#9 - Bengbeng is different

"Speaking of Galleons, Harry, do you know about Gringotts? The *Daily Prophet* is full of it, saying someone tried to rob a heavily guarded underground vault!"

"Really? What happened?"

"Nothing, but I was puzzled by something else in the paper." Ron said, already pulling his old robes out of his trunk.

"What is it?"

"The paper said that a Hogwarts first-year made Gringotts rewrite the rules for exchanging Galleons!"

Ron put on his robes and continued, "I wonder who's so powerful. Those goblins at Gringotts aren't easy to mess with."

......

Pounce is very good, especially at finding things, and of course, it likes finding shiny things the most.

But it can also find other things.

When Moon and the others caught up with Pounce, it was already at the corner of the last carriage, blocking a golden-backed toad.

Pounce's little paws pointed at the toad, and it turned its head to chirp at Moon, as if urging them to hurry up and not let the toad escape.

Moon just walked over and picked up Pounce. He didn't really want to touch the toad, because he didn't like catching sticky, slippery things since he was a child.

Hermione also stood aside, only Neville quickly ran over and picked up the toad.

"Thank you for helping me find Trevor. My name is Neville Longbottom. I'll find a way to return those two Galleons..."

"Oh, no need. Actually, Pounce is also my little housekeeper, so I don't lose anything by giving it Galleons."

Pounce, who was proud of itself, quickly covered the small pocket on its stomach when it heard Moon talking about Galleons.

"Okay, then thank you, Pounce."

Neville thanked him and walked back with the toad, telling it not to run around.

"I think I saw it in *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.*"

Hermione looked at Pounce with interest, and then pondered for a moment. "But I need to confirm. I can give you an answer tomorrow."

"Are you saying Pounce is a magical creature?" Moon also looked at Pounce in surprise.

"Of course. Some ordinary animals can also help find things, but they would never want money as a reward."

Watching Pounce burrow back into Moon's pocket, Hermione carefully looked at the boy who was a little taller than herself.

Jet-black hair fell softly on his fair forehead.

Azure eyes, deep and bright, seemed to be able to make people fall into them with just a glance.

A high, straight nose, with three-dimensional facial contours.

At this time, a beam of light shone down on Moon, making him seem out of place in this world.

"I don't know your name yet." Hermione asked boldly.

"Moon, Moon Scarlet."

"Okay, Moon, I advise you to go back to the compartment and change into your school uniform as soon as possible. I just asked the driver in front, and we should be arriving at the school soon."

......

When Moon returned to the compartment, it was a mess. Snacks were scattered all over the small table.

"What happened?" Moon looked at Harry.

"Nothing, just Malfoy and them came over just now..."

Before Harry could finish, Hermione, who was standing aside, frowned. "You didn't fight, did you? We haven't arrived yet, and you've already caused trouble."

"No! It's just Scabbers had a fight." Ron said, holding Scabbers up high, as if it had done something amazing.

Hermione wanted to continue asking, but an announcement sounded in the train.

"The train will arrive at Hogwarts in five minutes. Please leave your luggage on the train, and we will send it to the school for you."

"Okay, let's go. Moon still needs to change his clothes." Hermione glared at Ron and left angrily.

Listening to Ron and Hermione's bickering, Moon just smiled and returned to the compartment, taking out the robes from his suitcase to change.

Having endured four years of slanderous rumors, Moon had long since lost interest in arguing with his peers.

What he wants now is to study magic well.

Harry was frantically cleaning up the uneaten snacks on the table, but Ron seemed to see something interesting.

"Is your school uniform old too?"

Seeing the worn marks on the cuffs of Moon's robes, Ron asked with bright eyes.

"That's right, I bought it from a second-hand robe shop in Diagon Alley. How is it? Does it fit well?"

Although Moon had lived in both worlds, his best clothes were still the current robes.

When he put it on, he felt a little excited, after all, this was proof of being a little wizard.

"You just gave Pounce two Galleons, why didn't you buy new clothes?"

Ron didn't understand Moon's actions at all. In his opinion, giving pets money while wearing old clothes was the same as agreeing that house elves don't have to work.

"That's definitely not the same. Pounce is my best friend."

Moon wanted to explain, but the train had already stopped.

The carriages began to line up to go out, and older students were shouting for the first-years to get off the train quickly.

The platform after getting off the train was dark and small, and the surrounding situation could only be seen through the lights on the train.

"First-years, first-years, come here! Harry, are you okay?"

A very tall and strong man appeared on the platform, also the tallest person Moon had ever seen.

Harry said a few words to the strong man, and then everyone followed the strong man towards a small road.

For Moon, walking in the woods was not a difficult task. When he was guarding the hazelnut forest on the York Farm, he often had to patrol at night to drive away the little animals that were stealing food.

However, Neville, who was with him, walked very hard. Every three to five steps, he would either step in a puddle or kick a stone or branch.

Holding Neville with one hand, listening to the other party constantly thanking him or saying sorry, Moon felt that this boy had definitely gone through all the hidden traps on this path.

After struggling to walk through the forest path, the field of vision suddenly became wide.

Moon guessed that there should be a big river not far away, because he could see the shadows of the stars reflected on the water.

Further away, there was a huge beast-like building, but at this time, the sky was completely dark, and the whole picture could not be seen clearly with the faint lights on the giant beast.

The strong man walking in front shouted for four people to get on a small boat, but his shouting was too loud, which woke up Pounce, who was sleeping in Moon's pocket, and then a small head poked out of the pocket.

"Oh, look, it's a Niffler!"

Moon was about to plan to get on the boat, but the strong man lowered his head in front of him to look at Pounce crawling out of his pocket.

"First-year students can't bring a Niffler as a pet, don't you know that? Child."

Hagrid looked at Pounce with interest, then turned to look at Moon.

"Ah! But Pounce has been with me for a long time."

"It's called Pounce, is it? Hello, Pounce, I'm Hagrid."

Seeing the fingers that the strong man named Hagrid stretched out, Pounce seemed to understand the meaning of the other party's words, and even stretched out his little paws to shake it.

"Oh, it's so smart, but child."

"You can call me Moon."

"Okay, Moon, if you want to raise Pounce, remember to find your head of house after the Sorting Ceremony to get a note agreeing to the adoption, um, it might be useful."

"Okay, thank you, Hagrid."

"You're welcome, of course, if your head of house doesn't let you raise it, you can also come to me, I will find a good place for Pounce in the Forbidden Forest."

While Moon and Hagrid were talking, most of the students got on the boats, leaving only the last two boats.

Hagrid was alone, and Moon walked towards the other one.

"I saw you were with the Weasley's kids just now."

Moon sat in the last seat on the boat, looking at the slender blond boy speaking in front.