Adrian walked up to the counter a little awkwardly. He didn't have anything to buy, because he just wanted to talk to the person at the counter, so he felt weird. But he made sure his face looked professional as he waited for someone to notice him.

The shop had been VERY quiet ever since the children went back to school, so when Gemini noticed that someone was standing at the counter, she smiled at him and walked over. "May I help you?"

Walking over to the counter, after having inspected the entirety of the shop, Kaela held a hulking magical trunk, a midnight blue telescope, and a magical camera. She smiled up to the shopkeeper and said, "This will be all for my purchase."

Alyssa was grateful that the shopkeeper over at Slugs and Jiggers Apothecary had told her that they had probably gone for a break because he was right, the store was open. She dashed in and grabbed the telescope she needed. She headed towards the counter before she realized that there was more to this store than just telescopes. There was a staircase that led upstairs. "I guess that's where guests who want to stay for awhile, go. Maybe one day when school's out we could spend a night or two here", she said to her parents.

As she turned and walked further into the store she saw a beautiful shimmering cloak hanging on a rack. But it wasn't just an ordinary cloak. It was an invisible cloak. She had heard that one existed but she had never seen one before. "This may come in handy one day", the mischievous part in her was thinking. But she knew that her parents wouldn't allow her to have it. So she reluctantly laid it aside and moved on to the other shelves checking out the other magical items in the store.

She noticed shelves containing magical items for transportation, storage, and other uses. She picked up some floo powder. "This will come in handy for traveling from one place to another, since I'm not allowed to disapparate yet and I'll definitely need a magical trunk and mokeskin purse, because I'm going to need something to put all these stuff I've just bought and that's not counting the stuff that I have at home from last year. Oh boy!."

But she was not done yet. She grabbed some everlasting candles because she knew that she would be doing some last minute, late night reading in the near future. She also picked up a two-way mirror, so that she could see her family, if she started to feel homesick, like she did the year before. She picked up what she needed and moved towards the counter, looking longingly at the Invisibility Cloak as she walked past it. She decided to ask her parents permission to buy one. "Can I have the Invisibility Cloak, Mom and Dad? I promise I will not misuse it to hurt anyone or to cheat". She waited while her parents talked it over. She saw her mother shaking her head as her father spoke with her, and her hopes kept sinking lower and lower. Finally her parents turned to her. They were both smiling. They told her that she could have one on the condition that she swore that she would never misuse it and use it for the wrong reasons. "I swear, I swear. Thank you so very much", she said and hugged them both. She quickly ran back and grabbed the cloak and added it to the pile she had placed on the counter.

She noticed that the shopkeeper was busy helping others, so she stood there waiting patiently with her parents, happy with the things that she had found in the store. While she waited she calculated how much she would owe the shopkeeper. 21 galleons and 11 sickles. That sounded like a lot of money, but she promised herself that she would make good use of everything she had bought today. "Whenever you ready, Miss", she told the shopkeeper, "I'm ready to check out".

Nora walked towards the counter and waited in line to pay for the telescope and the deluminator she was still holding in her arms, careful not to break them. Nope, she wouldn't want that, would she?

Now let's just hope that she won't have to wait for a long time, since she knew how clumsy she could sometimes be.

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.

Beezus entered the shop, but accidentally stepped on something ! It blocked her way .
Uh-oh , she fell face down on the floor. :whaa:

"Help ?" she inquired.

"11 Galleons and 3 sickles for you dearie." Gem said as she wrapped up the purchases.

"Sorry little one, I don't sell invisibility cloaks for the use of children, it's a Ministry restriction." With her wand, she summoned the cloak and placed it back on the display with the others, "19 Galleons and 3 Sickles for the rest of it then." The other items were spinning about in midair, wrapping up themselves and then placing themselves back on the counter top.

"Yes sir, six galleons." Gemini smiled at the girl, "Would you like me to wrap it up for you, dearie?"

"11 galleons for you my dear." She reached out and took both of the items, and glanced at the child, who looked a little bit smaller than her telescope, "Would you like me to put a temporary charm on it, to make it easier to carry?"

"8 Galleons and 12 Sickles, little one." Gem started to wrap everything up, giving the girl some room to count out her coins.

Gemini grinned, "12 Galleons and 6 Sickles, dear."

"Oh dear." Gemini held up a finger to indicate to her next customer that she would return in just a moment, and stepped around the counter to help the poor child. "There you are my dear." She said, setting her back on her feet. "Careful now, there are lots of breakables in here."

Gem's eyes traveled over the purchases and nodded at the child, "8 Galleons and 3 Sickles."

"6 Galleons there, dearie." Gemini smiled at the sweet girl and wrapped up the telescope.

"Alrighty then, ma'am." Clara nodded back as she pulled out her money bag and counted the coins in her hand. "8 Galleons and 3 Sickles." She stated as she held out her right hand for the woman.

Eleven galleons. Alright.

Once the shopkeeper took the items, Nora had her arms free to look around in her small bag for the money. "Is that possib-" She suddenly stopped as she handed the galleons. Or course it was possible. It was magic. Anything was possible.

"I'd be grateful," she said, grinning.

Rosalie took out her bag and counted six galleons on the counter and then picked them up and handed them to woman, "thank you ma'am."

'Thank you dearie." Gemini took the money and handed over the bundles, "Have a lovely day now!"

Gem had waited for an answer before attempting to wrap up the telescope. She pulled her wand out and tapped it once, shrinking it down to an easier to carry size. "There you are, it'll wear off when you get home."

"Thank you dearie, have a lovely day." Gem waved to the child and collected up the money, dropping it into the till.


"That'll be six galleons there, Miss." Gem said to the girl. She reached over and collected the telescope, wrapping it up protectively.

Nora watched curiously as the woman did her magic while she was wrapping up the telescope. She'll surely need to learn that, whatever it was. Especially when she had to buy all those books and a cauldron and only Merlin knows what else.

"Thank you!" The girl said cheerfully, as she took the much smaller telescope and the deluminator, which was small enough to stay in her bag. "Goodbye," she added with a smile, then walked out of the shop.

"Thank you ma'am" I said wrapping the telescope up and walking out of the shop.

Clara beamed as she took the telescope and added, "You have a great day too!" as she walked out the door.