Against All Odds || Hermione Granger x Slytherin!Fem!Reader

Chapter 4 || Diagon Alley

"Welcome, Y/N, to Diagon Alley."
Y/N awestruck as the scene in front of her unfolds. Several shops with questionable exterior designs lined up in front of them. Crowds coming in from different directions; people wearing robes and hats walking around.

Did we just walk into a halloween party or what..?

Y/N points to a shop which had cauldrons displayed outside its glass window. "Hagrid, didn't the list say I needed a cauldron?" Y/N asks. "Yeah, but we'll need yeh to get yer money first." Hagrid replies.

As they walk, Y/N's head moves in several directions, trying her best to see what each shop is selling. She's never seen anything quite like it. To be fair, she hadn't really seen much in all her years at the orphanage.

They walk by a shop selling brooms. The kids who stood outside the store's display window had their noses literally sticking to the glass.

Guess I'm not going anywhere near glass windows...

"That's the Nimbus Two Thousand! If only I had enough money! Heard it's the fastest ever made." She heard a boy tell his friend who was also eyeing the wooden broom with a crooked handle.

She walks past shops with owls and bats for display, shops that sold robes, shops that sold what looked like laboratory equipment, as well as several other shops that sold stuff that you wouldn't find outside of Diagon Alley.

"Alright, here we are! Gringotts!" Hagrid announces as he comes to a halt. They stop in front of a building with tilted pillars with a statue of a dragon on top of it. "Safest place to keep yer money, Y/N." Hagrid says as they walk up the stairs to the bank's entrance.
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The inside of the bank was a vast marbled hall with long counters stretched along the walls. However, Y/N noticed it was not a human run bank. No, there were creatures stamping away on these counters, creatures that Y/N had never seen before. "Hagrid, what are they?" Y/N asks in a whisper, referring to the humanlike creatures who had long fingers, pointed noses and ears, and were visibly shorter than Y/N.

"They are goblins, Y/N. Very clever, but not the friendliest." Hagrid answers as they make their way towards the counter. "Best stay close."

They both stop at a counter where a goblin with glasses is sat. The goblin clearly does not notice their presence as he continues to write. Hagrid clears his throat  which clearly got the goblin's attention. "Ms. Y/N Riddle would like to make a withdrawal." Hagrid tells the goblin.

For a second, the goblin is stunned by the name he had just heard. Y/N Riddle. "Ah yes, and does Ms. Y/N Riddle have a key?" The goblin asks moving from his desk to see the girl that stood besides Hagrid. Y/N's eyes were glued to the goblin's sharp teeth. She was so fascinated that she did not even hearing the goblin's question.

"Oh right, I have it right here." Hagrid quickly pulls out a tiny golden key from his pocket. He cleared out his pockets beforehand so he wouldn't repeat the same mistake he had made when he pulled out Harry's key.
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"Here we are." The goblin says once they at the vaults. Hagrid hands him the lamp and gets off the cart.

"I will never get used to that." Hagrid says as he places his arm to lean on the wall to refrain himself from throwing up. Y/N couldn't agree any more. The whole ride was nauseating, so much dirt entered poor Y/N's eyes.

The goblin unlocks the vault's gate and there it is, a mountain golden coins stacked on top each other. Y/N's lips were agape in incredulity. She could not believe what was in front of her. The sparkle the shiny golden coins radiated was almost blinding.

"Are these all mine, Hagrid?" Y/N asks Hagrid.

"All yours, Y/N.'