Lily gasped, "How did you know?"
"How could I not? I'm part nymph, you're like a goddess to my kind. Had I been full nymph there would have been no doubt in my mind, but as it is, you just proved you were."
"How did I prove it?" Lily asked, confused.
"You just looked at a sacrum avis, a sacred bird. They were the pets of the elementals back when their culture was thriving," Lindsay said. "Any mere mortal who would dare look such a magnificent creature in the eyes would have been disoriented at least. In a worst case scenario they would be driven insane."
"You're not going to tell everyone, are you?" Lily asked anxiously.
Lindsay laughed, "Oh, no. It will be our secret. Though I have to tell you, your eyes change with every emotion you have. If you learn to control your power, it will stop doing that. Just a suggestion."
"Thanks," Lily said. "Hey, do you get off soon?"
"Well, in five minutes I can leave," Lindsay said, checking the clock.
"Do you want to come with me? The guys I am hanging with are being really hard to stand," Lily said. "It'd be nice to have a girl in the group."
"Are they like you?" Lindsay asked.
"No," Lily replied. "They're normal." Hearing what she had said she laughed, "I'm sorry. It's just that it was just yesterday I found out there was magic, and now I am referring to it as if it were normal."
"Hey, you adapt, that's a good thing," Lindsay said, trying to comfort her new friend out of the hysterics she was getting into.
"I'm sorry, it's just been a hard day," Lily said, on the brink of tears.
"Tell me about it," Lindsay said.
"Well, actually it started yesterday. I was going to meet Anthony, my boyfriend, and he came to the door very fidgety. Turns out he was dumping me. Then right after that he found out I was going to Hogwarts, so he made me a deal. If he could prove magic was real, I had to go out with him for another year. So I went home, tried to explain to my family that I was a witch. My sister took it the worst, we were really close up until yesterday. And my parents, they say they believe me, but I don't think it has sunk in yet. Then this morning, Anthony got really strange, very arrogant and cruel as soon as we got here. His friends aren't bad, but then I got snatched up by James and his friends. They talked badly of Anthony and his friends and they talked badly of James and his friends. The entire day they kept starting fights and trashing each other. And then on top of that, I find out I am an elemental and what not," Lily stopped. "It felt really good to tell somebody that."
"I'm glad. Hey, if you want, I can come with you now," Lindsay said, stepping out from behind the counter.