The boggart love story

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Severus stayed in the hospital bed for rest of the week..His friends would visit after every classes especially Moony. The werewolf seemed to be in extreme distress.

Today he would be able to leave the hospital wing.

When he entered the hall, everyone went silent. That was before Regulus came up to him and hugged him tightly. He was followed by Lucius, Bellatrix, Narcissa and Andromeda. At last Lupin.

Remus just stayed there, staring awkwardly at Severus. Severus chuckled at the wolf and pulled him into a hug.

What an unexpected turn of events.

Severus accompanied Remus to the DADA class. He didn't question the gyfindor's presence in the Slytherin table. He could guess it from the glares he got from James and Sirius.

" Class, today we will be learning about Boggart. Anyone care to explain what's Boggart?". Remus's hand shot up.

" Yes mr. Lupin?".

" It takes the form of our deepest fear sir".

" Yes it does. Like Mr. Lupin told, it shows our greatest fear and can be countered by using a single a spell riddickulus.  Today all of you are going to try it out . So line up".

All the students lined up. Some where enthusiastic while others were indifferent. But there were also Students like Severus Snape and Remus Lupin who were pale as the Christmas morning.

Because they both knew their fears. And let me tell you, you don't want to know. It would give you nightmares.

A lot of fears were undisclosed. Most of them were stupid, like cockroach , spiders . A thestral was the only fear, by far,  which could atleast be considered as a descent one.

The next was Severus Snape.

The boggart slowly turned. It turned to show a man and woman. The man was holding a beer bottle while the woman was on the floor, her entire body covered in bruises.

The man raised the beer bottle and smashed it against the woman who let out a painful cry. She withered on the floor like a snake on fire. And suddenly her movements halted. She rested in her own pool of red.

The man turned to face Severus.

Severus stood there, not a touch of blood on his face. His eyes filled with fear , anger and contempt. The man removed his belt and held the leather strap in his hands.

" Kneel faggot".

The entire class watched in horror.  Lucius, the wisest stood in front of the boggart. Soon the man took the form of Abraxas Malfoy.

Soon the entire Slytherin group including Remus rushed out of the class.

James and Sirius stood there, staring at the boggart.

" Ahem...the class is dismissed. We can continue later". The professor was wise enough to do that.

Wasting no time, the two marauders rushed to their own dorms. Never in a million years would they have imagined something like that.

And they certainly did not know that they would ever feel sorry for the slimy ball of grease. Or can I say, a lost soul who was granted with little or no choices.