The Dancing Bug
"Now as I was saying. It is always best to have a greater number than one when dealing with a Boggart. The Boggart will become confused. It does not know which form to change into. Should it become a man-eating zombie or a flesh-eating slug? I do remember this one time a Boggart became so confused that it turned itself into half a slug. Not very frightening now is it. The one way to defeat a Boggart is laughter. You must change the Boggart into something that you think is funny. The charm that you will need to finish the Boggart is 'Riddikulus!'" Lupin explained. "Riddikulus" the class repeated. "Very good but this is not the only thing you need to defeat a Boggart. Will someone please volunteer for a demonstration?" Lupin asked as everyone's hand shot up. "How about Ms. O'Neil?" Rhea stood up and walked to the front of the class. "Now Ms. O'Neil. What is your worst fear?" "Umm... my worst fear? I don't know. No one has ever asked me that before." Rhea answered. "You can't think of anything? Well we will just have to find out now will we? Are you okay with this Rhea?" Lupin asked as Rhea nodded. Lupin backed away and so did the class leaving Rhea in front of Lupin's desk. Lupin muttered a quick spell and his drawer burst out of the desk. Suddenly out of the drawer crawled a giant wood bug. The bug looked like it was six feet long. Rhea screamed and jumped back. Lupin jumped in front and the Boggart turned into a big bright orb. Lupin yelled 'Riddikulus' and the Boggart popped back into the drawer and back into the desk. Rhea was stunned. "Okay so now that we have figured out your fear we can now are on track to defeating the Boggart. Now Rhea. Can you think of any way to make the bug more humorous?" Lupin asked. "Yes I have an idea how." Rhea answered. "Okay then. When the Boggart bugs come out I want you to concentrate on that thought and yell out 'Riddikulus'. For the rest of you. When I call you forward I want you to concentrate on how to make your worst fear humorous. Now Rhea we are going to back off giving you a clear shot at the Boggart." Lupin explained while Rhea nodded. Lupin cast another spell and the Boggart bug came crawling out of the drawer. "RIDDIKULUS!" Rhea cried out as the Boggart made a 'pop' sound and the bug stood up with top hat and a cane and started singing show tunes. Everyone laughed. "Adwen Lesley." Lupin called out as Rhea stepped back and Adwen stepped forward. Suddenly the Boggart made another 'pop' and changed into a giant clown. Adwen called out "Riddikulus" and the clown was squirted in the face with a giant squirting flower. Lupin then called up Simba Jordan. The Boggart changed into a giant ogre. Simba called out 'Riddikulus' and the ogre was knocked out with a large banana cream pie.
Kiran then stepped up to try her luck. The Boggart turned into a teddy bear. After Kiran called out "Riddikulus", it became decapitated. (Later on, Rhea asked "Why a teddy bear?" "When I was five, I got a teddy bear from my uncles Fred and George." Kiran replied. "You say that as if it's supposed to make sense." "They charmed it to try and decapitate all my other stuffed animals." "Oh.") The whole class had a chance to battle the Boggart. The Boggart went from a giant spider to a banshee, to a dragon. The Boggart became very confused. It started popping from one frightening thing to another. Lupin finally stepped in front and put the Boggart back in his desk. "Great job. Five points to everyone. Now for a little break because I know you all have or will have loads of homework there will be no homework." There was a load cheer from the class. "I expect you all to be prepared to work next class though. You are dismissed." Lupin said as everyone left the classroom with glee. The first years went up to their dormitories, dropped off their Defense Against the Dark Arts things and replaced them with their Potions supplied. They then headed down to the dungeons for their class. Professor Snape was standing behind a simmering cauldron as they entered the class. The Slytherins started entering in right after them. They all took their seats.
"This is Potions. You will have no need for wands in this class. I do not tolerate idiocy or foolishness in this class. Few of you will learn to enjoy the simmering of a cauldron and respect the usefulness of Potions. I can teach you many things in this class but it will be up to you to decide if you want to succeed in this class. Now listen while I take the register." Snape said in a strict voice. "Avalon, Devlin." Devlin called out a "here" as he raised his hand. Kiran's face turned as red as her hair as Devlin spoke. "Do not speak in my class unless you are told to." Snape yelled out as Devlin put his hand down and his face turned red. Snape continued through the Gryffindors and stopped at Lilly's name. "Potter, Lilly." Snape spat out as Lilly silently raised her hand. He gave her a dark sort of look and continued through the register. He finally spat out Luka's name then moved on to the Slytherins. He called out the Slytherins much more cheerfully than the Gryffindors. He stopped at "Malfoy, Jessica." He asked if her father was Draco Malfoy, which it was. Jessica gave a smirk little look. Snape continued down the list. "Now to test your intelligence to see if you actually opened a book over summer holidays. Ms. Weasley. Can you tell me what Veritaserum is?" Snape asked Kiran coldly. "Veritaserum is a very powerful truth potion. The most powerful one available I believe." Kiran answered nervously. "Are you willing to risk your life on it Ms. Weasley?" Snape spat out as Kiran looked nervously at Rhea and Rhea nodded. "Yes. I am willing to risk my life on it." Kiran said gaining confidence. "Are you willing to risk Ms. O'Neil's life on it?" Snape snapped at Kiran. "Yes I am willing to risk Rhea's life on it." Kiran answered as Rhea looked at Kiran with a look of great horror on her face. Rhea had no doubt in her mind that Snape would do something to either Kiran or herself if Kiran were wrong. "Well lucky for you, your answer was correct. Do not be too confident in the future. Next time you risk someone's life you might just be wrong." Snape said very coldly. "Hey you still got it right." Adwen whispered to Kiran who's face was now red with embarrassment. The class set to work straight away brewing the potions that they were supposed to be making. The potion was to cure boils. Snape made everyone test it on themselves at the end of class. He cast a spell so that everyone a mild case of boils. Most of the Gryffindors had brewed their potions correctly but Snape took 10 points off Gryffindor for them being "insolent know-it-alls". Only a few of the Slytherins brewed their potions correctly. Snape awarded them 5 points each for their effort. The students that had not brewed their potions correctly Snape removed their boils straight away except for the few Gryffindors. Snape claimed he ran out of the potion to cure boils so they rushed down to the hospital wing so Madame Pomfrey could remove them.
"Now as I was saying. It is always best to have a greater number than one when dealing with a Boggart. The Boggart will become confused. It does not know which form to change into. Should it become a man-eating zombie or a flesh-eating slug? I do remember this one time a Boggart became so confused that it turned itself into half a slug. Not very frightening now is it. The one way to defeat a Boggart is laughter. You must change the Boggart into something that you think is funny. The charm that you will need to finish the Boggart is 'Riddikulus!'" Lupin explained. "Riddikulus" the class repeated. "Very good but this is not the only thing you need to defeat a Boggart. Will someone please volunteer for a demonstration?" Lupin asked as everyone's hand shot up. "How about Ms. O'Neil?" Rhea stood up and walked to the front of the class. "Now Ms. O'Neil. What is your worst fear?" "Umm... my worst fear? I don't know. No one has ever asked me that before." Rhea answered. "You can't think of anything? Well we will just have to find out now will we? Are you okay with this Rhea?" Lupin asked as Rhea nodded. Lupin backed away and so did the class leaving Rhea in front of Lupin's desk. Lupin muttered a quick spell and his drawer burst out of the desk. Suddenly out of the drawer crawled a giant wood bug. The bug looked like it was six feet long. Rhea screamed and jumped back. Lupin jumped in front and the Boggart turned into a big bright orb. Lupin yelled 'Riddikulus' and the Boggart popped back into the drawer and back into the desk. Rhea was stunned. "Okay so now that we have figured out your fear we can now are on track to defeating the Boggart. Now Rhea. Can you think of any way to make the bug more humorous?" Lupin asked. "Yes I have an idea how." Rhea answered. "Okay then. When the Boggart bugs come out I want you to concentrate on that thought and yell out 'Riddikulus'. For the rest of you. When I call you forward I want you to concentrate on how to make your worst fear humorous. Now Rhea we are going to back off giving you a clear shot at the Boggart." Lupin explained while Rhea nodded. Lupin cast another spell and the Boggart bug came crawling out of the drawer. "RIDDIKULUS!" Rhea cried out as the Boggart made a 'pop' sound and the bug stood up with top hat and a cane and started singing show tunes. Everyone laughed. "Adwen Lesley." Lupin called out as Rhea stepped back and Adwen stepped forward. Suddenly the Boggart made another 'pop' and changed into a giant clown. Adwen called out "Riddikulus" and the clown was squirted in the face with a giant squirting flower. Lupin then called up Simba Jordan. The Boggart changed into a giant ogre. Simba called out 'Riddikulus' and the ogre was knocked out with a large banana cream pie.
Kiran then stepped up to try her luck. The Boggart turned into a teddy bear. After Kiran called out "Riddikulus", it became decapitated. (Later on, Rhea asked "Why a teddy bear?" "When I was five, I got a teddy bear from my uncles Fred and George." Kiran replied. "You say that as if it's supposed to make sense." "They charmed it to try and decapitate all my other stuffed animals." "Oh.") The whole class had a chance to battle the Boggart. The Boggart went from a giant spider to a banshee, to a dragon. The Boggart became very confused. It started popping from one frightening thing to another. Lupin finally stepped in front and put the Boggart back in his desk. "Great job. Five points to everyone. Now for a little break because I know you all have or will have loads of homework there will be no homework." There was a load cheer from the class. "I expect you all to be prepared to work next class though. You are dismissed." Lupin said as everyone left the classroom with glee. The first years went up to their dormitories, dropped off their Defense Against the Dark Arts things and replaced them with their Potions supplied. They then headed down to the dungeons for their class. Professor Snape was standing behind a simmering cauldron as they entered the class. The Slytherins started entering in right after them. They all took their seats.
"This is Potions. You will have no need for wands in this class. I do not tolerate idiocy or foolishness in this class. Few of you will learn to enjoy the simmering of a cauldron and respect the usefulness of Potions. I can teach you many things in this class but it will be up to you to decide if you want to succeed in this class. Now listen while I take the register." Snape said in a strict voice. "Avalon, Devlin." Devlin called out a "here" as he raised his hand. Kiran's face turned as red as her hair as Devlin spoke. "Do not speak in my class unless you are told to." Snape yelled out as Devlin put his hand down and his face turned red. Snape continued through the Gryffindors and stopped at Lilly's name. "Potter, Lilly." Snape spat out as Lilly silently raised her hand. He gave her a dark sort of look and continued through the register. He finally spat out Luka's name then moved on to the Slytherins. He called out the Slytherins much more cheerfully than the Gryffindors. He stopped at "Malfoy, Jessica." He asked if her father was Draco Malfoy, which it was. Jessica gave a smirk little look. Snape continued down the list. "Now to test your intelligence to see if you actually opened a book over summer holidays. Ms. Weasley. Can you tell me what Veritaserum is?" Snape asked Kiran coldly. "Veritaserum is a very powerful truth potion. The most powerful one available I believe." Kiran answered nervously. "Are you willing to risk your life on it Ms. Weasley?" Snape spat out as Kiran looked nervously at Rhea and Rhea nodded. "Yes. I am willing to risk my life on it." Kiran said gaining confidence. "Are you willing to risk Ms. O'Neil's life on it?" Snape snapped at Kiran. "Yes I am willing to risk Rhea's life on it." Kiran answered as Rhea looked at Kiran with a look of great horror on her face. Rhea had no doubt in her mind that Snape would do something to either Kiran or herself if Kiran were wrong. "Well lucky for you, your answer was correct. Do not be too confident in the future. Next time you risk someone's life you might just be wrong." Snape said very coldly. "Hey you still got it right." Adwen whispered to Kiran who's face was now red with embarrassment. The class set to work straight away brewing the potions that they were supposed to be making. The potion was to cure boils. Snape made everyone test it on themselves at the end of class. He cast a spell so that everyone a mild case of boils. Most of the Gryffindors had brewed their potions correctly but Snape took 10 points off Gryffindor for them being "insolent know-it-alls". Only a few of the Slytherins brewed their potions correctly. Snape awarded them 5 points each for their effort. The students that had not brewed their potions correctly Snape removed their boils straight away except for the few Gryffindors. Snape claimed he ran out of the potion to cure boils so they rushed down to the hospital wing so Madame Pomfrey could remove them.