Chapter 9

Eden entered the dormitories in a very good mood. She couldn't wait till tonight. She wanted to let her true colors show and be herself without any restraints upon her character. She was so free in her fairy form.

She ran upstairs to her dorm and quickly changed into a long black skirt with chains and buckles hanging down from it, and a tight black top that said "I am the future of England, be afraid, be very afraid". She quickly placed her hair into two tight braids, slipped her feet into her black, lace up boots. Then she ran down the stairs after Riley and Lily where they waited in the common room. She couldn't wait to go down to Hogsmead for the first time.

The horseless carriages ran down the slope to Hogsmead. Lily was staring out the window watching the countryside pass by. She wondered what they would do in Hogsmead. She hoped nothing strange or weird would happen that had anything to do with James and his gang of friends. She wanted to think that the ring leader was the most obnoxious person on the planet, but she knew those were not the feelings her had for him. She could lie to herself no longer, she loved him.

"So.... What are we going to do?" asked Riley, pulling Lily back to the present.

"I really don't care," Lily answered.

"I want to go to Zonko's to buy some stands for my new fireworks," Eden said eagerly. She couldn't wait to try them out.

"Fine with me as long as you don't set fire to another shirt of mine in one of your pyretic states," Riley said.

"Yea!" Eden yelled. She loved blowing things up.

A tinkling bell sounded as the four Marauders walked into Zonko's.

"Hello chaps," the store owner said as he greeted them with a smile. The four boys had been in the shop so often that the owner practically knew them by now. "The newest firework additions are over there by the squeaky moose.

Sirius and James turned and saw Eden staring at the fireworks.

"I never knew she liked fireworks," James commented casually. Sirius immediately walked over to her, not wanting to miss a chance to talk to her.

"Hey," he said coming up behind her.

She jumped and turned around, "God, you scared the hell out of me you bloated git!"

"What did I ever do to you?"

"I'm just not used to people coming up behind me and breathing down my neck."

"Oh, sorry. What are you looking at?"

"I'm trying to find a stand for my new fireworks. I love blowing things up and I can't wait to get started."

"Wow! Are you a pyro?" Sirius said staring at her.

"Yea, I guess you could call me that," Eden said, still staring at the fireworks.

"That's kick ass!" Sirius said with wide eyes.

"I know. Are you a pyro too?" she asked looking at him interestedly.

"In a way. I don't set things on fire regularly, but I will for a prank!" he said grinning evilly.

"Like that prank you played on your cousin Bellatrix?" she asked.

"Oh yea, I remember. I set her hair on fire. That was fun!" Sirius said as he lapsed into memory. "But wait, that was in fifth year. How do you know about that?"

"Oh, sorry, Lily told me." Eden said, lying through her teeth. Because the full moon was that night, her fairy powers were growing stronger. In fairy form, she had the ability to look into people's past and see things that they had done. That had just happened a moment ago. She had to be careful or else someone could find out. "Well, see you around I guess. And don't play any pranks using fire without me present," she called as she walked over to the register with the stand she had been looking for and some more fireworks.

Sirius stared after her. What was happening to him? Whenever he was around her, his palms got all sweaty and he got nervous. She put him on edge. How she did it he didn't know, but she did it. He had finally come to a long awaited conclusion.

He loved her.

(A/N: Sorry. I know that I said it would be longer, but I promise that the next chapter will be because something big is happening in it!)