After gathering all she required, Pippa made her way to the counter to wait her turn to be served. She whipped her tattered school supplies list out of her pocket and began crossing off the things she'd gathered in the store;

One telescope, one magical trunk.. and of course, one packet of exploding snap, just a little something to keep herself entertained on the journey. She'd already read half of her textbooks already, after borrowing them off of her older cousin, so decided to treat herself.

At last, she was at the front of the line, and Pippa placed each item carefully onto the counter and began counting out her coins.