Inside the store, Lily was completely lost so Lucius offered to get everything that she needed.

"Are you sure you won't mind?" Lily asked uncertainly.

"What kind of friend would I be if I didn't help you?" Lucius asked.

"You never helped me!" Severus protested.

"You never need help, so don't pretend," Lucius shot back.

"Hey, where is Anthony?" Lily asked, glancing around.

Lily walked outside after handing her money bag to Lucius to pay for her stuff.

When she didn't find him directly in front of the store, she walked around a little to find him in the middle of the street, fighting with James.

Before walking up to them, she looked around for Sirius and Remus, but they were nowhere she could see, probably lying in wait.

Shaking her head disgustedly, she marched up to the pair, resting a hand on each of their hands that were tensely holding their wands. Immediately they were both swamped with the calming effect of her touch, as if they were being gently rocked by water.

"What are you doing?" Lily asked Anthony.

"I got lost?" Anthony said unconvincingly.

"Try again," Lily said, the flame in her eyes beginning to kindle, the dark hovering over the blue in her eyes.

James, who had been standing there watching them, hoping they would fight, noticed the change in her eyes. "Lily, your eyes - "

He didn't get a chance to finish as the darkness completely dawned and the fire roared, and she turned her haunting look on him. "If you give me some line like they're beautiful, you won't live to regret it," Lily said, obviously frustrated.

Usually James would not have taken a threat seriously, but something about her said she was very serious. "I wasn't. But your eyes -"

Anthony broke in, "Don't bother. She doesn't care."

"Was I talking to you?" James snapped.

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" Lily screamed, the fire practically consuming her entire eye now. "Can't you just get along or stay away from each other? James, I'll see you later. Anthony, we're going back. Now."

Anthony obediently followed, not normally so meek, but he was truly afraid of her. And James turned to go to his friends.