CHAPTER TEN; the boggart

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PART ONE
The Boggart

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" y/n's point of view "

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WE WALKED INTO Defence Against the Dark Arts today to notice the desks were all pushed to the sides of the classroom and there was a wardrobe in the middle of the class. I flashed my uncle a confused look and he just smiled.

Suddenly, the wardrobe began to shake. "Nothing to worry about, it's just a boggart." Remus said to the students walking into the class. Of course! It made total sense.

"Who knows exactly, what is a boggart?" He asked once all the students had entered the classroom. No one but me put up their hand. "Ms Black?"

"A boggart is a shape-shifter, it takes the shape of whatever frightens us the most." I answered

"Couldn't have said it better myself. 5 points to Gryffindor."  My uncle looked at me proudly. "But the boggart would have a bit of a problem here, why? Mr Weasley!"

"Which one?" The twins asked in unison. Remus sighed and gave them a small glare. "George." He said, pointing to the right twin. Of course he could tell them apart, he'd seen them many times over the holidays and breaks.

"Uh. Since there are so many of us here. It wouldn't know which shape to be?" George said

"Precisely." Remus looked around the class. "It's always good to have company when there's a boggart around. It'll get confused and won't know what to transform into. I once saw a boggart make that very mistake. Ended up turning into half a slug. Not exactly terrifying."

The class snickered.

"Now, the spell used in defence of a boggart is very easy. Please repeat after me, without wands." Remus said, everyone put their wands in their robe pockets. "Riddikulus"

"Riddikulus!" The class repeated.

"Very good." Remus then smiled. "Who's first? Mr Harper!"

A boy stepped forward as Lupin let the boggart out of the wardrobe.

It began to shift while the boy looked utterly terrified. The boggart then took the shape of a massive serpent.

"RIDDIKULUS!" The boy pointed his wand at the boggart, and the snake turned into a rubber snake.

Angelina was next. The boggart became a ball of fire. Then it became a spider, for Kenneth Towler, a clown for Alicia. It kept on changing one by one.

Soon it was Lee's turn. The boggart turned into his parents. We were all confused until they started insulting him and calling him homophobic slurs.

"R-R-Riddikulus!" Lee shouted, tears began streaming down his face. I ran to the front of the class to see if he was okay. The boggart started to change again. It saw me.

It shifted into my dad, holding a wand and with a crazed look on his face. There were bodies around him.

George. Lee. Oliver. Remus. Angelina. Harry. Hermione. Ginny. Ron. And there was another body, my dad had his foot on it's chest.

Fred.

"Y/N..." I heard the voice, but I couldn't tell whose it was. My eyes were set on Fred's body lying on the floor.

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