Chapter 208 Dealing with Boggart
"Oh, he is indeed scary..." Professor Lupine said sympathetically.
This caused a burst of laughter from the students in the class, and Neville's face turned red with shame.
"Come on, young man, it's not just Professor Snape you're afraid of...meeting...Neville, I presume you live with your grandmother?"
"Oh... yes," Neville said nervously, "but... I don't want the boggart to become like her."
"No, no, you didn't understand me," said Professor Lupine, now smiling. "I wonder if you could tell us what kind of clothes your grandmother usually wears?"
Neville seemed surprised, but he said: "Well... always wear the same hat. The tall one with an old sculpture on top. And a long dress... green, Usually...sometimes with a fox fur scarf."
"And there's a handbag, right?" Professor Lupine encouraged him to continue.
"A big red handbag," Neville said.
"Okay," said Professor Lupin, "Can you describe the clothes in detail, Neville? Can you see the clothes in your mind?"
"Yes." Neville replied blankly, obviously not knowing what would happen next.
"When the Boggart bursts out of the closet, Neville, and when it sees you, it will take on the appearance of Professor Snape." Lupine said, "And you, pick up the wand... like this Take...and scream 'Funny'...and try to concentrate, thinking about your grandmother's clothes. If all goes well, Professor Snape will be forced to transform into a head-mounted eagle. A man wearing a stuffed hat, wearing green clothes and carrying a large red handbag.”
The whole class burst into laughter. This scene was so beautiful that Fan Lin couldn't imagine it. Professor Snape changed out of his black robe and changed it to...
Well, Fanlin really lacks imagination, but fortunately Neville is about to start.
"Get ready, Mr. Neville Longbottom..." Professor Lupine said. He raised his hand and did not see what spell he was chanting, a combination of wandless casting and silent spell, the lock-opening spell.
There was a flash of light in the keyhole above the wardrobe, and the door of the wardrobe was opened a gap.
Everyone moved back to the wall, leaving space for Neville to stand alone next to the wardrobe. Na Cheng's face turned pale. Zeko was very scared, but he had already rolled up the sleeves of his robe and held his wand.
The door made a sour creak, and a pale palm stretched out from the crack of the door. Neville swallowed nervously, and Fan Lin could clearly see the movement of Neville's Adam's apple.
The wardrobe doors are all open. Professor Snape, who had a hooked nose and a threatening look on his face, came out and stared at Neville with bright eyes.
Na Cheng stepped back, his wand raised, speechless and speechless. Snape advanced toward him menacingly and thrust his hand into his robes.
"Rid... Ridikulus!" screamed Neville.
There was a noise, like the cracking of a whip. Professor Snape stumbled; he was wearing a long, embroidered dress and a high hat. On the top of the hat was a moth-eaten old vulture specimen, dangling in his hand. A huge scarlet handbag.
Suddenly, they burst into laughter as they remembered that this was so funny. You couldn’t imagine that the big devil Snape in their eyes had transformed into an old lady’s costume. Even though it was a Boggart, this was enough for Fanlin and them to laugh. Yes.
"Very good..." Professor Lupine waved his hand, and he turned around excitedly, "We need some music..."
The boggart paused, bewildered; Professor Lupine shouted, "Parvati, step forward!"
Parvati stepped forward, her face stern. Snape walked around her. There was another crack, and where Snape had stood was now a bandaged, bloody mummy; its sightless eyes turned to Parvati and began to walk toward her, very slowly, Dragging his feet and raising his stiff arms, he walked towards Parvati...
"Ridikulus!" Parvati shouted.
The bandages on the mummy's feet were untied; it stumbled under the loose bandages, fell forward on its face, and its head rolled off.
"Excellent, Seamus...it's your turn..." Professor Lupine shouted, too lazy to realize that Professor Lupine was very satisfied with his student's ability to overcome his fear.
Seamus hurriedly stepped forward past Parvati.
Snapped! The place where the mummy had been was now a woman with black hair that stretched all the way to the ground. Her face was just a skeleton, and it was still green... a female ghost. Her mouth was open. An inhuman voice filled the entire room, and a long and shrill scream made Harry's hair stand on end...
"Ridikulus!" cried Seamus.
The female ghost made a tearing sound, grabbed her throat, and her voice was gone.
Snapped! The female ghost turned into a mouse, spinning around in circles looking for her tail, and then...pop! Transform into a rattlesnake, slithering and twisting... and then... snap! It turned into a bloody eyeball again.
"It's already dizzy!" Professor Lupine shouted, "We have taken another step forward! Ron!"
Ron jumped forward.
Pah! Several people screamed. A huge spider, six feet tall and covered with hair, was crawling towards Ron, waving its claws threateningly along the way. For a while, Harry thought Ron was so scared that he couldn't move. Then...
"Ridikulus!" Ron shouted with a trembling voice.
With a puff, each of the spider's eight legs was covered with a roller skate, which Ron had seen in Fanlin.
The spider lost its balance immediately. It couldn't stand on its eight legs steadily. The roller skates kept rubbing against the ground, and it could only land on its belly.
"Very interesting, Ron..." Professor Lupin shouted, "Then next, Harry, you come!"
In an instant, Fanlin and Professor Lupin stopped smiling. They really wanted to know what Harry was afraid of.
However, Harry didn't seem to notice it at all. He thought it was very interesting. In fact, he really didn't know what he was afraid of. He excitedly high-fived Ron, and everyone was cheering. The scene was very lively, as if the final exams were cancelled.
Harry took out his wand, the people around him dispersed, and Harry stood in front of the Boggart. (To be continued)