Okay so I know that the classes would probably never be combined and they probably wouldn't see a Boggart in the their first year but I have my reasons so please just enjoy haha :) Also I'm sorry this chapter is quite short :/
Chapter 13 – Boggart
The school week had started again as the weather grew colder. A few students had started wearing scarfs and their winter robes. Me and Merida where walking down to the dungeons for our Defense against the Dark Arts class we had together.
"So.." I elbowed her in the arm. "Whats going on between you and Hiccup?" I questions as I wiggled an eyebrow, still bumping her arm. She smacked my arm away as her cheeks started turning a subtle shade of red.
"What?! Nothing! Nothing's going on!" I raised an eyebrow at her as she crossed her arms.
"Oh please! I saw you two back at Hogsmeade, you like him." I grinned at her as her cheeks turned crimson.
"No I don't! And besides, don't act like nothings happening with you and Punzie. I'v seen the way you act with her." I put my arms up in surrender as she jerked a finger at my chest.
"Hey, I'm not denying anything." I put my arms back down with a shrug as we continued walking.
"So you do like her!" I just winked in reply as we walked into the classroom. All the tables had been cleared and there was a large wardrobe settled in the middle of the room. There was a very large group of students huddled on one side of the room, chatting and looking nervous.
"Whats going on?" Merida asked me as Rapunzel came skipping over, Hiccup trailing behind her.
"Punzie? Hiccup? What are you guys doing here?" They weren't even in our class, in fact neither where a lot of the other students.
"They've combined our classes, apparently we're having a special lesson today." Hiccup explained as he caught up to Rapunzel.
"Any bet it has something to do with that wardrobe over there." I gestured to the lonely wooden locker as a Professor I didn't recognize strolled in.
"Good morning class! Professor Gothel will not be taking your class today, I will. You may be confused as to why you're classes have been combined but we thought this was something we should show you all together." Everyone watched the new Professor as he walked over to the wardrobe and patted the door gently.
"In this wardrobe is a Boggart. Can anyone tell me what that is?" A few students put their hands up but he chose Hiccup.
"A Boggart is a shape shifter that takes on the form of the viewers greatest fear." Hiccup explained with a smug smile.
"Well done Mr Haddock, 5 points for Ravenclaw." A few of the other Ravenclaws patted Hiccup on the shoulder, others just smiled to themselves.
"Now, can anyone tell me how to defeat a Boggart?" The class remained silent, no one put up their hands as the Professor looked around the class.
"We use a charm called Riddickulus." He waved his wand smoothly, showing us the correct action for the charm as we all copied his movements.
"Good. Now lets try pronouncing the charm. Riddickulus!"
"RIDDICKULUS!" The whole class mimicked in chorus.
"Good, good. Now the final step is you have to think of something that will make the Boggart look amusing. Something that will make you laugh. Now can everyone line up in front of the wardrobe. No pushing!" Everyone started lining up, shoving in and out of the row of students. The four of us ended up being somewhere in the middle, I was at the front of our little group though. The professor grabbed the handle and looked at the student at the front.
"Remember, concentrate and think of something funny." The girl nodded and took a deep breath as the Professor freed the Boggart. Hundreds of little black spiders came scurrying out of the wardrobe, surrounding the girl. There was a few shrieks and screams before; "RIDDICKULUS!" and the spiders turned into little black bouncy balls, stumbling around the floor. There was laughs all around as the balls rolled into each other.
"Very good!" The professor said with a little clap. "Next!" The process continued as the line started going down. Each student took their turn facing the Boggart. It turned into all sorts of things according to each students fear. There a few giant spiders, the occasional snake or scorpion. There where even clowns and weird demonic dolls. Then it got to me. I wasn't really sure what to expect. My biggest fear used to be not knowing why I was put here but my memories had helped me figure that out so I was clueless.
"You can do this." Rapunzel whispered behind me. Would I even be able to do the spell? I stepped forward as the previous student walked to the back, breathing in, I readied my wand. I watched as the swarm of rats from the previous student turned white in front of me and melted into the ground. The wooden floor boards mutated in to ice where the rats had melted, creating a slippery pool. Then the ice started to spread quickly around the room, covering the floor under peoples feet. My gaze followed the ice as it turned from a misty white to a clear bluey colour, how ice was supposed to look. I could tell from peoples gasps and the fog rising from the floor that the room had dramatically dropped in temperature. My heart stopped as I looked down at my feet. At first I thought it was my reflection in the ice until I realized it wasn't. It was me, before I was me. I was floating under the ice, brown hair, closed eyes. I knelt down over my drowning body, feeling the ice with my hand.
"No.." I whispered to the ice, eyes watering. An icy tear rolled down my cheek and dripped off my chin, landing with a splatter on the ice. This couldn't be happening.
"NO!" I screamed at the floor, banging on the ice with my fist. I hid my face in my shoulder, I couldn't look at it anymore. I heard a faint crack as the frozen water split under my clenched hand. My eyes shot open, still leaking salty tears, as I crawled away backwards, but the splitting ice followed me liked a hunter stalking its prey.
No.
I couldn't let this happen again.
I couldn't. I wouldn't relive that memory.
That one day was my greatest fear.
The day I died.