Sigh.

So this was it then. Another year over with. How could it have gone so quickly?

Oliver, accompanied by Mrs Spider who was currently on his shoulder, stepped up onto the train and headed down the narrow corridor in search of a compartment. They found an empty one and slid open the door, leaving it ajar as he stepped inside and took a seat by the window.

He gently picked up the fragile grey spider and set her on his knee where she seemed to settle as soon as the train started moving and he gazed out of the window. “Goodbye Hogwarts.” He mumbled to himself.

He really didn't want to go home...