Harry Potter and Shafik

Chapter 36 Boggart

The most anticipated first session of the new semester, Defense Against the Dark Arts, is finally here.But after the storm comes the rainbow, and the students have to take another Potions class!

The classroom was still in the dark and cold basement, and the professor was still the greasy Severus Snape with raven-black hair.

Snape was the head of the Slytherin house, and under normal circumstances, priority was always given to the students of this house.Today they're working on a new potion: the shrinking solution.Recipe: Daisy root (chopped), shrunken fig (peeled), caterpillar (thinly sliced), a drop of rat bile, a dash of leech sap. (If you are interested, you can do it yourself. Of course, you will not be responsible for any accidents!)
Godfather Snape was still staring at the Harry trio with those eagle-like eyes.Neville next to him was cutting materials with a trembling right hand, and Neville was in trouble.Neville always had a nervous breakdown in Potions; Potions was his worst subject, and since he was terrified of Snape, things were ten times worse.His potion, which was supposed to be a bright green acid, turned into—"Orange, Longbottom," said Snape, spooning a little out before letting it splash back into the cauldron so everyone could can see. "Orange. Tell me, boy, has something penetrated this thick skull of yours? Didn't you hear me say, plainly, that all it took was a drop of rat bile? Didn't I see Say, is a little leech sap enough? How can I explain it to you, Longbottom?"

Nacheng's face turned pink and he was shaking.He looked like he was about to cry.

"Professor, can I help him correct it?" Daphne said.

"Look, this is an excellent student of Slytherin. Slytherin is very good." Daphne walked to Neville and whispered the correct method of making it, while encouraging Neville.

At this point, Snape called out, "You should have all added the ingredients by now. This potion will have to be boiled before you can drink it; pack up while it rolls, and then we'll experiment with Longbottom's."

Crabbe and Goyle laughed openly, watching Neville sweat and stir his potion vigorously.Daphne gave him instructions with the corners of her mouth so Snape wouldn't see.

"Professor, please give me an explanation today, why do you always bully Neville?" Hilbert put down his work and came out from behind.

"Go back, Mr. Shafiq. None of your business."

"I won't, you have to give me an explanation today."

"Okay, Hill, there's no need for you to get into trouble with the godfather." Daphne stepped up and said.

"I just can't stand it. If you have something to say, just say it."

"You rude little..."

"Expelliarmus." Snape's wand was disarmed again.

"get out of class is over." Snape said, picking up his wand, and then disappeared.

"Thank you, Hill." Neville whispered.

"It's okay, tell me if something like this happens again in the future. Let's go to Defense Against the Dark Arts now, let's go Neville!"

"Sometimes, Hill really has the characteristics of Gryffindor." Hermione said to Harry Ron later.

Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

When we got to the classroom of Professor Luhu's first Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Professor Lupine was not there.They all sat down, produced books, quills, and parchment; they were talking when Luhu at last entered the room.Lupine smiled, and put his battered suitcase on the desk.He was as shabby as when he arrived, but looked healthier than on the train, as if he had eaten a few solid meals.

"Good afternoon," he said. "Please put all your books back in your bag. It's a practice class today, and all you need is your wand."

The whole class put the books back in their schoolbags, and several students exchanged surprised glances.They've never had a practical Defense Against the Dark Arts class, unless you count the memorable one last year where the original teacher brought a cage of goblins and set them free come out.

"Well," said the professor, seeing that everyone was getting ready, "will you follow me?"

Confused but also interested, the whole class stood up and walked out of the classroom with Professor Lupine.He led them down a deserted corridor and turned a corner.There, the first thing they saw was the trickster Peeves, floating head-down in mid-air, stuffing gum into the nearest keyhole.

It wasn't until Professor Lupine was two feet away from Peeves that he looked up, and then he twirled his curled-toed foot and sang.

"Clumsy Lupine," sang Peeves, "Stupid Lupine, stupid Lupine—"

Peeves has always been rude and difficult to rule, but he usually has a certain respect for teachers.All eyes turned quickly to the professor to see how he was being treated; to their surprise, he was still smiling.

"If I were you, Peeves, I'd get the chewing gum out of the keyhole," Lupin said cheerfully. "Mr. Filch can't go in and get the broom."

Filch is the caretaker of Hogwarts, a bad-tempered, uneducated wizard who is always against the students and against Peeves.However, Peeves ignored Professor Lupine's words and just blew loudly a wet raspberry.

Professor Lupin sighed slightly and took out his wand.

"It's a useful little spell," he said, turning to the class, "please look at it."

He raised his wand, shoulder-height, said, "Wadi Vasi!" and pointed at Peeves.

The little piece of chewing gum shot out of the keyhole like a bullet, and went straight into Peeves' left nostril; Peeves immediately spun away and went straight up, cursing all the way. "Excellent, sir!" said Dean Thomas in amazement. "Thank you, Dean," said Professor Lupine, putting away his wand again. "Shall we keep going?" They walked on again, and the whole class looked at the ragged professor with increased respect.He led them into the second hallway and stopped, just outside the faculty lounge.

"Go in, please," said Professor Lupine, opening the door and taking a step back.

The Faculty Lounge is a long space filled with old chairs that don't fit together, and there's only one faculty member there.Professor Snape sat in a low armchair, looking around as the class entered.His eyes were bright, and there was a mocking smile on his lips.Professor Lupine came in and closed the door behind him when Snape said, "Don't close it, Lupine. I'd better not look at it." He stood up and walked past the class, his black robes behind him Floating behind.On the porch, he turned and said, "Lupine, no one may have warned you, but Neville Longbottom is in this class. I advise you not to ask him to do anything difficult unless Miss Granger whispers in his ear." Give instructions." Neville flushed.Harry glared at Snape: it was bad enough that he was bullying Neville in his own class, let alone in front of the other teachers.

Professor Lupine raised an eyebrow.

"I had expected Neville to be my assistant in the first phase of the operation," he said. "I'm sure he'll do well." Neville's face was even redder now, if possible.Snape's lips puckered, but he left, slamming the door shut.

"Now, this way," said Professor Lupine, beckoning the class to the end of the lounge.There was nothing there but an old wardrobe where the teachers kept their spare robes.Professor Lupine walked to the closet and stood still. The closet suddenly shook and hit the wall with a bang.
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78-"Don't worry." Professor Lupine said calmly, because at this moment several students jumped back in fright. "There's a Boggart in there." Most felt there was something to worry about.Neville glanced at Professor Lupine with terror in his eyes, and Seamus Finnigan peeked in fear at the now shaking cabinet doorknob.

"Boggarts like dark, enclosed spaces," said Professor Lupine, "wardrobes, voids under beds, cupboards under sinks—I once came across one hidden in an old grandfather's clock. This one was yesterday. Moving in in the afternoon, I asked the principal if the faculty could leave it alone and give my [-]rd graders some practice.

"So, the first question we have to ask ourselves is, what is a Boggart?"

"It's a shape-shifting thing," she said. "It can take on whatever image it thinks will scare us the most."

"So, inside the closet. The Boggart sitting in the dark hasn't taken any shape yet. It doesn't know what's going to scare people outside the door. No one knows what a Boggart looks like when he's alone. , but by the time I let it out, it would instantly become the thing that each of us fears the most.

"That means," said Professor Luhu, deliberately ignoring Neville's slight voice of terror, "that we have a huge advantage over the Boggarts before we begin. You find this Do you have an advantage?

"The spell to repel a Boggart is simple, but it takes willpower. You know, what really scares a Boggart is laughter. All you have to do is force it into what you think is ridiculous.

"Let's say this spell without the wand first. Please tell me.. funny funny!" "Funny funny!" said the class in unison. "Okay," said Professor Lupine, "very well. But, I'm afraid that's just the easy part. Saying the incantation isn't enough, you know. It's up to you, Neville." The wardrobe was shaking again , but not as bad as Neville. When Neville walked forward, it was like going to the gallows. "Okay, Neville," said Professor Lupine, "first thing: tell me, what are you most afraid of in the world?"

Neville's lips moved, but no sound came out. "Didn't hear, sorry, Neville," said Professor Lupine cheerfully.Nacheng looked around eagerly, as if begging someone to help him, and said in a low whisper, "Professor Snape." Almost everyone laughed.Even Neville himself grinned apologetically.Professor Lupine, however, seemed to be thinking deeply.

"Professor Snape...Neville, I assume you live with your grandmother?"

"Oh - yes," Neville said nervously, "but - I don't want a Boggart like her either."

"No, no, you didn't understand me," said Professor Lupine, now smiling. "I don't know. Could you tell us what your grandmother usually wore?"

Neville seemed taken aback, but he said: "Well always wears the same hat. It's the tall kind with the old stuffed vulture on top. And a long dress in green, usually .. Sometimes I wear a fox fur scarf."

"And handbags?" Professor Lupin encouraged him to go on.

"A big red handbag," said Neville.

"Okay," said Professor Lupine, "can you describe the clothes in great detail, Neville? Can you see the clothes in your mind?"

"Yes," Neville replied blankly, apparently not knowing what was going to happen next.

"By the time the Boggart bursts out of the closet, Neville, and sees you, it will take on the form of Professor Snape," said Lupine. Take - and yell 'funny funny' - and try to concentrate, thinking about your grandmother's clothes. If all goes well, Professor Boggart Snape will be forced into a A stuffed hat, a man in a green suit, and a large red handbag."

The whole class laughed.The wardrobe shook even more.

"If Neville succeeds, this Boggart may turn his attention to each of you in turn." Professor Lupine said, "Now, I hope that each of you will take a moment and think about you. What are you most afraid of, and imagine how you can force it to look ridiculous..." The room was quiet.Look around.Many of the students had their eyes closed, and Ron was muttering to himself, "Take its legs off." Hilbert knew what Ron was talking about: Ron's worst fear was spiders.I knew it since I was scared by the giant spider and peed my pants in the Forbidden Forest last year.

"Is everyone ready?" asked Professor Lupine.

Everyone else is nodding and rolling up their sleeves.

"Neville, we're going back," said Professor Lupine. "Let's give you a clearing, okay? I'll call the next person up.. Now, everyone, get back and give Neville a clearing." place--"

Everyone backed away, back to the wall, leaving Neville standing by the wardrobe by himself.Na Cheng's face was pale.Zeko was terrified, but he had already rolled up the sleeves of his robe and had his wand in his grip.

"I'll count to three, Neville," said Professor Lupine, pointing his wand at the wardrobe too. "One-two-three-go!"

A burst of sparks shot from the end of the Professor's wand, and the spark hit the wardrobe door handle.The closet door burst open.Professor Snape, with a hooked nose and a menacing expression, came out and stared at Neville with piercing eyes.

Nachen stepped back, his wand raised, tongue-tied and speechless.Snape moved towards him aggressively, slipping his hand into his robes.

"F—funny funny!" Neville squealed.

There was a noise, like the cracking of a whip.Snape stumbled; he was wearing a long, lace-embroidered dress, a tall hat with a moth-eaten stuffed old vulture on top, and a huge scarlet scarlet dangling from his hand. handbags.If Taoist Lingxu was here, he would definitely think of a word: big guy in women's clothing.

How can you be a boss if you don't wear women's clothing?

The class burst into laughter; the Boggart paused, bewildered; and Professor Lupine yelled, "Parvati, step forward!"

Parvati walked forward with a straight face.Snape walked around her.There was another pop, and where Snape had stood was now a bandaged, bloodstained mummy; its sightless eyes turned to Parvati and started walking towards her, very slowly, Scuffling, stiff arms thrown up—"Funny funny!" Parvati exclaimed.

The bandages on the mummy's feet came undone; it staggered under the unraveled bandages, fell face forward, and rolled its head off.

"Seamus!" cried Professor Lupine.

Seamus hurried over Parvati and stepped forward.

Crack! The place where the mummy stayed is now a woman, with black hair dragging to the ground, a face that is only skeleton, and still green - a female ghost.She opened her mouth wide.An unearthly sound filled the room, and a long, wailing cry made Harry shudder—"Funny!" cried Seamus.

The female ghost made a tearing sound, grabbed her throat, and her voice was gone.

Crack! The ghost turned into a mouse, circling for its tail, and—crack! A rattlesnake, slithering and twisting—and—clap! It was a bloody eyeballs.

"It's lost its head!" cried Professor Lupine. "We've gone one step further! Dean!"

Dean hurried forward.

Crack! The eyeball became a severed hand, and the hand bounced around and began to crawl along the floor like a crab.

"Funny funny!" Dean exclaimed.

With a crisp sound, the hand was caught by the rat clip.

"Great! Ron, you're next!"

Ron jumped forward.

Crack! Several people screamed.A huge, hairy spider, six feet tall, was crawling towards Ron, waving its claws menacingly along the way.For a while.Harry thought Ron was too scared to move.And then—"Funny funny!" Ron yelled, and the spider's legs were gone.The spider kept rolling.

"Next, Malfoy!"

The Boggart became Uncle Lucius again.Um?Uncle Lucius!

"Funny!"

A brick fell and knocked Lucius unconscious.

"The next Hermione!"

Hermione's is when Professor McGonagall comes out and tells her she failed the exam.Then "Funny funny!"

Professor McGonagall said with a smile, Hermione, you have perfect marks in all exams.cut!I have to say the most boring Boggart.

"Hilbert!"

The Boggart in front of Hilbert suddenly became his mother, father, sister and Daphne lying on the ground covered in blood. "Funny funny!" The Boggart turned into a Muggle amusement park clown.

"Harry, next!"

Boggarts suddenly turned into Dementors!
"I come!"

The dementors turned into fifteen moons again.Then it turned into a leaky balloon again.

"Okay, great, hello everyone, great lesson. Homework, please read the chapter on Boggarts and write an abstract due Monday. No more."

The entire class left the staff room chatting excitedly. "

(End of this chapter)