Diagon Alley looked much like it had the first time Harry set foot there. It was packed full of witches and wizards, and harry was delighted to see an enormous group of what seemed to be Hogwarts students shopping for school supplies. Harry smiled as he passed Olivander's wand shop, vividly remembering recieving his wand. It was hard to believe it had been ten years since that event. His hand drifted to his wand in the pocket of his robes. It had served him well all these years.
Moving was difficult in the crush of people, but Harry managed to make his way slowly toward the entrance of Gringotts. As he reached the threshold he heard a voice call out, "Hey, Harry!" He turned to see who the voice belonged to.
"Hey, Neville how are you?" Harry asked.
"Oh, fine, you know," he replied, "How's your auror training coming along?"
"It's hard," Harry admitted, "But worth it. Ron and I are both doing pretty well."
"Oh, do you still see Ron often?" Neville asked.
"Yeah, and Hermione," Harry replied.
"You three always seemed inseperable," Neville said, "I guess it's true." As he finished his statement a wizard rushed by with armfulls of bulky bags and knocked Neville into one of the outer walls of Gringotts.
"You okay?" Harry said.
"Yeah. I guess some things never change," Neville said, but he was smiling. His smile faded, however, when he turned and looked at the sign posted on the wall he was pushed in to.
"That's too bad," Neville said quietly.
"It isn't like we weren't expecting it, though," Harry replied, matching Neville's tone.
"Yeah," Neville said, then brightened up again, "Well, it was nice talking to you, Harry. You'll have to write me sometime."
"I
will. It was nice seeing you too, Neville," Harry replied.
Neville strode off down the street.
Before entering the door to
Gringotts, Harry looked once more upon the sign. He shook his head as
if trying to clear it of the troubling thoughts and entered.
The sign read: 1000 galleon reward for information on the whereabouts of the death eater, Draco Malfoy.