  Alecto watched as the Hogwarts train left Hogsmeade Station and back to Kings Cross. She breathed a sigh of relief that the students were, finally, gone. She had been at the station since first light and now the sun was high above her taunting her as she had just wasted half the day because of the train. Sitting down she chuckled inwardly as a few late comers came running in and cursing silently at their luck. Serves them right, they should have been up and ready by now.