Benjamin clutched Flipper tightly in his hands as he looked down the Ravenclaw table. The silly creature had managed to hop off just as the train pulled into Hogsmeade station, and by the time Benjy had found him, Garrick was nowhere to be seen.

Why did he have a toad for a familiar again? Gah.

Anyway, here he now was, and he soon slipped into the seat beside Garrick. "Sorry I missed your carriage," he said apologetically to his cousin, "But this fella had other ideas..." At that, Flipper was placed carefully on the table with a firm, "Stay". The toad had other ideas, however, and promptly jumped into a plastic cup.

Hang on, plastic cups?

Benjy frowned. "Elves gone off washing up or something?" he muttered, with a confused shake of the head. Hogwarts was weird. And he hadn't even noticed the state of the banner yet...

"So, did I miss much?" Other than the reason for all the disposable crockery and cutlery?