Chapter 3: Gringotts
As Delilah and Bella stepped onto the busy street, they were astonished at how many shops could be fit onto a single small street. There were wand shops, broom shops, potions shops, and even a joke shop. But the most imposing building on the whole street was at the end.
"Excuse me, but where do we trade muggle money for wizarding money?" Delilah asked a woman sweeping up in front of her shop, even though many people were still walking by and spreading even more dirt onto the pavement.
"You just go to Gringotts, over there, and exchange it," the woman answered while pointing to the imposing building at the end of the street.
"Oh, thank you," Delilah replied as she began leading Bella into the crowd and towards Gringotts.
As they approached the building, Bella began to feel less sure about this trip.
"Mum, what's gonna be in there?" she hesitantly asked her mother.
Delilah grabbed her daughter's hand as she said, "I don't know Bella but it's probably just like the banks back home. Everything's gonna be fine."
Bella nodded as they entered the building together. Sitting at desks all along the walls were goblins. Actual goblins. Bella could not believe her eyes. And standing at what must have been the head goblins desk was the giant man from the pub along with the boy.
Now that Bella could actually see the boy in proper light, she thought he was kinda cute. He had black hair that stuck up in the back and was only a little taller than her. Soon a goblin led the boy and the huge man away through a door.
"Mum, I bet that goblin can help us," Bella suggested to her mother as she nodded at the head goblin's desk. Delilah nodded and walked towards the desk with Bella in tow.
"Excuse me," Delilah said to the goblin.
"Yes," he answered as he put down his quill.
"We were wondering where you exchange muggle money for wizard money."
The goblin let out a sigh as he gestured to a goblin at the end of the row on his right. "He does all money exchanges." The goblin went back to whatever he was working on without another glance.
"Come on Bella," Delilah said while tapping her daughter's shoulder.
They made their way back to the first desk on the head goblins right side and stopped in front of it. The goblin that occupied the desk looked younger than the head goblin and much better tempered.
"Hello," Delilah greeted cheerily. "Do you exchange muggle money for wizarding money?"
"Yes. Please place your money here and I will exchange it momentarily," the goblin responded without looking at them.
Delilah placed what she hoped would be enough money for Bella's supplies on the desk and stepped back with Bella so it did not seem like they were completely hovering. Two minutes later the goblin waved them back up.
"Here is your new currency. Come back if you ever need more or wish to obtain a vault." With that the goblin waved them away so that another girl Bella's age and her parents could get up to him.
The second Bella and her mother were outside of Gringotts, Bella said, "Can we go to the bookshop first?"
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