Chapter 1: When It Began

"Hey, uh. do you wanna go to the Yule Ball with me?" The boy asked the girl as he stopped her right before she entered the Great Hall.

"Uh. No thanks." The girl replied, eyeing the boy.

"Aw, com'on Anisia!" The boy begged the girl, Anisia.

"No Sirius! And they call me Key!" Anisia argued with Sirius.

"Please Key?" Sirius asked again. "Please Key. will you go to the Yule ball with me?" Anisia considered this for a moment.

"Alright Sirius Black, I will go to the Yule Ball with you." She finally replied.

"ALRIGHT!" Sirius cheered, he ran into the Great Hall to tell his friends.

*~*~*The Next Night*~*~*

"I can't believe you actually managed to get Evans to go out with you James!" Wormtail exclaimed, he had dressed up considerably, though it had only took him about five minutes. James ran his hands through his hair, mussing it up. Sirius laughed.

"He didn't 'manage'; he won a bet with her!" Sirius smirked. James smiled at him.

"It's the same thing Sirius!" He laughed. Lupin crossed his arms and just nodded, smiling. They all stopped their laughing and teasing as a group of very pretty looking girls came walking down the stair case leading to their dorms.

Most of the girls passed them by, but four stopped before them. One was a girl about Wormtail's size; she was lanky (like Wormtail) and seemed oddly shy. The girl had large green eyes with short brown hair. She was of course Wormtail's date.

The girl standing to James's right was Lupin's date. Lupin's date was just a little shorter than him, she looked serious, even more serious than Lupin himself (Note: that's almost impossible). The girl had long black hair that went almost down to her waist and dark brown eyes. She was also wearing black rimmed glasses.

Now Sirius's date, Anisia Devilan (also known as Key Devil), she was considered one of the all-around smartest girl's in Gryffindor, she didn't have the best marks, but she had above average marks in all classes, she was pretty logical, but still loved a good thrill, just like Sirius. Anisia had shoulder length dark brown (with red highlights) hair with beautiful glittering dark midnight-blue colored eyes.

Anisia was to die for.

As for James's date, she looked disgruntled. to say the least. It was Lily Evans, she had lost a bet made to James for a date at the Yule Ball, and she absolutely despised James. Lily was very kind of course, but she didn't like James and the rest of his little "gang's" ways of doing things. Lily had thick, dark red hair that fell to her shoulders, and startlingly green almond-shaped eyes.

Lupin's date shot him a dirty look as he gawked at Anisia, but Anisia didn't seem to notice him at all, probably because Sirius was all over her, complimenting her. interlocking their arms.

Lupin's date grabbed his arm fiercely, startling him slightly. Wormtail smiled at his shy date and they interlocked their arms as well. James offered his arm to Lily, but she just pushed it away and stomped ahead. Sirius snickered and Lupin just shook his head hopelessly.

At the Yule Ball there were many couples, even some out in the halls kissing. Lupin's date looked up at him hopefully as they passed the couples on their way to the party. Sirius whispered something to Anisia and she whacked him, blushing. Wormtail had seemed oblivious to all of this and headed into the party with his date eagerly. James didn't even dare glance at Lily.

That night James danced with Lily only a little, seeing as she didn't like him at all, so most of the time he just hung around at the tables as Lily spoke with her friends about whatever girls talked about; Sirius and Anisia seemed to be having a great time, they danced for almost half the ball, then when Sirius got tired, Anisia asked James if he would like to dance with her, and of course, he accepted.

"Hey, don't make a move on Key, she's mine." Sirius told James as he was pulled onto the dance floor by Anisia.

Lupin slumped down next to Sirius, he was already bored with his date, and all she wanted to do (apparently) was talk about school and family and boys, stupid things like that, so Lupin had - uncharacteristically - just sort of. abandoned her.

Lupin shook his head. "Whoever said 'Looks can be deceiving' was right." Lupin told Sirius, Sirius smiled at his friend's words. "Where's Anisia?" Lupin suddenly asked, noticing that she wasn't anywhere to be seen. Sirius laughed.

"She wore me out! My feet hurt like hell, now I'm resting while she wares James out, you can be next if you want." Sirius said, smiling and laughing. Lupin smiled along with his friend, and inside, his hopes rose to even greater heights.

"Yo! Earth to Lupin! Earth - To - Lupin!" Sirius waved his hand in front of his friend's face. Lupin turned to him.

"Did I miss anything?" He asked. Sirius almost fell out of his chair laughing.

"Hahaha. no, not really, I just wanted to ask if you thought I had a chance with Key." Sirius explained looking up to the ever changing ceiling above them. Lupin looked up at the ceiling as well, thinking about the possibilities.

"Yea. I think you do have a good chance with Anisia." He replied the both looked at each other, smiling knowingly.

"Hi Lupin, haven't seen you around much tonight, having fun?" Anisia asked she had appeared out of the crowd, James behind her, looking very tired. Sirius snickered at James, only stopping when he received another whack to the head from his friend. Lupin smiled nervously at Anisia, flushing slightly.

"I'm having fun now, Anisia." He told her.

"Oh, you can call me Key, Lupin." Anisia explained, giggling. Lupin clearly blushed at this. Anisia took the seat on the other side of Sirius, forcing James to sit on her right.

"Has anyone seen Wormtail around at all?" James asked, looking around at the other tables where more couples were settling.

"Nah, but I think I saw him leaving the Great Hall with his date a little while ago." Sirius explained, leaning back in his chair. Anisia sighed loudly as the next song came on.

"Oh no you don't!" Sirius exclaimed defensively as Anisia stood up. She scowled at him.

"Oh come on Sirius! Just one more dance!" Anisia persisted, tugging on Sirius's arm.

"No! You're gonna kill me!" Sirius argued. Anisia let go of Sirius's arm angrily.

"Fine then!"

Lupin cleared his throat, standing up. "Uh. I'll dance with you. Key..." Lupin offered, holding his hand out to Anisia. Anisia smiled at him, taking his hand.

"Ooh. bad move Lupin." Sirius said in a mocking tone, Anisia grabbed a napkin and fwapped him with it in the face before she and Lupin headed for the dance floor. The napkin fell to Sirius's lap.

"Aw. she's so cute when she's angry." Sirius and James laughed at his comment, even though Sirius had meant it with all his heart.

"Thanks for dancing with me." Anisia said as she and Lupin started to dance, Lupin's hand on her waist shakily.

"It's an honor." He replied, smiling. Anisia giggled, causing Lupin to flush. They danced in silence for a little bit more before anyone said anything.

"You're a really good dancer." Anisia complimented, looking straight into Lupin's eyes.

"So are you." He replied, trying not to blush even more.

The song ended and they returned to the table where Sirius looked kind of angry, while James was just sitting there smiling and snickering.

"Out of all my friends I didn't think you would be the one to steal my date, Lupin." Sirius said, his voice didn't seem angry or anything, it seemed kind of mocking. Anisia sat down next to Sirius again and giggled.

"Oh get off it Sirius, you're the one who refuses to dance with me anymore!" Anisia laughed, James nodded.

"Who says I wasn't going to ask you to dance with me for this song?" Sirius asked, eying Anisia overly dramatically, causing her to laugh even harder.

"Then why don't you ask me?" Anisia almost dared Sirius.

"Fine then, I will. Key, may I take this dance?" Sirius asked, standing up and slightly bowing down to Anisia. Anisia stood up and took his outstretched hand. Then they walked out on to the dance floor. It was a slow dance, a dance for couples. The lights dimmed slightly as the music started.

Sirius smiled warmly at Anisia.

"So, how do you think tonight is turning out?" He asked her, still smiling.

"I think it's better than what it could have been with almost any other guy." Anisia replied, returning the same smile. Anisia stepped a bit closer to Sirius, he was a bit intimidated by this, but didn't step back.

"I really like all of your friends Sirius." Anisia told him. Sirius chuckled.

"Yea, me too." He said in a joking, Anisia laughed along with him.

That's when Sirius made a very bold move, he shifted his hand just a little lower than Anisia's waist to rest on her ass. Anisia took a sharp intake of breath, but other than that she didn't do anything; she didn't even say anything as they fell back into a steady pace with the other couples. Anisia noticed that some of the other girls resting their heads on their partner's shoulders or chests, but she didn't want to do that really, Sirius's hand on her ass was far enough for one night.

Anisia glanced back at the table, James was smiling proudly, but Lupin didn't look as happy. he looked almost. shocked.

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AN: I hope everybody liked that, it's my first Harry Potter fic! Can you please review so I can get some opinions on this story? I need at least 10 reviews to update!