Alyssa felt strange as she walked through the doors of Gringotts into the main hall. The place was soooo BIG and she felt so small standing in that large room. She was here to open an account and deposit the big bag of gold galleons her parents had been saving for her and which they had withdrew from their own vault at Gringotts. They could have all shared one vault, which they did when she was in her 1st year at Hogwarts. But this year they decided that she needed to have her own vault because they wanted her to be responsible for her own money.

Because her parents were hardworking people and had saved for many years, she knew that she would have enough money to last her long after she left Hogwarts, and who knows, by then she would have her own job in the Ministry and would be earning her own money. So she did not have to worry that she would not be able to buy the things she needed. Of course she still needed to spend wisely.

But it was time to stop dreaming about the future, the present was more important, and she needed to hurry up or she would not have enough time to buy her school supplies and everything else she needed for her 2nd year at Hogwarts.

She stepped up to the counter and handed the application over to the goblin that was manning the counter. She saw that he was busy writing, so waited a couple of minutes before saying "Please sir, could you help me?".

She waited patiently until someone came and escorted her to the Main Hall where all transactions would be made. She was starting to get nervous