Pandora stepped into the classroom, Defense Against the Dark Arts was one of her favorite classes and the new professor was definitely better then the previous two she'd had. Inside the room, all the tables were gone and there stood an old wardrobe, which was shaking; growing up in a wizarding family, she knew instantly what was inside and she hoped she wouldn't have to face the creature inside. Slowly the rest of her class began to pile in, and when Professor Lupin was sure everyone was there, he addressed the class.

"Would anyone care to take a guess as to what this is?"

"That's a boggart!"

"Very good Miss Brown! And can anybody tell me what a boggart look like?"

Seamus, with Dean pushed their way through the crowd to the front, standing with Pandora. "Alright Pan? What happened the other night? Hermione was saying to Harry and Ron you were missing out of your bed again."

"Oh. You know me, late night stroll."

"Mr Finnigan, Miss Argent, please be quiet; unless you would like to share?" Professor Lupin waited and saw the two shake their heads, "Very well, you were saying Miss Granger?"

"Nobody knows. It's a shape shifter, the take the shape of whatever a particular person fears the most. That's what makes them so.."

"So terrifying, yes."

"Fucking hate boggarts." Pan muttered, earning a quiet chuckle each from Seamus and Dean.

"Luckily," Professor Lupin continued, "There is a very simple charm to repel them. We'll practice without wands first, if you please. Ridikilous!"

"This class is ridiculous." Malfoy said.

"So's your face." Seamus snapped back.

The class repeated what he said several times and Professor Lupin called Neville up to the front, if he was going to ask to start, then this could at least be amusing. Pan and Neville were friends, but she knew a certain potions master was his biggest fear, his gran coming at a close second. At least she could get a laugh before humiliating herself and isolating herself from all her friends. Lupin asked Neville what his greated fear was, and as predicted the class laughed as he confessed it was Professor Snape. Lupin told Neville he was going first, he used his wand to unlock the door and out staggered Snape. For a second, Neville was paralyzed but as the Snape-Boggart walked towards him, Neville shouted Ridikilous, and the Snape-Boggart stumbled back, he was then transformed. Wearing an ugly vulture hate, green velvet coat and skirt along with a big red handbag. The class roared with laughter, and Lupin quickly told everyone to form a line.

Up first, was Ron. the creature began morphing into a large spider, and people behind Ron began chuckling hearing a whining sound coming from him. Ron raised his wand and shouted the charm, and the spider began to fall over itself on roller skates. Then Parvati, it changed into a large snake. She shouted the charm and it turned into a big Jack-in-the-box.

"If you ask me that's scarier then snake!" Seamus turned and joked to Pan, Harry and Hermione who stood behind him.

Next was Dean, a creepy, disembodied hand started crawling around the classroom. Dean stared in disbelief before shouting the charm and as the hand jumped and landed, it fell straight into a mousetrap. Dean howled with laughter as he allowed Seamus to take his turn. The trapped hand turned into a banshee. The banshee began to scream and many people covered their ears, including Seamus. It took him a few seconds before he stood tall and shouted the charm. No sound came from the banshee and the creature began to grasp at their throat. Seamus smiled and turned to Pan,

"Good Luck."

Pan stepped forward, and for a moment the boggart started to twist and turn. A part of it dropped to the ground, making muddy foot prints and larger blobs fell to the ground; the larger blobs began to take the shape of her grandfather, her aunt and uncle. They were dead, their throats ripped out; Pan was looking at the scene in front of her so intently, she vaguely heard someone let out a small scream behind her. What she saw, it was nothing short of gruesome; but it wasn't until she looked up, did she really feel cold. A large, glowing ball floated in the air in front of her. She could feel the tears forming, but she was determined not to let them fall. Pan glanced back and noticed everyone was so fixated on the bodies, they probably hadn't even noticed the ball. She took a look over to Lupin and saw his white face, his eyes flickering between the bodies, the ball and her. Lupin stepped forward,

"It's alright Miss Argent. You can do it."

Pan slowly raised her wand, pointing it at the ball and firmly said "Ridikilous!"

The big ball got bigger and bigger before it suddenly popped and drenched the floor in paint and the footsteps and bodies disappeared. Pan ran to the back and Harry took his place. Pan was just so done with this class, that she looked back, seeing the dementor and ran to the girls room.


Lupin sat in his desk in shock. Two students had really given him something to think about, he hadn't thought this would back fire on him but it had. Harry, he could deal with. Lupin suspected that Harry wold come and ask him why he had not been allowed to face his fears, the professor honestly thought it would turn into Voldemort and it would not do to have him appear in class. However what really worried Lupin was miss Argent. Her worst fear, he had thought was loosing her family, which was understandable. However as the scene kept growing, he had taken in the details of what lay in front of him. Muddy prints on the floor, they changed between a human foot print and a big paw print, the throats of her family, he had seen the obvious teeth marks; he had even seen her grandfather holding a silver knife in his hand. The Argent's were famed for their dealings with werewolves, and at first he believed she had been fed harsh information about all werewolves being evil and her worst fear was seeing her family killed by one; but as the moon shone, he saw the fear register in her face.

Dumbledore had told him that one of the students was a werewolf, however he had not been told which one. The student had wanted as few people to know as possible and so only five staff members knew who it was. Dumbledore, of course knew. Madam Pomfrey knew, which made sense. Snape knew, to make the wolfsbane for the child, the head of house of the student and Hagrid knew, because the child felt safe with Hagrid knowing. Lupin spun a coin on his desk, he considered going to Dumbledore, in fact he knew he would have to, now that he knew. He wanted to speak to Pan about this, let her know that she was not alone. He would speak to the head master about it after dinner.

Lupin sipped at his tea, and realized just how bad he felt for the girl. She came from a family of werewolf hunters; people that had tortured werewolves, and Remus could only hope that they, at the very least, took pity on her and didn't hurt her. His parents had died a long time ago, and he remembered the fear they had of him at first when he was bitten but grew to understand it was still him and they helped him through it. He highly doubted the Argent's would do this for one of their own. Remus pushed himself up and made his way for the head masters office, this couldn't wait.


"Cola Cube."

The griffon sprang to life and allowed Remus to walk up the stair case, he knocked and entered. Dumbledore looked up from whatever work was keeping him busy and smiled at his former student.

"Ah, Remus! To what do I owe this pleasure?"

"A word, please Albus?"

"Of course, in fact, have several! Is there something on your mind?"

"I had a class with the third years and I was teaching them to repel a boggart. They were having a go each and..."

"I suppose Mr Potter saw Lord Voldemort?"

"No, actually. A dementor, he fears fear itself." Lupin lost himself in thought, "Anyway, it wasn't Mr Potter I wanted to speak to you about. It's Miss.."

"Argent." Dumbledore interrupted him again. "Yes, I fear you found out the same way I did. Nothing was put on her forms and her family certainly said nothing about it, which is rather dangerous; but I was wandering around in her first year and I came across someone weeping. When I rounded the corner, I saw Miss Argent facing a boggart. Her family dead and ..."

"The muddy paw prints? And the moon?" Lupin finished.

Dumbledore nodded. "Poor child, and you know of her family?"

Remus nodded.

"You can imagine they were less then happy."

"They've never hurt her, have they?"

Dumbledore looked down at his desk.

"That doesn't fill me with the greatest of confidence Albus."

"I'm not entirely sure, but I have reason to believe they do."

Remus grimaced, "Albus? with your permission, I'd like to speak to her about it. I'll tell her I figured it out, but I think she needs someone who understands."

"Of course Remus, I think that would be a wonderful idea." Albus watched Remus stand and walk to the door, "Remus? Tread carefully with her. I've never seen such a broken soul."


So this was meant to be a one shot but I think it's going to be a short series now. I know I spelt the charm wrong and I'm sorry! Tell me all what you think!