Secrets I have held in my heart (part 1)

Chapter 10: The Boggart

The following morning I woke up first, the previous night I made sure to not fall asleep in the Common Room in order to avoid another interrogation with Hermione. Today was my first Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson and I was extremely excited. From what I heard, the position for DADA was cursed as no teacher had lasted more than a year so I was wondering how crazy the lesson was going to be.

I was the first in my dorm to leave. The Common Room was quite busy so in the bustle I approached the two ginger heads that stood out from the crowd that was starting to move outside.

'Good morning boys' I beamed at them

'what are you so happy about?' yawned Fred, still looking sleepy 

'well... today are Quidditch tryouts' I said looking at George 'and I have my first Defence Against the Dark Arts class which I'm pretty excited about'

'Georgie told me you were a terrific chaser Edwards, can't wait to see you try to out win Angelina' he cracked up

'ha ha' I said sarcastically 'I'll make sure to kick some ass while I'm out there and we'll see who laughs' 

'come one lets go to breakfast' said George leading the way

We all sat down for breakfast at the table, a few minutes later Hermione appeared, she looked drained, with dark circles under her eyes and carrying textbooks in her arms that didn't fit in her already full bag.

'Hermione, exactly how many subjects are you taking this year?' I asked preoccupied

'not enough' she said sarcastically 'I mean I'm taking enough subjects as I can' she said more nicely

'well I'll give you a hand with those books since no one seems to be helping out' I said, glaring at the boys who hadn't even bothered to offer to carry her books on their way down

'thank you y/n'

After breakfast, Hermione and I left the table first, bidding our goodbyes to the rest of the table, and headed to class. 

'say y/n, what took you so long last night? I thought you just had to get your cloak' Hermione asked

'oh uh, I had to do a deep search because it turns out it was hidden under a sofa' I lied, I didn't want to tell her I had been with George again, it was already weird enough between us and I didn't want to talk about it.

'oh, okay' she said unconvinced 

Professor Lupin had told us to leave our bags in the classroom as we were going to have DADA in another classroom, well not really another classroom, he lead us to the staff room where Snape was sitting in a corner. He stood up though and left, saying he would rather not witness the lesson.

In front of the where the class had gathered was a mirrored closet that had begun to move, as if there was something inside trying to get out.

'now who can guess what is inside the closet' said Professor Lupin in a clear voice, which seemed to contrast with his worn face. Hermione's hand shot up

'yes Ms. Granger'

'A Boggart' she answered

'excellent, five points to Gryffindor' at this I nudged Hermione's shoulder in delight while the Slytherins just rolled their eyes

'now who can tell me what a Boggart looks like?' Lupin continued

'they have an indefinite shape as they transform into your worst fear' called a dark skinned Gryffindor boy

'excellent Mr. Thomas, another five points to Gryffindor' said Lupin pleased 'now there is a simple incantation to get rid of a Boggart, without your wands I want you to repeat after me, Riddikulus'