Horror Story

Ginny came out into a wide, bright corridor, pushed open a heavy bronze door and saw a sight of heaven.

The kitchen was brightly lit, the marble floor was as clear and translucent as the surface of a lake, the pots and pans were neatly arranged and jumping into the sink in an orderly manner. When they emerged from the water, they were covered with a jewel-like shine. All kinds of fruits and vegetables were undressing shyly, and lying obediently on silver trays. The air was full of creamy sweetness. Groups of house elves, dressed in white cloth, were busy working, shuttling here and there, with gentle smiles like angels.

Suddenly one of the elves ran screaming toward Ginny, not caring to knock out a few others along the way.

"Miss carrot! Harry Potter's friend! "

"Dobby!"

Ginny caught Dobby who was launching at her like a cannonball with open arms, and they fell to the ground together.

"Why are you here?"

"A few months ago, Mr Malfoy told me that Dobby was running around naked at home, this offends public decency, so he fired me. I found Hogwarts, headmaster Dumbledore allowed me to work here, He gave me wages and holidays."

"So you're a civil servant now?" Ginny smiled and stroked Dobby's tea-towel uniform with the school crest on it. "If Harry knew, he'd be happy for you."

As he spoke, the other elves gathered around him, and together they put their forefingers to their lips and whispered:

"Hush - please be quiet. The food needs a good rest to have a good taste until tomorrow."

Ginny and Dobby immediately covered their mouths and stopped talking loudly.

Ginny quietly told Dobby the purpose of this trip, and Dobby enthusiastically led her to the storage room.

They passed through a wooden door, descended, and entered another corridor with iron doors with numbers on both sides.

Dobby pointed to one of the doors and said to Ginny, "The cabinet in No.7 storage room is the oldest. Dobby always hears strange noises coming from it these days. Maybe it's Boggart."

No.7 storeroom is a wine cellar. Rows of old shelves are full of huge wine barrels, with cabinets on both sides against the wall. Ginny opened a few and looked at all kinds of tobacco stacked in rows.

With Dobby's help, Ginny searched the cabinets one by one.

Ten minutes later, she saw Dobby waving at her. She ran towards.

"There are noises here," Dobby whispered. "Listen."

Dobby holds the cabinet handle from the side and counts to three with his fingers. As he opens the cupboard door, Ginny shouts:

"Ludicrous!"

In an instant, she realized that she couldn't remember the spell, and she was sweating.

Boggart was staring at Ginny in the shape of Astoria, looking like she was about to smile, and Ginny wanted to hide.

The thing I'm most afraid of is Astoria? I'm unexpectedly afraid of her?

"Preposterous! Hilarious! Humorous!"

Ginny waved her wand wildly and tried the spells one by one, but Boggart Astoria didn't respond.

"The spell is Ridiculous." Astoria suddenly said.

"Boggart can talk?"

"You're a Boggart!" The girl in the cupboard threw a cork and hit Ginny on the head. "I'm Astoria, remember?"

Ginny settled down and took a closer look. The person claiming to be Astoria was sitting cross-legged in the cabinet, holding a wine bottle in her left hand and a brown hazel between two fingers in her right hand.

"What's that?" "Asked Ginny, pointing to Astoria's hand.

"This is called cigar, it's a kind of sugar, very sweet, I'll give you a taste if you want."

Ginny was curious. She took the cigar from the other side and took a look at it, a bit of a strange appearance; she then smelled it, a faint chocolate fragrance. She put it in her mouth and tasted it, and was choked by a smell that made all her organs burn.

Looking at the white smoke curling up from Ginny's ear, Astoria burst into laughter and she handed Ginny a cup.

Ginny took the cup, took a gulp, and felt the liquid tearing her throat, and it all gushed out.

Astoria laughed even louder.

"Vodka tastes better than water, right?"

"You...You..." Ginny was too angry to speak for a moment before she said, "Students are not allowed to smoke and drink!"

Astoria glanced at Ginny nonchalantly, spitting out smoke rings leisurely, ignoring her.

"I! ...I… " Ginny thought for a moment, and finding that she could do nothing with Astoria, she tried to leave with a dignified threat. "I'll tell the teacher!"

Super imposing.

She turned around and was about to run. Astoria stretched her leg to trip her, the next second Ginny has fallen to the ground.

"You want to kill the witness to get away with this, don't you?" Ginny lay on the ground in despair, she stopped her movements.

"Am I that kind of person? Oh, don't get mad, you just want to find a Boggart? I'll get you some alright."

Ginny rolled over in disbelief, thinking about Astoria's words.

"You'll help me?"

"Can I not help you? After all, you are my superior." Astoria scratched her chin and told Dobby to put out all the lights in No.7 storeroom, leaving only one candle lit, and then sat down beside the candle.

"Boggart's food is fear. We are here to tell horror stories and wait for them to take the bait, and then take them out." Astoria showed a bully smile.

The facial features of the three were twisted and deformed under the dark candlelight, and the prelude of the horror story was slowly opened.

Astoria is a good storyteller. She spoke fluently and her expression changed like a cloud, which made people feel like they were in the story themselves.

"The house was empty, only little Lena was staying upstairs alone, and the rustle on the radio was getting more and more blurred… "

Her voice, suddenly urgent at one point, suddenly slowing down again, jumping in between fast and slow, like wind and rain passing by Ginny's ear, blowing in her heart.

"Someone was knocking at the door, who will it be so late… Lena was hiding in the quilt… the knocking on the door didn't stop ..."

Don't know what kind of magic the candle was cast on, it shook with the plot, turning green, and then red, sometimes as if showing a hideous smile.

"She was tightly wrapped in the quilt, she didn't even dare to breathe, the sound of knocking, once again, once again, the sound came into her ears..."

Ginny held Dobby's neck tightly and moved closer to Astoria.

"Door's opened! NOW!"

Astoria shouted at the top of her voice, raised her wand and strafed wildly around. After a golden light, she lit up the room as soon as she started, looked at Boggart who threw herself on the floor, nodded with satisfaction, And threw them into the box in a hurry.

"How about it, satisfied… Oi! Don't pass out!"

When Ginny woke up, she was lying on a temporary bed made of tobacco, with the smell of spirits in her mouth.

Astoria and Dobby sat next to them, toasting and drinking, reminiscing about the past.

"I asked him why he buried the goldfish, and Master Draco said that so she would grow again."

"Ahhahahaha, he was once this cute as well, wasn't he? Every time I see him, he always has a resting bitch face… " Astoria emptied the wine in the cup, and her face was red. She seemed to have drunk a lot.

"She's awake. I said whiskey works, right?"

Ginny stood up. The light was yellowish, the ground was brown, They were all spinning.

"Thanks… thanks, As… toria… I want to go back… "

She lifted the box in a daze, waddled about to go forward, and was swept by Astoria and tripped to the ground.

"Look at me." Astoria suddenly put down the bottle, unexpectedly sober and serious, like an adult, "You can't tell anyone about today, don't tell anyone, promise me."

"...K… "

"Swear."

"I swear… "

Astoria nodded, put Ginny up, and waited for her to stand firm.

"You can go now, never break the promise, otherwise… "

"Otherwise what?" Ginny felt her consciousness getting clearer by this.

"Otherwise, I will be sad." Astoria smiled. "I could have obliviated you, but I'd rather someone remember me as who I am."

Outside the kitchen, they said goodbye and walked in different directions.

That night, Lupin felt a little sick and went back to the teacher's dormitory early. At ten o'clock, he was ready to go to bed. Just as he was about to turn off the lights, there was a gentle knock on the door outside.

"Who is it?"

"It's me, Ginny."

He opened the door and saw Ginny standing softly outside the door, drunk.

"I thought you went back to your dorm! Did you drink? Why is there a smell of smoke… What did you do?"

"Hahaha, catching Boggart-ah~"Ginny put the wooden box into Lupin's hand and patted his arm intimately. "Caught a lot, hahahahahaha… That would make ya happy… right Remus?"

The real power of the wine has rushed to her head, and Ginny leaned against the door frame, smiling creepily.

Professor Lupin scratched his hair helplessly: "Ten points to Gryffindor, but drinking and smoking is a violation of school rules, Ten points of Gryffindor… "

"These Boggarts… hahahahaha… someone from Slytherin helped me catch them… "

"Then ten points to Slytherin."

Hearing this, Ginny seemed to let go of the burden in her heart, she fell to the floor and found peace in her mind.

Lupin didn't know what to do. After thinking about it, he had to move Ginny to the bed, and he turned around and went to the office, wrapped in a blanket until dawn.