August 24th

School was starting soon, and Angellica was left to her own devices, sent to shop Diagon Alley with her governess. As per their agreement they didn't walk together, nor did they really interact. Angellica had wanted to be independent, to have time to do as she pleased, and though the woman had had her own reservations, they found a happy medium where they agreed to keep a healthy distance, and stick to whatever plan they had had for the day. With her father at work, and her mother hosting some funtion or another, the blonde had found herself tucked in the depth of Flourish and Blotts to purchase the next years tomes.

Honestly, she was excited. So many titles, and so little time. She could have easily spent the day there, but she had a list, and she was going to limit her side purchases. It was all part of a larger plan. One she hadn't told a soul about of fear that it would be foiled. Rather than think about her desires, she stacked the books for the year in a basket. At least the first three she had found. There were still a few more to pick up. As she sought something extra, she found herself pausing, a copy of Hexes for the Busy and Vexed as she noted someone lose their book-list.

"Sorry," she called gently towards the fellow student. "You seem to have dropped this," she offered with a warm smile not quite paying attention to the parchment itself. In fact, she had just assumed that it was a list for the year, most people around were buying for back to school after all.

The school year was starting once more, and for Dale that meant being separated from his parents. They were both muggles so they couldn't go with him into Diagon Alley. The first time he came here he was scared to be alone and without guidance, but now that he knew his way around and was much less shy than he was a year ago he was actually enjoying it.

But before he could explore and spend his extra money, he had to buy his school supplies. For this year he mostly needed to but books, for his own studying and the required textbooks he needed to pick up. As he wandered along looking for the books he needed, he kept getting distracted by interesting spines and titles of certain books. In fact, Dale was so absorbed in looking through one particular book, that he didn't notice when his booklist had fallen out of his pocket. As he closed the book and reached into his pocket to fish his booklist out he didn't feel anything, he panicked a little bit as he looked around for it, he was about to go into a full-blown panic attack before a girl came up to him gave him his list back. He breathed a sigh of relief and said "T-Thank you." the girl looked like a fellow student. He decided to ask for the girl's help, he was looking for a book called "One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi" but could not find it, "Umm, I'm looking for a book called One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi, do you know where I can find it?"