"As we have already discussed, you will return periodically with Lucius. We are clear on that?" Voldemort asked.

"Sure," Lily said.

"Now we have to deal with your return. I can imagine it may have been a bit of an inconvenience to be snatched away, and since you have decided favorably of my will, you may choose what the next move is. You may remain here, owl your parents and go to Hogwarts without returning home, or Karakoff can take you home and tell you parents one of two things. That you are mentally unstable and will be staying at a ward throughout the year until summer, or that you are mentally stable and quite frankly, a witch."

Lily sighed, "I don't know if I want to deal with them. May I have the night to think it over?"

Voldemort nodded, oddly pleased that she would be remaining there.

"Oh, shoot. I don't have my stuff with me!" Lily said, frustrated.

"Lily," Karakoff said, indicating her trunk and everything she had bought the previous day.

"How - " Lily said confused.

"Lucius popped over to your house and collected your stuff in case you wouldn't want to go back," Severus told her.

"Aww, Lucius thanks. Wait, did you go through my underwear," Lily asked suspiciously.

Anthony turned to see him answer, "Well?"

"I did not go through it, but yes I packed it. I packed everything you would need," he added, attempting to get away from the subject.

"Well, since you've already seen it, what do you think of it? I've been wanting a guy's opinion for awhile, but I wasn't about to shove it in some poor, unsuspecting boy's face," Lily said.

"It was very.cute," Lucius said, marveling at the weirdness of the conversation.

"Is that the best you can do?" Voldemort asked, much like a normal guy when it wasn't a matter of world domination.

"What do you want me to say?" he asked helplessly. This was not the kind of question he was sure how to answer.

"It's alright. I was hoping for better input, but that will have to do," Lily said, deciding not to torture him.

"I'll tell you what I think," Karakoff said.

"Okay, that is my girlfriend, and this is my girlfriend's underwear we are talking about," Anthony broke in.

"Getting a bit possessive, aren't we?" Cleave jeered.

"Well if you people all wouldn't flock to her," Anthony said.

"It's the thrall, they wouldn't do it otherwise," Lily said, excusing their behavior. "Neither would you."

Anthony opened his mouth to protest, but closed it when he realized he couldn't honestly say for certain what he would have done.

Lily shook her head, "See. It's a curse. I will never know what people honestly think of me."

"Lily, it is you. This thrall we refer to is your being," Lucius said.

"Yes, but if I weren't what I was," Lily started.

Lucius finished for her, "Then you wouldn't be you."

"I suppose you have a point," Lily said. She looked into the sky to see the full moon high above her. "Gosh, it is getting late. So how do we do this whole sleeping thing? And don't any of you dare say I can sleep with you."

"I wouldn't have," Lucius said uncertainly. "But, how are you with camping?"

Lily looked scared, "Uh, I've never done it. I'm not the outdoorsy type."

Lucius groaned, "You've never slept outside?"

"I guess I am willing to try. Will a bear eat me?" Lily asked, worriedly.

All the guys looked at her to see if she was serious, and when they saw she was, they all started laughing.

"Hey, don't laugh at me!" Lily said.

"It's just, an elemental is scared of a bear!!" Severus said between laughs. "It just reminds me that you are still human."

"Like that is easy to forget?" Lily scoffed.

"Yeah, it is. Elementals are things strait out of legends, not even our grandparents had one alive in their generation," Nore pointed out.

Voldemort spoke, "Now that all the business is over with, let's do something fun."

"Like what?" Lily asked, a little surprised how different he was when he was just one of the guys.

"Hmm, since this is your first time camping, let's do one of those traditions," Voldemort suggested.

"Like ghost stories?" Lucius suggested.

"Or lightning tag?" Nore suggested.

"Or smores?" Severus asked.

Everyone stared at him, "Geez, it was just a suggestion."

Lily laughed, "I like marshmallows."

Severus looked at her gratefully.

"How about ghost stories over smores with a little lightning tag, which I assume to be like flashlight tag, afterwards to work off the calories?" Lily said.

"Sounds good to me," Anthony said.

"But, how do you do ghost stories when you know they are real?" Lily asked curiously.

"Oh, well, actually they tend to be about the same as yours," Nore said. "Generally they tend to be more amusing than scary, but we can pretend to be scared for you."

"Would you?" Lily asked.

"Who wants to tell one?" Cleave asked.

"Why don't we have Potter tell one?" Voldemort said coolly.