ONLY YOU (Harry potter x fem reader)

3.5 Bogart In The Wardrobe

HARRY's POV

We were in the great hall for breakfast as we heard Pansy Parkinson simpering about how Malfoy feels. 

"Does it hurt Dracy?" cooed Parkinson. 

"Just look at her 'does it hurt dracyyy?' Dracy, my FOOT!" said y/n trying to impersonate Parkinson. "He's faking it." said Ron.

"Of course he is faking it. Madam Pomfrey grew many of my bones in just one night last year. Its impossible than she can not fix a silly scratch." I added.

"He's just doing it so that Hagrid get's sacked." said Hermione. "Anyways, let's forget him. We all have DADA first so let's just hurry up." 

We packed our stuff and left the great hall. Personally, I was very excited for DADA. Professor Lupin seemed quite nice to me.

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Professor Lupin wasn't there when we arrived at his first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson. I sat next to y/n and took out my book. We all were talking when he entered.

"Good morning," Professor Lupin said. "Would you please put all your books back in your bags. Today's will be a practical lesson. You will need only your wands."

We all exchanged glances and then put our books back inside and stood up.

He swished his wand to keep the tables and chairs aside. What were we going to do? Duels?

He bought a wardrobe in front us which was shaking, banging noise coming from inside. It felt like some creature was trapped inside and wanted to come out.

"Not to worry about! There's a boggart in there." he said. "Now, can any of you tell me what a boggart is?"

Hermione quickly raised her hand, as usual. "Boggarts are shape - shifters. They take the shape of the thing that frightens us the most." 

"Could not have put it better myself." said Professor Lupin and Hermione gloomed.

"So the boggart sitting in the darkness within has not yet assumed a form. He does not yet know what will frighten the person on the other side of the door. Nobody knows what a boggart looks like when he is alone, but when I let him out, he will immediately become whatever each of us most fears." he gave a pause and continued, "This means, that we have a big advantage over it, can you guess what that might be y/n?"

"Umm, as there are so many of us, it won't know what shape it should take?" She replied.

"Precisely!" he said.

"It's always best to have company when you're dealing with a boggart. He becomes confused. Which should he become, a headless corpse or a flesh-eating slug? I once saw a boggart make that very mistake — tried to frighten two people at once and turned himself into half a slug. Not remotely frightening.

"The charm that repels a boggart is simple, yet it requires force of mind. You see, the thing that really finishes a boggart is laughter. What you need todo is force it to assume a shape that you find amusing.

"We will practice the charm without wands first. After me, please... Riddikulus!"

"Riddikulus!" we all repeated after him.

"Now, Neville" professor Lupin "will you accompany me please?" 

"Yeah.... Sure" The wardrobe shook again, though not as much as Neville who walked forward to him.

"Right, Neville, what frightens you the most?"

Neville murmured something but we couldn't hear it.