"Hey, Jon!" Natalie said with a grin.

Her English was not standard and sounded strange, as if it came from her throat and something in her mouth.

"Excuse me, can you take a hand?"

Jon then noticed that behind the little girl, there was a suitcase almost the size of her.

"It's coming!" he had to stand up and help Natalie push the suitcase into the corner of the cubicle.

Natalie, who had changed into her new Hogwarts robes, sat down beside Jon with a big grin, straightening her waist and reaching out to braid her long crimson hair......

"Who is she......" Astoria asked unconsciously as she clasped her left and right hands together and formed a cross, looking into Jon's eyes with a slight reproach.

"Uh...... A first-year freshman, a ...... who was not born into a wizarding family like me" Jon pursed his lips and quickly explained, "It all started a little over a month ago, when I met Professor Snape in Diagon Alley, and he was taking this little girl in Diagon Alley, first contact with the wizarding world...... Finally, Professor Snape might have something to do for me to take her to Diagon Alley for shopping. ”

Jon explained in detail what had happened that day.

"Didn't you ...... in the United States just over a month ago?"

"I had just come back from the United States!"

"When did Professor Snape treat you so well?"

"Uh...... This one...... Why do you understand being a good ...... me?"

"Professor Snape is gentle!" Natalie interjected, "He took me to ice cream when I was in Dragon Alley......"

"Diagon Alley, not Dragon!" Astoria retorted, "and are you sure we're talking about Professor Snape?"

"So......" Natalie blinked, she rushed to Astoria and held out her little hand in a friendly manner, "Big sister, I'm so glad to see you...... My name is Natalie!"

"Greengrass!" Astoria said with a slight coldness, but she still held the little girl's hand.

"Aren't you British?" she asked softly.

"Hmm......" Natalie nodded, her voice becoming a little low: "I spent all my time in Moscow until I was eight years old...... It was very cold, and I often didn't have enough to eat, and my father drank heavily every day, and my mother went to the ball every day, and then they brought me to London, and it was terrible at first, and then a good man gave my father a sum of money, and life got better......"

"I'm sorry......" Looking at the sad expression on the little girl's face, Astoria said with some sympathy.

"Yes, Mom is right, she told me......" Natalie rubbed her slightly reddened eyes and grinned again: "No matter how hard it is, just laugh and everything will be fine......"

......

"Bang bang bang!" was as the two girls spoke, when there was a loud knock at the door.

"Isn't there enough chaos here......" Jon couldn't help but sigh, then said, "Please come in!"

The door to the cubicle opened, and a man stood outside, on a long cane, wrapped in a black travel cloak.

He glanced warily around the cubicle, then took off his hood, shook out his long gray hair, and walked in.

"I suppose there's a seat here?" the man's voice sounded hollow and deep, terrifying.

But what was even more frightening was his face. The whole face seems to have been carved out of a piece of decaying wood, and the carver may have only a vague idea of what a human face should look like, and he is not very good at carving knives.

Every inch of skin on his face seemed to be scarred, his mouth was like a crooked gap, and the place where his nose should have bulged was gone. And the eyes, one of which was normal, but the other was a terrible white eyeball, round like a coin, and constantly moving in all directions......

There was silence in the entire chamber.

The two girls, who were still laughing and laughing just now, stopped talking at this time.

Natalie looked at the hideous face and leaned back at Astoria in fear.

Astoria hugged her gently, and then plucked up courage:

"I think you should be Mr. Moody...... Former Director of the Auror Office, right...... I think I think I've seen your picture......"

"That's right, Miss Greengrass, it's probably you!" the strange man's voice didn't make any emotion, his normal eyes looked at Astoria, and the other eye scanned every corner of the cubicle, "I had the privilege of working with your mother, Mrs. Greengrass, she is a very good witch...... And you, almost exactly like her!"

"Yes, Mr. Moody......" Astoria nodded tremblingly.

"Natalie, just sit over there!" Jon said calmly.

Natalie nodded hurriedly, then curled up in the corner, grabbing Astoria's hand tightly.

"Then Mr. Moody!" Jon tried to pretend to be scared, but at the same time he was hiding his fear, "Would you rather sit by the window or be on the side of the aisle......"

"Come to the window, if you encounter an enemy attacking from the outside, you can launch a counterattack as soon as possible!" "Mad-Eye Moody said coldly: "Introduce yourself, Alastor Moody, you should be your Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher for the next year!"

Jon shook his hand with a shudder as he made a way for Moody to sit by the window.

"You seem to like Potions class!" Mad-Eyed Moody said calmly, "I see a lot of potions bottles in your suitcase!"

His magic eye was staring at Jon's suitcase.

"Yes, Professor Moody!" Jon nodded calmly.

"That's right...... Potions ......" A sinister smile appeared on Moody's lips: "Your Potions teacher...... He's an old friend of mine!"

"By the way, I haven't asked your names yet!" his normal eyes looked at Jon, and the magic eye glared at Natalie.

"Hart, Jon-Hart, Professor Moody!" Jon replied.

"Very well, Hart, I remember your name...... "Mad-Eyed Moody replied.

"My name is Natalie Pavlova......" Natalie said in a low voice, trembling.

Moody nodded to her, took a curved bottle from his pocket, glanced around, and took a sip of its contents.

At the same time, both of his eyes began to glance out the window at the same time.

The pistons of the train engine hissed loudly, and the train started.

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