Lily was confused, she had been walking around with James, through the cobbled crowded streets of diagon alley, and thy had every thing that they needed, when she had gotten separated from him in the apothecary, lost among the row of shelves and unable to see jams, she assumed that he had left and upon leaving, the doors had clanged shut and locked behind her.
It was starting to get dark. Lily had never told anyone this, (except her sister when she was younger) but she was afraid of the dark, and especially when she was alone, like now.
She began to run, blindly trying to get back to the comfort of a close human voice. She tripped, and went sprawling on the ground. Tears came to her eyes, and she curled up in a ball, shaking in the cold damp alley with slimy walls.
Suddenly a masked figure appeared a few metres down. She tried to scream but a warm hand covered her mouth, pulling her into a corner and throwing some kind of cloak over her.
The figure spoke into the air;
"lord, the plan is in place, Hogwarts will fall, and the map will be destroyed"
"show me the map" the voice hissed in a hoarse tone. The first person pulled a piece of ancient parchment from beneath his robes then. To her surprise, beside her, her rescuer whispered accio parchment, the sheet soared gracefully over to the persons hand and he tucked it in his robes.
The man turned, with a shriek of rage
Whereupon, seeing nothing, he began firing curses everywhere.
The person took lily by the hand and sprinted out of the alley.
"Run Lily" he cried. Only then, did she realize that it was James.
