Heading up to Dudley's second bedroom where Vernon kept my school stuff was easier said then done.
Stepping over the creaking steps and weak floorboards, pausing occasionally to make sure Vernon was still asleep, was the easy part, but trying to unlock the door to the bedroom harder.
If I had my wand I would cast a simple alohomora, but just like everything else that was mine and had some kind of value was locked in this room. Dudley is the only person that can open the door. He wears the key around his neck like some kind of trophy. Thinking to myself on how I could get the key and unlock the door, I rested my hand on the doorknob.
As soon as my fingers brushed the knob I could hear the door unlocking. Pushing the door open I saw my trunk. Walking over to it, I grabbed the handle of it bolting out of the door and the stairs. Surprisingly, my footsteps made barely any sound. reaching the front door, I slowly opened it and slipped outside, closing the door behind me.
As I was walking, I made it to the park down the road setting my stuff down planning what to do next and how to get to Gringotts when the knight bus roared into view.
Stan Shunpike greeted me as he does everybody else looking at his note cards. Looking up at me he exclaimed, "Why if Isn't Neville Longbottom!!"
"Yea..." I said pulling my hood up just to make sure he couldn't see my antlers. As if he could see them in the dark anyway. Climbing aboard the bus I told them of my destination, Diagon Alley.
