Bogarts, Patronus and Amortentia

Disclaimer : Not Mine. Everything belongs to J. .

A/N : All mistakes are mine. Not yet proofread.


Chapter - My Worst fear

The morning was warm with the sun shining brightly outside and birds chirping and engaging in their own games and fun. But in all this cheerfulness there was one person who wasn't feeling so disgustingly happy.

Me.

So today we are going to face Bogarts. Really I was more curios than terrified about what my greatest fear is. But facing that in front of fifth year Slytherins and Gryffindors wasn't something I was really looking forward to. And that my friend is the reason why I am dreading to go to this class today.

So right now I'm sitting in the great hall at the Gryffindor table along with Ray (Rayana) Longbottom and Hugo Weasely my best friends who currently were making cow eyes at each other. Yuck.

"Really you both are going to act like this so early in the morning." I said but they both merely shrugged and continued their activities. "Geez get a room, too much mushy-mushy!" and made gagging sounds. Hugo rolled his eyes at me and jerked his head towards the Slytherin table where currently my dear brother Albus was engaged in a conversation with his best friend Scorpius Malfoy. I sighed which the other two occupants of the table obviously heard.

"When are you going to tell him?" asked Ray.

"Never" I replied.

So it was a well known fact that I had a massive crush on my brother's best friend. Okay maybe not well known because apart from Ray and Hugo only Rose and Fred knew about it and they had been threatened again and again to keep their mouth shut. So what if I had a crush on him, it's not like I wrote our names together with small pink hearts around, in all my notebooks. That was just disturbing and I hate those types of girls. I figured that it's just a crush and soon it won't be a crush. Merlin I'm not making sense!

It's just a crush. I'll pass.

That was the mantra I kept repeating whenever I was around him. Which was a lot these days, can't really avoid my brother now can I? And those two are sort of like a package deal. I sighed again and turned my attention to my friends. "I'll meet you in class."

"But we still have 15 minutes" replied Hugo

"I wanted to talk to Teddy before class."

Hugo nodded and Ray shrugged. With a quick goodbye I was out of the hall walking towards DADA. Since Voldemorts death the curse on the position of DADA teacher had been lifted. Since two years that post is occupied by my god brother Teddy Lupin. He is a great teacher, completely unbiased and his classes were fun. Some people said that his teaching methods reminded them of his father Remus Lupin.

As I was mulling over these thoughts I found that I had arrived. With a short knock and an invitation from him to come in I was inside the class facing Teddy. He was sitting on his chair with stacks of paper on his desk which he was grading. His bright blue hair was sticking up with bags under his eyes. He may not be a werewolf but during full moons he's more tired and angry looking. He gets irritated more easily those days.

"So…" I started but stopped short at his expression. He looked, Amused?

"It's about today's lesson isn't it?" he asked. Really that guy knows me as good as my father. They both always know what's on my mind.

"What if it's something really horrible? Or really creepy. Or what if…" but I was cut short as he motioned to sit down. So I did what he asked and sat down at the chair opposite to him and he waved his wand and two cups of tea appeared in front of us. Even though I just had breakfast I still accepted the cup offered to me and with a deep sigh sipped the tea and instantly found myself calming down. So maybe the fear of facing my worst fear was catching up with me. But can you blame me?

"What's really bothering you Lills ? It's not really the Bogart right because as far as I know…" he trailed of motioning his hand so that I continue.

"No it's not. Not that exactly anyways. I don't want people to see my worst fear. I can face them I know I can but still I don't want everybody to know. You remember what happened during Albus' turn? The rumors spread like wildfire. I don't want to face them" I finished.

Teddy looked at me curiously and I fought the urge to squirm under his gaze. "Lily I can give you a big speech about how people talk, that it doesn't matter, ignore them and what not. But I won't do that because when I faced a Bogart for the first time, similar thoughts were running through my mind too. If you want my advice, then just take a deep breath and say the incantation. Forget about everything else. We'll deal with it one at a time. As for rumors and gossip, I thought you'd be used to it by now. We can't avoid, stop it or escape from it so just face it head on."

"I suppose" I muttered weakly.

By the time I finished the tea and our talk the bell rung signaling the start of the class. I walked out of the class and waited outside the door for others.

He's right, it's just one class and how bad can it be anyways? People will forget 'bout it in no time.


A/N: So new story, new plot and I'll try updating it as frequently as possible. Also I need a beta… so anyone interested in helping please msg me =)

Oh and Rayana is Neville and Luna's daughter.

Hugo is Ron and Padma's son and Rose their daughter.

Scorpius is Draco and Hermione's son. They also have a daughter who I'll introduce in later chapters.

Also please review as I'd like to know what you think about this story and tell me honestly should I continue it?