Chapter 168: Train ride and Olivander

Chapter 168: Train ride and Olivander

Despite their terrifying appearance thestrals were very affectionate creatures and the one Nick was petting leaned into his touch eagerly. Nick was shooed off by Hagrid shortly after that however as the thestrals were getting over zealous in obtaining Nick's affections and starting to nip at each other to get his pets to themselves. He didn't mind though since he had accomplished what he had come for. Finally Nick met up with his friends since it was time to head to the carriages before going to the train. They chatted casually about how excited they were to not have homework and other such topics.-

The Hogwarts express was primed and ready to go when they got there and after finding their luggage the group got on the train to find a compartment. Nick joked about how lucky they were that the compartments could comfortably hold exactly six people when they picked one out. It was never mentioned in the books but Nick noticed that the train had been deep cleaned since it was previously used as a the scuff marks on the steps had been removed. Harry , Ron and Nick had to wait outside the compartment since the girls needed to get changed into their normal clothes.-

It was the boys turn after that with the exception of Nick who was already in casual clothing. The train ride itself was mostly quiet since they had run out of things to talk about. An interesting thing that Nick had noticed once he had left the dense magical area that was Hogwarts and Hogsmeade was that his magical senses seemed to go into overdrive. He could suddenly sense even the most well hidden magical energy which came in the form of a faint aura like web over his and the others bodies.-

"By merlin's beard , the grey lady herself!" the old wand maker exclaimed softly in shock. "As I said I promise she won't be much of a bother since she is simply here to show me to my ancestral home during the summer." Nick said drawing the old mans attention back to himself. Olivander merely laughed jovially with a wide grin and happy expression. "I would never complain to host the grey lady since after all she was the house ghost of my own house when I went to Hogwarts , not that I expect you to remember me of course." he said to Helena.

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