

Jaden's poor sister, Sierra, was oblivious to the fact that he was the murderer of their own parents and a Death Eater. Perhaps it was better that way: if Sierra was to ever find out, he would have to kill his own sister as well, leaving him no family.

He had no family: his father was a spineless bastard, his mother had cared only for her jewelry and parties and his sister was mixed into the background. His only family was Voldemort and Voldemort's supporters.

Getting Lily Evans would be harder than he thought: she was surrounded by admirers and friends at all times and that damned fool James Potter was absolutely smitten with her.

He gritted his teeth in anger as he recalled his meeting with the Dark Lord the night before he had left for Hogwarts.

{Flashback}

"Jaden, most trustworthy of all followers, your master commands you to do this deed of special magnificence," Lord Voldemort said in his soft, snakelike voice.

"I will obey, Master," Jaden said monotonously.

"Good boy," Voldemort said with a faint curving of his lips.

"What does Master command?" Jaden inquired in the same voice.

"You must go to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and somehow fool that Muggle-loving bastard, Headmaster Dumbledore, into thinking that you are one of his doddering pupils eager to learn their pitiful little magic. There is a girl I want… oh yes, a certain redheaded girl, Lily Evans. You must - you must! - bring her to me," Lord Voldemort said with a look of hunger in his vivid red eyes.

"Why, Master?" Jaden asked with a furrow of his brow. "Why?" 

"Do not question the authority I have!" Lord Voldemort hissed.

"Yes Master," Jaden said quickly in a trembling voice. "What do you wish me to do with her?"

"Bring her to me as soon as possible, alive or dead," Voldemort replied with the same evil half-smirk.

"What else does my Master command?" Jaden asked, greedy for information.

"I have seen a great premonition, Jaden… there will be many who fight for her," Voldemort said. "There is one other… James Potter… remember that name."

"Yes Master," Jaden said automatically.

Voldemort smiled. Jaden pleased him greatly, and his future as a Death Eater was promising. "Do away with the remains of their friends."

"Yes Master," Jaden said, feeling fulfilled. He turned on his heel and walked away, his black cloak rippling behind him…

{End Flashback}

He would get Lily Evans and everyone she had loved dearly. Jaden smiled, a cruel smile that never touched his eyes; the Dark Lord would reward him greatly.

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Sirius tapped his foot impatiently, waiting for Sierra to come back from dinner.

"Sirius!" Sierra called when he finally sighted her climbing through the portrait. 

"Hey, Sierra, I have something to talk to you about…" Sirius said trailing off as she walked over to him.

"About Hogsmeade?" Sierra supplied with a small smile.

"Yeah, that's it," Sirius said inwardly cursing himself on always thinking of the stupidest things to say around her. Which felt rather odd, he had to admit, for he never said anything remotely stupid around a girl.

"If you're asking me if I still want to go the answer's yes," Sierra stated simply, then ran her tongue over her lips nervously, waiting for an answer.

Sirius grinned widely. "YES! I mean, wonderful. Meet you at the entrance at ten in the morning on Saturday?"

Sierra returned a wide smile. "I'll be there."

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A/N: Wow! Long chapter! And… woooooooo Jaden's evil. If you didn't pick up on that, I recommend rereading! This will become very important in the next few chapters.