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Chapter Wort Fear
John had just finished telling Sherlock what had happened in Care for Magical Creatures.
"I might have actually laughed if I'd seen Malfoy get attacked," Sherlock said.
"The Hippogriff only attacked him because Malfoy provoked him," John told him.
"His father's probably trying to get the poor animal killed," Sherlock replied.
"You know it," John said.
"Anyway, what class do you have now?" Sherlock asked.
"Defense Against the Dark Arts," John said.
John saw a hint of a smile come from Sherlock.
"You'll find it… interesting," Sherlock replied.
"What are we doing?" John asked.
If Sherlock thought something was interesting, that was saying something.
"You'll see," Sherlock said.
"That's not fair," John replied. Sherlock began to walk off. "Sherlock!"
"Later," he said.
After everyone got into class, Professor Lupin took them to the staffroom. John, as well as Harry, glared at Professor Snape after making a rude comment about Neville as he left the room. Professor Lupin then drew their attention to a wardrobe. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary with it until it started moving.
"What's in there?" John asked.
"Nothing to worry about, Mr. Watson," Lupin assured him.
"Easy for him to say," Neville whispered into John ear.
"There's a boggart in there," Lupin said. Seamus could not seem to keep his eyes off of it. "Now, who can tell me what a boggart looks like?"
To no one's surprise, Hermione was the first to raise her hand.
"No one knows. They're shape-shifters," she said.
"Very good, Miss Granger. And what does it turn into?" Lupin asked.
This time, it was John's hand that beat Hermione's.
"Whatever we fear the most," he said.
"Correct, Mr. Watson," Lupin replied.
It was all going great after Professor Lupin taught them the incantation to use against the Boggart until Harry stepped forward. As it began to change, Lupin stepped in front of Harry. It then turned into a round orb. He quickly released the class after that.
"I wonder why Professor Lupin's frightened of crystal balls," Lavender Brown said.
"Mr. Watson, a word," Lupin called.
John took a deep breath as he walked up to Remus.
"That's not a crystal ball you're scared of," he said.
Remus smiled and nodded.
"Very observant. It was the moon," Lupin told him.
"I wouldn't worry. I don't think anyone noticed," John said.
"Do you know why I stopped Harry?" Lupin asked.
"His wort fear is probably You-Know-Who. But I was behind him. I didn't get to go," John said.
"My apologies," Lupin replied.
"I'm kind of glad, though," John admitted. "It might have been something about my condition."
"Yes, it very well might be," Lupin said.
xxx
Halloween would be the first Hogsmead weekend of the school year. Word around the Gryffindor common room was that Harry was not going to the wizarding village.
"It's fine," Harry had said when John brought it up.
John did not believe him. Everyone was talking about it.
"Well, Black's after him, isn't he?" Sherlock asked one day during lunch. "They want to keep him safe."
"Do you really think Black will come here?" John asked.
"I don't know. The professors seem to think so," Sherlock said.
"And hear I thought we'd get a break this year," John replied with sigh.
"So, what was your boggart?" Sherlock asked suddenly.
"Um, I didn't get a chance," John told him. "Class ended before it was my turn."
xxx
When John had returned to Gryffindor Tower after the Hogsmead trip, he found it crowded with other Gryffindor students. No one was entering the portrait to go inside.
"What's going on?" John asked the nearest person.
It happened to be Ron's sister, Ginny.
"It's the Fat Lady. She's missing from her portrait," Ginny told him.
"How the bloody hell are we going to get in?" John asked.
Suddenly, Dumbledore was there examining the portrait, which had a tear I it.
"Gryffindor, as well as the other Houses, will sleep in the Great Hall tonight while we search for Sirius Black," he said.
They walked into Great Hall, which now was filled with sleeping bags, ready for the students.
"What is all this about?" John asked Sherlock when they had found each other.
"Sirius Black was said to be in Gryffindor Tower," Sherlock said. "Looking for Potter no doubt."
"I think you're right about that," John said.
"Quiet down now go to sleep," Professor McGonagall replied. "There's been enough excitement for one night."
Sherlock and John crawled into their sleeping bags.
"Do you think he's still here?" John asked.
"I doubt it," Sherlock said.
John then felt regret for not checking on Harriet, who had been so nervous of Black coming to Hogwarts.
"What if he's in the Forbidden Forest?" John asked.
"Then Hagrid might run into him," Sherlock remarked sarcastically.
"I wouldn't be surprised if Harry goes looking for him," John said.
"He'd be stupid to," Sherlock replied.
They then closed their eyes and tried to sleep.