Chapter 4

About three hours after the three guys had left, Eden had begun to get rather bored with listening to music and staring out at the countryside. Thorn, the idiot he was, had fallen asleep sitting up. She felt the urge to get up and explore the train. She glanced around at her brother to make absolutely sure that he was deep in "La la" land, and opened the compartment door to the rest of the train.

As soon as she stepped out of the compartment, another person collided with her and they both fell with a bruising quality to the ground.

"Sorry," said the person she had run into.

Eden glanced up and saw that the person was a short girl with dark red hair and pale skin, though not as pale as her own. She had a pleasant face with a small nose and high cheek bones. She noticed that the girl's fingers and hands were rather like her own, small and finely tapered.

Her most astonishing feature however, was her eyes. They were almond shaped, bright green in color, and seemed to sparkle with life and understanding.

"Yea," said Eden to the girl.

"My name is Lily Evans, who are you. I've never seen you here before. Are you new? Are you a seventh year?" asked Lily.

"One question at a time, please! Jesus!" Eden said, taken aback by Lily's up-front-ness.

"Oh, sorry" Lily said timidly.

"My name is Eden McFarley. Yes, I am new. Yes, I am a seventh year," said Eden very fast.

"Interesting."

"Do you like it here?"

"Well. It's okay if you know whose good side to be on."

"Teachers or peers?"

"Both."

"Interesting."

"Yea, I guess."

"Is there anyone I should watch out for?"

"Well, James Potter has the biggest ego in the world. He always tries to get me to go out with him."

"I've met him. I see what you mean. I don't think I'd go out with him if he was the last slimy thing in the universe."

Just then a voice came from down the corridor.

"Evens my dear!" yelled the boy with the big ego that she had met earlier.

"Leave me alone, Potter," Lily said contemptuously.

"So how was your summer, my delightful pumpkin?" he said cheerfully, ignoring the previous comment.

"Shall I repeat myself?" asked Lily.

"Now, let's not be evil, dear Evans," said James with a scolding quality.

"When you finally fall due to my blade, may the maggots burrow in your body and pick you clean from the inside out!" shouted Lily.

"There's no need to shout!" said James defensively. He smiled slyly at her.

"Do you not have ears, or do you just have them in the place where the sun don't shine? She's told you twice now that she wants to be left alone," Eden asked, stepping in to help her new found friend.

"Shit, where did you come from?" asked James, trying to act unabashed.

"I've been here the whole time, but you wouldn't know that would you seeing as how you have such a one track mind," Eden responded.

"Looks like we've got us a little one who can sure talk, but can she walk?" asked Sirius grinning evilly.

"Do you want to leave this train in tact?" Eden asked pleasantly. She knew how to duel and how to defend herself with or without her wand.

"Let's see how you dance. Tarantallegra!" James said as he aimed his wand at her and tried to hit her with the spell.

But Eden was ready. She quickly ducked and hit him from the ground with the full body bind.

"Bitch! Rictasempra!" yelled Sirius.

This one missed, but only by inches. Lily had recovered from the shock of the first spell and had her wand out.

"Expelliarmus!" she shouted.

Wands flew from Sirius's, Remus's, and the other boy's who stood with them. Eden assumed he was the Peter boy they had been looking for earlier.

"Thanks," I said hurridly.

"Let's go," she said and we ran down the corridor to the nearest empty compartment.

"That bitch is in for a rather rough year," said James as Remus removed the body bind charm from him.

"Not necessarily," said Sirius, looking into space thoughtfully.

"What the fuck are you talking about?" asked James as he stared at Sirius, incredulity etched in every line on his face.

"There's something strange about that girl."

"Yea, you just noticed."

"No, I mean something special and unique."

"Having wistful thoughts are we now Sirius?"

"I never suggested the idea." Sirius responded in an attempt to defend himself. He couldn't let James know how he really felt. When he had looked into her eyes, it was like heaven was staring him in the face. He knew that his life would not be complete until she was his Eden.

Only Sirius could pull that of with James and still be on his good side, thought Remus. He knew what Sirius was feeling. He knew all too well.