When Lily awoke, she was startled to find the car parked in a forest and the driver gone.

"Hello?" she called tentatively.

She tried the door, knowing it to be useless even before she grasped the handle.

"Hello?" Lily called, her voice giving rise to panic.

"Hello," Sirius said, popping up by her window.

Lily jumped back, "How did you get here?"

"Heh," Sirius pointed to the forest where the rest of the guys were hidden behind a bush, "Snape may have not known a memory charm that could be shielded, but a tracking spell is a whole other story."

"I could not be more thrilled to see you," Lily said gratefully. "Do you know what is going on?"

"Yes," Sirius said shortly.

"Do I want to know?" Lily asked, banging her head on the window.

"Not really. We can't actually help you," Sirius said quietly.

"What?! You're just going to leave me here?" Lily asked, astonished.

"No. It's just, we can't actually do anything. We don't have the strength to stand up to a dark lord," he mumbled.

"A WHAT?!" Lily shrieked. "Why am I here? Stupid question. How did he find out? Do you think someone told him?"

"It seems Malfoy left something out when he was telling us the lore of elementals. It would seem you have an...an evil thrall that attracts baaaad people," Sirius explained. "Which means, a dark lord would be naturally drawn to you."

"Oh, great. This will be fun. My second day in the wizarding world will be my last on Earth," Lily said bitterly.

Lucius popped up next to her window, "It doesn't have to be that way, Lily."

"What do you mean?" Lily asked hopefully.

"Well, if you were to join him..." Lucius dirfted off.

Lily's hopeful expression fell into perplexion, "I don't know. Joing a dark lord sounds a little risky."

"So does opposing one," he countered.

"Lucius, what makes you think he wants me to join?" Lily asked helplessly.

"Three reasons: A. You're not dead. B. You're the second female elemental. The last one died of old age because all her advesaries were men who fell under her thrall. C. I have an insider's information," Lucius said, ticking off the reasons on his fingers.

"I knew it! No one believed me, but I knew you were a Death Eater," Sirius said, pointing an accusatory finger at Lucius.

Lucius shrugged, "Good for you."

"No denial? No violent rebuffal?" Sirius asked, a little disappointed.

"I'm a bit more concerned about Lily right now," Lucius said, pointing to the girl locked in the car.

Sirius felt ashamed, "Of course."

"So, what do you know about him? The dark lord?" Lily asked curiously.

"He's nineteen, pretty young for a dark wizard, but powerful none the less. He's hated muggles ever since his father walked on on his mother because he found out she was a witch. He goes by Lord Voldemort. And he was Head Boy at Hogwarts," Lucius told her. "And he has a wicked temper."

There was a noise of people approaching in the trees, so the boys turned to leave.

"Oh, and Lily," Sirius whispered urgently. "Control your eyes and don't use your powers. We don't know how much they know of you."

Sirius and Lucius dived into the bush right before three figures entered the clearing.