A/N: Short today in order to give more regular updates. Thank you again for everyone who has read and commented.
"What is it, Lisa?"
It didn't take Celestia long to notice that Lisa was frowning over the secondary paper. Her mother's bursts of insight could only be described as magical sometimes. Still, it was an issue that Lisa needed to deal with and couldn't figure out on her own. She sighed and held out the supply sheet to her mother.
"Have you even heard of any of these books? 'A Standard Book of Spells' or 'A Beginners Guide to Transfiguration?'" Lisa asked desperately. Celestia took the list and considered it thoughtfully, finger on her chin. Some of them, she was sure they had in their library or somewhere in their coven's library. Mum herself had an entire shelf dedicated to books on magical theories from the Druids to the Ancient Egyptians. Not to mention all the history books- both magical and otherwise which cluttered their home.
"I haven't heard of them." She said thoughtfully, "But I'll make some calls this afternoon and see if maybe John or Howard have. If not, we'll run into London and go on a book hunt." She sounded delighted at the idea and Lisa smiled weakly.
"As for the other things, you have your ceremonial robe, but we can make you some work robes easily enough. I still have all those black sheets from the charity auction last year." Celestia pulled a scrap of paper towards her and began writing down notes to herself as she talked out loud, "I'm sure we'll find a pointed hat somewhere, though I am surprised to see that as a uniform considering the historical sources of the pointed hat myth-"
"And I can bring my gardening gloves," Lisa cut in hurriedly before her mother could go on another rambling lecture. "They aren't dragon hide but they are sturdy."
"Excellent idea, love!" Her mother beamed at her, "And we can bless them to be as sturdy as any hide of a dragon. That way no magical creatures will be hurt!"
"We can make the cloak as well," Lisa continued down the list, skipping over the books entirely for the moment, "and I already have my wand!"
"That you do my love," Her mother said proudly, stroking her hair, "And a beautiful one it is. Hand carved too. I suppose we can let you take the cauldron as you cup, but there's not mention of either blade or coin?" She glanced over the list again.
"Maybe those come at later years?" Lisa suggested. "First I learn to be proficient with my wand, then with my cup, then with my blade, then with the coin?"
Celestia considered the idea with a small frown. "It is different," she confessed, "Than how I would want you to be taught. Each of the elements are so bound with each other that to learn one in seclusion would seem like folly.
"But," She continued with a small smile, "What do I know. You'll be learning powerful magics at this school and we must be open to different traditions."
Lisa nodded, before continuing down the list. "The glass phials we can get from the chemist's probably. I'll say it's a school project. The telescope might be a bit trickier, but shouldn't be hard. And the scales?" She looked at her mum who was noting down ideas on her scrap of paper.
"We'll go to some of the charity shops. I'm sure we will find a scale. Especially since you are so blessed by the Mother herself to study her ways. She will take care of everything." Celestia turned to her with a happy smile, "We must have faith in the wanderings of fate."
Lisa nodded and committed the lesson to memory.
