Tee hee hee! NOOO!! dies from killing glomp You really ish evil. How ish moi violent? flutters eyelashes Oh, nice chapter, Fox Lady. Please accept my compliments. XD Well, now I shall write the next chapter. starts dancing to Naughty Girl by Beyonce Sorry, it's playing and I couldn't resist. Okay....umm.....There probably will be some...language in this chapter. I know, but I can't stop the swearing. I think my mind likes it. sigh Okays, now read on before I kick your arse again.

Disclaimer once more. No, I own no characters. Not even my loverly, Sirius Black. smooch He he, sorry bout that. No, still owned by Rowling. snarls

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A tall boy of fifteen ran out of the wooden doors of Hogwarts that leaded to the grassy grounds of the magnificent school. It was slightly cold, with small breezes blowing about. He wrinkled his nose at the terrible weather of October, and mentally cursed the dark clouds hovering over the Scottish land.

His dark blue orbs scanned the grounds for familiar faces. He caught a flash of red hair near the lake, and black head bobbing around it. He smirked; James Potter and Lilian Evans. Of course, the perfect couple and the worst rivalry.

He jammed his hands into the pockets of his baggy, school pants and cast a wary eye out for his fan club. Mindless zombie girls they were. They would be the death of him one day, and then they'll have no one to moon over. He smirked at the thought. Maybe he would fake his own death, but then again, he rather enjoyed the attention sometimes. One trade-mark smile and they would fall into his hands.

He neared the lovely Lily and the crazy James. He grinned and called,"Eh Potter, have you asked her out yet?" Yes, he loved to spoil his best friend's plans. But he would be there for the man.

James turned to him with pure anger slapped across his face. Or maybe it was just red from Lily slapping him. "Shut your bloody mouth." He hissed in his ear. He turned and forced a smile at Lily, who was glaring daggers at them.

Sirius grinned and shook his head, his silky mane of black hair swaying into his eyes. He noticed a small figure beside Lily, most obviously Raven. He sat nearby the two, eyeing Raven and trying to peek into her hood, but no avail. He briefly wondered if she was going to the Halloween Ball with anyone. A silent sigh escaped from his lips and he turned to watch James trying to ask Lily out.

"Miss Evans, will you-" "No." "Aww, come on Lils, please will-" "No." "Lily, please?" "No."

It continued on like that for a few more minutes until finally Lily glared at him and shouted,"I'm going with someone else for Merlin's sake! Get off my bloody back and ask someone else!"

James jumped back, intimidated by the fiery temper of Miss Evans. "Geez, sorry Lily." he said in a truly hurt voice. He sighed and walked towards, wondering why in all of hell he wasn't asking who her date was. Lily was also contemplating on this immediate change in Potter. She, in fact, did not have a date for tonight's Halloween Ball, the one James had tried to ask her to.

Sirius shook his head and said just loud enough for Lily to hear,"Now you've gone and hurt his feelings. He's probably gonna go and wreck some havoc, and I'm gonna have to fix it!" He shook his head in mock irritation. He knew it was best to steer clear of James in a mood like this though, or he'd return without a head.

Raven sighed as Lily came back to sit down. "Lils-" She began, but was cut off. "Raven, please?" She said, nodded her head pointedly at Sirius. Sirius took it as a note of privacy. "Ciao, mi'ladies." He said casually, bowing low. He strode off in the direction of James, trying hard not to be noticed by the group of giggling fan girls.

Raven shook her head and turned to face Lily. "Lily, don't you think you should give the poor guy a chance?" Lily glared at her in response. Finally she sighed and said,"It's not that I hate the man. He just....bugs me insanely!" She finished pounding a fist in her hand.

Raven's eyebrow raised a few inches, not that anyone could see of course. "Lily. Maybe you should just go out with him this one night and see how it goes. You might end up enjoying the night!" Raven said, smiling. Sirius was still walking towards the lake, but very slowly. Raven tore her gaze away from him and looked at Lily straight in the eye. She saw that her plan wasn't working. "Lily, I dare you. I dare you to go out with him tonight." She grinned maliciously in her mind. However goody-goody Lily was, she was not one to back down on a dare.

Lily glared at her once more, then laughed. "You're really evil, you know that?" She said in a mock angry voice. Raven just smiled innocently from under the gaping hood. "Fine. I'll do it. I'll go with him." Lily sighed and dropped her head in her hands.

"You're going too then." Lily said quietly, as an evil plan formed in her cunning mind. "I dare you to ask Sirius to the Ball." Lily grinned wickedly at Raven, who's jaw was hanging open.

"What the hell? I don't want to embarrass myself that way! Crude." She added at the end, when Lily just wiggled her eyebrows gleefully. Lily put on a scolding voice,"Now, Miss. Dumbledore, swearing will do you no good." Raven laughed weakly and tried to push the dare from her mind.

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Sirius held onto James's arms, pulling him fervently towards the girls. "Come on mate! The James I know isn't....afraid....of.....girls." He puffed tiredly. Damn, since when did James get so strong and heavy? Sirius was a match for his strength, but he was weakening fast. "Dammit boy, get up and be man. Quit being a wuss!" He finally said in a venomous voice.

James let Sirius drag him on for two more minutes before sighing and getting up. Sirius grinned and said, "That's better. Now, clear your face of emotions and put a smile on. No, a real smile! Close enough. Well, come on now." He walked back over to where Lily, Raven and Hades still were. Lily smiled at them, forcing it a bit when directed at James.

"Umm..Pot-ouch! I mean, James, would you like to go to the Halloween Ball with me tonight?" She said, smiling at the woe-begone young man. Her heart caught in her chest. He looked so pitiful. And it was obvious Sirius was giving him lessons on being discreet with emotions, his smile was so forced.

James's face immediately lit up. "Really? You want to go with me?!?" He said excitedly. Sirius nudged him and James slowed down. "I mean, are you sure you want to go with me? I thought you were going with someone else."

Lily suddenly looked uncomfortable. "Well, um...I....You see..." She faltered, earning a nudge from Raven now. She continued on, mustering up her courage. "I...I lied about that....I'm not going with anyone." She cringed slightly, waiting for the blow from James. It never came.

"But...why'd you have to lie to me?" James said softly. Lily looked down at the ground and said,"I dunno...I was...afraid." She looked up at him as if seeing him in a new light. "Will you still go with me?" She asked quietly.

James smiled faintly. "I'd love to." And with that, the two made their way up the castle, immensely deep in a conversation. Sirius grinned and called,"Now that wasn't so hard, was it mate?" James ignored him, watching and talking to Lily with a look of sheer bliss upon his face.

Sirius sighed and turned to Raven. "So....are you going to the Ball?" He asked curiously. Raven smiled sheepishly at him, but not that he knew about it. "Um....well, yeah..Umm, can I ask you something?" Sirius gazed at those emerald eyes, the only visible thing from under the hood.

"Sure....." He replied, wondering what she was going to ask. Raven's eyes seemed to light up but then returned to their empty state when a girl called out from behind,"Hey, baby, Siri, what are doing out here with the freak?"

Sirius whirled around and glared at his recent ex-girlfriend, Tirianne Kellston, one of the many that were left in the dirt and didn't know it. She had a nice body, but a large, hooked nose and limp blonde hair. He didn't know what he saw in her. He opened his mouth, a look of retort on his face when Raven burst out with,"Forget Sirius." She ran away from them, hiding the look of distress on her face. Sirius watched her and was about to go after her when Tirianne rested a hand on his arm. "Forget her darling. She's not worth it. Besides, I heard that she was terribly ugly."

Sirius looked in her plain, brown eyes and then at her hand. Silently, he took her hand off his arm, and said,"Tirianne. I thought we were over. No use chasing after your ex's."

He left Tirianne standing there, wishing greatly that he could hit her, but decided against it. He looked up at the sky, glowering at the gray storm clouds hovering over the Scottish school. Thunder sounded, and he strode towards the castle irritated. 'Bloody girls, so unpredictable...'

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Raven ran, tears streaming down her face. Why was the world so bloody cruel? Why couldn't the world give a damn for the unwanted, the helpless? She sobbed loudly, as she ran into the Forbidden Forest, not noticing that a girl watched her gleefully.

Tirianne smirked and muttered,"Dislocerta." at the bouncing black hood of Raven's. "Now she'll never find her way out." She snickered and sauntered away from the forest, trying to devise a plan in her astonishingly small brain.

Raven flew through the forest, screaming loudly. 'I just wanted to talk to him...and then she had to show up..' she thought in distress. 'Him and his stupid fanclub.....If I did go with him, he would probably be off snogging other girls....' She broke into another sob.

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Sirius was walking up the steps to the castle when thunder broke out in the darkening sky, accompanied by little pelts of raindrops. With each falling drop, the rain fell harder, and Sirius was about to run inside when a loud bark distracted him....Yes, it sounded like Hades. He looked over the grounds, searching for either Hades or Raven, but he could see neither. He looked back at Hogwarts, then at the forest, and took off towards the looming trees, fur growing over his body with each step. His body morphed into the form of Padfoot, and he urged himself to run faster. His ears twitched, picking up all the noise around him. He stopped and sniffed at the air, and took off once more at the familiar scent.

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Her red hair fell down her back in strands of strings, and her robes clung to her leath figure. Raven was furiously kicking a gnarled tree, still very distressed. She screamed loudly once more and fell down to her knees, her hands clutched in tiny fists.

Her hood had fallen down to reveal her face of fragile porcelain, her green eyes glittering with tears once more. She ignored the rain falling upon her and continued to stay in her hunched position.

Sirius heard the upset scream and ran to the source, his paws padding against the wet dirt of the forest. He continued in the direction, finding that the barks were in the same direction. He came to a halt in a clearing, his dark blue optics rested on the crying girl. He saw Hades come to a stop at the other end of the clearing. He slowly began walking towards Raven, his body losing the black fur and he soon was the familiar handsome boy that the world knew him as.

He walked around the fallen youth and came to a stop in front of her, crouching down to look at her face. He slowly pushed her chin up, gazing into her eyes. Raven gasped and looked up at him.

"Si-si-rius....What are you, hic, doing here?" She stammered. She quickly lifted her arm to wipe away her tears, but Sirius caught it. "I heard Hades barking and you screaming. Why were you crying?" He wanted to add how much it ruined her face to cry, but decided against it.

"I...I...Umm....So, are you going to the ball tonight?" She asked, avoiding Sirius's question. She looked up at his eyes, and felt herself get lost in the swirling pools of dark blue. Sirius looked at her and held the gaze and said,"Please don't change the subject. You can trust me." He softly caressed the tears from her cheeks, feeling himself drown in the green whirlpools in her eyes.

Raven broke the gaze, and whispered,"I don't know...It was Tirianne..." She sighed and asked quietly,"Just answer this for me. Do you feel any...emotions around Tirianne?" She waited with baited breath, afraid of the answer.

Sirius seemed startled at her question. He stopped and thought for a second. "Yes..." he said quietly. Raven's heart fell. "Mainly just anger and irritation though." He added at the end.

Raven's heart flew back up. She was so happy, that she leaped up, throwing her arms around his neck and kissing him on the lips momentarily. Sirius looked at her, more shocked than angry.

Raven flew away from him, her face stricken with horror. "Oh my gosh, Sirius, I'm so sorry...I didn't-" She was hushed when Sirius's lips met hers once more, this time longer and more passionate.

Raven's eyes widened, but soon she got caught up in the kiss, and her lips parted slightly, as she returned the kiss. Her arms went around his neck, one of her hands pulling through his silky black hair.

Sirius finally pulled away, gasping for air. Raven's cheeks were flushed a dark pink, her lips slightly redder. Sirius grinned then asked the one thing she thought would never happen.

"Would you like to go to the ball with me?"

Her reply was a passionate kiss, which he took as a yes.