ISpellPieRight: Hey Harry. Weird exam in DADA, wasn't it?
BoyWhoLived: Yeah. Kinda fun, though.
ISpellPieRight: Yeah.
BoyWhoLived: I can't believe what Hermione's boggart was!
ISpellPieRight: I know! You'd think she'd be afraid of more than that...
IShowNoWisdom: Speaking of the DADA exam, did you hear what happened to Malfoy?
BoyWhoLived: No! What?
Prankster4Life: He did OK up until the boggart is what we heard, but then he came out shaking.
IShowNoWisdom: Crying, too.
BoyWhoLived: Wow.
ISpellPieRight: What did he see?
IShowNoWisdom: Nobody's sure. He didn't tell anyone.
BoyWhoLived: Wonder what he saw...
ISpellPieRight: Maybe he saw you as Head Boy.
BoyWhoLived: LOL! Or Hermione as Head Girl!
Prankster4Life: Maybe he saw Professor McGonagall as his stepmother or something...
IShowNoWisdom: Or Filch in his underwear.
BoyWhoLived: AGH!!!
Prankster4Life: You've got to admit that's scary.
BoyWhoLived: If you need me I'll be rinsing my eyes...must...get...image...out...of...head...
ISpellPieRight: Good thoughts in, bad thoughts out...good thougts in, bad thoughts out...
Thoughts From Crabbe and Goyle
Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle
evuree1 herd wat happend 2 draco w/the bogert.
he wont tel ne1 tho.
at al.
not eeven us.
we didnt run wen we saw it.
we didnt eevun git scarrd.
draco ur a wimp.
Comments:
Just shut up.
Draco Malfoy
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Harsh. I'm not even going to say he deserved that.
Hannah Abbot
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Really harsh.
Cho Chang
Defender Against the Dark Arts
Remus Lupin
In case you're wondering, Draco Malfoy is fine. Just a bit shaken.
What happened is this: For the final, I set up an obstacle course for the third years. They had to wade across a pool with a grindylow, dodge a series of potholes full of Red Caps, then go through a marsh while ignoring the Hinkypunk. The last obstacle was a boggart in an old trunk, which they had to fight.
Some students did better than others, I'll tell you that much. And just for the record, more students lost points when they got to the boggart than they did anywhere else. (In other words, Malfoy wasn't alone in what happened. It happened to several others; they just got over it faster.)
He did fine up until the boggart. After he got into the trunk, it was a minute before anything happened.
"Mr. Malfoy?" I called. No answer. "Are you okay?"
He jumped out of the trunk, white as a sheet and shaking uncontrollably. I chased after him as he ran into the castle, grabbed his hand and spun him around. I saw he'd been crying.
"Let go of me!"
"Not until you tell me what happened."
"No!"
I tried, but I couldn't get him to tell me what he'd seen. I think he's okay now.
Comments:
He wouldn't tell me, either. Did you ask Dumbledore about that exam before you gave it?
Severus Snape
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Yes, he did. He had my full approval. All third years should've been able to navigate the obstacle course with few exceptions; it is not Lupin's fault that Malfoy saw something that scared him so badly.
Albus Dumbledore
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I had no idea, either.
Remus Lupin
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He should be fine soon.
Albus Dumbledore
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Draco's father will be hearing about this.
Severus Snape
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No! Don't tell Dad! I'm fine, honest!
Draco Malfoy
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Are you sure? Because if Lupin is using dangerous tactics with his students, he should be investegated.
Severus Snape
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Look, it's my own stupid fault I got scared! There's nothing to worry about because I'm fine now!
Draco Malfoy
I'm Pretty Much Awesome
Draco Malfoy
I can't believe myself.
Before you mock me for being scared of a stupid boggart, let me tell you what it was. (I'm telling you because you're a blog and nobody can see you but me.)
The boggart turned into my mom. Dead. Just that. Then I looked away, and it was Dad telling me it was my fault, and when I looked back again it was Mom, still dead.
I'd thought I could take it on...but I guess not. Now everyone's calling me a coward and a wimp and all I can do is tell them to shut up. Nothing more intellegent than that.
I hate boggarts.
I just hope Snape doesn't tell Dad...I really hope he doesn't...
All right, that incident obviously wasn't in the books, but it seemed to fit in with Draco's portrayal in the later books (especially the sixth), and I figured that with the blog, word would spread pretty quickly. Especially since everyone reads Crabbe and Goyle's blog. So please don't sue me; I warned you beforehand that the blog would be pretty AU.