Harry Potter The Unseen Heroine

I didn't sleep much, having a life changing conversation made me averse to sleep. Eventually I did drift off to sleep.

"Killing such a bright girl as you? I think not, I'll let you live, it will show the world that those who submit can be spared. Though your brother..."

The familiar dre... no memory woke me with a startle. I was breathing heavily, and the sun was out. I heard tapping.

"All right," Harry mumbled next to me, "I'm getting up."

As he sat up Hagrid's coat fell off us. I slowly also got up and looked around. The storm from last night had ended and the sky was clear, Hagrid was sleeping soundly on the couch, and a owl was scratching the window with a newspaper in it's beak.

Harry quickly got up and let the bird in, while I watched in awe. The owl flew over to the still sleeping Hagrid and dropped the newspaper onto him. The owl then fluttered over and began to going after Hagrid's coat.

"Don't do that." Harry told the Owl as he tried to shoo it away. It snapped at him and continued looking through the coat.

"Maybe it want's some of those dormice." I commented. Harry smirked then turned to Hagrid.

"Hagrid!" Harry called loudly. "There's an owl —"

"Pay him," Hagrid answered.

"What?" Harry asked in amazement.

"Pay an owl?" I added.

"Of course, he wants payin' fer deliverin' the paper. Look in the pockets." Hagrid answered us both.

We both began digging through the endless pockets of Hagrid's coat. We found an assortment of keys, slug pellets, balls of string, peppermint humbugs, teabags, until we finally found what I assumed was wizard money.

"Give him five Knuts," said Hagrid sleepily as Harry held the coins.

"Knuts?" Harry asked.

"The little bronze ones." Hagrid answered.

"Ah." I replied, Harry counted out five and placed them in the Owl's pouch, which in turn flew out the window.

Hagrid yawned, got up, and stretched, before turning to us.

"Best be off, lots ter do today, gotta get up ter London an' buy both yeh all yer stuff fer school." Hagrid told us. Harry's happy look faded away. As we glanced at each other.

"Um — Hagrid?" Harry said.

"Sir." I said at the same time.

"Mm?" said Hagrid as he pulled on his massive boots.

"We haven't got any money — and you heard Uncle Vernon last night… he won't pay for us to go and learn magic." Harry told Hagrid.

"Don't worry about that," Hagrid told us as he stood up and scratched his head."D'yeh think yer parents didn't leave yeh anything?"

"But if their house was destr—"

"You don't keep your life saving's in your house Harry." I said. Hagrid nodded.

"She's right, that why the first stop fer us is Gringotts. Wizards' bank. Have a sausage, they're not bad cold — an' I wouldn' say no teh a bit o' yer's birthday cake, neither."

"Wizards have banks?" Harry asked in amazement.

"Just the one. Gringotts. Run by goblins." Hagrid answered, and this caused me to freeze in shock, while Harry dropped the sausage he was eating.

"Goblins?" Harry asked in amazement.

"Yeah — so yeh'd be mad ter try an' rob it, I'll tell yeh that. Never mess with goblins, neither of yeh. Gringotts is the safest place in the world fer anything yeh want ter keep safe — 'cept maybe Hogwarts. As a matter o' fact, I gotta visit Gringotts anyway. Fer Dumbledore. Hogwarts business." Hagrid drew himself up proudly. "He usually gets me ter do important stuff fer him. Fetchin' you two — gettin' things from Gringotts — knows he can trust me, see."

"His trust is well placed Hagrid." I said, he gave me a smile.

"Thank yeh for the kind words...just like yer mother. Now, Got everythin'? Come on, then."

I beamed with pride being compared to my mother. I knew I looked like her, but to be complemented by someone who knew her, it really was something.

We both followed Hagrid out to to rock. The sky was now clear and the sun shone. While the boat that Uncle Vernon had rented was still there, though there was now some water inside.

"How did you get here?" Harry asked, looking around for another boat.

"Flew," said Hagrid.

"Flew?" We both asked at the same time.

"Yeah — but we'll go back in this. Not s'pposed ter use magic now I've got yeh."

We all settled in the boat.

"Seems a shame ter row, though," Hagrid told us, giving me and Harry another of his sideways looks. "If I was ter — er — speed things up a bit, would yeh mind not mentionin' it at Hogwarts?"

"Of course not" Harry replied.

"I Promise." I added. Hagrid looked satisfied then pulled out his pink umbrella again, tapped it twice on the side of the boat, and we sped off toward land.

"Why would you be mad to try and rob Gringotts?" Harry asked.

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