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Harry and Professor McGonagall stood outside the Granger residence. They walked up to the door and rang the bell. "Coming", a shout was heard. The door opened to reveal a woman in her mid-thirties. "Professor McGonagall I presume, I am Emma Granger, pleased to meet you, do come in." She said all that in a single breath.

"Good morning Mrs. Granger, yes I am Professor Minerva McGonagall and I have Mr. Potter here with me, he too is a wizard starting Hogwarts just like young Miss Granger" Both she and Harry walked in to find a tastefully decorated home. They were showed the way to the living room where a young girl with bushy hair and a man were already waiting.

"Good morning Professor, I am Dan Granger and here is my daughter Hermione" the man, Dan, said.

"Pleased to meet you Professor" Hermione said in a shy voice.

"Good morning Mr. Granger and you too Miss Granger. I believe you must have many questions for me. I will be happy to answer them. Let me introduce you to Harry Potter, he is also starting Hogwarts with you Miss Granger."

The next half an hour felt like a déjà vu to Harry. When the time came to leave, his excitement knew no bounds. He was finally going to see the magical world for himself. They traveled across London and came upon an old looking pub. It had a pot hanging from the door and on the top bright letter hung saying 'The Leaky Cauldron'. They entered and were greeted by the barman who introduced himself as Tom saying, "Hello professor, a fine day today. What can I get you?"

"Nothing right now Tom, I am on business. These two have to get their Hogwarts supplies." McGonagall said quickly.

They made their way inside with difficulty as by now many had started recognizing Harry and wanted to greet him at the least. They reached the entrance,"Now watch you two as you will have to do this a lot" McGonagall said as she tapped a few bricks in some particular pattern with her wand. At the last tap, the bricks shifted to form a doorway for the entrance to,"Welcome to the magical world you two, welcome to Diagon Alley."

Both the kids were awestruck seeing the alley. It didn't matter in which direction they saw, magical items filled their vision. Wizard and witches wearing dark robes scurried around minding their own business. Thankfully McGonagall had transfigured a cap for Harry to hide his scar. They walked for some time before coming to stop at a regal looking building with a dome on top. "Before we begin the shopping we have to get some wizarding money. Now the wizarding currency is somewhat different, there are three types of coins: The golden Galleons, silver Sickles and bronze Knuts. There are 17 sickles to a Galleon and 29 Knuts to a Sickle. As per the current exchange rate, a Galleon is worth five Great Britain pounds. And where else to get them but the wizarding bank, Gringotts." McGonagall exclaimed.

They walked inside and both the kids noticed the threatening message at the entrance:

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

Of finding more than treasure there.

The door was flanked by two creatures who were identified by McGonagall as a goblin to them."Our currency is protected and managed by goblins. You will do well not to try stealing from them and remember to always treat them with respect. You find various creatures in the magical world. Goblins are one such species."

They walked to the nearest free counter, and McGonagall spoke, "Good morning respected teller. We are here because Mr. Potter requires to visit his vault and Miss Granger here has to exchange some muggle currency." The goblin peered over the high counter and watched the trio with interest and said "The exchange can be handled here. The Potter accounts manager will meet you shortly."

They exchanged Hermione's money and moved towards the waiting hall. Five minutes later a regal looking goblin entered the Gringotts hall and walked towards them. They stood up to greet him and McGonagall bowed while the kids followed."Mr. Potter, I am Houndclaw, please follow me." Harry glanced nervously towards McGonagall but complied when she gave him a nod while Hermione gave an encouraging smile.

Harry followed the goblin through corridors and finally came to stop at a noble looking office. They entered it and the goblin sat on a grand yet comfortable looking chair while Harry sat opposite to him."Now Mr. Potter, will you tell me why you haven't been answering any of the letters sent to you by our bank" Houndclaw asked angrily.

"Mails? I did not know about the magical world till a few days back let alone contact with goblins." Harry asked looking confused.

"You mean to tell me Mr. Potter that you haven't received any correspondence from Gringotts, not even monthly bank statements. Where do you think the gold for your care came from?"

Now Harry was seriously confused and asked, "What gold? I have been living off scraps of leftover food from my family, wearing my cousin's hand me downs and you are telling me that I have some gold that could have solved all my problems."

"Not some gold Mr. Potter, you are probably one of the richest person in Great Britain. Your family is very old and also has connections with other noble houses. The withdrawals in the name of your care in another matter. Your magical guardian has been taking enormous amounts of money from your trust vault which is the only vault that he has permission to touch since the family vault is can only be accessed by those with Potter blood and their immediate family members." Houndclaw informed.

"And who is my magical guardian?" Harry asked.

"One Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is your current guardian. He has taken approximately fifty thousand galleons in the name of your care though some has traveled in various accounts of others, particularly the Weasley family. Seeing your ignorance regarding this we will start getting this amount back, with interest." Houndclaw said savagely.

"Could I have the whole record of my account for the past years?" Harry asked knowing it would take him a lot of time to look through them.

"It would take some time seeing the vast wealth of the Potter account but I will have the account ledger sent to you at Hogwarts. Your parents were friends of goblins Mr. Potter, Gringotts will help you in any way it can. We will also organize their will reading which was postponed on Dumbledore's orders."

"Thank you, I would now like to withdraw some money for the Hogwarts supplies."After the withdrawal, Harry bowed to Houndclaw and returned to McGonagall and Hermione who were patiently waiting for him though they were in an animated conversation.

As the trio exited the bank, McGonagall said while pointing toward a shop,"You two go to that bookshop. Its called the Flourish and Blotts. You will find all the required books there. I will go and get your potions equipment."

Both Harry and Hermione made their way to the bookshop and entered. "Welcome to Flourish and Blotts, what can I do for you?" The salesman asked politely.

"We are here for our Hogwarts books. We are starting this year you see." Hermione replied. The salesman nodded and disappeared in the back of the bookshop, returning with two heavy looking stacks of books,"Here you go, anything else?"

Hermione asked for a few moments and turned to Harry, "Can you go and explore the alley a little, Harry? You see I like books and I get a little excited sometimes and go a little overboard. That's the reason I don't have any friends." Hermione had her head bowed down and mumbled the last part but Harry understood it.

"Hermione, that's nothing to be ashamed of. I myself am a bookworm and proud of it. What do you say, shall we scout a little library for us here? And what are you saying about not having friends, you have got me." Harry said gently, understanding the loneliness that Hermione must have felt.

Hearing this, Hermione gave him a nervous smile that could have brightened the darkest day and launched to give him a tight hug. Harry stiffened at the sudden contact but relaxed later and returned the hug with equal enthusiasm. They spent an hour looking for different books and ended up buying ones for each and every topic imaginable including wizarding etiquettes.

They had completed their purchase when McGonagall caught up with them. In her hand was a cage with the most beautiful snowy owl that both the children had ever seen and she said, "Mr. Potter, I believe you had your birthday recently. Well, this is my gift for you. You would need it to make correspondence in the wizarding world."

Harry could only nod and stare at the gift while his eyes shone with happy tears that he tried to hide afterward. McGonagall then led them to Ollivander's to get them their wands. They opened the front door and were greeted by Ollivander rather spookily. "Mr. Potter, I have been waiting for quite some time to get you a wand and who might you be Miss?"

"Hermione Granger, sir." Hermione said respectfully.

"Well let's get started shall we." said Ollivander looking as excited as a little boy who had received new toys to play with.

The next fifteen minutes, the two kids were measured in all possible areas of the body including the length of their noses. Mr. Ollivander decided to get Hermione a wand first saying,"Ladies first". It wasn't long before Hermione found her match: 10" long, made of vine wood, and possessing a dragon heartstring core.

Harry took considerably longer. Every wand he tried resulted in either no reaction or destruction of the shop. After half an hour of wand testing, Mr. Ollivander said,"I wonder" and wandered at the back of the shop.

He returned a few minutes later."Try this Mr. Potter, holly, phoenix feather, 11 inches." Harry held the wand. He felt little tingling and gave a small wave. A shelf shattered and he returned it back. It was not a match.