𝚂.𝙲.𝙰.𝚁.𝚂 [𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛]

𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝟺: 𝚃𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝙽𝚘 𝙾𝚗𝚎

News had spread fast about the accident in Care of Magical Creatures, it horrified Gabriel. He didn't want to be the talk of the castle, he just wanted a life to live, away from crime and violence. What happened then, he had to lock it in the back of his mind, never to remember again. After the incident, Hermione insisted Gabriel to getting some medical attention incase it gets infected, so the four of them went to Madam Pomfrey and have her bandage up the claw marks, but when she asked him to disrobe his top, she and the others found a big surprise, scars upon scars, littered all over Gabriel's back, chest, and arms. Embarrassed, he promptly asks the head nurse to finish up the bandaging before he speed-walks out of the Hospital Wing, to the concern of the the Trio, especially Hermione. She will definitely find a way to ask Gabriel about them.

Right now though, is Defense Against the Dark Arts, and they are currently standing in front of a shaking closet drawer.

"Would anyone like to venture a guess as to what is inside?" Professor Lupin asks the class.

"That's a boggart, that is." One student says.

"Very good, Mr. Thomas." Lupin says before the drawer shakes once more. "Now can anybody tell me what a boggart looks like." Before Gabriel can answer, Hermione is quicker on the draw and speaks up, startling Ron, knowing full well that he didn't see her beside them.

"No one knows." She answers, with Ron questioning how she even got here, and he only gets a shrug from both Harry and Gabriel. "Boggarts are shape shifters, they take the shape of whatever a particular person fears the most, that's what makes them so-"

"So terrifying, yes yes yes." He cuts her off but acknowledges the answer.

"We also have an advantage against it, there are too many of us for it to scare us all since it can only change into one fear after another." Gabriel adds to Hermione's answer and gets a smile from Lupin in the process.

"Very good observation, Mr. Grindelwald." The drawer shakes once more before Lupin continues. "Luckily, a very simple charm exists to repel a boggart, so let's practice it now. Without wands please, and no hands, Mr. Grindelwald. Repeat after me, Riddikulus!"

"Riddikulus." The class says in chorus.

"Very good, a little louder. Riddikulus!"

"Riddikulus!" They say once more, but Draco makes fun of it.

"This class is ridiculous." He says, as his lackeys nod in agreement, but Gabriel, without looking at him, whispers to him.

"You calling for daddy is ridiculous." Ron and Harry stifle a laugh from the joke, Draco and his lackeys glare at him, and Hermione nudges him on the shoulder for that.

"Very good, well so much for the easy part. The incantation alone is not enough however. What really finishes a boggart, is laughter. You need to force it to assume a shape you find very amusing. Let me explain, uh Neville will you join me please?" He calls on the shy Gryffindor, who looks to his classmates for help, and he gets an encouraging pat from Gabriel along with a smile to go with it. Neville smiles back before walking up to Professor Lupin, who gives him a little hello.

"Neville, what frightens you most of all?" With a little hesitation in his voice, he mumbles his answer that not even the professor can hear.

"I didn't catch that, sorry?" Lupin says to ask him to speak a bit louder, and Neville finally reveals his worst fear.

"Professor Snape." Laughter is heard from the class, including Lupin.

"Professor Snape, yes, frightens all. And I believe you live with your grandmother."