How It Started

Chapter 13 - Selina Black

I peered around the classroom it was as though the word about what exactly a boggart was had gotten around the entire classroom, before the teacher could even introduce himself everyone seemed uncomfortable and jittery to say at the least.

Eventually the teacher got the message and silenced everyone with the simple motion of waving his hands, he went on to introduce himself as professor Quirrell he glanced around the classroom eyeing each one of us before finally glancing back onto the cupboard.

"I assume you can all read so can anyone tell me what a boggart is?" He questioned, i of course knew that answer but didn't want to raise my hand in case he asked me to demonstrate.

I looked around, there was only one singular hand that rose, Hermione Granger, Quirrell nodded acknowledging that she could begin talking.

"A Boggart is a shape-shifting creature that will assume the form of whatever most frightens the person who encounters it" she spoke smiling after she had finished, she looked overly pleased with herself

"Good Miss Granger and to defeat the boggart we simply cast the spell Riddikulus which forces the boggart to assume a generally amusing shape of what the caster mentally conceives" Quirrell said once again scanning the room, he appeared to lock eyes with potter and was seemingly transfixed

"Right well everyone form a line just in front of the cupboard" He said

I slowly stood up making sure to not appear to eager, although inside I was questioning what my deepest fear would be. I stood just in front of Mattheo around the middle of the crowd.

Quirrell tapped once on the cupboard which alarmingly started to shake and rattle until the doors swung open, I wasn't too sure what exactly appeared out of it but Quirrell shouted
"RIDDIKULUS" before a puff of white smoke and the cupboard doors were now closed again.

"Very well let's get this going" he whispered to the class, I was unsure as to why he was now suddenly whispering. I watched closely at the other students as one by one they approached the cupboard doors, one after another the doors would swing open and reveal their fears. The spell seemed easy enough, after all if Ron Weasley could do it on his spider fears, then I would assume anyone could.

Eventually I step forward at the front of the line, I held my wand at the ready unaware of just what exactly would come out of the cupboard. I waited in anticipation as the whole class went quiet, I practically held my breathe until the cupboards swung open. In a puff of black smoke stood a mirror as I looked closer I realised it was not only my reflection but my father appeared to be beside me, he was wearing the Azkaban uniforms just like the ones he was wearing in the wanted poster, I stood next to him or the boggart. My father than pulled out his wand and aimed it directly at at the mirror, towards me.
"ADVADA" He started to yell, before he could finish the killing curse I murmured the words
"RIDDIKULUS" I started at the mirror which shattered into tiny pieces, until everything was drawn back into the cupboard.

My darkest fear, turning into the killing monster people assumed to be my father was projected in front of the whole class to see, perfect. I stood motionless, no one in the class had spoken a word since I stepped to the front of the line. I turned around, every eye was looking at me I walked to the back of the classroom, and back to the chair I had once been sitting in.

"Right well, um good job Miss B-Black" Quirrell said stumbling over my last name. I stayed quiet as the rest of the line finished conquering their boggarts and each time turning them into something funny.
"This class is ridiculous" I heard Draco mumble to Pansy as he sat back down, I couldn't help but agree with him, which was definitely saying something.

As soon as the bell rang and Quirrell dismissed the class, I picked up my stuff and walked out, i waited outside the classroom waiting for Mattheo and Theo, they came out shortly after me.
"Jeez Lina you practically ran out the classroom" Theo laughed, I laughed with him realising that he was right
"Well can you blame me, the class was.......bad" I said trying to find the right words
Mattheo who had also seen his father in the boggart was still silent, i elbowed him, he glanced up and smiled
"You can say that again, freaked me out" Mattheo said laughing trying to ease the tension. I glanced downward as we continued walking towards our next class.

I was still looking at the floor until I crashed into someone, they and I both fell down.
"Shoot, I'm so sorry" I said scrambling to pick up the books
The person started laughing, I turned to finally look at them, Fred Weasley.
He picked up my charm book which had landed near his foot and handed it to me,
"Thanks" I said standing up, Fred did the same I noticed then that George was standing next to him, he was holding in a laugh
"I'm sorry again" I began to say which caused them both to laugh, I didn't think it was funny
"Yeah don't worry about it" Fred said brushing it off, he smiled at me before I walked away.

Everything about that was awkward, I couldn't help but glance back behind me Fred and George were both walking in the opposite direction.
"Well that was awkward" Theo said trying not to laugh, I looked at Mattheo who was also holding in a laugh
"That was awful" I said laughing.

I glanced down at my timetable and immediately looked up trying to locate exactly where I was going. We walked down through the hallways until we found the classroom we were looking for. I ducked inside. This day was sure interesting, I thought to myself for a brief moment if everyday at hogwarts would be like this?