September 1, 1993
"Allison? Allison, wake up!" a familiar voice urged me.
God I felt awful …. "Muh…" I moaned as I slowly opened my eyes, "What…" staring down at me was a very concerned looking Fred, George, and… Lupin….
"You…" I muttered darkly as I looked up at his familiar scarred face, his clothing was just as tattered as it was when I first met him all those years ago at the orphanage…
"Hello Allison." He smiled down at me, "My, my you certainly have grown haven't you?"
"You're that liar," I said coldly, "from the orphanage…"
"And your new defense against the dark arts teacher." He smiled, it was just as half hearted looking as I remembered.
Letting out a low sigh I looked around the compartment, "Wait where did that girl go?" I asked confused
"You mean Julia?" George asked with a grin, "She left to get you some chocolate off the trolley."
"Why do I need chocolate?" I mumbled as I stood shakily up onto my feet, no sooner was I standing upright did I fall backwards into Fred's waiting arms.
"That's why." Lupin said with a smirk as Fred dragged me over to the compartment chair.
"Wow Allison, you've gotten heavy…" Fred laughed as he plopped me down
I laughed as I sunk into the soft red chair, "Are you calling me fat?" I asked with a playful smirk
"Aw, I could never call you fat love." Fred grinned and I laughed again.
The door flew open and in walked Julia, "I got her a couple of chocolate frogs, will that do professor?"
"Yes, that will do, thank you Julia." Lupin said with a small smile
"Here eat this Allison, it helps." Julia smiled as she handed me four boxes of chocolate frogs.
"Thanks." I mumbled as I took the box and began to devour the first frog. Once I was done I felt a lot better.
"You look better now," Fred said with a mall smile
"I looked bad before?" I asked confused
"You didn't exactly look bad, just ill…" Fred clarified
"We were worried about you…" George said slowly
"But shouldn't you be worried about the explosion?" I asked as I remembered the awful blood curling sound of screaming as something was blown into a million pieces.
"What explosion?" Fred asked confused
"The big eardrum shattering one, don't you remember hearing that?" I asked as I threw my hands up in the air, unfortunately my eye hand coordination hadn't returned to me all the way and the frog splattered into the window. I sighed depleted as I realized that no one knew what was talking about and slid back into my seat.
"Allison, there wasn't an explosion on the train tonight." Lupin said slowly "However a dementor attacks it causes you to relive your worst memories. A dementor feed off of fear, you and Harry were the only ones attacked, and you are also the ones with the most horrible pasts…"
"Mines not that horrid…" I mumbled as I opened up another chocolate frog, "But of curse Harry would get attacked, everything bad that can possibly happen is attracted to him like a summoning charm."
"Yes, but that's beside the point… I believe that the dementor attack caused you to relive the day when your parents were attacked by death eaters…" Lupin said slowly
"Yeah, the attack that you lied about…" I muttered under my breath
"Eat your chocolate." Lupin said with a sigh.
I shoved the chocolate frog into my mouth and began to brood, Fred laughed and sat down next to me.
"Well, I must be going we'll be arriving at Hogwarts and you four best be getting changed… oh three never mind, Julia is already dressed…" Lupin said with a tired grin, "Well I'll see you at the feast tonight." And he left the compartment.
Once he was out of earshot I stood up, "Ladies first!" I laughed as I pushed Fred and George out the compartment door.
"But Allison…" George pouted playfully
'Take this frog and get out!" I laughed as I threw him the last wrapped frog
"Well your nice, don't even give the frog to your boyfriend…" Fred frowned teasingly
"Well then you can have this frog…" I laughed as I handed him a partially melted frog that was still struggling in my hand.
"Always second best…" he laughed and I shoved him out of the door frame, closed the door, and let down the blind. I froze for a few moments as I listened at the door frame… moments later I heard the muffled sounds of Fred and George fighting over the chocolate. I laughed as I stepped away and closed the blind on the main window.
"Boys…" I laughed as I pulled out my white tee shirt.
Julia smiled shyly, "They really are quite funny aren't they?"
"Yes, yes they are." I smiled back
September 3, 1993
"Have you heard about Professor Lupin's classes?" George asked as we walked down the halls on our way to charms.
"I've heard a lot seventh years think that he's the best defense against the dark arts teacher they've ever had." Fred said with a smile, "I can't wait to see what he has planned for us after lunch."
"I heard he's doing boggart's…" Lee said with a smirk, "were going to be able to fight one…"
"Boggarts?" I asked softly
"Yeah, boggarts Allie don't tell me that you've never heard what a boggart is before…" Fred asked surprised
"Oh, I know what a boggart is…" I replied weakly
"Oh, so then you must have an idea of what it will turn into." Lee smiled
"Um… yeah, but I don't really want to talk about it…"
"Well, I've heard that Ronnykins turned into a giant hairy tarantula." Fred said with a smirk
"All thanks to you of course." I laughed as we arrived at Flitwick's classroom and went inside….
Lunch came and went and before long we were sitting at our desks, all of the other fifth years were at the end of their seats anxious to hear if what they heard about the shabbily dressed new teacher was true.
"Alright class! Alright! Settle down… settle down please…" a silence swept through the room and everyone's eyes focused on him, "Now," Lupin said with a satisfied smile, "Can anyone tell me what a boggart is?"
Everyone raised their hands except for me; I skulked back into my chair.
"Ah, Allison, you look eager to answer the question…" Lupin said with a smile
I sighed and answered slowly "A boggart is a creature with no known form, when its exposed it takes the form of what you fear most to defend itself…"
"Correct, now can you tell me what defeats a boggart?"
"Laughter…" I whispered
"Twenty points to Gryffindor! However you cannot laugh at what you must fear, so you must transform it into something that is humorous to you, to do this you must simply say Riddikulus. Everybody…"
"Riddikulus!" Everyone chorused
"Good, good… now, everyone line up at the front!"
There was a lot of scraping and scratching of chairs as the class rose to their feet, I slowly progressed to the back of the line, when I was half way there Fred grabbed my arm gently an pulled me to a stop.
"Allison, is something wrong?" Fred asked, "You usually don't sulk this much…"
"It's… I don't want to face my boggart…" I sighed, "I know what it is… I've seen one before."
"I guess you found out the hard way then?" lee asked
"Yes, unfortunately…"
"Where?" Fred asked surprised
"The orphanage, there was one in my closet, when I was four I went to get my clothes out and…" my throat closed up, "The two bloody corpses of my parents fell out of it." I whispered faintly
Their mouths gaped wide open, "Bloody hell…" Lee whispered
"Allison, it's your turn," Lupin's voice said, "Turn around."
I swallowed hard as I turned to face the boggart, instantly it transformed from a tap dancing death eater into… Fred. I heard screams rise up from around the room, and my heart stopped, because Fred wasn't standing up he was laying on the floor covered in his own blood, his head was cracked open like he had been thrown into a wall… and his eyes just stared blankly up at me, unseeing…
"Allison… it's all right, I'm right here." Fred said quietly
I swallowed hard as sense overcame me and I said loud clearly, "Riddikulus!" Instantly Fred's corpse transformed into Filch, who was dressed in a pink sparkly dress, a silver little tiara placed upon his dirty head. Next to him stood who was dressed in an equally sparkly baby bonnet, a big obnoxious pink bow on her messy tail, and a silver little bell hanging down around her neck. The class broke into hysterical laughter and I made my way to the back of the classroom where I emptied the nearest dustbin and began to violently throw up.
I felt a hand touch my shoulder, "Who is it?" I mumbled as I tried to overcome the nausea.
"Who do you think it is?"
"Fred…" I murmured I still felt like crap.
"I didn't know that I would be your boggart…" He said disheartened
"I… I see the people that I care about most… if I had failed I would have seen George, and My aunt, and my parents…" My stomach convulsed and I threw my head back into my dustbin and retched again, "I hate blood" I muttered after several seconds "It makes me sick if I see a lot of it…"
He handed me a tissue and I wiped my mouth, "Thanks…" I murmured and wiped my mouth.
"You're welcome" he smiled grimly, "Come on we should be taking you done to the hospital wing…"
I smiled up at him as he helped me up and led me down the hallways… good old Fred always there for you when you needed him… I hoped he always would be…
Yes! This was typed up last minute, sorry I hope its good I was busy this week with government tests and the like so I had to write this up on paper first, five pages front and back in total! Anyways you got to see more of the new OC Julia; she belongs to my best friend in band class who is also a Harry Potter fan! And you get to see something that is pretty unique with Allison… oh and there is some foreshadowing in this chapter…
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