Beauty and the Beast (Remus Lupin)

10.

The last few months of school had been challenging. Besides the fact that Harry had won Gryffindor the quidditch final, Buckbeak was sentenced to death for attacking Draco.

And now they were doing exams.

After finishing Potions they headed over to Defense Against the Dark Arts. It was one of the strangest ones they had seen. It was an obstacle course and at the end they had to face a boggart.

"Good luck." Pansy laughed.

"Don't listen, you'll be fine." Harry reminded Rose and she smiled.

"Rosalie Belle." Lupin called forward.

Rose couldn't believe that he had done the one thing that she couldn't do, an obstacle course. And the more she stared down at everything she had to do, she became overwhelming nervous.

When she tends to become that, her clumsiness goes over the roof.

"And go!" Lupin said.

Rose had occasionally tripped but brushed it aside and continued on. Then she got in to her boggart.

"Riddikulus!" She pointed at the same creepy boggart of herself and turned it into the strange inflatable she had pictured.

Rose walked out feeling as if she failed it.

"Excellent! Full marks!" Lupin said.

Rose froze, appalled at what he just said.

"What...?" She asked.

"Full marks." He smiled down.

"I'm sorry...what? Did you not see me? I nearly exploded the whole thing..."

"I think you're thinking too much about this. Yes you tripped a bit, who doesn't? Besides that, everything was spot on and you continued on as if the trips never happened. So once again I'll say, full marks."

Rose smiled and walked towards her friends.

"How was it like?" Hermione asked.

Rose was still in shock that she couldn't answer but smiled. Then Hermione went and passed even though she cried because her boggart was Mcgonagall saying she failed all her classes.

Then Pansy went before Harry. She didn't do so well, she couldn't pass the boggart part.

"Look Ro, it's you," Ron laughed as he peaked in at Pansy, "Oh!" Ron gasped.

"What happened?" Rose asked.

He laughed, "you just smacked her."

Harry also got full marks and Ron passed as well.

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"I can't believe we've got to look inside balls to see our future." Ron groaned as they waited for their exams in Divination.

"Yeah, well I go first." Rose frowned.

"Great, maybe you can tell us how it goes." Harry said.

"And risk Hermione finding out? She's stressed enough, I don't want her taking it out on me." Rose said.

"Rosalie Belle!" Trelawney called.

"Good luck." Harry said.

"Maybe you'll see your soulmate!" Ron teased.

Rose got into the class and sat down on the cushion across from Trelawney. She looked more frightened than Rose.

"Ok...Um...take as long as you need. After all...it'll be better this way." She looked away.