"OK, we get it all in>Madame Malkins suits for all occasions He was about to leave when I inadvertently asked another question: "Why Gringotts? You just said Madame Malkin!"
"Gringotts is the wizard's bank! And to buy something you need money as you know!", He explained and added with a raised eyebrow, "Or did your father teach you differently?"
Now he started pushing me forward again while I tried desperately to teach him that I had no money, and certainly no wizard's money. Ruphus dismissed this undoubtedly important message with a casual wave of his hand, and before I could speak again we found ourselves in a huge hall full of desks, behind which sat indescribably ugly creatures with long noses and thin, frail fingers.
Ruphus went quickly to one of these desks and motioned me to follow him.At least he had finally stopped this nudging, but I was still a little uncomfortable with this - judging by the expression on their faces, definitely not very friendly creatures - to come closer. But why did my father train me to be a material artist?
On the spur of the moment I went to them, trying desperately to avoid eye contact with this creature. If looks could kill...
“That's a goblin!”, Ruphus explained to me behind his hand, “And I don't doubt that you have already realized that this breed is not to be trifled with! ! But if you dare to try it looks bad for you! They have their own powers, these goblins! "
"And one of these forces is our excellent hearing! So, when you have finished explaining our strengths and weaknesses, I would ask you to tell me in which dungeon you want and in addition to the difficult task you give me the associated key hand over!Otherwise I have to point out that this is where you are holding me back from work, and that I can get very angry if that is unnecessarily the case! ", the goblin interrupted him, and with every syllable the creature uttered, the frightened Ruphus ducked further down.
"We would please take some money from dungeon 720! That is the key!", Ruphus finally said meekly after he had recovered from the shock and pulled a small golden key from one of his inside pockets.
The goblin took him and eyed him suspiciously, but then grinned and said, "Griphook will show you down, he should be back any minute!"
Indeed, at that moment a large door at the end of the room opened and a goblin - apparently Griphook - stepped out, a huge man with a greenish face who pressed his hand to his mouth and a thin boy with dark, shaggy hair. who apparently seemed about my age."Griphook, lead these gentlemen into the dungeon 720!", The miserably tempered goblin Griphook ordered, who immediately came up to us together with the tall and thin wizard and bowed to us.
"Well, Hagrid, you love these rides, don't you !?", said Ruphus, whose fright was now obviously completely cured.
"That's not funny Ruphus, if it wasn't Harry, I wouldn't have done that anyway!" The giant, who was apparently called Hagrid, clarified.
"Well, now we have to go! Ranma and I also have to buy the school supplies!" Explained Ruphus.
"Aha, so this is Ranma, the exchange student! Welcome to England!", Hagrid greeted me, who apparently only noticed me now, and shook my hand that shook my whole body.
"This is Harry! He's also visiting Hogwarts for the first time! You might come to the same house!" Continued Hagrid.
I held out my hand to Harry, who shook it with a grin."Now we really have to go! It was nice to see you guys!" Urged Ruphus and pushed me towards Griphook.
I caught a glimpse of Harry and Hagrid before the big door closed behind us. We were in a narrow corridor. Railway tracks, on which a cart stood directly in front of us, led down into the depths. We sat down in this cart, and while Ruphus was yelling "Hold on tight" in my ear, we shot down. We drove through a maze of corridors, once on the left, then again on the right, again on the right ... Now I knew why Hagrid had had such a green face ...
But suddenly we stopped in front of an iron gate. We got out, trembling, and Griphook opened it with the key Ruphus handed him.
"This is the dungeon that Hogwarts has set up for students without financial means!" Explained Ruphus, while he pushed open the heavy door with a creak.
The room behind it was very small, but filled to the top with gold.I stood there with my mouth open and was amazed when Ruphus began to scoop a handful of silver, gold and bronze and a baggy bag.
"Keep it safe and save, then it will easily be enough for a year!", Instructed Ruphus, and handed me the bag, which was filled to the top.
"So, now back to the top Griphook! I need some fresh air!", He spoke up again after a short pause.
"Yes sir!" Griphook indicated, and we were on our way up again.
The cold wind blew around my ears as we rattled past stalactites.
When we got to the big gate, we got out as fast as we could and staggered across the hall into the street.

The queues of wizards we had passed before had vanished into thin air.
Ruphus led me with his hand on my shoulder to a small shop at the end of the street. "This is where you get all the stuff you've read aloud so far!So the work clothes, the pointed hat, etc. So, get in there! "he remarked, and pushed me into the room.
"I'll go out again and talk to Hagrid for a bit!" Said Ruphus finally, and pointed out the window where Hagrid was standing with a snowy owl in his hand. I look around.

Madame Malkin, a stocky woman, was serving two boys. I already knew one of the two: Harry. He didn't seem pleased with the conversation with the pale little fellow sitting next to him. When he saw me, however, his mind suddenly brightened up again. Harry motioned me to join him.
I was with him in two sentences.
"That's how you meet again," I said briefly and grinned and sat down on the chair between the two, whereupon Harry gave me a relieved look.
"Who are you? And why are you dressed so strangely?" The pale boy suddenly spoke up.
"Don't say anything against this outfit! This is my nicest shirt!"I said grimly.
"Hey, calm down, Braid Boy! What's your name actually? My name is Draco Malfoy!", The boy explained to me, becoming less sympathetic to me with every sentence he uttered.
"Tell me a good reason why I should tell you my name, you zombie!" I replied and Harry snorted.
"You will regret that! Both of you!" Malfoy snapped at us, which, given his height, didn't impress me.
"When you speak of 'her', we already know that you mean both of us! You don't have to draw our attention to that! Thank God we know our grammar very well! We already know that you are not the brightest experience, and that you infer from your abilities on those of the others we cannot blame you! ", I instructed him. But he hadn't heard the last remainder because he ran out the door with a red head.
"Mimosa!" Said Harry and sighed.
Suddenly Madame Malkin came up to me and took my measurements without saying a word.When she moved away from us again with a quick step, I looked at Harry puzzled, but he said it was apparently completely normal.
Half a minute later Mrs. Malkin came back with two sacks full of clothes and handed one to each of us.
"You can go! The two out there have already paid!", She said, nodded in the direction of Ruphus and Hagrid, and disappeared into a small back room.
I followed Harry out of the shop, and outside we came upon something that was longingly waiting for Harry. A snow owl. It was sitting in the cage that Hagrid was holding in his hand.
"It's a birthday present! Do you like it?" Asks Hagrid enthusiastically.
"Y-yes, of course! But you really didn't have to buy me anything! Thank you very much!" Harry stuttered, slightly red.
"What's your birthday? Why didn't you say anything! Well then, Happy Birthday!" I wished, and shook his hand happily.

After Harry and Hagrid had said goodbye to us for the second time that day, Ruphus spoke again."By the way, I have a present for you too," he said casually.
"But it's not my birthday!", I explained to him in surprise and raised my eyebrows.
"I know that too, it's more of a welcome present!" Said Ruphus and now pulled out his hand, which he kept hidden behind his back the whole time.
On his forearm sat a jet black raven with a silver beak and legs of the same color.
"An owl seemed too normal to me! At least for our world! There are only a few people who own a raven!", Explained Ruphus and continued enthusiastically, "They don't have a particularly good reputation very few people! They are very intelligent, so be careful what you say to him! They can fly out letters as well as owls, but they only do this for the people they trust, and trusting them you have to earn first! Most of them , at some point give up because it is too complicated for them and they exchange their raven for an owl, which means far less effort and sensitivity!And now we are at the reason why I chose this animal for you: You are different from these people! Because as far as I know about you, you love challenges and never give up! To be clear, it's the perfect animal for you! Have fun"
Suddenly the raven flew to the ground, tilted his beautiful black head, and looked at me carefully with his onyx-like eyes, as if he wanted to say: And from now on you shall be my master?
But this bird fascinated me for some reason and I slowly bent down to him. I wasn't sure what I was saying, but instinctively I began to speak.
"You won't have it easy with me, I can assure you! I am hard to bear, pretty quick-tempered, but after what Ruphus said, I won't have it easy with you either! But I will myself will definitely take care of you! ", I assured me, leaned a little further down and continued behind my hand," And between us, I have to protect you above all from my father!It's not good to eat cherries with him, I know that from my own experience, and I want