After another hour, James was beginning to get impatient. Sirius had found every owl that looked like him, and Remus found ones that looked like him. Lily said no to all of them.
"What are you looking for?" James asked irritably.
"I don't know, but when I see it, I'll know," Lily said. "After this, we can go back to the Quidditch place."
"But I want to go noooow," James whined.
Lily whirled around, a black curtain falling in front of her previously blue eyes, "Then go! I can get the owl myself. You don't have to stick around."
"You know what, I am so tired of this, that I will! Guys, we are going," James ordered.
"But - " Sirius said, looking at Lily.
"Sirius, just go," Lily said, her eyes willing him to understand that it was what she wanted.
"Alright Lily," Sirius said, and followed James out. Remus followed too, shooting a concerned glance at Lily who smiled in thanks.
Lily searched around the store for another twenty minutes before throwing herself on the counter in exasperation.
"Can I help you?" a friendly voice came from behind the counter.
Lily looked up and saw a girl about her age with layered blonde hair to her shoulders, fair skin, bluegreen eyes. She stood about five foot six inches, so Lily was eye level with her.
"I've been looking for an owl forever! I just can't find what I am looking for," Lily sighed.
"Let me see if I can help you, I'm more of a cat person myself," the girl laughed. "Not that I know why, cats are so useless. Dog people have much more sense."
Lily looked at the girl peculiarly. "Is it part of your job to do this?"
"Not really," the girl said. "All I am required to do is ring people up."
"It's really nice of you to help me," Lily said. "My name is Lily Evans."
"Nice to meet you. My name is Lindsay," she said. "I don't know why I am so at ease with you. I'm normally shy around people I just met."
"Not to be rude, but do you have a last name?" Lily asked.
"That's not rude," Lindsay said. "But, no I don't have a last name. I'm half tree nymph. I know what you're thinking, but I didn't inherit any of my mother's features except for the eyes. They change from time to time."
"That is very cool. My friends tell me mine change when I get angry, and from the way one guy was staring at them when I was laughing, they change when I am happy to," Lily replied
"Are you going to Hogwarts?" Lindsay asked.
"Yes, this will be my first year, hence the owl," Lily said, indicating the cages.
"Well, I go there, too," Lindsay said. "I hope we end up in the same house, I'd like to talk to you some more."
Lindsay pulled out a cage, "I think this will suit you."
Lily gasped when she saw the occupant, it wasn't quite an owl. It was partially owl, but it was the eyes that got her. The eyes changed from leafy green, to watery blue, to fiery red, to airy white.
Lily turned to Lindsay to find her looking at her with a knowing expression, "I knew it. My mother told me about you. You're an elemental."