Suddenly, the old wardrobe started to shake.
Lu Ping thought this familiar scene would scare the children.
He was startled when he saw that they were very calm.
He calmly explained: "Don't be afraid, there is a Boggart inside."
After that, he looked around and asked, "Can anyone tell me what a Boggart is?"
When the opportunity to earn points comes, raise both hands at the same time.
Lupine looked over and saw that one was naturally the know-it-all Miss Hermione, and the other was John.
After thinking for a while, Lupine called out: "Miss Granger."
Hermione looked happy and spoke quickly: "Boggarts like dark and closed spaces. They usually hide in closets, gaps under the bed, and cupboards under the sink."
"The Boggart is a shape-shifting thing." She said with a confident smile: "Whatever it thinks scares us the most, it will become whatever it is."
"I couldn't have said it more clearly myself." Professor Lupine praised, which made Hermione very happy as she had to go back and forth to class.
Lupine walked to the shaking closet and continued: "So the Boggart staying in this dark cabinet does not have a specific shape yet. It doesn't know what people outside are afraid of. No one knows what the Boggart is when it is alone. Look."
Having said this, John curled his lips.
He had a say in that, because he knew what a Boggart looked like.
Because he has studied that as long as he is shielded with Occlumency, Boggart will not be able to peek into his heart. After adding the Disillusionment Curse, Boggart will not be able to detect it at all.
Once, he and Boggart stayed in a cabinet, looking at the black mist-like thing, which was like a gathering of black smoke.
Professor Lupine over there was still continuing. He took out the wand in his hand, knocked on the closet, and said: "As long as I let it out, it will immediately become the thing that each of us fears most."
"That said, we have a big advantage over the Boggart."
Lupine looked around again. Hermione stood on tiptoes and raised her hands high, and John also raised his hands.
But Lupine glanced at those green eyes, chose Harry and said, "Harry, have you discovered this advantage?"
Harry was like a student who was distracted in class and was suddenly called on by the math teacher. He glanced at Hermione next to him and said tentatively: "Uh... because there are so many of us. Don’t know what shape it should be?”
I have to say that Harry is really a natural Auror. His intuition is very accurate and he discovered the key points at once.
Lupine praised loudly: "Exactly right!"
Hermione put down her hands with some disappointment, and John put his hands down as well. He looked at Lupin.
You kid, go back and deduct your salary.
Of course, that's assuming Lupine goes back to work.
Lupine was very satisfied with the performance of his old friend's son. He patted the closet and said casually: "I once met a Boggart who wanted to scare two people at the same time, but ended up turning into half a slug. It’s not scary at all.”
"The spell to repel a Boggart is very simple, but requires great strength of will."
When Lupine said this, he had a smile on his face and said relaxedly: "You know, what really makes Boggart completely destroyed is laughter. What we need is to force it to become an image that you find funny. .”
Lupine raised his wand and walked up to the crowd and began to teach.
"Pick up the wand, let's practice the spell first, please say it after me... Funny!"
The students found that this professor was much better than the previous two Defense Against the Dark Arts professors, and their interest became very high, shouting: "Funny!"
"Very good, very good! This is still a very simple part. This spell alone is not enough. Remember, laughter is the key to defeating the Boggart. Neville, it's up to you now."
When his name was suddenly called, Neville's face, which already had a pointed chin, froze. He stepped forward nervously, but not out of fear.
"Very well, Neville." Lupine originally thought that this boy would be scared, but now it seems that Longbottom's son is not a coward.
He stood next to Neville and asked gently: "Neville, what are you most afraid of in this world?"
Neville's lips moved, he looked in the direction of John, and whispered: "Professor Snape."
Professor Lupine snorted, Snape's popularity was still so poor.
In fact, Neville wanted to talk about John, but seeing John staring at him made him very decisive and only talk about one person.
If John knew that this kid was afraid of him, he would definitely train harder.
Imagine John emerging from the closet.
That social death scene was enough for John to beat up Neville.
People around him heard Neville being afraid of Professor Snape, and they immediately burst into laughter. After all, Professor Snape was not very popular.
John caught a glimpse of several Slytherin students smiling too, and thought to himself that you are really not afraid of death.
Professor Lupine asked Neville to imagine how his grandmother would dress, and he also had a bit of mischief in his heart.
As a former member of the Marauders Squad, Professor Lupine, although not as jumpy as the other three, still has the courage to jump repeatedly on the line between life and death for Gryffindor.
Opening the wardrobe remotely, the old wardrobe stopped shaking, and then a hand pushed open the door.
John couldn't help it when he saw this scene, and screamed in his heart that Professor Snape had come out as gay.
The Professor Snape who walked out was not only exactly the same, he was just the same person.
He looked like a bat, staring fiercely at Neville.
After training, Neville became much bolder, but he was still a little scared, so he raised his wand and pointed.
"Funny."
As soon as the Boggart, who turned into Professor Snape, took a step forward, the clothes on his body changed into a red and green female dress.
The sight made everyone burst into laughter, and John heard Malfoy laugh too.
Professor Lupine laughed the loudest. When the Boggart was at a loss, he waved his hand and shouted: "Parvati, come on!"
With this scene, everyone is no longer afraid.
One after another came forward to test, and the Boggart kept changing.
This poor tool was ridiculed in every way.
The students took turns to fight, and when it was Ron's turn, as expected, he turned into a big spider.
He uttered the spell, and the spider's legs disappeared and it rolled around on the ground, finally landing at Harry's feet.
Harry was about to take action when he saw the Boggart begin to change.
Just as he was about to transform, Lupine rushed in front of him, and the Boggart immediately turned into a silver-white ball hanging in front of Lupine.
But not long after, he turned into a balloon and flew towards John.
The balloon that arrived in front of John paused, and the Boggart changed rapidly.
Just when everyone was wondering what John was afraid of, they discovered that the Boggart was changing crazily as if it was out of control.
All the previous things were changed, and finally turned into something that looked nothing like anything.
Everyone, including Professor Lupine, was stunned.
Especially Professor Lupine, he has never seen such a Boggart.
An idea suddenly popped up in his mind. John thought what would happen if he imagined the original shape of the Boggart?
Even Lupine had never seen the form of a boggart, and John didn't mind letting everyone know.
He immediately constructed the image of Boggart in his mind, and the Boggart's changing movements stagnated.
Then he quickly got back into the old closet and locked the door.
This scene made everyone present dumbfounded. Why did the Boggart run away on his own?
Only John was thoughtful and murmured: "It seems that even the Boggart who can peek into other people's hearts is not willing to accept his original self."
He looked up at Lupin, how could he count this time?
Professor Lupin didn't know how to calculate it. You could say it failed. The Boggart was scared away and went back.
But if it was a success, John hadn't even touched the wand.
Professor Lupine was confused now, but the class was over soon.
Professor Lupin didn't have to worry anymore, he added 5 points to Gryffindor, and Hermione, Harry, and Neville also received extra points.
Assigned homework, a paper on Boggarts.
Malfoy conspired loudly. He felt that Professor Lupin was definitely biased towards Gryffindor. He deliberately pretended to be invisible when John raised his hand, and the limelight was given to Gryffindor.
This statement aroused Slytherin's approval. It was obvious that John was the best one.
They all felt sorry for John.
But John was thinking about something else.
"Boggarts look into the heart, dementors suck souls and happiness, if I combine the two..."
His eyes became brighter and brighter, and he seemed to have found some ways to try.
