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Harry Potter and the Stone's Heart

Chapter 2 - Deepening

Despite all the times he visited Diagon Alley for various reasons, Harry still had that tiny flutter of wonder in his chest.

He could still remember the very first time he saw the mercantile district, when Hagrid brought him all those years ago when he was a child. Seeing the main street open up before him when the bricks shifted out of his way, seeing the buildings clustered around and the riot of colors from the people and the storefronts, the sounds, all of it was a precious memory to him that lasted to this day.

He still remembered how the Alley was in the years since, how dismal and dark things felt right before his sixth year at Hogwarts when Voldemort was finally accepted to have fully returned. The outright feelings of fear and oppression during the time that he, Hermione, and Ron snuck back under disguise and magic to infiltrate Gringotts. The Alley also had been damaged in many ways leading up to the Battle of Hogwarts and the end of the Second War. Many of the side streets had been choked with destruction and debris, stores burned and boarded up.

In the years since, a lot of work had been done and the Alley was better than ever. New stores had come up, more side streets and alleys added and filled. Plenty of people came to shop daily and while the new life was welcome, it did not completely erase the scars of the past. There had been moments of fighting when the last of the Death Eaters had been found or tried to cause some last moments of chaos but thankfully, Diagon Alley had recovered and thrived.

Harry looked up at Gringotts with a wry smile as he approached the building. He still felt a vague sense of guilt and anticipation whenever he visited after they broke into the bank and subsequently broke out of it. He fully knew the consequences of his actions, both positive and negative, and had done his best to own up to both.

Thankfully, the bank had more or less forgiven him and his friends for their actions. It did require substantial negotiations to soothe tempers, as well as paying back certain things that went both ways, but things were mostly cordial now. There were still many goblins that did not like Harry and gave him ugly looks but others treated him professionally, which he was grateful for. He was even friendly with a few, with a generous definition of the word friendly of course.

Harry stepped into the bank and waited to the side of the main entrance. He smiled politely as the goblins noticed him and ignored the looks of hate and anger from some and waved back to the few that nodded to him in a friendly way. He took no offense when two goblins came up and stood at his side, watching him carefully with guarded expressions, hands resting lightly on weapons at their waists. "Afternoon Ember, Kartwell."

"Afternoon," Ember replied, nodding professionally back while Kartwell grunted. "Personal business or professional?"

"Professional," Harry replied.

Ember raised an eyebrow before nodding. She spoke in Gobbledegook to Kartwell who walked off without hesitation. After a few moments, Kartwell returned and whispered something back to Ember. "Right, follow us Captain." She said....

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