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Chapter 13
Professor Kirkwood's Secret
"Good morning, Ron. Good morning, Hermione."
"Good morning, Harry," Hermione replied.
"So, what do we have today?" Harry asked Hermione.
"Well, let me check… Transfiguration, Muggle Studies, and Defense Against the Dark Arts. Oh, wait, you have Divination."
As Divination ended and Harry, Ron, Pan, and Hermione all went down to Defense Against the Dark Arts, Draco Malfoy came around the corner and ran into Hermione.
"Watch where you're going Granger. You might run someone over."
"Oh shut up," Hermione said. When they got to the door, a crowd had already formed around the door.
"What's going on?" Harry asked Lavender Brown.
"Well, Professor Kirkwood used the Imperius Curse on Neville," she said. "Now he's unlocking the door for him."
When everyone was seated in a desk, Professor Kirkwood released Neville from the Imperius Curse, sat down at his desk, and took out his role sheet.
"Lavender Brown."
"Here."
"Seamus Finnigan."
"Here."
"Hermione Granger."
"Present."
"Neville Longbottom."
"H-here."
"Parvati Patil."
"Here."
"Harry Potter."
"Here."
"Pan Potter."
"Here."
"Dean Thomas."
"Here."
"Ronald Weasley."
"Here."
" Now that that's over with, we'll start the lesson," Professor Kirkwood said. "Put everything away except your wands. Today's lesson is going to be a practical lesson. Follow me." Something about that voice was familiar to Harry, but he didn't know this professor so…
"Now listen up everyone. I am going to let nine different creatures out of this crate, but before I do, everyone will choose a number. Your number will match the number on one of the creatures. The first person to knock out their creature wins," Professor Kirkwood said. Harry hadn't paid much attention to Potions. But now that he thought about it, Moody was the Potions teacher. No wonder Ron had screamed 'Snapeless' in his ear.
"Mr. Potter, a moment of your time please." Harry turned.
"It's your turn to pick a number." Harry reached into the bag and pulled out a slip of paper with a number 9 on it.
"Alright everyone, disarm your beasts!" Kirkwood said as he opened the crate. Harry saw a dementor with a number nine on it floating towards him.
"Expecto Patronum!" Harry cried. Instead of floating away, the dementor fell over. It was a boggart…
"Riddikulus!" Harry cried once more as the boggart disappeared.
"Harry, you're the first one to beat your boggart."
"You mean they're all boggarts?" Harry asked.
"Yes they are Harry. Can you keep a secret? Good. My real name," he whispered, "is Professor Lupin."