"Welcome to another year at Hogwarts," spoke Dumbledore. "You may be wondering why dementors were on the train. Hogwarts is playing host to them well Sirius Black is on the loose. They are on the outside of the school and will not be coming onto school grounds. They can not tell the difference between a criminal and an innocent student, so stay away from them."
"Nice way for him to tell us," said Heather.
"So, George when do you want to visit our new found pals?" asked Fred.
"Are you guys freaking crazy?" asked Heather shocked. "You guys could get yourselves killed."
"They can't kill you, Heath," replied Beth, laughing because of Heather's reaction to what Fred said. "But, when they get close enough to you, they give you what is called the Dementor's Kiss."
What's that?" asked Heather getting nervous.
"Where they suck your soul out," replied Beth calmly. "They leave you with the feeling of never being happy again. You are just a skeleton with flesh and muscles walking around like a zombie."
"Okay…." replied Heather scared to death. "You guys better not go near them, because if you do and they don't suck your souls out, you are going to wish that they did."
"Yes, Mother," said Fred and George laughing.
"You guys can be jackasses sometimes," said Beth.
"Yeah, we know," George replied.
"Welcome to Defense Against the Dark Arts," said the mysterious man from the train. "I'm Professor Lupin. Please put your books away and take out your wands. You can leave your stuff here because there will be time for you to come back and grab your things. Now, if you please, follow me."
"That's strange," said Beth. 'We've never had a teacher that has done a practical lesson, the first lesson."
"Well, maybe it will be fun," replied Marissa, kind of expecting what Beth was going to say.
"It's DADA," replied Beth. "How is it going to be fun?"
"True," replied Marissa.
"Thank you for following me even though you don't know me and probably don't trust me," said Lupin. "You probably have never done a practical lesson. I can tell that I am correct because of the nervous looks on your faces. That's okay. Today we are going to face boggarts. Can anyone tell me what a boggart is?"
"Beth why aren't you raising your hand?" asked Marissa concerned. "You probably know this."
"I do," replied Beth. "But, I can get on his good side other ways then be a smarty pants all the time."
"Why don't you just shut up," said Hermione. "No one wants to hear your voice."
"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed," said Marissa. Both girls laugh.
"Yes, Ms….," said Lupin.
"Granger," replied Hermione.
"Thank you," replied Lupin. "Now what is a boggart?"
"A boggart is a shape-shifter," said Hermione. "It can…"
"It can take shape of whatever it thinks will frighten us most," added Beth, with a hue smile. "And we have an advantage because there is so many of us it wouldn't know what shape to take."
"Thank you Ms….," Lupin said.
"It's Diggory," replied Beth. "And yes, my father is Amos Diggory and Cedric Diggory is my brother."
"Thank you," replied Lupin. "Now we are going to form a line….."
"Why the hell did you do that?" asked Hermione.
"Uh, because you were kind of struggling," replied Beth. "Just helping you out."
Harry and Ron were in front of the girls so they, while Ron had a chance to face the boggart. Lupin stepped in front of Harry before he could go and dismissed the class ten minutes before the bell rang.