Previously on Monday Classes – "Thank you, thank you. Settle down, " he chuckled, "Now, let's get back to learning.""Isn't this exciting?" Hermione whispered to Ron and Harry.
"What?" Harry whispered back. Ron replied with a snore, he had fallen asleep while Professor Lupin was teaching the class about Erklings. They were elfish creatures, who were about three feet tall. Hermione found them rather interesting while Harry just listened because it was Professor Lupin, and Ron not caring. Hermione whispered sharply, "Ron!"
"Wha- huh?" Ron said waking up. He wiped his mouth, hoping there was no drool. "What's up?" he said, shaking his head to get back into the right mind.
"Listen!"
"'Mione, I'm sorry but this is a particularly boring subject to be learning about, don't you think?"
"I think its brilliant."
"Of course you do, you're Hermione!" he exclaimed.
Hermione raised her eyebrow and whispered, "Is that a bad thing?"
"Not at all." He said smiling.
"Don't you get it?" Hermione mumbled.
"What?" Ron said, with Harry listening in.
"Yeah, what?" Harry said.
"Okay, last year he resigned due to his werewolf transformation. He wouldn't start off with a topic that's beyond what we would hope; he's trying to start off slowly so the rest of the students can ease into it. It's obvious some people are still uneasy about having him as a teacher. "She pointed with her eyes to Lavender Brown and Pavarti Patil. They had a whitish yellowish color in their face, paying special attention.
"That's rubbish." Harry said angrily, "Remus wouldn't do anything to endanger us."
"Look at it in their perspective, Harry. What if he didn't take his potions one night and wasn't himself."
"She's got herself a point mate." Ron said nodding.
"Let's get off this topic." Harry said quickly when Professor Lupin looked towards them. Harry thought he saw Remus sigh, he could tell he was also bored of this topic. Lupin clapped his hands loudly, causing the whole class to jump.
"Blimey!" Ron said.
"Alright, I know this topic isn't the best, who in here would like to learn something else?" Professor Lupin asked.
Everyone's hands raised, even Malfoy and his henchman. Lavender and Pavarti also did. Ron eagerly did whereas Hermione was always in enjoyment to learn new things. "Why not?" Harry thought to himself.
"As long as it doesn't kill us." Malfoy snickered. Crabbe and Goyle also laughed along.
Harry growled, whereas Lupin had cut in, possibly stopping Harry from almost hexing him. "Well, Mr. Malfoy, would you like to go to Herbology instead?"
Malfoy's face whitened, and he muttered, "No sir." Remus nodded and smiled. Ron clapped silently, until Hermione shushed him.
"Now, does everyone remember the boggart we did from last year?"
The class nodded.
"We will do that again, once more, today. We didn't let everyone have a complete chance last time, and I'd like everyone to experience it once more."
The class started to speak out in excitement. Harry's smile dropped when he thought of what had happened last year. He ruined it for everyone when the boggart had resembled into a dementor. He wasn't afraid of them anymore, of course. He was just worried the boggart would turn into Voldemort.
"Alright! Everyone form a line, we'll start with Mr. Malfoy."
Malfoy smirked as he stood in front of the line. Harry walked up to Remus and asked, "Um, Professor, you mind if I skip out on this?"
"Not at all Harry." Lupin said compassionately. "Feel free to do what you please."
He went back to his seat, with Hermione and Ron staring.
"It's alright guys, really, go on." He said reassuringly.
Hermione walked into the line and Ron just behind her.
"Wand at the ready, Mr. Malfoy!" Remus shouted as he opened his trunk. The boggart had come out to be his father. Crabbe and Goyle snickered as Malfoy's face turned pale.
He shouted, "Riddikulus!" the boggart had turned into his father bald. Harry couldn't help but smile, Malfoy's father had long luscious hair, seeing him bald was amusing.
Ron laughed and shouted, "Your dad? Oi, what a man there." Hermione gave a stern look and Ron shut up. Malfoy walked into the back of the line and said,
"Shut it Weasley, at least my father is a respected man, unlike yours." Ron lunged forward until Professor Lupin shouted,
"Enough!" They stopped but kept a tight eye contact. "Next!" he shouted.
Many had passed, their boggarts were all different. One was afraid of toads, one was afraid of her bad haircuts, it was insane. It was finally Hermione's turn. The boggart had come out with a letter opening up to reveal failure. She firmly shouted, "Riddikulus!" The boggart had turned into a letter from the Minister giving her recognition of her hard and dedicated work. It was a howler, and it had said, "Greatest witch alive, Hermione Granger!" She smiled as Ron whispered,
"That's going to happen y'know?" She walked over to Harry and he gave her a high five. "Failing, really?" he asked while laughing.
"Shut up." She said smiling.
"You ready Ron?" Professor Lupin asked.
"Uh- sure, give it a go."
His mind automatically turned to a spider, but when the boggart was released, his heart told him otherwise. It went from a spider one second, to an image of Hermione's grave. His heart dropped, and the whole class was pin silent. Harry's eyes widened, whereas Hermione put her hand over her mouth. The boggart wasn't making any serious impact toward Ron physically, but emotionally, it killed him.
"Ron?" Professor Lupin asked silently. Ron swallowed and softly said, "Riddikulus." The boggart turned into Hermione hugging onto him tightly. He hugged back and then quickly left the class with Hermione sitting down without moving an inch. Harry looked around and chased after him. The class began murmuring.
"Ron!" Harry shouted, trying to catch up.
"Leave me alone." He muttered. He ran into the loo and looked at himself in the mirror. He closed his eyes and Harry put his hand on his shoulder.
"Ron, it's never going to happen."
"What are you talking about?"
"Hermione, the grave, your boggart. She's always going to be okay with us, with you. You know that."
"I know, it's just, I don't ever want to have to think about that."
"You know what to do now don't you?"
"What?"
Harry chuckled, "You'll know." He left, and Ron looked up to see his reflection. He had tears in his eyes; he quickly wiped them away and could feel his heart breaking. "It's fine, she's fine." He thought to himself. It had settled down and he finally understood what Harry was saying.
** Sorry for the delay! Enjoy!