After walking for what seemed to be hours I finally made it to the edge of the woods. Lucky for me I could see some houses in front of me a few miles away. I sighed in relief as I saw the houses. My feet were killing me right now. In my past life I rarely walked anywhere except for work. Now being in the body of a child, just walking was difficult for me. Once I get to houses I can finally find out exactly where I am.
When I finally got to the houses the sun was setting, and the lights on the streets flashed on. I seemed like I had wandered into a nice looking neighborhood. It looked like a nice clean neighborhood, but also very bland and boring. All the houses looked so alike that you couldn't tell the houses apart from each other.
Knowing that I had to find out where exactly I was I decided to go up to a random house. I knocked on the door lightly. After a few moments a familiar large beefy man opened the door. I swear I know who it is, but just can't think of who he is. The large man looked down at him in annoyance.
" Do you know what time it is? Knock on my door late at night. Who are you and what do you want?" The large man asked aggressively. I looked the man up and down.
" Sorry to disturb you, but you see me and my family are on a road trip and my mom seemed to read the map wrong and now we're lost. Would you be able to tell me where exactly we are?" I asked. The man looked out from his door and looked around.
" I don't see anyone else. If you're on a road trip, where's the rest of your family?" the man asked suspiciously. I gave him a quick smile.
" They're parked down the street. My father doesn't like to ask for directions. So I had to do it. So I just ran over here to see where we are. Didn't want to bother people this late at night with the sound of a car." I answered him. The man eyed me for a second before nodding.
" At least there are still some decent people still around." The man said. " You're on Privet Drive in Surrey." Privet Drive! Something seemed to click in my head. That's where I know this guy from. This is Vernon Dursley! The uncle of Harry Potter! I need to get out of here quickly. I didn't want to get involved with Harry Potter or his family just yet. I just need to get the information then I will get out of here quickly.
" You see we are looking for the Charing Cross road. It has a record store and a bookstore on the street. Can you tell me how to get there from here.?" I asked him. Vernon seemed to think for a second.
" Charing Cross…Charing Cross. Ah yes. It's about 10 miles that way. Just follow the road. Until you get into the city. Just ask someone from there." Vernon said, He pointed down the road that seemed to lead out of the neighborhood. After that Vernon slammed the door in my face before I had the chance to thank him.
The man was a little rude, but at least he told me where to go, but 10 miles ugh. Why did it have to be so far away? I already felt like my feet were going to fall off. I walked off the man's porch and looked down at the road. Well nothing to do but to do it. I walked down the road preparing for a long journey
* * *
I was panting in exhaustion when I finally made it to Charing Cross Road. I want something to drink so much right now. Luckily when I got to the city I was able to find a shop that wasn't closed and got directions here. Though I did get a lot of weird looks. I was assuming it was because I was a 10 year old roaming around the city at night.
As I walked down the street I was able to see a dark shabby pub next to a bookstore and a record store. I walked over to the door and took a deep breath. This was it! After I walk through this door I will step into the world of magic. Even though I felt so tired I couldn't help but get excited. My heart was beating out of my chest in anticipation of what I was about to experience.
I took a deep breath to calm my heart and opened the door on shaky legs and walked inside. As soon as I walked in I felt warm air surround me from all sides. I looked around the pub and noticed wizards and witches sitting at tables talking with smiles on their faces and chatting happily.. The atmosphere seemed so relaxed and peaceful. I walked in deeper into the pub.
" Afternoon lad, what can I do for you? You looking for your parents or something?" A man that was behind a bar counter asked. I immediately recognized the guy that spoke to me. So this guy is the owner Tom.
" Hello Mr. Bartender. No, I'm not waiting for my parents. I just wanted to pay for a room for 3 nights and some meals," I said to Tom. Tom chuckled at me.
" No need for Mr. Bartender. The name is Tom. As for the room and meal. I mean I won't turn away good coins, but are you sure that you should be roaming around by yourself?" Tom asked me with concern in his voice. I nodded my head.
" Yes, it's fine." I told him. Tom nodded his head. Seemingly not wanting to pry in other people's business.
" Alright, Well with the room and meals for 3 days and nights the price will be 3 gold galleons." Tom said. I reached into my pocket and took out 3 gold galleons from the system. I placed the galleons into Tom's hand.
" Then I will be in your care for the next few days. Thank you," I said to Tom. Tom nodded his head before giving me a key and telling me where my room was. I also paid for some food and drink for the night for 5 Sickles. After I ate the food I went up to my room to sleep. I didn't want to do anything right now but that. The moment my head hit the pillow I was out like a light. The exhaustion from walking was just too much for my body at the moment.
* * *
The next day I sat at one of the tables and ate my breakfast in silence. The food was okay. It wasn't the best tasting but it was better than nothing. After I ate the food I got up from the table and headed over to Tom.
" Tom, Would you be able to open the way to Diagon Alley for me? I have some business to take care of, and I don't have a wand to open the way," I asked Tom. Tom looked at me for a second before nodding his head.
" Yeah, I can get it for you. I guess with you not having a wand getting into Diagon Alley would be difficult," Tom responded before gesturing for me to follow him. I followed Tom behind the building and stopped at the trash can.
" I'll show you how to open the wall for when you get your wand in the future. From the rubbish bin it's 3 up and 2 across then you tap the brick," Tom tapped on the brick as he told me. When he tapped on the brick the wall came alive. The bricks started to move to the side making an opening into the wall revealing a street with many buildings, witches, and wizards all over. The scene of it happening had amazed me! Even though I know about it. Seeing it in person was something else. Magic was just amazing! I stood there for a little while taking it all in. I think that Tom said something to me before he left back to the pub, but I was too stunned by the scene that I wasn't paying attention.
After standing there for a while and getting strange looks from people I finally came to my senses. I started my way down the street. The first thing that I needed to do was get to Gringotts. I wanted to get an inheritance test done, and set up a vault with them. I mean in all the years that they existed they had only got robbed twice. One was Quirrel when he was going after the philosopher's stone, and he didn't even take anything. The other time was with Harry Potter and him stealing the Hufflepuff's cup. So their security was good.
When I finally got to the door of Gringotts I walked up to the door I saw an engraving on the silver doors it read.
Enter, stranger, but take heed
Of what awaits the sin of greed
For those who take, but do not earn
Must pay most dearly in their turn
So if you seek beneath our floors
A treasure that was never yours
Thief, you have been warned, beware.
I pushed open the door of the bank and stepped inside. Inside the bank were many tall desks with many wizards standing in front of them and goblins that were seated in tall chairs behind the desks. Over on the far left was a desk that didn't have anyone in front of it. So I walked over to the desk and looked up at the goblin that sat there
" Excuse me, are you able to help me?" I asked the goblin as he stared down at me.
" Yes, I can help you. What do you need?" The goblin responded to me.
" I wanted to get an inheritance test done. Would that be possible? " I asked the goblin. The goblin looked down at his desk, and looked through the papers that sat in front of him. After a minute of him looking at the papers he looked back to me.
" I do have some time before I'm done for the day, and I don't have anything I need to get done right now. The test is going to cost you though. The price will be 10 gold galleons," The goblin said. I put my hand into my pocket and pulled out 10 gold galleons from my system before handing the 10 galleons over to him.
" The price is no problem. Though I do wander if I do have something that pops up in the test. Will everything stay between me and the bank?" I asked curiously. The goblin took the galleons, and gave me a quick nod at my question as he got down from his chair.
" Yes, everything that is found out will be kept secret," The goblin said to me as he walked away from the desk. He waved for me to follow him. I walked behind him and followed him to a small ordinary room with nothing in it, but 2 chairs and a stand with a single piece of paper on it with a dagger sitting next to the paper. I walked into the room and the door shut behind us. The goblin gestured for me to go up to the stand with the paper. I walked up to it.
" All you need to do is to drop some blood on the paper, and the paper will show any family that you are directly connected to. If you're not connected to any then the paper will remain the same," the goblin instructed. I grabbed the dagger from the stand and looked at my fingers. Without any hesitation I stabbed my left pointer finger with the tip of the dagger. Ouch!
As the blood dripped out of my finger I placed my finger on the paper. When my blood came into contact with the paper the paper started to shine brightly. I looked away as the brightness started to hurt my eyes.
When the light started to dim I looked back at the paper. When the light was completely gone the goblin walked over to the paper and picked it up. The goblin looked over it quickly, and his expression changed from calm to shocked as he read over the contents of the paper.
" This…this is…I didn't think anyone was left." The goblin said in a low voice to himself.
" Can I see the paper now?" I asked the goblin. When he heard my voice he came back to his senses.
" Ah yes, the paper," The goblin said as he handed over the paper to me. I looked down at the paper and quickly read it.