Karakoff, who had been walking in silence, decided he might as well have a go at a conversation with Lily, "So, are you seeing anyone?"

Lily looked at him, "Yeah."

"Anyone I know, or is it a muggle," he said that last word with a bit of distaste.

"Acutally, you do know him. It's Anthony," Lily replied. "I'd met him even before I knew I was a witch. We lived near each other."

"Did he know what you were?" Karakoff asked oddly.

"Uh, no. Actually he had just dumped me when I found out," Lily said, a bit of a laugh. "It seems like forever ago, but it was really just yesterday."

"Long day?" Karakoff asked, a bit awkwardly.

"Well, other than the fact that you pretty much kidnapped me..."

"I was wondering if you knew that was me," Karakoff said quietly.

"...It has been a long day. Anthony took me to Diagon Alley to get my supplies. James, Sirius, and Remus literally dragged me into an alley. I found out I was an elemental. And I come home to find my parents trying to have me committed," Lily sighed.

"Well, it wasn't exactly their idea, if it makes you feel better. I told them that I had heard of your insane ramblings and that it was characteristic of a severe mental illness that would only get worse," he told her.

"Oddly enough, that does make me feel better," Lily said, looking at him with gratitude. "Thank you."

Karakoff blushed, "It was the least I could do, for being so mean to you on the way over."

"Why were you so standoffish?" Lily asked, curiously.

"Well, I kind of got the short straw, no one really wanted that job," he replied.

"Understandable. I mean you had to deal with a possibly hysterical girl, her parents, and drive all that way," Lily said, sympathetically.

"And it turned out the girl's friends were more of a problem than she was," he said, laughing.

"That is pretty strange," Lily said. "The worst that I thought would happen was that I would be put away in a mental ward for the rest of my life."

"But that didn't turn out to be the worst," Karakoff said lightly.

Lily's eyes turned green in amusement, "Ah, yes it did. That is a fate worse than death."

Karakoff laughed, a full-throated laugh that he hadn't used since he had become a Death Eater.

"Out of curiosity, what was my sisters' reaction to your news?" Lily's eyes had lost their joyful color.

"Umm, she seemed very upset, but also a tad relieved if I'm not mistaken," Karakoff said quietly.

"I expected no less," Lily said quietly and took a deep breath. "Now I have my answer, I can move on."

"So, what can you do?" Karakoff asked, interested.

"Are you spying on me?" Lily asked coyly.

Karakoff looked surprised, she was almost flirting, but he knew there was a difference between flirting and almost flirting, especially when the girl's boyfriend was your comrade, "No, I'm not collecting information for my lord."

"Well," Lily started. "When I was trying out a wand -"

"You tried out a wand?! What were you thinking?!" Karakoff asked, shocked.

"Well, I didn't know what I was," Lily defended.

"Sorry, go on," he said politely.

"Well, with the first wand I set the side of the room on fire. With the second wand I created an earthquake," Lily said. "But I fixed it."

"What else?" he asked eagerly.

"Hmm, I blew away the people in front of me at the bookstore," Lily said and giggled.

"Not very patient, huh?" Karakoff said amusedly.

"Nah," Lily said and crinkled her nose. "And I transported my friends to my house on some wind while cloaking us with fog. Oh! And I blocked the sun with a cloud, but that was nothing big."

"Nothing big? What I wouldn't give to be able to do just that. I must confess to some envy," Karakoff said, teasing.

"I hope that won't come between us," Lily replied in mock-sincerity.

"Oh, me too," Karakoff replied likewise, causing them both to laugh.

"Karakoff?" a voice called from the forest.

"Yes," he replied in his stony-cold voice.

"Bring back the girl," the voice said,

As they walked back, Lily whispered, "Do I have a name? Or was I mistaken?"

He chuckled softly, but any emotion he had shown before had disappeared as soon as they reached the camp.

Lily thought to herself, They're all playing a game. I don't know when someone is being sincere, and when they are pretending. Everyone has not just two faces but three!!